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Palisa: Russia tasks military with planning Kyiv, Chernihiv offensive

Intelligence has confirmed that Russia’s military leadership was instructed to plan offensive operations toward Kyiv and Chernihiv, Deputy Presidential Chief of Staff Pavlo Palisa told reporters.

29 August, 11:46 AM

New Russian mobilization could fuel northern offensive, Ukrainian intel warns

Russia is considering a hypothetical offensive into Chernihiv and Kyiv oblasts, but Ukraine has not detected a buildup of Russian occupation forces in that sector, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters on Aug. 22.

23 August, 05:51 PM

Russia occupied more territory than Ukraine liberated in July — DeepState

Russia occupied more Ukrainian territory in July than Ukraine’s Defense Forces recaptured, battlefield monitoring project DeepState reported.

3 August, 10:07 AM

Russia makes little progress after months of spring-summer attacks

Russian forces continue to advance at a slow pace in Ukraine more than two months after launching their spring-summer offensive, which has yet to produce any significant results, the Institute for the Study of War said in its Aug. 1 report.

2 August, 09:52 AM

Russia stalls near Sloviansk as spring offensive grinds into Ukraine’s eastern defenses

Russian forces are making only difficult and limited progress toward Sloviansk after launching their spring-summer offensive, the Institute for the Study of War said in a report on March 29.

30 March, 10:18 AM

ISW reports no confirmed Russian gains in renewed Sumy region offensive

Russian forces continued offensive operations in northern Ukraine’s Sumy region on Dec. 20 but made no confirmed territorial gains, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

21 December 2025, 10:29 AM

Russia pushes false narrative of looming attack on Chernihiv — ISW

Russia has likely launched a new cognitive warfare campaign by spreading information about an alleged offensive on the city of Chernihiv, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Dec. 4.

5 December 2025, 10:08 AM

Russia needs years — not months — to seize Donetsk Oblast — ISW

Russia’s invasion force could fully capture Donetsk Oblast by August 2027 — but only if it continues advancing without interruption, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Nov. 26.

27 November 2025, 09:30 AM

Russian advances confirmed near two settlements in eastern Ukraine

Russian forces advanced near two settlements on the border of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhya oblasts, the DeepState analytical project reported on Sept. 22.

22 September 2025, 12:40 PM

Russia moves elite units to Donetsk ahead of fall offensive — ISW

Russia’s military command is conducting large-scale troop redeployments across the front line, signaling preparations for a renewed offensive this fall, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Sept. 1.

2 September 2025, 11:25 AM

Ukrainian defense endures 120 clashes and 58 airstrikes in one day — General Staff

Russian forces launched 58 airstrikes, using 86 guided aerial bombs, carried out 3,875 artillery attacks, and launched 1,431 kamikaze drone assaults over the past day, Ukraine's General Staff reported on July 28.

28 July 2025, 10:46 AM

Ukraine debunks Russian claims of fresh summer offensive

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin plans to continue deploying reserves to carry out brutal “meat-grinder” assaults and attempt to capture eastern Ukrainian cities, Andrii Kovalenko, Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) head wrote on July 14.

14 July 2025, 11:16 AM

DeepState: Russia exploiting weak points in Ukraine’s Donetsk defenses

Russian troops have made gains in the Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk sectors of Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine’s DeepState analytical project reported on May 21.

21 May 2025, 06:41 PM

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