NEW: Ukrainian forces recently liberated territory including part of the city of Kupyansk in a tactical counterattack in the Kupyansk direction. 🧵(1/6)

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NEW: The Kremlin is significantly intensifying its cognitive warfare effort to present the Russian military and economy as able to inevitably win a war of attrition against Ukraine. 🧵(1/9)

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, December 9, 2025: isw.pub/UkrUpdate120925

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WARNING UPDATE: The Kremlin is setting conditions to generate possibly violent protests to remove Moldovan President Maia Sandu from power following the September 28 Moldovan parliamentary elections.

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NEW: US President Donald Trump expressed confidence in Ukraine's ability to fully liberate all of its territory that Russia currently occupies following a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the United Nations General Assembly. 🧵(1/5)

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4/ The reported redeployments suggest that the Russian Fall 2025 offensive will focus on efforts to seize the remainder of Donetsk Oblast, particularly in the Dobropillya, Pokrovsk, and Kostyantynivka areas.

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MORE: The Russian economy continues to face budget deficits as a result of increased defense spending and the detrimental effects of Western sanctions and secondary tariffs. (1/3) isw.pub/UkrWar082025

NEW: The Critical Importance of Ukraine’s Fortress Belt in Donetsk Oblast 🧵(1/7)

Kremlin officials are reportedly demanding that Ukraine cede strategically vital unoccupied territory in Donetsk Oblast and freeze the front line in other areas.

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NEW: Helping Ukraine inflict battlefield setbacks on Russian forces remains essential to efforts to persuade Putin to reevaluate his position on the war and negotiations. 🧵(1/9)

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 5, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar080525

According to three people familiar with the command, Musk told a senior engineer at the California offices of SpaceX to cut Starlink coverage in areas including Kherson, a strategic region Ukraine was trying to reclaim during a pivotal counteroffensive reut.rs/45mrXK8

7/ The US State Department approved two Foreign Military Sales (FMS) to Ukraine totaling $322 million.

Ukraine and Russia conducted their ninth prisoner of war (POW) exchange on July 23, in accordance with agreements reached during the June 2 bilateral negotiations in Istanbul.