Russia maintains its maximalist objectives in Ukraine and is uninterested in good faith negotiations despite reports that Western officials are becoming more amenable to eventual Ukrainian negotiations with Russia to end the war. More in our 27 DEC campaign assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar122723 - ThreadSky

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Russia maintains its maximalist objectives in Ukraine and is uninterested in good faith negotiations despite reports that Western officials are becoming more amenable to eventual Ukrainian negotiations with Russia to end the war.

More in our 27 DEC campaign assessment: https://isw.pub/UkrWar122723

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thestudyofwar.bsky.social•429 days ago

2/ Russian forces made confirmed advances near Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Donetsk City, and Verbove as positional engagements continued along the entire line of contact on December 27.

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•429 days ago

3/ Ukrainian drone footage published on Dec. 27 showed another Russian execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) near Robotyne in western Zaporizhia Oblast. ISW previously reported observing drone footage of Russian servicemen using Ukrainian POWs as human shields near Robotyne on Dec. 13.

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•429 days ago

4/ Russian forces recently made marginal territorial gains on the east (left) bank of the Dnipro River in occupied Kherson Oblast.

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•429 days ago

5/ The destruction of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant (KHPP) dam on June 6, 2023, reportedly postponed a Ukrainian crossing of the Dnipro River that was likely intended to support Ukrainian counteroffensive operations.

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•429 days ago

6/ A Russian insider source claimed that Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has created his own private military company (PMC).

thestudyofwar.bsky.social•429 days ago

7/ Russian forces recently advanced in western Zaporizhia Oblast and retook positions that Ukrainian forces had captured during the summer 2023 counteroffensive, likely after Ukrainian forces withdrew to more defensible positions near Robotyne for the winter.

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