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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, June 16, 2025

June 16, 2025 - ISW Press

Russia’s consumption of its Soviet-era tank stores appears to be slowing, possibly due to Russia's increasing transition to using motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) on the battlefield.

Iran Update Special Report, June 16, 2025, Morning Edition

June 16, 2025 - ISW Press

Israel struck military and military-industrial sites around Tehran as part of its ongoing campaign into Iran. There are also unverified reports of an Israeli strike around the Fordow nuclear site.

China-Taiwan Weekly Update, June 16, 2025

June 16, 2025 - ISW Press

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung acted in accordance with his “pragmatic” foreign policy in the first week following his election

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

June 15, 2025 - ISW Press

The IDF expanded its air campaign into Iran by beginning to strike regime institutions, including some related to internal security and social control. This comes the day after the IDF began striking energy infrastructure. The degradation of the Iranian coercive apparatus coupled with energy shortages could destabilize the regime. The IDF conducted its furthest strike eastward as part of its efforts to establish air superiority over Iran. Iran has continued its missile campaign targeting Israel, having launched 10 total barrages at the time of this writing.

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.

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