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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 15, 2025

June 15, 2025 - ISW Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to portray Russia as an effective and necessary international partner for the United States amid ongoing Iran-Israel tensions. US President Donald Trump stated on June 14 that he and Putin spoke by phone for about an hour about the ongoing Israel-Iran strikes and spent “much less” time talking about Ukraine than Iran.

Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Morning Edition

June 15, 2025 - ISW Press

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has targeted several nuclear sites in Tehran since CTP-ISW's last data cutoff on June 14.

Iran Update Special Report, June 14, 2025, Evening Edition

June 14, 2025 - ISW Press

The Israeli air campaign is driving generational turnover in Iranian military leadership. The IDF has continued to target Iranian military targets across Iran, likely to degrade Iran’s retaliatory capabilities. This update contains early battle damage assessments (BDA) of several Iranian facilities, including Natanz, Esfahan Nuclear Technology Center, and several military bases.

 

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 14, 2025

June 14, 2025 - ISW Press

Russian forces continue to make marginal territorial gains east of Novopavlivka as Russian forces attempt to advance into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast and toward the settlement from three tactical directions. Geolocated footage published on June 13 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced in central Horikhove (east of Novopavlivka) and likely seized the settlement.

Iran Update Special Report, June 14, 2025, Morning Edition

June 14, 2025 - ISW Press

Iran has used significantly fewer munitions in its response to Israel than originally planned because the IDF destroyed and damaged missile launchers and silos that Iran planned to use to retaliate against Israel. This is consistent with CTP-ISW’s observation that degrading Iran’s retaliatory capabilities was one objective of the initial Israeli strikes on June 12.

Iran Update Special Edition: Israeli Strikes on Iran, June 13, 2025, 2:00 PM ET

June 13, 2025 - ISW Press

Israel launched an air campaign targeting the Iranian nuclear program and regime leadership on June 12 to “degrade, destroy, and remove [the] threat” of Iranian weaponization of its nuclear program. The June 12 to 13 strikes are the opening volley in a weekslong air campaign, according to multiple Israeli officials.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 13, 2025

June 13, 2025 - ISW Press

Russian officials largely condemned the June 13 Israeli strikes against Iran, as Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to offer to facilitate negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.

Iran Update Special Edition: Israeli Strikes on Iran, June 13, 2025

June 13, 2025 - ISW Press

This update is the second of at least three CTP-ISW Iran Updates over the next 24 hours that will cover the Iran-Israel war. The recent Israeli strikes are a rapidly evolving situation, and no single individual or organization will have complete information at this time, including the states involved.

Iran Update Special Edition: Israeli Strikes on Iran, June 12, 2025

June 12, 2025 - ISW Press

Israel conducted the first strikes of its air campaign targeting the Iranian nuclear program and regime leadership on June 12. This update is the first of at least three CTP-ISW Iran Updates over the next 24 hours that will cover the situation as it evolves.

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 12, 2025

June 12, 2025 - ISW Press

The Ukrainian General Staff reported that Russian forces have sustained over one million casualties since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022, over half of which occurred since January 2024.[

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