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Ukrainian intelligence officials identified three Russian efforts to destabilize Ukraine and achieve victory, and both Ukrainian and US intelligence officials issued assessments about the battlefield situation that are consistent with prior ISW forecasts

Russian forces appear to have increased the number and size of mechanized ground assaults on select sectors of the frontline within the past two weeks, marking a notable overall increase in Russian mechanized assaults across the theater. Ukrainian

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 31, 2023 Click here to read the full report. Nicole Wolkov, Christina Harward, Karolina Hird, Riley Bailey, and Frederick W. Kagan December 31, 2023, 5:10pm ET  Note: ISW and CTP will not publish a campaign

Russian forces around Bakhmut are beginning to conduct more active defense maneuvers and are generally increasing their activities in the area, spokesperson for the 26th Artillery Brigade, Oleh Kalashnikov, said on national television on Nov. 13.

Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations near Bakhmut and in western Zaporizhia Oblast on November 8. The Ukrainian General...

Russia likely deployed elements of at least two Central Military District (CMD) brigades to reinforce offensive operations by Donetsk Peo...

Russia likely deployed elements of at least two Central Military District (CMD) brigades to reinforce offensive operations by Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) forces on the Avdiivka front. A Ukrainian military observer reported on October 16 that three R

The Russians have completely lost the ability to counterattack south of Bakhmut after the liberation of the village of Andriyivka, the commander of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, Andriy Biletsky, said in an interview with NV’s sister publication Ukrainska Pravda published on Oct. 17.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces' counteroffensive "has completely failed" but added that he is preparing for new offensive operations. Source: Vladimir Putin on air on the Moscow, Kremlin, Putin TV show Quote from Putin: "As for the counteroffensive which allegedly has stalled - it has completely failed.

Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of the Eastern Grouping of Ukrainian Forces, has reported new Russian offensives in the area of the city of Makiivka in Donetsk Oblast and on the Kupiansk front.