Russia and Ukraine both launched sizable attacks in different parts of Kursk Oblast in recent days, battling over territory that Kyiv hopes to use as leverage in potential peace talks. In eastern Ukraine,...
Ukraine took a gamble with its offensive in Kursk Oblast. Three months in, the operation has yet to pay off in the way Kyiv hoped. It did boost Ukrainian morale and disrupt the gloomy narrative surrounding...
Russian forces are currently attempting to encircle Kurakhove, a small city in the southern part of Donetsk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. Their rate of advance, while still relatively modest, has accelerated...
“The Russians have begun counter-offensive actions” in Kursk Oblast, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday. Although information about Russia’s progress remains fragmentary,...
Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They...
Though Kyiv hoped its Kursk offensive would undercut Russia’s push toward the eastern city of Pokrovsk, that has not happened. Instead, Russian advances have accelerated, while Russia has redeployed...
Now on its fourth day, Ukraine’s surprise offensive in Russia’s Kursk region is a daring gambit likely intended to divert Russian forces and snatch back the war’s momentum. But it also comes with...
Mykhailo, an eight-year-old from the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, was asked to do something no child should ever have to do. After Russia bombed Kharkiv’s Epicenter shopping center on May 25, police asked the...
The United States has begun rushing artillery shells and other aid to Ukraine following the passage of the long-delayed national security supplemental bill. For Kyiv’s embattled troops, this...
This article offers a preliminary analysis of the Battle of Avdiivka, particularly its final weeks. While more information will no doubt come to light as time passes, some initial conclusions stand out....
A Ukrainian military spokesman confirmed today that Russian troops have pressed into northern Avdiivka, a small city in southeastern Ukraine that has been on the front line since 2014. While...