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Jan 9, 2026 · Institute for the Study of war ISW is a non-partisan, non-profit, public policy research organization that advances an informed understanding of military affairs through reliable research, …
Russian Offensive Campaign Update | Product Line | ISW
4 days ago · This assessment provides a synthetic running intelligence estimate of Putin’s objectives in Ukraine and of Russia’s war effort, by ISW.
Russia & Ukraine Coverage | Institute for the Study of War
Dec 5, 2025 · ISW launched its Russia-Ukraine portfolio in 2014 after Russia illegally occupied Crimea and has analyzed Russian military operations, political warfare, and ceasefire agreements in Ukraine …
Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2014–2021) | Product Line | ISW
Dec 28, 2021 · Coverage by the Institute for the Study of War on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine from 2014 to 2021 from the Russia & Ukraine team.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 6, 2025 | ISW
Jun 6, 2025 · Click here to access ISW’s archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These maps complement the static control-of-terrain map that ISW produces daily by …
Map Room | Institute for the Study of War
Assessed Control of Terrain in the Kherson Direction, January 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET Static Map Jan 14, 2026 RUSSIA & UKRAINE UKRAINE
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 15, 2025
Aug 15, 2025 · ISW continues to assess that Russia’s use of drone strikes to generate battlefield air interdiction (BAI) effects in the Ukrainian near rear is severely hindering Ukrainian evacuation efforts …
Russia Has Failed to Break Ukraine | ISW
Feb 24, 2025 · Russian losses in massive efforts that have failed to break Ukrainian lines or even drive them back very far are exacerbating challenges that Russia will face in sustaining the war effort …
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 14, 2026 | ISW
4 days ago · Russian forces are continuing their cognitive warfare campaign that uses small-scale cross-border attacks in previously dormant frontline areas in northern Ukraine to try to convince the West …
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 3, 2025 | ISW
Mar 3, 2025 · Click here to access ISW’s archive of interactive time-lapse maps of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. These maps complement the static control-of-terrain map that ISW produces daily by …