The Institute for the Study of War - Archives from 2026/05/29/56692

The Kremlin's internal campaign to recruit contract personnel continues to show signs of strain under the pressure of high battlefield losses. The ...

Russian forces may have fired a second Oreshnik medium-range ballistic missile, which reportedly had a technical malfunction and hit the occupied Don ...

Russian forces carried out a massive strike against Ukraine with 546 drones and missiles, including 14 ballistic missiles, on the night of May 17-18. ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin presents positive data on Russia's economic performance. On May 15, he said that the Russian government's eco ...

Russian and Ukrainian forces continued limited offensive operations on the final day of the May 9-11 ceasefire, accusing the other side of violating i ...

Russian and Ukrainian forces continued limited offensive operations on the second day of a ceasefire from May 9 to 11. Both Ukrainian and Russian auth ...

On May 9, Ukrainian military sources reported that Russian forces had taken advantage of the truce to regroup, rotate personnel, provide logistical su ...

Ukrainian forces are conducting reconnaissance and disrupting Russian ground transport lines in and around the occupied city of Mariupol in Donetsk re ...

A leaked report by European intelligence agencies highlights Russian President Vladimir Putin’s growing concern for his personal safety and that ...

The Kremlin continues to create conditions for possible future aggression against the Baltic states and Poland. Russian President Vladimir Putin ha ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded the Academy of the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia an honorary title dedicated to the organizer ...

The Financial Times (FT) reported on April 20 that the head of the Swedish military intelligence and security service, Lieutenant General Thomas Nilss ...

Ukrainian and Russian sources have accused each other of violating the short-term ceasefire agreed by the Kremlin during Orthodox Easter on April 11 a ...

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has taken control of seven of Russia's eight pre-trial detention centers (SIZO) as part of the Kremlin& ...

Russia Maintains Major Territorial Goals in Ukraine, Beyond Demands for Ukraine's Withdrawal from Donetsk Oblast. The Deputy Chief of the Ukrai ...

The Kremlin continues to set the stage for possible future aggression against the Baltic states. On April 7, Russian Foreign Ministry (MFA) spokeswoma ...

Russian military bloggers have continued to criticize the ineffectiveness of Russian air defense systems and highlight the impact of Ukrainian strikes ...

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD) claims that Russian forces have captured the entire Luhansk Oblast for the third time during the war with Ukrain ...

Russia must either agree to a "shameful peace" or decisively defeat Ukraine through a strategic offensive, but that the Russian leadership i ...

Russia is preparing to temporarily halt all gasoline exports from April 1, likely in response to a rise in domestic gasoline prices caused in part by ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has asked leading Russian businessmen to provide financing for the Russian government. This indicates that the Kremli ...

Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrsky reported that Russian forces have stepped up ground attacks over the past week, attacking 619 ti ...

A senior Ukrainian military official predicted that Russia will begin using mobilized personnel on the battlefield in Ukraine from April 1. This is ...

Since the beginning of 2026, Ukraine has posed growing challenges to Russia at the tactical, operational and strategic levels. Ukrainian drone units a ...

Major Chinese oil companies may be interested in buying oil from Russia, which would allow both China and Russia to benefit from the March 12 US decis ...