Russia is forcing Ukraine to make concessions regarding the time, conditions and place of the negotiations. This is what the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) warns about.
Russian officials continue to dictate the terms and conditions of peace talks with Ukraine.
Thus, they are trying to obscure the current state of the negotiations.
Russian politicians are setting conditions to falsely accuse Ukraine of delaying the negotiations.
ISW previously assessed that Russian forces are using the fact that Ukraine and Russia have not set specific deadlines for the next steps in the peace process to completely delay the process and prolong the war.
Western reports indicate that China is increasing supplies of drones to Russia, while reducing sales to Ukrainian and Western buyers.
This further demonstrates China's increasingly open support for Russia's military efforts in Ukraine.
A Ukrainian defense manufacturer and official announced that Kiev had a long-range drone with sophisticated artificial intelligence.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Kurakhovo, and Russian forces recently advanced in the northern part of Kharkiv Oblast and near Kupyansk, Borova, Liman, and Pokrovsk.