Other notable findings are that:

• Russian troops maintained control over Pokrovsk after entering the city in early December 2025.
• Russia will continue its offensive with the aim of fully establishing control over the Donbass region.
• Ukraine continues to face a critical shortage of ammunition, unmanned aerial vehicles, and their components.
• The Armed Forces of Ukraine continue to claim that their personnel resources are insufficient to confront the more numerous and better equipped Russian army.
• Ukraine plans to update its mobilization processes in order not to lower the draft age. To this end, it plans to increase financial incentives, attract more foreigners, and repatriate Ukrainian citizens who have left the country.