The ISW said the seizure of the Donetsk city of Avdiivka in February 2024 will probably be a blueprint for Russia's future envelopments in other frontline areas, which will be conducted slowly.

At the same time, the level of losses among the occupants remains stably high. This is reported by analysts of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). In January 2025, the Russian army suffered ...

Jon Chol Jin/Associated Press The ISW's projection is significant because losing the DPRK contingent may seriously affect Russia's ability to continue fighting in the war with Ukraine, as it is ...

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have pointed out that the Russians are redeploying their units, particularly from the Kurakhove front, and deploying additional forces to ...

The Russian Black Sea Fleet has recently used a missile drone to destroy a Ukrainian naval drone. Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggest that this may indicate the development of ...

Russia is nearing its goal of completely controlling its neighbor and closest ally Belarus, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said. Analysis by the Washington, D.C.-based independent ...

In doing so, the Defense Forces aim to complicate the command and control of the Russian military on the battlefield, reports the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The department does ...

“It seems clear from explanatory materials and contemporary statements from government ministers that section 100A was intended to apply egregious trust stripping arrangements involving the ...

ISW analysts examined the motivations behind a January 30 interview published by the Kremlin-controlled TASS news agency with Fyodor Lukyanov, sanctioned Kremlin propagandist and the scientific ...