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ISW is a policy research organization focused on U.S. national security. Email: [email protected]. For more: https://linktr.ee/understandingwar
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NEW: Russian occupation officials continue to articulate plans for the forced removal and deportation of Ukrainian children over the course of Summer 2025. Russian federal-level youth programs are indoctrinating and militarizing Ukrainian children. isw.pub/OccupationUpdate060425

submitted 8 hours ago • 5 comments

🧵: Seven Key Takeaways from ISW's Special Report 1. Technological breakthroughs in drone warfare require the development and integration of both AI and ML capabilities. Russia and Ukraine have been increasingly focusing on developing drones with machine vision capabilities since at least mid-2023.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

NEW: Kremlin officials publicly acknowledged that Russia seeks the “complete destruction” of Ukraine, indicating Moscow’s disinterest in good faith peace negotiations & a near-term resolution to the war. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 3, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar060325 More Key Takeaways🔽

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

NEW: Kremlin officials publicly acknowledged that Russia seeks the “complete destruction” of Ukraine, indicating Moscow’s disinterest in good faith peace negotiations & a near-term resolution to the war. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 3, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar060325 More Key Takeaways🔽

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

The Russians have reinforced their units in the area over recent weeks, according to [ISW], since President Vladimir Putin visited the adjacent Russian region of Kursk in mid-May and ordered the creation of a buffer zone within Sumy. @cnn.com: www.cnn.com/2025/06/03/e...

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

MORE: Russian forces appear to be intensifying efforts to widen the frontline in northern Sumy Oblast along three axes of advance north and northeast of Sumy City. (1/2)

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

"The ... operation will force Russian officials to consider redistributing its air defence systems to cover a much wider range of territory and possibly deploying mobile air defence groups that can more quickly react to possible similar drone strikes..." [ISW] said. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

🧵: Seven Key Takeaways from ISW's Special Report 1. Technological breakthroughs in drone warfare require the development and integration of both AI and ML capabilities. Russia and Ukraine have been increasingly focusing on developing drones with machine vision capabilities since at least mid-2023.

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

. @katstepanenko.bsky.social, a Russia analyst at the Institute for the Study of War, said the strikes show that “nowhere in Russia is safe,” and that Ukraine is “shaping a new type of warfare.” via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

ISW continues to assess that Russia remains committed to pursuing demands that amount to nothing short of Ukraine's full capitulation and that Russia will continue to pursue this objective so long as Putin believes Russia can militarily defeat Ukraine. isw.pub/IranUpdate06...

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

NEW | Iran increased its stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium by 133.8 kilograms, or 3.2 significant quantities, since February 2025, according to an unreleased International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report. (1/6) Read more: www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ira...

submitted 1 day ago • 7 comments

NEW: Russia's refusal to give Ukraine its memorandum with its terms for a peace settlement before Ukrainian and Russian delegations met in Istanbul on June 2 ensured that the meeting was largely unproductive and further protracted the negotiation process. More ⬇️(1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar060225

submitted 1 day ago • 5 comments

NEW: Russia and Ukraine are engaged in an active technological race to develop and deploy drones with artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities. Read @katstepanenko.bsky.social's report covering Russian and Ukrainian AI drone efforts: isw.pub/BattlefieldA... Key Takeaways ⬇️🧵(1/5)

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments

"[ISW] said Sunday that 'Russia is attempting to delay negotiations and prolong the war in order to make additional battlefield gains.'" via @apnews.com: apnews.com/article/russ...

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

Russian forces conducted their largest combined drone and missile strike of the war that included over 400 drones against Ukraine on the night of May 31 to June 1. Ukrainian forces were notably unable to down any of the three ballistic missiles that Russia launched overnight. isw.pub/UkrWar060125

submitted 2 days ago • 3 comments

NEW: Ukraine conducted a large-scale and simultaneous series of drone strikes against multiple air bases in Russia. Ukraine continues to innovate its drone technology and tactics to achieve operational surprise and successfully target Russian military infrastructure in the rear. isw.pub/UkrWar060125

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

NEW: Ukraine conducted a large-scale and simultaneous series of drone strikes against multiple air bases in Russia. Ukraine continues to innovate its drone technology and tactics to achieve operational surprise and successfully target Russian military infrastructure in the rear. isw.pub/UkrWar060125

submitted 2 days ago • 14 comments

NEW: Russian officials' public statements continue to demonstrate that Russia maintains wider territorial goals in Ukraine beyond the four oblasts that Russia has illegally declared as annexed. 🧵⬇️ (1/3) Details in our latest assessment: isw.pub/UkrWar053125

submitted 3 days ago • 6 comments

Russian officials' decision to reiterate long-standing demands and send the same low-level delegation to the next Istanbul meeting indicates that Russia remains disinterested in engaging in good-faith negotiations. (1/2) ⬇️

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

Russian officials' decision to reiterate long-standing demands and send the same low-level delegation to the next Istanbul meeting indicates that Russia remains disinterested in engaging in good-faith negotiations. (1/2) ⬇️

submitted 4 days ago • 10 comments

The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) conducted two attacks in late May 2025 targeting transitional government forces in Syria, demonstrating that ISIS retains presence between the central Syrian desert and southern Syria. MORE: www.criticalthreats.org/analysis/ira...

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

NEW: Russian officials continue to signal the Kremlin's uncompromising position ahead of proposed talks in Istanbul on June 2, suggesting that the upcoming Istanbul meeting is very unlikely to yield substantive results in support of an enduring peace in Ukraine. Full report: isw.pub/UkrWar053025

submitted 5 days ago • 6 comments

NEW: The People's Republic of China (PRC) has continued to exploit US tariffs to portray itself as a global champion of multilateralism and to build its own economic relations, including with major multinational blocs, such as the European Union. (1/2) isw.pub/ChinaTaiwanU...

submitted 5 days ago • 5 comments