The ISW Briefing Room


The ISW Briefing Room
is a new video series that complements our written assessments and long-form research. ISW has launched the Briefing Room series in response to our readers’ interest in more interactive and multimedia content. Below are the episodes that have been released to date:

Episodes:

Episode 44: Kremlin Information Operations around Kursk and Donetsk, September 16, 2024

Episode 43: Hundreds of Known Russian Military Targets are in Range of ATACMS, August 29, 2024

Episode 42: Kursk, Pokrovsk, and the Current State of the War, August 24, 2024

Episode 41: The Kursk Incursion Begins, August 16, 2024

Episode 40: Putin’s Extreme Demands for Ceasefire Talks with Ukraine, August 1, 2024

Episode 39: Russia Begins Summer Offensive Against Ukraine, July 31, 2024

Episode 38: Putin's Theory of Victory, July 12, 2024

Episode 37: Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Some Targets in Russia, May 31, 2024

Episode 36: An Update on Russia's Kharkiv Offensive, May 15, 2024

Episode 35: An Update on the Frontline in Ukraine, April 17, 2024

Episode 34: The Battle for Chasiv Yar Begins, April 11, 2024

Episode 33: Why Russia Wants to Destabilize Moldova, April 3, 2024

Episode 32: New Russian Prisoner Recruitment Schemes, March 8, 2024

Special Report: The Kremlin's Occupation Playbook

Episode 28: Putin's Annual Press Conference and “Direct Line” Forum, December 15, 2023

Episode 27: An Update on Russia's Offensive Drive on Avdiivka, December 8, 2023

Episode 26: Putin’s Speech at the World Russian People’s Council, November 30, 2023

Episode 25: The Impact of Fall Weather on the Ukraine War, November 20, 2023

Episode 24: Putin Prepares for 2024 Elections, November 17, 2023

Episode 23: Ukraine Crosses the Dnipro River Near Kherson, November 9, 2023

Episode 22: Russia’s Heavy Losses in Avdiivka, October 24, 2023

Episode 21: Tracking Russia’s Military Reforms, October 18, 2023

Episode 20: Fall Combat Conditions in Ukraine, October 5, 2023

Episode 19: A Dynamic Situation in Southern Ukraine, September 27, 2023

Episode 18: Ukrainians Breach Russian Defensive Lines, September 22, 2023

Episode 17: What Surovikin's Reappointment Means, September 14, 2023

Episode 16: Ukraine’s Slow and Steady Progress in the South, September 8, 2023

Episode 15: Russia's Redeployment of the 76th Airborne Division to Zaporizhia, September 5, 2023

Episode 14: Critical Moment for Ukraine’s Counteroffensive, September 1, 2023

Episode 13: What's Behind Prigozhin's Assassination?, August 25, 2023

Episode 12: Ukraine Makes Tactically Significant Gains, August 17, 2023

Episode 11: Ukraine's Interdiction Campaign, August 11, 2023

Episode 10: The Wagner Group in Belarus, August 2, 2023

Episode 9: Main Thrust of Ukraine's Counteroffensive Begins, July 27, 2023

Episode 8: Russia's Military Purges, July 17, 2023

Episode 7: Ukrainian Counteroffensive Update, July 11, 2023

Episode 6: Russian Force Generation, June 30, 2023

Episode 5: Assessing Prigozhin's Wagner Group Rebellion, June 27, 2023

Episode 4: Ukrainian Counteroffensive Makes Slow Progress, June 23, 2023

Episode 3: Russian Units in Southern Ukraine, June 21, 2023

Episode 2: Russian Defensive Tactics, June 15, 2023

Episode 1: The Ukrainian Counteroffensive Begins, June 14, 2023

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