Russian forces has been pressing on with advances on different directions currently concentrating their efforts in Kharkiv region. The main goal of Russian tactics seems to be stretching Ukrainian defense and exhausting military units on the front-line in preparation for the upcoming strategic offensive, which aims and directions still remain unsettled. The Ukrainian government…
Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell asserted at a talk hosted by the Center for a New American Security that “Russia has almost completely reconstituted militarily” after the losses it suffered earlier. https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-military-almost-completely-reconstituted-after-ukraine-losses-us-official-2024-4 In contrast to the restoration of Russian military strength, Ukrainian forces are critically affected by shortage ammunition and personnel, which has undermined…
The Ukrainian government has been starting to realize that Ukrainian troops have little chance to repel a new Russian offensive. The Ukrainian political and military leaders are trying to lay the responsibility defeat for military failures on the insufficient Western assistance and find a way to ensure Western support after a probable defeat. Besides, the…
(In accordance with the request of our business associates we are bound to conceal our February analytical notes from the general public. Since March, IISWU resumes spreading its reports, which are supposed to be published twice a month) The expectations of a massive Russian offensive which cannot be successfully confronted by Ukrainian troops in…
(Full version is available under subscription) President Zelensky gave an interview to Economist’s editor-in-chief Zanny Minton Beddoes, in which he stated once more he would not negotiate with Putin, comparing him to “an animal”. The interview took place on December 30, and an extract from it was published on Economist’s official YouTube channel on…
IISWU wishes everebody a peacefull new year! (Full version is available under subscription) The Ukrainian and Russian administration simultaneously declared their positions concerning the possibility of negotiations on truce on December, 14. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba published an article in “Foreign affairs” (it appeared at the site of the journal…
