The Institute for the Study of War - Archives from 2026/03/29/26266
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Putin asked businessmen to finance war with UkraineRussian President Vladimir Putin has asked leading Russian businessmen to provide financing for the Russian government. This indicates that the Kremli ...28.03.20263 382 -
Russian Army Launches 2026 Spring-Summer OffensiveUkrainian Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrsky reported that Russian forces have stepped up ground attacks over the past week, attacking 619 ti ...24.03.20264 336 -
Russia throws Crimean marines against UkraineA senior Ukrainian military official predicted that Russia will begin using mobilized personnel on the battlefield in Ukraine from April 1. This is ...23.03.20266 146 -
Ukrainian army poses growing challenges to Moscow on the frontlineSince the beginning of 2026, Ukraine has posed growing challenges to Russia at the tactical, operational and strategic levels. Ukrainian drone units a ...20.03.20264 269 -
Major Chinese companies want to buy Russian oilMajor Chinese oil companies may be interested in buying oil from Russia, which would allow both China and Russia to benefit from the March 12 US decis ...19.03.20267 046
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Sergei Shoigu Reveals Unpleasant Truths About Russian DefenseRussian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu has acknowledged the increasing effectiveness of Ukraine's deep-rear strike campaign against the ...18.03.20265 122 -
Sergey Lavrov once again reminded of the root causes of the war with UkraineThe ongoing Ukrainian offensive in the Dnipropetrovsk region is likely to limit Russian offensive operations in the Aleksandrovka direction and may so ...17.03.20265 712 -
ISW: Moscow restricts Telegram in Russian armyFrance will reportedly send Ukraine the latest version of the SAMP/T NG anti-aircraft missile system for combat testing against Russian ballistic miss ...16.03.20261 901 -
Trump's decision on Russian oil is a breath of fresh air for PutinThe US has lifted sanctions on Russian oil, which is already on tankers at sea, until April 11, 2026. This is a decision that will support the Russian ...14.03.20262 807 -
On the offensive! Ukrainian counterattack thwarts Putin's plansUkrainian forces are successfully counterattacking not only in the direction of Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole, but also in the western part of Zaporizh ...10.03.20266 586 -
Ukraine is helping the US and allies against IranUkraine will send an unspecified number of Ukrainian military personnel with experience in shooting down "Shahed" drones to the Middle East. ...09.03.20264 348 -
Moscow is a complete pass! Vladimir Putin Continues Not to Offer Support to Tehran Against the US and IsraelRussia continues to offer no support for Iran, only standard condemnations of the Western aggression that led to the deaths of Iranian Supreme Leader ...02.03.20268 416 -
ISW: Sharp cooling in Russian-Iranian relationsRussian representatives condemned the US and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28, in line with Russian rhetoric surrounding the Israeli-Irania ...01.03.202610 828 -
Russia is at war - at the front, with repression and through intelligenceRussian forces have likely begun artillery and drone preparations on the battlefield for the expected spring-summer offensive in 2026 in the Donetsk r ...28.02.20264 288 -
Russia captured Pokrovsk in late JanuaryThe Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has observed no evidence of Ukrainian forces in Pokrovsk since late January 2026, indicating that Russian for ...26.02.20268 831 -
The fifth year of the war is not off to a good start for Moscow! Russia is not achieving its goals in UkraineThe fifth year of the war in Ukraine is not off to a good start for Moscow. Recent Ukrainian successes on the battlefield belie Russian threats that t ...25.02.20264 131 -
The Russian army is changing the targets of massive strikes and intensifying sabotage campaigns in UkraineThe attack in Lviv, which resulted in the death of a 23-year-old policewoman and the injury of more than 20 law enforcement officers, showed that Russ ...23.02.20263 523 -
Putin wants direct talks only with the US on the fate of UkraineKremlin officials and media outlets affiliated with the Putin regime confirmed Russia's unwillingness to compromise after the trilateral talks beg ...18.02.20264 033 -
Moscow will not deviate from its positions on the war in UkraineIt is unlikely that Russian representatives will deviate from their initial military demands during the upcoming trilateral talks between the United S ...17.02.20263 713 -
Russian successes on the front remain greatly exaggeratedThe Kremlin continues to maintain its claim that the current Ukrainian leadership is illegitimate. In an interview with TASS on February 15, Russian D ...16.02.20263 268 -
Kremlin propaganda - also for an international audienceKremlin representatives have been constantly reminding Russia of its commitment to its initial military goals in Ukraine to various media sources that ...12.02.20262 518 -
Russia is already successfully circumventing Western sanctions on its military-industrial complexRussia's ability to acquire foreign machine tools despite Western sanctions allows the country to increase its production of tank and artillery ba ...11.02.202613 117 -
Kremlin is lying about its offensive on the front in Ukraine to convince the West that Kiev is collapsingRussia continues to conduct a campaign of “cognitive warfare“, the essence of which is to carry out small attacks across the border in ina ...09.02.20263 369 -
Air-to-air weapons! The Russian military is modifying its drones to protect them from Ukrainian fighter jets and air defThe Russian military continues its attempts to install air-to-air weapons on its "Shahed" drones so that these strike drones can evade Ukrai ...09.02.20263 139 -
Russian companies are actively investing in resource extraction projects in occupied UkraineKazakhstan facilitated the deportation of a Ukrainian citizen to Russia. The Russian investigative project "First Department", which special ...06.02.202621 517