The Latest Breaking News from ISW

In a Truth Social rant, US President Donald Trump criticised Ukraine for not being grateful to his administration following the controversial peace plan to end the war.

The EU is considering a range of options as it tries to work out how to continue to fund Ukraine’s defence against Russia. There are three mechanisms presently under consideration. One is using Russia’s frozen assets to back a loan of €140 billion (£124 billion). Another is borrowing the money…

Sberbank head German Gref gives unusually frank assessment; Zaporizhzhia situation has ‘significantly worsened’, says Syrskyi. What we know on day 1,358

After more than a year of an all-in Russian offensive, the battle for Pokrovsk has intensified over the past few days, with Moscow troops reportedly infiltrating and trying to encircle what remains of the city after the fiercest fighting in recent times.

Fresh off the Gaza ceasefire deal, Donald Trump is about to meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss the possibility of selling Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine. Both Washington and Kyiv believe it may bring Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table.

In an interview with Euronews, the former United States Special Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker said Trump's impatience with Putin could prompt him to agree to provide Kyiv with Tomahawk missiles.

It comes as the UK sent fighter jets to Poland in a warning to Putin to stay out of Nato territory after repeated incursions

Moscow claims Nato already fighting Russia by backing Kyiv

Ukraine has cut Russia’s refining capacity by a fifth, in a bid to starve it of energy and revenue from exports.

Kremlin intensifying propaganda effort, says ISW, because actual advances are ‘limited and slow relative to high losses incurred’. What we know on day 1,287

The announcement came hours after overnight Russian strikes on energy sites left 60,000 Ukrainians without electricity.