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3 weeks ago | 
uazmi.com | Anna Harvey |Olivia Gibson |Christina Harward |George Barros
Kyiv Posthttps://www.kyivpost.com/Key Takeaways from the ISW:Russian forces are reportedly sustaining an average of 1,140 casualties per day and suffering disproportionately high personnel casualties for marginal, grinding territorial gains. The Kremlin continues efforts to falsely portray Russia as willing to engage in good-faith negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, despite Russia’s repeated refusal to offer any concessions.
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3 weeks ago | 
uazmi.com | Anna Harvey |Olivia Gibson |Christina Harward |George Barros
Kyiv Posthttps://www.kyivpost.com/Key Takeaways from the ISW:Ukrainian and Russian delegations met in Istanbul on June 2 and only reached agreements about prisoner of war (POW) exchanges. Russia’s refusal to give Ukraine its memorandum with its terms for a peace settlement before the meeting ensured that the meeting was largely unproductive and further protracted the negotiation process.
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3 weeks ago | 
uazmi.com | Anna Harvey |Olivia Gibson |Christina Harward |George Barros
Kyiv Posthttps://www.kyivpost.com/Key Takeaways from the ISW:Ukraine conducted a large-scale and simultaneous series of drone strikes against multiple air bases in Russia on June 1. Ukraine continues to innovate its drone technology and tactics to achieve operational surprise and successfully target Russian military infrastructure in the rear.
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3 weeks ago | 
uazmi.com | Anna Harvey |Olivia Gibson |Christina Harward |George Barros
Kyiv Posthttps://www.kyivpost.com/Key Takeaways from the ISW:Russian officials’ public statements continue to demonstrate that Russia maintains wider territorial goals in Ukraine beyond the four oblasts that Russia has illegally declared as annexed. The Kremlin is continuing efforts to prepare Russian society and the Russian defense industry base (DIB) for a protracted war with Ukraine and potential future war with NATO.
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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.
