Tag: Russia

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 25, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

The Kremlin is attempting to leverage the visit of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO Kirill Dmitriev to the United States to spread Kremlin...

The Window to Counter Russia in Syria Is Closing (Anna Borshchevskaya – The Washington Institute)

Russia is quietly reconsolidating influence in Syria. The fall of Moscow-backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad almost a year ago ushered in a once-in-a-generation opportunity...

Russian Occupation Update, October 23, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Kremlin-appointed Russian Commissioner for Children’s Rights Maria Lvova-Belova continues to personally implicate herself in the deportation and re-education of a Ukrainian teenager. Russian occupation administrators...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 22, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian forces conducted a large combined drone and missile strike against Ukraine on the night of October 21 and 22 and struck a Ukrainian...

Iran Update, October 15, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russo-Syrian Cooperation: Syrian Transitional President Ahmed al Shara’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on October 15 indicates that the Syrian government will likely...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 15, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

The Kremlin remains committed to its rhetorical effort to dissuade the United States from selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine amidst critical policy debates. The Trump...

Russia Ignores Global Peace Developments to Focus on Putin’s War (Pavel K. Baev – The Jamestown Foundation)

Moscow’s muted response to the October 10 announcement of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado’s Nobel Peace Prize win and the ceasefire in Gaza...

Putin’s Degradation of Education Increasing Cynicism Among Young Russians (Paul Globe – The Jamestown Foundation)

The effect of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Russian life is typically measured in terms of political opponents arrested, items in stores no...

Tomahawk missiles are Russia’s latest red line. Will Trump call Putin’s bluff? (Peter Dickinson – Atlantic Council)

As the United States moves closer to a decision on supplying Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles, the Kremlin is cranking up the rhetoric in a...

UN News (14 October 2025)

SDGs - More than eight per cent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough to eat and going...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 14, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian forces have conducted three company- and battalion-sized mechanized assaults in priority areas of Donetsk Oblast over the last two weeks, marking an inflection...

Dispatch from Ukraine: The path to a durable peace is emerging (Frederick Kempe – Atlantic Council)

From a secret Ukrainian waterfront location, I follow my trainer’s directions on how to steer a kamikaze sea drone, this time not armed with...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 10, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian forces launched a large, combined drone and missile strike against Ukraine on the night of October 9 to 10, primarily targeting energy infrastructure...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 9, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

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...

Russian Force Generation & Technological Adaptations Update, October 9, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian forces have been increasingly targeting Ukrainian logistics routes and positions in the near rear using mothership unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), particularly motherships based...

Russian Occupation Update, October 9, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian federal ministries continue to facilitate the temporary deportation of Ukrainian children to Russia for cultural re-education programs such as “Cultural Map 4 +...