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The Institute for the Study of War released its Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment for September 9, 2026, which was republished by the Kyiv Post. The daily report tracked Russian ground operations along the front in eastern and southern Ukraine, Ukrainian counter-actions, and the continuing exchange of long-range drone and missile strikes between the two sides. ISW assessments are widely used by governments, journalists and analysts as a near-real-time reference on territorial change and operational trends in the war. The September 9 edition therefore served as the main consolidated record of that day's battlefield developments, alongside daily situation maps published by Ukrainian outlets. Its publication mattered because incremental Russian advances and Ukraine's deep-strike campaign were both central to debates over Western military aid and the viability of ceasefire proposals at the time.