AFGHANISTAN, May 19 - Ukrainian military officials reported that some Russian troops withdrawn from the Kharkiv City axis have redeployed to western Donetsk Oblast on May 19. The Ukrainian General Staff said that 260 servicemen withdrawn from the Kharkiv …
AFGHANISTAN, May 18 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 18 Kateryna Stepanenko and Karolina Hird May 18, 6:15 pm ET Russian occupation authorities announced plans to destroy the Azovstal Steel Plant and turn Mariupol into a resort city, depriving …
AFGHANISTAN, May 18 - Kateryna Stepanenko, Frederick W. Kagan, and George Barros May 17, 7:00 pm ET Mariupol defenders trapped in the Azovstal Steel Plant likely surrendered after Ukrainian officials negotiated evacuation measures with the Kremlin. Russian …
AFGHANISTAN, May 16 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 16 Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, and Frederick W. Kagan May 16, 6:00 pm ET Russian forces conducted limited and largely unsuccessful ground offensives along the front line in Ukraine …
AFGHANISTAN, May 16 - Kateryna Stepanenko, Frederick W. Kagan, and George Barros May 15, 6:30 pm ET Russian forces have likely abandoned the objective of completing a large-scale encirclement of Ukrainian units from Donetsk City to Izyum in favor of …
AFGHANISTAN, May 15 - Kateryna Stepanenko and Frederick W. Kagan May 14, 7:00 pm ET The Ukrainian destruction of significant elements of a Russian motorized rifle brigade that tried to cross a pontoon bridge over the Siverskyi Donets River on May 11 has …
AFGHANISTAN, May 13 - Kateryna Stepanenko and Frederick W. Kagan May 13, 7:00 pm ET The Russian military has likely decided to withdraw fully from its positions around Kharkiv City in the face of Ukrainian counteroffensives and the limited availability of …
AFGHANISTAN, May 13 - By Katherine Lawlor and Mason Clark May 13, 2022 Key Takeaway: Russian President Vladimir Putin likely intends to annex occupied southern and eastern Ukraine directly into the Russian Federation in the coming months. He will likely …
AFGHANISTAN, May 12 - Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, and Frederick W. Kagan May 12, 6:45 ET Russian forces may be abandoning efforts at a wide encirclement of Ukrainian troops along the Izyum-Slovyansk-Debaltseve line in favor of shallower …
AFGHANISTAN, May 11 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 11 Karolina Hird, Mason Clark, and George Barros May 11, 5:30pm ET Russian forces did not make any significant advances anywhere in Ukraine on May 11, and Ukrainian forces took further …
AFGHANISTAN, May 11 - The Ukrainian counteroffensive north of Kharkiv City continued to successfully push Russian forces toward the Russia-Ukraine border on May 10. Ukrainian forces liberated several towns north of Kharkiv City and continued pushing north …
AFGHANISTAN, May 10 - May 11, 2022 Edition By Mason Clark, Karolina Hird, and Kateryna Stepanenko Click here to download the report (PDF). Introduction This is a guide to the current command structure of the Russian Armed Forces at the General Staff, …
AFGHANISTAN, May 9 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 9 Karolina Hird, Kateryna Stepanenko, and Mason Clark May 9, 7:15pm ET Russian forces continue to face widespread force generation challenges. A senior US defense official stated on May 9 …
AFGHANISTAN, May 9 - Putin’s Victory Day Speech Forgoes an Opportunity to Escalate Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Katherine Lawlor and Mason Clark May 9, 2022 Key Takeaways: Russian President Vladimir Putin used his May 9 speech to praise ongoing Russian …
AFGHANISTAN, May 8 - Karolina Hird, Mason Clark, and George Barros May 8, 4:00 pm ET Russian forces did not make any significant advances on any axis of advance on May 8. The Ukrainian counteroffensive northeast of Kharkiv City has likely forced Russian …
AFGHANISTAN, May 7 - Mason Clark, Karolina Hird, and Kateryna Stepanenko May 7, 6:45 pm ET The Ukrainian counteroffensive northeast of Kharkiv is making significant progress and will likely advance to the Russian border in the coming days or weeks. …
AFGHANISTAN, May 6 - The Ukrainian counteroffensive north and east of Kharkiv city secured further gains in the last 24 hours and may successfully push Russian forces out of artillery range of Kharkiv in the coming days. Ukrainian forces captured several …
AFGHANISTAN, May 5 - Institute for the Study of War, Russia Team with AEI’s Critical Threats Project May 5, 2022 The Ukraine Invasion Update is a weekly synthetic product covering key political and rhetorical events related to renewed Russian aggression …
AFGHANISTAN, May 5 - Kateryna Stepanenko, Mason Clark, and George Barros May 5, 7:00 pm ET The Ukrainian counteroffensive out of Kharkiv city may disrupt Russian forces northeast of Kharkiv and will likely force Russian forces to decide whether to …
AFGHANISTAN, May 4 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 4 Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, and Mason Clark May 4, 7:15pm ET Ukrainian defenses have largely stalled Russian advances in Eastern Ukraine. Russian troops conducted a number of …
