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Feb 10, 2025 | 
uazmi.com | Olivia Gibson |Christina Harward |Angelica Evans |George Barros
Kyiv Posthttps://www.kyivpost.com/Key Takeaways from the ISW:Russia continues to leverage its partnerships with US adversaries, including North Korea, to offset the resource shortages constraining Russia’s economy and war effort. The arrival of North Korean workers to Russia demonstrates how Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), is violating UNSC Resolution 2397.
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Feb 9, 2025 | 
uazmi.com | Olivia Gibson |Christina Harward |Angelica Evans |George Barros
Kyiv Posthttps://www.kyivpost.com/Key Takeaways from the ISW:Russia may be providing drone and missile technology to North Korea in exchange for North Korean troops fighting in Kursk Oblast. Russia continues to expand its military capabilities, indicating that the Kremlin has no immediate interest in negotiations or a lasting peace with Ukraine.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
understandingwar.org | George Barros
Russia's Quiet Conquest: BelarusBy George BarrosJanuary 15, 2025Russia’s effort to de facto annex Belarus poses strategic risks to the United States, NATO, and Ukraine. The Kremlin is in the endgame of a decades’ long strategic effort to de facto annex Belarus — an effort which will permanently augment Russia’s military and economic capabilities to pursue its revanchist geopolitical objectives against the United States and NATO.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
criticalthreats.org | Angelica Evans |Grace Mappes |Nicole Wolkov |George Barros
Angelica Evans, Grace Mappes, Nicole Wolkov and George Barros October 10, 2024, 11:50am ETClick here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW's interactive map of Ukraine's offensive in Kursk Oblast. Click here to see ISW’s 3D control of terrain topographic map of Ukraine.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
uazmi.com | Nicole Wolkov |Grace Mappes |George Barros |Frederick W. Kagan
Key Takeaways from the ISW: Ukrainian forces struck an oil terminal in occupied Feodosia, Crimea on the night of October 6 to 7. Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lyubinets reported on October 7 that Ukrainian authorities are investigating another case of Russian forces' unjust abuse and execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs). Russian authorities announced an "unprecedented" cyberattack against Russian state media infrastructure on October 7.
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Oct 6, 2024 | 
uazmi.com | Davit Gasparyan |Nicole Wolkov |Angelica Evans |George Barros
Key Takeaways from the ISW: The Russian Government plans to allocate 90 billion rubles ($948 million) to one-time payments for concluding a military contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) between 2025 and 2027, indicating that the Kremlin plans to continue relying on ongoing crypto-mobilization efforts to meet the manpower requirements of its war in Ukraine for as long as the crypto-mobilization system works.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
uazmi.com | Christina Harward |Karolina Hird |George Barros
Kyiv Posthttps://www.kyivpost.com/Key Takeaways from ISW: Russian forces likely seized Vuhledar as of October 1 following a reported Ukrainian withdrawal from the settlement, though it is unclear if Russian forces will make rapid gains beyond Vuhledar in the immediate future. Some Russian sources expressed doubts that Russian forces would be able to rapidly advance and achieve operationally-significant breakthroughs immediately after seizing Vuhledar.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
understandingwar.org | George Barros
Interactive Map: Hundreds of Known Russian Military Objects Are in Range of ATACMSAugust 27, 2024By George BarrosHundreds of known Russian military and paramilitary objects in Russia are in range of Ukrainian ATACMS. ISW presents the following list and interactive map of known military and paramilitary objects to illustrate the extent to which US restrictions on Ukraine’s use of ATACMS constrain Ukraine’s ability to strike important military infrastructure in Russia.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
criticalthreats.org | Grace Mappes |Christina Harward |George Barros |Davit Gasparyan
Riley Bailey, Grace Mappes, Christina Harward, Davit Gasparyan and George Barros August 11, 2024, 9:15pm ETClick here to see ISW’s interactive map of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. This map is updated daily alongside the static maps present in this report. Click here to see ISW’s 3D control of terrain topographic map of Ukraine. Use of a computer (not a mobile device) is strongly recommended for using this data-heavy tool.
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Jul 18, 2024 | 
wsj.com | George Barros
‘I’m the guy that shut Putin down,” President Biden told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in a recent interview. True, Mr. Biden has supported Ukraine. But he has only gradually eased restrictions against firing U.S.-supplied weapons into Russian territory, and he hasn’t gone far enough. His half-measures severely compromise Ukraine’s defense and provide Russia a haven to wage its war. The Russian military exploited that safe space to mount its renewed cross-border offensive in Kharkiv.
