The think tank said that Russia is planning on making incremental gains along the front over the next nine months.

Vladimir Putin has no plans to end the war anytime soon, as Russian military command has adopted a long-term strategy to achieve its objectives. According to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW),

President Donald Trump says his administration has already had “very serious” discussions with Russia about its war in Ukraine and that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin could soon take “significant” action toward ending the grinding conflict.

A shortage of infantry troops and supply routes under Russian drone attacks have dealt a blow to Ukrainian forces around the strategic eastern city of Pokrovsk.