I don’t post graphic war footage. I understand that it is difficult for many to process, especially if it comes up on you unexpectedly. However, this reporting from @nyt is important. Many residents risked their lives to film what happened in Bucha. Video in link below. (1/5)

Coverage Note: Institute for the Study of War and Critical Threats will not publish a campaign assessment (or maps) tomorrow, December 25, in observance of the Christmas holiday. Coverage will resume Monday, December 26.

Russian authorities intensified efforts to deport Ukrainian children to #Russia. ISW maintains that the forced deportation of Ukrainian children represents a possible violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.🧵 isw.pub/UkrWar122722

⁦Financial Times⁩ letter from retired defence attaché. Early lesson for historians out there

ISW has produced hundreds of assessments and thousands of maps tracking the war in #Ukraine this year, but a few stand out.🧵of top moments. Thanks to so many of you who have given already. We need your continued support to sustain our work in 2023. isw.pub/Give

Second grade me got it.

Iraq should throw a real curve ball and just start calling it the Gulf of Basra.

"I want to give credit here to one particular source of information on the war. I read a lot on this issue, but by far the thing that I find most informative and most useful to be the daily report on the war that's put out by the Institute for the Study of War ." -Michael J. Morell

NEW: Russian forces have regained the initiative in #Ukraine and have begun their next major offensive in #Luhansk Oblast. 🧵(1/8) isw.pub/UkrWar020823

Wheels of Justice are turning: I applaud the ICC decision to issue arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova over forcible transfer of Ukrainian children. International criminals will be held accountable for stealing children and other international crimes.

NEW REPORT | #Iran has embraced an offensive regional strategy to adapt for modern conflict and pursue external objectives more effectively. Read Nicholas Carl’s Critical Threats and @aei report here: criticalthreats.org/analysis/pivot…

As part of our work at Bellingcat we've written guides about dealing with traumatic imagery. The first is How to Prevent, Identify and Address Vicarious Trauma — While Conducting Open Source Investigations in the Middle East by Hannah Ellis bellingcat.com/resources/how-…