Key Takeaways from the ISW:
- Ukrainian officials are widely reporting continued in-motion speed restrictions on SpaceX’s low-earth orbit satellite communication technology (Starlink and Starshield) on October 23, but the situation remains unclear.
- Russia and Ukraine have reportedly agreed to a limited ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Kherson Oblast.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin articulated his long-standing commitment to wider territorial aims in Ukraine far beyond Donetsk Oblast by invoking mythologized and false Russian “historical claims”.
- The Kremlin appears to be increasingly adopting a more cautious monetary policy amid continued inflationary pressures, which may pose risks to wage growth and Russia’s defense industrial base (DIB).
- A likely Russian drone struck a cargo ship off the coast of Romania, and drone debris fell in Moldova on October 23.
- Ukraine and Russia conducted civilian prisoner and prisoner of war (POW) exchanges on October 23.
- Ukrainian forces recently advanced west of Kostyantynivka.
- Russian forces launched 176 drones against Ukraine overnight. Ukraine continued its long-range strike campaign against Russian military assets overnight on October 22 to 23 and on October 23.
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