Key Takeaways from the ISW:
- The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) issued a response to concerns about its ongoing issues with Russia’s Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) recruitment drive, which has reportedly attempted to fill recruitment quotas using Russian university students.
- Senior Russian officials continue to reiterate Russia’s territorial goals in Ukraine beyond demands for Ukraine’s withdrawal from Donetsk Oblast.
- An Iranian delegation led by Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi emphasized the importance of Russian-Iranian strategic relations in a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on April 27.
- Neither Russian or Ukrainian forces made confirmed advances on the frontline.
- Russian forces launched 94 drones toward Ukraine overnight.
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