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

Russia holds a sizable advantage over Ukraine on troop numbers and weaponry yet the two sides have fought to a standstill. Russia this spring has ramped up attacks on civilian targets while ...

Russia, following Ukraine's lead, has also announced it will form a dedicated drone branch in the military by the third quarter of 2025. Russia has an extensive inventory of aircraft, from its ...

Ukraine's military said on April 23 that it struck a Russian facility producing combat drones located more than 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) from Ukraine's border. Independent news channel Astra ...

joint operations between different branches of the armed forces. Skepticism should have been warranted: Russian defense analysts could hardly be expected to admit that their country’s military reform ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top military officer was ... of it and the need to organize closer interaction between branches of the military and to increase the quality of supplies and the ...

Ukraine is creating a new military branch for drone warfare ... Ukraine has regularly used drones to take out Russian tanks, bomb trenches, hit equipment stores, and target soldiers.

This content was produced in Russia where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in ... on Wednesday said it was opening more branches in the four regions of Ukraine that ...

Three Russian ships and a nuclear-powered submarine arrived in Cuban waters Wednesday ahead of military exercises in the Caribbean. While the exercises aren't considered a threat to the U.S ...