Tag: Russia

Russian Occupation Update, November 13, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian municipal governments continue to support programs that bring Ukrainian children to Russia for the purposes of their Russification. The Russian federal Unified Institute of...

Geostrategic magazine (12 November 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye. Today’s about: Artificial Intelligence; Australia; Australia-Southeast Asia-Critical...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 11, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

The rate of Russian advances in the Pokrovsk direction remains relatively slow, likely in part because the Russian military command continues to pursue grinding...

Ukraine’s best defence against Putin’s energy war is more attacks on Russia’s oil refining sector (John Lough – Chatham House)

Since this summer, the war in Ukraine has taken on a new dimension. Russia has intensified attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, launching nine massed...

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

The situation in the Pokrovsk-Myrnohrad area remains difficult as Ukrainian forces fight to hold the shoulders of the pocket and Russian forces continue to...

Geostrategic magazine (11 November 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye. Today’s about: China; COP30; Ethiopia-Eritrea; EU; Eurasian...

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

Russian and Ukrainian forces continue interdiction campaigns in the Pokrovsk direction as the rate of Russian advances in and around Pokrovsk remains temporarily decreased. Russian...

Russia Strengthens ASEAN Nuclear Ties (Anna J. Davos – The Jamestown Foundation)

Russia’s state-owned nuclear corporation, Rosatom, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have taken the most tangible step thus far in nuclear energy...

Russia’s Latest Nuclear Saber-Rattling: Nuclear Testing? (Heather Williams and Lachlan MacKenzie – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

In a November 5 meeting of the Security Council of Russia, President Vladimir Putin directed his military and political leaders to “submit coordinated proposals...

Russia Is Turning Deported Ukrainian Children Into Bargaining Chips (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian officials have seized on recent US efforts to advocate for, identify, and repatriate deported Ukrainian children to downplay the massive scale and systematic...

Putin Returns to Brinksmanship After New U.S. Sanctions (Pavel K. Baev – The Jamestown Foundation)

U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a planned summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Budapest and imposed sanctions on Russia for the first...

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 26, 2025 (Institute for the Study of War)

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Chief of the General Staff Army General Valery Gerasimov continue to make exaggerated claims of battlefield victories while...

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...