INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF WAR  Ukraine Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment Frederick W. Kagan, Kateryna Stepanenko, and Karolina Hird  April 16, 5:00 pm ET Ukraine’s sinking of the Moskva was a significant…

Russian forces continued to settle in for a protracted and stalemated conflict over the last 24 hours, with more reports emerging of Russian troops digging in and laying mines—indications that…

Russian forces did not make any major advances on March 20. Russian forces around Kyiv are increasingly establishing defensive positions and preparing to deploy further artillery and fire control assets. Ukrainian…

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 18 Ukrainian forces conducted a major successful counterattack around Mykolayiv in the past several days, and Russian forces continued to secure territorial gains only around…

Russia is increasingly pulling forces from its international bases and redeploying damaged units that were rotated out early in the invasion of Ukraine to replace mounting casualties. The Ukrainian General Staff…