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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 3, 2026

11+ hour, 7+ min ago  (945+ words) Russian forces continued offensive operations in Kursk and Sumy oblasts on April 3 but did not advance. Russian forces attacked in Sumy and Kursk oblasts, including northwest of Sumy City near Sopych; north of Sumy City near Mala Korchakivka, Andriivka, and…...

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, April 1, 2026

2+ day, 9+ hour ago  (996+ words) Ukrainian forces continued their long-range strike campaign against Russian defense industrial infrastructure on the night of March 30 to April 1. The Ukrainian General Staff reported on April 1 that Ukrainian forces struck the "Strela" Joint Stock Company in Bryansk Oblast, which produces…...

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 31, 2026

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (768+ words) Russian forces attacked in the Sumy direction, including north of Sumy City near Kindrativka, Mala Korchakivka, and Oleksiivka, on March 30 and 31.[30] Order of Battle: Elements of the Russian 83rd Separate Airborne (VDV) Brigade reportedly continue to intercept Ukrainian drones in Kursk Oblast…...

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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 30, 2026

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (718+ words) Unconfirmed claims: A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces advanced near Novodmytrivka (southeast of Sumy City).[24] Russian forces attacked in unspecified areas in northern Sumy Oblast on March 29 and 30.[25] Russian forces attacked northeast of Kharkiv City near Vovchansk, Vovchanski Khutory,…...

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Russian Occupation Update, March 26, 2026

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (19+ words) Russian Occupation Update, March 26, 2026Institute for the Study of War Data Cutoff: 2:00 PM ET, March 25...

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understandingwar.org > newsroom > reuters-welcome-to-new-russia-how-the-kremlin-is-remaking-occupied-ukraine

Reuters: Welcome to ‘New Russia’: How the Kremlin is remaking occupied Ukraine

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (153+ words) Reuters: Welcome to "New Russia: How the Kremlin is remaking occupied Ukraine'Institute for the Study of War Even as Moscow pursues a devastating war against Ukrainian forces to the west, its pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into an aggressive,…...

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understandingwar.org > research > russia-ukraine > russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-25-2026

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 25, 2026

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (648+ words) Russian forces attacked in the Sumy direction, including north of Sumy City near Kindrativka and northeast of Sumy City near Yunakivka, on March 24 and 25.[32] Russian forces continued offensive operations in northern Kharkiv Oblast on March 25 but did not make confirmed…...

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understandingwar.org > research > russia-ukraine > russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-23-2026

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 23, 2026

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (879+ words) Russian forces continued offensive operations in northern Sumy Oblast on March 23 but did not make confirmed advances. Unconfirmed claims: A Russian milblogger claimed that Russian forces advanced south of Bobylivka (northwest of Sumy City).[33] Russian forces attacked in the Sumy…...

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understandingwar.org > research > russia-ukraine > russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-21-2026

Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, March 21, 2026

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (1190+ words) The all-Russian pro-Ukrainian Freedom of Russia Legion (LSR) reported on March 20 that its agents set fire to a coal and military cargo-carrying diesel locomotive at the Prokopyevsky Transport Directorate in Prokopyevsk, Kemerovo Oblast.[26] Russian forces recently infiltrated in northern Sumy…...

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Assessed Control of Terrain in the Russo-Ukrainian War, March 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (43+ words) Assessed Control of Terrain in the Russo-Ukrainian War, March 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET'Institute for the Study of War Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment Assessed Control of Terrain in the Russo-Ukrainian War, March 7, 2026 at 1:30 PM ET...