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14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 25 (25) 2025 – 22OCT – 11NOV 2025

Executive Summary The period under review marked a decisive strategic inflexion in the war. Russia continued its evolution from an ad-hoc “special military operation” toward a more formalised state of pro...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 24 (24) 2025 – 15 – 21OCT2025

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 23 (23) 2025 – 08 – 14OCT2025

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 22 (22) 2025 – 01 – 07OCT2025

Executive Summary The reporting period 01–07 OCT 2025 further underscored the attritional and endurance-based character of the conflict. Russian forces sustained high-intensity offensive operations along the D...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 21 (21) 2025 – 22SEP – 30SEP2025

Executive Summary The reporting period 22–30SEP2025 reinforced the attritional nature of the conflict in Ukraine, with both Russia and Ukraine sustaining intensive operations but achieving only limited t...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 20 (20) 2025 – 15SEP –23SEP2025

Executive Summary The reporting period of 15–23SEP2025 reflects the entrenched attritional dynamics of the war in Ukraine, with Russia attempting to sustain pressure along multiple axes of advance while U...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 19 (19) 2025 – 08SEP – 16SEP2025

Executive Summary The reporting period of 08–14SEP2025 reinforced the entrenched dynamics of a war of attrition in Ukraine, where Russia’s incremental battlefield gains remain strategically constrained, Ukr...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 18 (18) 2025 – 25AUG – 02SEP2025

Executive Summary The reporting period (01–09SEP2025) underscored the widening divergence between battlefield dynamics in Ukraine, Russian force generation efforts, Belarusian hybrid activity, and NATO’s evo...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 17 (17) 2025 – 25AUG – 02SEP2025

Executive Summary Between 25–31AUG, the war in Ukraine remained defined by high-intensity attritional fighting, particularly across the Donbas and Kharkiv theatres. Russian forces conducted over 1,190 combat e...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 16 (16) 2025 – 18 – 26AUG2025

Executive Summary The 18–26 AUG reporting period was characterised by sustained high-intensity attrition, with Russian forces continuing to press along multiple Donbas axes while absorbing significant losses...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 15 (15) 2025 – 11 – 19AUG2025

Executive Summary The reporting period was marked by an intensification of Russian offensive activity across the Donbas, with the capture of Serebrianka and Shcherbynivka constituting rare tactical...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 14 (14) 2025 – 04 – 12AUG2025

Executive Summary The reporting period saw a further consolidation of attritional dynamics across the Ukrainian theatre, with Russia maintaining steady offensive momentum in the Pokrovsk sector and Ukraine...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 13 (13) 2025 – 28JUL – 05AUG2025

Executive Summary The reporting period of 28JUL–05AUG2025 underscored intensifying attritional dynamics in Ukraine, with Russian forces maintaining steady pressure along multiple axes while Ukraine leveraged a...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 12 (12) 2025 – 21JUL-29JUL2025

Executive Summary The reporting period was marked by intensified attritional warfare in eastern Ukraine, heightened hybrid threat activity along NATO’s eastern flank, and a deepening strategic divergence b...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 11 (11) 2025 – 02JUL-20JUL2025

Executive Summary The 01–20JUL2025 reporting period was characterised by intensifying attritional warfare in Ukraine, deepening strategic divergence between Kyiv and Moscow, and elevated hybrid threat a...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 10 (10) 2025 – 25JUN-01JUL2025

Executive Summary Between 23 and 30 June 2025, Ukraine’s defence effort was defined by sustained high-intensity combat across Donetsk, Zaporizhia, and Kherson, with Russia maintaining offensive momentum w...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 9 (9) 2025 – 18JUN-24JUN2025

Executive Summary Between 18–24JUN2025, the war in Ukraine remained defined by high-intensity attritional combat, with Russia sustaining pressure across all operational axes— particularly around Pokrovsk an...

14 Nov 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 8 (8) 2025 – 11JUN-17JUN2025

Executive Summary Russian forces continue to maintain offensive pressure across multiple axes, achieving incremental territorial gains north of Kupiansk and along the Pokrovsk and Severodonetsk-Siversk...

12 Jun 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 7 (7) 2025 – 04JUN-10JUN2025

Executive Summary The war in Ukraine remains attritional but dynamic. Ukraine’s long-range drone strike—Operation Spiderweb—destroyed or damaged up to 17 Russian bombers, dealing a major blow to Russia’s strat...

12 Jun 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 6 (6) 2025 – 28MAY-03JUN2025

Executive Summary Ukraine has demonstrated significant operational innovation and resilience. Its forces conducted deep-reaching drone strikes against critical Russian air bases, reportedly damaging dozens of...

12 May 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 5 (5) 2025 – 21-27MAY2025

Executive Summary Ukraine’s Military and Strategic Position: Ukraine remains resilient despite resource constraints and intense Russian offensives. President Zelenskyy’s Victory Plan balances immediate def...

12 May 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 4 (4) 2025 – 14-20MAY2025

Executive Summary Ukraine continued corps-level force development with the formation of the 21st Army Corps and new mechanised brigades, yet manpower shortages and command-and-control issues limit operational...

12 May 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 3 (3) 2025 – 07-13MAY2025

Executive Summary Ukraine advanced corps-level reforms with the establishment of the 12th and 19th Army Corps, but unit dispersion and interagency overlap continue to hinder cohesion. Tactical operations...

12 May 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 2 (2) 2025 – 30APR-06MAY2025

Executive Summary Ukraine advanced its corps-level reform, assigning areas of responsibility to newly formed headquarters, though staffing and training gaps persist. Decentralised strike...

12 May 2025 RedHorizon

Issue No 1 (1) 2025 – 23-29APR2025

Executive Summary Ukraine established the 8th Air Assault Corps, marking a major structural expansion, while a new 29th Tank Battalion reflects Ukraine's continued reliance on armoured units. Ukrainian...

12 May 2025 Analysis

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