Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 24, 2025

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : Peskov claimed that Ukraine's military position is significantly worse than in Spring 2022 and that US efforts to "encourage" Ukraine to continue military operations are "misguided.
50% : Assessed Russian advances: Geolocated footage published on September 24 indicates that Russian forces recently advanced to the eastern outskirts of Kostyantynivka.[69] Unconfirmed claims: The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Russian milbloggers claimed that Russian forces enveloped a tactical Ukrainian pocket near the Kleban-Byk Reservoir (southeast of Kostyantynivka) and are clearing the area.[70] Russian forces attacked northeast of Kostyantynivka near Chasiv Yar and Orikhovo-Vasylivka; east of Kostyantynivka near Oleksandro-Shultyne; southeast of Kostyantynivka near Katerynivka, Kleban-Byk, Shcherbynivka, and Pleshchiivka; south of Kostyantynivka near Oleksandro-Kalynove and Ivanopillya; southwest of Kostyantynivka near Yablunivka; south of Druzhkivka near Rusyn Yar and Poltavka; and southwest of Druzhkivka near Sofiivka and Volodymyrivka on September 23 and 24.[71] Zaporozhets reported that Russian forces are focusing on improving logistics in the Kramatorsk direction (northeast of Kostyantynivka) in Chasiv Yar and Stupochky and are rotating in elements of the 70th Naval Infantry Brigade (possibly referring to a newly formed unit).[72] The chief sergeant of a Ukrainian battalion reported that Russian forces have shifted their tactics from prioritizing small group reconnaissance and infiltration tactics in early August 2025 to more actively attacking in small assault groups with heavy drone and artillery support.[73]
47% : "[13] Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) CEO and key Kremlin negotiator Kirill Dmitriev claimed that Russia's economy is outperforming those of the EU, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[14]
27% : The Kremlin aims to convince Trump and the West that continuing to support Ukraine and oppose Russia is not viable and that the United States should instead allow Russia to continue its war unimpeded.
25% : Peskov claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to the settlement process to end the war in Ukraine and that Trump "cannot help but see Putin's openness to this process.
18% : Peskov claimed that Ukraine must "not forget" that its position only worsens with every day that Ukraine refuses to negotiate and that the situation on the frontline is evidence of Ukraine's deteriorating situation.[12] Russian Security Council Deputy Chairperson Dmitry Medvedev claimed that Trump's September 23 statements show that Trump is living in an "alternate reality.

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