After Trump's inauguration, Russian attacks on Ukraine became larger - the ISW report

To spread: The American Institute for the Study of the War noted that after the joining of Donald Trump to the post of head of the White House, the Russians began to use more UAV and missiles during attacks on Ukraine than before. Following the official entry ceremony, the 47th President of the United States of America Donald Trump at the end of January 2025, Russian attacks on Ukraine became larger. This was reported in the report by the Institute of War (ISW).

According to the data of the American analytical center, during this period the number of rocket strokes and punches of drones increased significantly. Also, after a telephone conversation between the American leader and the head of the Kremlin, Vladimir Putin, the attack continued with high intensity. In addition, a burst of activity was recorded after negotiations between the US and Russia in Saudi Arabia at the end of February, when the strikes reached peak values.

As it is noted, the Russian forces launched an average of 83. 4 drone on a shock package in January 2025, an average of 139. 3 drone per shock package in February 2024 and an average of 128. 8 drone on a shock package from March 1 to March 7.

At the same time, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation sometimes included rockets in shock packages in January, February and March 2025, and 67 missiles launched in a series of strikes from March 6 to March 7, this is more than in the previous missile strokes this year.

The Russian forces probably increased the total number of Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles and the cruise missiles X-101/X-55 in shock bags from March 6 to March 7 to cause maximum losses to the chosen goals in Ukraine, while using a large number of "Shahaned" rockets. We will remind, in the evening of March 7, the Russians launched in Ukraine shock drones-Kamikadze type "Shahaned", the attack continued after midnight.