Key Takeaways from the ISW:
- US President Donald Trump announced a new deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine no later than August 9.
- Kremlin officials continue to frame Russia as in direct geopolitical confrontation with the West in order to generate domestic support for the war in Ukraine and future Russian aggression against NATO.
- Russian forces recently advanced in the Lyman, Toretsk, Novopavlivka, and Velyka Novosilka directions.
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