This is a special issue of the Russian Military Digest dedicated to the Russo-Ukrainian War, composed on the basis of numerous open sources. You can see older issues of the Digest here. Kursk-Sumy Area Fighting in the area continued without confirmed major changes. Kharkiv Area In the east, Russians crossed the international border into Ukraine…
This is a special issue of the Russian Military Digest dedicated to the Russo-Ukrainian War, composed on the basis of numerous open sources. You can see older issues of the Digest here. Kursk-Sumy Area North of Sumy, Russians reached village Korchakivka. Kharkiv Area Fighting continued within Kozacha Lopan with Ukrainians pushing back against the previous…
Alex Vatanka Middle East Institute, Washington D.C. Download PDF When the war between the United States and Iran flared again in mid-July, the battlefield was already much larger than Iran. On 18 July, American strikes hit areas stretching from Ahvaz and Yazd to Bandar Abbas, Qeshm and Chabahar. Tehran claimed in return to have hit…
China Radar: South Caucasus is a monthly publication dedicated to China’s activities and influence in the three nations of South Caucasus. Strategic Partnerships On 9 June 2026, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping and the Georgian president Mikheil Kavelashvili “jointly announced the elevation of bilateral relations to a comprehensive strategic partnership.” The previous stage in the…
The digest covers China’s political, diplomatic, economic, and other activities in the South Caucasus region and relations between China and the South Caucasus countries. It relies on a wide variety of sources, including the Chinese media. It is worth noting that the Chinese media is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (according to the World…
The Russian Geostrategy Monitor is a monthly brief that tracks Russian geostrategy worldwide employing the framework set in The Structure of Modern Russia’s Foreign Strategy. Russian geostrategic activities are also tracked on the regularly updated interactive Russian Geostrategy Map. Issue 42 covers the Russian geostrategy for the month of June 2026. The numbering and contents…
This is a special issue of the Russian Military Digest dedicated to the Russo-Ukrainian War, composed on the basis of numerous open sources. You can see older issues of the Digest here. Kursk-Sumy Area Russians took village Bezsalivka or most of it, and pushed forward in village Kindrativka. Kharkiv Area Russians pushed forward in the…
Tornike Zurabashvili Researcher, political and security affairs in Georgia and the Black Sea region. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Tbilisi State University. Download PDF Introduction Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 has had serious political and economic reverberations both within the immediate neighborhood and across the wider region. One such…
Nino Chanadiri Georgian researcher and analyst focusing on political, social and security developments in Eastern Europe and Baltic Sea Region. Download PDF Introduction Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 has since affected the politics of many European countries, both externally and internally. The war in the heart of Europe has created opportunities for political…
This is a special issue of the Russian Military Digest dedicated to the Russo-Ukrainian War, composed on the basis of numerous open sources. You can see older issues of the Digest here. Kursk-Sumy Area Fighting in the area continued without confirmed major changes. Kharkiv Area Fighting in the area continued without major changes. Kupyansk-Lyman Area…