The situation 1173 – June 2. 2025

• Ukrainian and Russian delegations met in Istanbul on June 2 and only reached agreements about prisoner of war (POW) exchanges. Russia's refusal to give Ukraine its memorandum with its terms for a peace settlement before the meeting ensured that the meeting was largely unproductive and further protracted the negotiation process.
• Ukrainian and Russian media published the major points of both sides' memorandums on June 1 and 2, respectively.
• Russia's memorandum reflects the Kremlin's long-standing public demands for Ukraine to make significant territorial and political concessions while Russia offers no concessions of its own.
• The Russian delegation dismissed Russia's systemic kidnapping of Ukrainian children.
• Russian forces appear to be intensifying efforts to widen the frontline in northern Sumy Oblast along three axes of advance north and northeast of Sumy City.
• Open-source analysts continue to clarify the battlefield damage following the Ukrainian long-range drone strike series on June 1.
• Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Velyka Novosilka. Russian forces recently advanced near Lyman, Chasiv Yar, and Toretsk.

The full update of the Russian offensive 1173 is available on UNDERSTANDING WAR