Key Takeaways from the ISW:
- Russian officials largely condemned the June 13 Israeli strikes against Iran, as Russian President Vladimir Putin continued to offer to facilitate negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program.
- Oil price increases following Israeli strikes against Iran may increase Russian revenue from oil sales and improve Russia’s ability to sustain its war effort in Ukraine.
- The Kremlin is continuing efforts to prepare the Russian defense industrial base (DIB) for a protracted war with Ukraine and a potential future war with NATO.
- Russia released the bodies of killed in action (KIA) Ukrainian servicemembers to Ukraine on June 13.
- Ukrainian forces advanced near Toretsk. Russian forces advanced in northern Sumy Oblast and near Chasiv Yar, Pokrovsk, and Velyka Novosilka.
Authors: Christina Harward, Daria Novikov, Olivia Gibson, Jennie Olmsted, Jessica Sobieski, and George Barros.
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