EU and NATO states continue to take steps to increase European defenses against covert and overt Russian attacks.
The Kremlin continued its reflexive control campaign aimed at deterring the United States from selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, including by threatening to deploy Russian missiles to Cuba.
Kremlin officials continue to indicate that US-Russian relations are deteriorating to levels similar to those during the Biden administration.
Ukrainian Ambassador to the UK Valerii Zaluzhnyi highlighted a Russian cognitive warfare effort to spread false information about future Ukrainian elections.
Russian President Vladimir Putin implicitly admitted that Russian air defenders shot two missiles at an Azerbaijan Airlines civilian plane in December 2024.
Russian elites are reportedly expressing concerns over the Kremlin’s years long efforts to nationalize assets.
Russia is increasingly conducting Shahed-type drone strikes against frontline areas, but will likely continue to conduct less precise guided glide bomb strikes as well due to their larger payloads.
Russia continues to commit war crimes against Ukrainian civilians.
Ukrainian forces advanced in northern Sumy Oblast and near Lyman and Velykomykhailivka. Russian forces advanced near Kupyansk and Pokrovsk, in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area, and in the Kherson direction.
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 9, 2025 | ISW
