Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment

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ISW’s Russia and Ukraine team produces the maps and analysis of record of the war in Ukraine. The Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment provides a synthetic running intelligence estimate of Putin’s political and military objectives in Ukraine and the design, prosecution, and outcomes of Russia’s war effort. ISW has published this update daily since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Each update includes an assessment of the latest battlefield changes at the operational and tactical levels of war as well as an updated strategic assessment and forecast of the war’s trajectory along with numerous supporting maps produced by ISW’s Geospatial Intelligence Team. This product line also includes prominent warning alerts.

The first two years of this product line also included detailed insights into Russian supporting efforts in Ukraine including force generation efforts, technological adaptation, Russian activities in occupied Ukraine, Russian information operations, and Russian efforts to de facto annex Belarus. In April 2024, ISW launched two new product lines to explore these Russian activities in occupied Ukraine and Russian force generation efforts in greater depth. Insights into these topics since April 2024 can be found at the links below.

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment

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Multimedia, Video Briefings

Aug 11, 2026

How ISW Maps Russian Infiltrations in Ukraine: Breaking Down the “Grey Zone”

Special Report

Apr 14, 2026

The Importance of Ukraine’s Fortress Belt: Geospatial Intelligence Terrain Analysis

Feb 24, 2026

Russian Forces Have Not Managed to Seize the Remaining Territory in The Four Illegally Annexed Oblasts After Four Years of War, February 24, 2026

Special Report

Feb 24, 2026

Putin’s Internet Crackdown Is Rooted in Weakness and a Need to Demand Greater War Sacrifices

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Aug 26, 2026

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 26, 2026

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Russo-Ukrainian War, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Sumy Direction, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Velykyi Burluk Direction, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Slovyansk Direction, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka Tactical Area, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain near Kostyantynivka, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Dobropillya Tactical Area, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Novopavlivka Direction, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in Eastern Zaporizhia Oblast, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Orikhiv Direction, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Fortress Belt, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 25, 2026

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 25, 2026

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Aug 25, 2026

Reported Russian Strikes Against Bridges and Border Crossings along the Ukrainian-Moldovan Border, August 25, 2026

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Aug 25, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Russo-Ukrainian War, August 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 25, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Sumy Direction, August 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 25, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in Kharkiv Oblast, August 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 25, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Borova Tactical Area, August 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 25, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Lyman Tactical Area, August 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 25, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Dobropillya Tactical Area, August 25, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 24, 2026

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 24, 2026

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Aug 24, 2026

Ukrainian Strikes on Russian Strike and Air Defense Assets, July 1, 2026 to August, 24, 2026

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Aug 24, 2026

Ukrainian Strikes Targeting Russian Wildberries and Ozon Locations between July 17 and August 24, 2026

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Aug 24, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Russo-Ukrainian War, August 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 24, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Sumy Direction, August 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 24, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Borova Tactical Area, August 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 24, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Slovyansk Direction, August 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 24, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Dobropillya Tactical Area, August 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 24, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in Eastern Zaporizhia Oblast, August 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 24, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Orikhiv Direction, August 24, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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May 31, 2026

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Ukraine Interactive Time-lapse: May 2026

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Sep 16, 2025

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Ukraine Interactive Time-lapse: August 2025

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Aug 28, 2025

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Nova Kakhovka Dam Flooding as of June 9, 2023

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Aug 28, 2025

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Interactive Time-lapse: Russia’s War in Ukraine

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Russo-Ukrainian War, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Sumy Direction, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Velykyi Burluk Direction, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

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Aug 26, 2026

Assessed Control of Terrain in the Slovyansk Direction, August 26, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

Methodology

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ISW does not receive any classified material from any source, uses only publicly available information, and draws extensively on Russian, Ukrainian, and Western reporting and social media as well as commercially available satellite imagery and other geospatial data as the basis for these reports. References to all sources used are provided in the endnotes of each update. ISW does not forecast Ukrainian actions, collect on Ukrainian activities beyond Ukrainian officials’ public statements and Russian or public reporting on Ukrainian activities, or map Ukrainian units’ locations.

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ISW’s methodology for mapping conventional maneuver war in Ukraine relies on standard US military doctrinal definitions of tactical mission tasks as well as centuries-old conventions for displaying conventional military operations on terrain.

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ISW does not gather information from human sources. References to all sources used are provided in the endnotes of each update.

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