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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

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported Russian losses in western Zaporizhzhia have significantly increased in recent days following intense fighting in the Tavriisk direction.

Losses of Russian troops in the southern Zaporizhzhia region have increased significantly amid a Ukrainian counteroffensive, and Moscow likely struggles with a lack of combat-effective units that could be redeployed to this sector of the front. — Ukrinform.

Ukrainian officials formally acknowledged that Ukrainian forces had liberated Robotyne amid continued Ukrainian advances in western Zaporizhia Oblast and near Bakhmut. Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar reported on August 28 that Ukrainian

This page collects the Critical Threats Project (CTP) and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) updates on the invasion of Ukraine.

On Monday Kyiv confirmed that its forces had captured the village of Robotyne on the southern front - the latest in a series of villages liberated as Ukraine pushes towards the Sea of Azov.

Ukrainian forces liberated the small village of Robotyne last week in western Zaporizhzia Oblast, punching a hole in the Russian defensive lines protecting the vital occupied city of Melitopol just over 50 miles to the south.

While Kyivs counter-offensive has made slow progress, Ukraine reported a breakthrough on Monday saying its troops had liberated the southeastern settlement of Robotyne.

Ukrainian forces have made further tactically significant gains in western Zaporizhia Oblast, and several Ukrainian and Russian sources r...

Ukrainian forces have made further tactically significant gains in western Zaporizhia Oblast, and several Ukrainian and Russian sources reported that Ukrainian forces are advancing through what Ukrainian and US sources suggested may be the most