The Institute for the Study of War - Archives from 2026/04/21/58989
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Easter Truce Violated by Both Russia and UkraineUkrainian and Russian sources have accused each other of violating the short-term ceasefire agreed by the Kremlin during Orthodox Easter on April 11 a ...13.04.20262 488 -
Vladimir Putin intensifies crackdown on civil societyThe Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has taken control of seven of Russia's eight pre-trial detention centers (SIZO) as part of the Kremlin& ...12.04.20263 616 -
Russian Army - Ambitious Plans for Ukraine, But Modest Successes on the FrontRussia Maintains Major Territorial Goals in Ukraine, Beyond Demands for Ukraine's Withdrawal from Donetsk Oblast. The Deputy Chief of the Ukrai ...09.04.20263 630 -
Russia Threatens Baltic States AgainThe Kremlin continues to set the stage for possible future aggression against the Baltic states. On April 7, Russian Foreign Ministry (MFA) spokeswoma ...08.04.20264 083 -
Russian Military Bloggers Admit: No Defense Against Ukrainian DronesRussian military bloggers have continued to criticize the ineffectiveness of Russian air defense systems and highlight the impact of Ukrainian strikes ...07.04.20264 206
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Russia claims control of several Ukrainian regionsThe Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) claims that Russian forces have captured the entire Luhansk Oblast for the third time during the war with Ukrain ...02.04.20265 440 -
Russia must either agree to a shameful peace or decisively defeat Ukraine through a strategic offensiveRussia must either agree to a "shameful peace" or decisively defeat Ukraine through a strategic offensive, but that the Russian leadership i ...31.03.20266 095 -
Urgent measures! Russia to halt gasoline exports from April 1Russia is preparing to temporarily halt all gasoline exports from April 1, likely in response to a rise in domestic gasoline prices caused in part by ...29.03.20266 118 -
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 432 -
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 395 -
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 188 -
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 421 -
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 081 -
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 155 -
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 764 -
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 931 -
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 839 -
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 630 -
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 403 -
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 452 -
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 868 -
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 318 -
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 895 -
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 178 -
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 558