ISW Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 8, 2025
Government
Key Takeaways from the ISW : Russian President Vladimir Putin remains committed to his theory of victory, which holds that Russia can outlast the West and Ukraine in a war of attrition, and his demand for Ukraine’s full capitulation. Putin acknowledged Ukraine’s long-range strike campaign against Russian oil refineries amidst ongoing gasoline shortages and price surges in Russia and occupied Ukraine. The Kremlin is intensifying its efforts to use defunct US-Russian arms control treaties to gain
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