The following is the May 28, 2025 Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Russian Military Performance and Outlook.

American weapons are important, but Ukrainian drones have changed everything.

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Moscow’s growing military presence near Ukraine’s northern border is tying down forces, according to Ukrainian officials.

Russian forces are reportedly ... month window" to make a breakthrough in Ukraine this year. "I think they must know this is their last year of build-up before they reach a plateau," he adds ...

Now Russian troops are massing on the other side of ... Sumy City and illegally annex Sumy Oblast." Russia's troop build-up by Ukraine is likely to continue with Moscow's territorial aims beyond ...

Newsweek has contacted the Russian ... end of the Ukraine war. Members of NATO's eastern flank have said Russia has stepped up its hybrid activity in the region and the build-up of Russia's ...

The Russian military plans to increase its grouping in Ukraine by 150,000 soldiers in ... into action at the same time," Palisa said. This buildup comes as Russia intensifies its pressure on ...

Russia is amassing troops along its border with Ukraine ... an end to the Kremlin’s three-year invasion. “The buildup of Russian forces indicates that Moscow intends to keep ignoring diplomacy ...

KYIV, Ukraine — Moscow has amassed hundreds ... states like Iran and North Korea.” A surge in Russian bombardment has accompanied the buildup of forces. Konrad Muzyka, a military analyst ...

Instead, it became cannon fodder for a Ukrainian army that, on paper, was weaker than the Russian army was. Now Kaliningrad is all but defenseless, and the threat the oblast’s troops once posed ...

Ambassador Michael Carpenter said the OSCE has found evidence that 169,000 to 190,000 Russian ... buildup of troops and equipment, releasing information about all military operations near Ukraine ...