The Latest Breaking News from ISW

Ukraine has seized more Russian territory in two weeks than Russia has seized in Ukraine all year.

Ukraine’s attack into Kursk has left Vladimir Putin’s forces scrambling

Raid into Russia by 300 soldiers from Ukraine with tanks and armour; Shoigu ‘heavily over-exaggerates’ territorial gains. What we know on day 896

Blinken warns of further actions if China keeps aiding Russian industrial base; Russia claims control of Lozuvatske settlement. What we know on day 886

Recent attacks in the Black Sea have forced the Russian navy to rebase its ships elsewhere, says Ukrainian navy; multiple Russian strikes on Kharkiv damage Swiss NGO office. What we know on day 883

Meanwhile, Ukraine rebuffs Hungary’s ceasefire plan as an independent media outlet analyses Russian war-related deaths.

The latest reports emerging from the frontlines in Ukraine are that the artillery ammunition the defending troops have been waiting for all these months is finally beginning to filter through to them. But it’s not enough, says the authoritative US thinktank, the Institute for the Study of War. The ISW…

Barrage destroyed Russian air defences in Belgorod, US thinktank says; Kamala Harris to attend Swiss peace conference. What we know on day 832

Ukrainian defenders hold the line and strike back at Russian ports, airfields and refineries.

Russia opens a new front in Ukraine’s north, prompting Kyiv to respond with attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.

Defence experts say Russian forces had made ‘tactically significant advances’ but did not appear to be moving on Kharkiv in the north east of the country