AFGHANISTAN, June 1 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 1 Karolina Hird, Kateryna Stepanenko, and Frederick W. Kagan June 1, 5:30pm ET The Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kherson Oblast has gotten the attention of Russian forces in the area, and …
AFGHANISTAN, May 31 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 31 Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, and Frederick W. Kagan May 31, 5:45pm ET Moscow’s concentration on seizing Severodonetsk and Donbas generally continues to create vulnerabilities for …
AFGHANISTAN, May 30 - Mounting casualties among Russian junior officers will likely further degrade Russian capabilities and lead to further morale breakdowns. The UK Ministry of Defense stated on May 30 that Russian forces have suffered devastating losses …
AFGHANISTAN, May 29 - Frederick W. Kagan, Kateryna Stepanenko, and George Barros May 28, 7:30pm ET Russian President Vladimir Putin is inflicting unspeakable suffering on Ukrainians and demanding horrible sacrifices of his own people in an effort to …
AFGHANISTAN, May 29 - Karolina Hird, Mason Clark, and George Barros May 29, 5:30 pm ET New reports confirmed that Ukrainian forces conducted a successful limited counterattack near the Kherson-Mykolaiv oblast border on May 28, forcing Russian forces onto …
AFGHANISTAN, May 28 - Kateryna Stepanenko and Mason Clark May 27, 7:30pm ET Russian forces began direct assaults on Severodonetsk on May 27 despite not yet having fully encircled the town. Russian forces have performed poorly in operations in built-up …
AFGHANISTAN, May 26 - Russian forces have made steady, incremental gains in heavy fighting in eastern Ukraine in the past several days, though Ukrainian defenses remain effective overall. Deputy Ukrainian Defense Minister Hanna Malyar stated that the …
AFGHANISTAN, May 25 - Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 25 Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, Frederick W. Kagan, and George Barros May 25, 7:15 pm ET Some pro-Russian milbloggers on Telegram continued to criticize the Kremlin for appalling …
AFGHANISTAN, May 25 - Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, and Mason Clark May 24, 7:00 pm ET Russian forces have likely abandoned efforts to complete a single large encirclement of Ukrainian forces in eastern Ukraine and are instead attempting to secure …
AFGHANISTAN, May 23 - Kateryna Stepanenko, Karolina Hird, Mason Clark, and George Barros May 23, 6:00 pm ET Russian nationalist figures are increasingly criticizing the failures of Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine and are calling for …
AFGHANISTAN, May 22 - Russian forces made only minimal gains in eastern Ukraine on May 22. New reporting confirmed that Russian troops previously recaptured Rubizhne in northern Kharkiv Oblast, on May 19. Russian forces are likely committing additional …
AFGHANISTAN, May 21 - Karolina Hird, George Barros, and Mason Clark May 21, 5:30 pm ET Russian forces intensified efforts to encircle and capture Severodonetsk on May 21 and will likely continue to do so in the coming days as efforts on other axes of …
AFGHANISTAN, May 20 - Russian forces are focusing on digging in and reinforcing defensive positions in Kharkiv and along the Southern Axis in preparation for Ukrainian counteroffensives, while the majority of active offensive operations remain confined to …
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 …
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