ISW and CTP provide these updates regularly based on regional events. Each Iran update includes supporting maps and geospatial intelligence products produced by ISW’s Geospatial Intelligence Team. The aperture of these maps follows the analytic focus of the product line and the realities of events on the ground.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute are publishing two updates daily to provide analysis on the war with Iran. The morning update will focus on US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran and the Axis of Resistance’s response to the strikes. The evening update will be more comprehensive, covering events over the ...
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) and the Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute will publish multiple updates over the next 24 hours to provide analysis about the ongoing strikes on Iran. We will continue to produce Iran Update special reports until the strikes conclude. We will cover Iranian and Axis of Resistance responses to the strikes that threaten US ...
About this product line ISW’s Russia and Ukraine team produces the maps and analysis of record of the war in Ukraine. The Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment provides a synthetic running intelligence estimate of Putin’s political and military objectives in Ukraine and the design, prosecution, and outcomes of Russia’s war effort. ISW has published this update daily since Russia’s full ...
MSN: ISW: Kremlin already preparing for spring-offensive to fail – and how to explain it to the Russian public
During the weekend, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed that Russia had launched its Spring–Summer offensive of 2026, targeting the Ukrainian “Fortress Belt” in Donetsk Oblast. Fast ...
ISW: Kremlin already preparing for spring-offensive to fail – and how to explain it to the Russian public
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The Institute for the Study of War advances an informed understanding of military affairs through reliable research, trusted analysis, and innovative education. We are committed to improving the nation’s ability to execute military operations and respond to emerging threats in order to achieve US strategic objectives. ISW is a non-partisan, non-profit, public policy research organization.
The Russia and Ukraine team publishes the world-famous analysis of record assessing Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. ISW’s daily running assessment of this war, along with its special edition deep dives and static and interactive maps, is consumed by US and global policy makers, intelligence professionals, militaries, humanitarian organizations, journalists, and citizens. The ...
About this product line ISW’s Russia and Ukraine team produces the maps and analysis of record of the war in Ukraine. The Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment provides a synthetic running intelligence estimate of Putin’s political and military objectives in Ukraine and the design, prosecution, and outcomes of Russia’s war effort.
Toplines Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief General Oleksandr Syrskyi reported that Russian forces intensified ground attacks across the theater in the last week, which is consistent with ISW’s assessment that Russian forces have launched their Spring-Summer 2026 offensive. Syrskyi stated on March 23 that Russian forces intensified offensive actions across the theater between March 17 to 20 ...
ISW assesses that the strikes are part of Russian forces’ ongoing battlefield air interdiction (BAI) campaign against Ukrainian roads, railways, and bridges that support Ukrainian ground lines of communication (GLOCs) aimed at degrading Ukraine’s ability to sustain forces and defend against subsequent Russian offensive operations. [65]
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The New Voice of Ukraine on MSN: ISW rebuts Gerasimov’s claims as Russia’s spring offensive stalls in Ukraine
ISW said it reviewed and rebutted a string of claims Gerasimov made on April 21 during a visit to the command post of Russia’s South group of forces. Gerasimov said Russian troops had captured more ...
RBC Ukraine on MSN: Russia attacks on three fronts but fails to make gains – ISW
ISW analysts break down the tactics behind Russian assaults Russian forces in recent days have carried out several platoon-sized assaults across three regions. However, these attacks are unlikely to ...
Russia attacks on three fronts but fails to make gains – ISW
Yahoo: Western aid and battlefield losses could push Putin to negotiate, ISW says
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vladimir Putin. Photo: Kremlin The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has concluded that sustained Western military aid to ...
Western aid and battlefield losses could push Putin to negotiate, ISW says
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have noted that the situation near the cities of Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in ...
The New Voice of Ukraine: Russian forces launch deadly 'human safari' using FPV drones to hunt civilians — ISW
Russian forces continue to deliberately strike civilians with drones in southern Ukraine, using this tactic as a weapon of war, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on April 7.
Russian forces launch deadly 'human safari' using FPV drones to hunt civilians — ISW
The New Voice of Ukraine: Russian forces lack capability to breach Donbas fortress belt this year - ISW
The ISW recalled that the term "fortress belt" of the Donbas refers to an agglomeration of four large cities in Donetsk Oblast (Kostyantynivka, Druzhkivka, Slovyansk, Kramatorsk) ...
Russian forces lack capability to breach Donbas fortress belt this year - ISW
Russia's military advance in Ukraine picked up speed in the spring after slowing down over the winter, according to AFP's analysis of data from US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW). The ...