The Institute for the Study of War - Archives from 2025/05/21/75226

It is possible that the Russian military is prioritizing recruitment as part of a longer-term effort to create a post-war strategic reserve for a pote ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on Russia and Ukraine to resume bilateral talks based on the Istanbul Protocols from early 2022, which inc ...

US officials have acknowledged Russia's continued intransigence to any ceasefire agreement, while reiterating that Ukraine remains committed to US ...

On April 29, Russian Security Council Secretary Dmitry Medvedev said that the war must end with a Russian "victory" and "destruction&qu ...

The constant technological and tactical innovations of Ukrainian, but also Russian, forces continue to change the nature of military operations in Ukr ...

Kremlin officials continue to baselessly threaten NATO countries for adhering to US President Donald Trump's goal of having Europe shoulder more o ...

Russian officials have rejected some aspects of Trump's announced peace plans. This is noted in the daily analysis of the Institute for the Stu ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin rejected his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky's April 20 proposal for a temporary 30-day moratorium on lo ...

American officials are growing disappointed with the Kremlin's rejection of US proposals to end the war in Ukraine. This is stated in its daily ...

Two senior members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's inner circle have reiterated their non-negotiable demands since June 2024. They include t ...

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the ongoing US-Russian talks are unlikely to yield "lightning results". This contradicts US Presid ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on April 9 that Ukraine is interested in purchasing a large package of weapons from the United States as s ...

Ukraine's European allies continue to increase domestic production of materials and address shortages that hinder the production of artillery ammu ...

Russia faces significant military and economic challenges that could seriously compromise its ability to wage its war in Ukraine. This is stated in ...

Russian forces continue to shell Ukrainian energy infrastructure amid ongoing negotiations on the details of the ceasefire agreement. This indicate ...

A Russian diplomat has provided further details regarding Russian President Vladimir Putin's recent thinly veiled request to change power in Ukrai ...

Ukrainian and US officials continue to negotiate the terms of a temporary ceasefire for operations in the Black Sea and strikes on energy infrastructu ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin is again trying to present the current Ukrainian government as illegitimate to participate in peace talks. Putin repe ...

The situation on the front in Ukraine on March 28 continues to be complex and dynamic. Both Russian forces and the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have ...

The US and Russian delegations met in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on March 24. The meeting followed US-Ukrainian talks on March 23. The details of a temporar ...

There is tension between the head of the Russian Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina, and the Kremlin over Russia's high interest rate and wartime mon ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has "no intention" of compromising on territory, peacekeeping forces or Ukrainian neutrality, and Putin is ...

Russian forces have by March 8 captured Novaya Sorochyna (northwest of Sudzha), Malaya Loknya (just south of Novaya Sorochyna) and Lebedevka (south of ...

Russia rejects the possibility of any concessions during future peace talks on the war in Ukraine. The Kremlin says it will not make compromises, deni ...

The administration of US President Donald Trump has stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine. This was one of many demands that the Kremlin has made ...