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Ukraine retook 240 square km north of Lyman and nobody reported it for three months
The 3rd Army Corps attacked on 22 May and nobody outside the army reported it until late August. Whether it changes the war is the one thing the analysts do not agree on.
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18 September 2026
- International“A warning to companies that remain”: Russia takes control of Nestlé and Auchan’s assets – companies that stayed in Russia following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine
- Drones hit Rostov-on-Don for the second straight night—OSINT monitors say the military airbase was likely the target again
- Ukraine’s snipers didn’t vanish in the drone war—their job changed beyond recognition
- Russia was sure the terrain made this village impossible to take—Ukraine walked in anyway
- Stop arming Ukraine or we shut down your defense firms, pro-Kremlin group tells Latvia, Poland, and Portugal
- Russian e-commerce will lose $4.8 billion to the drone campaign against its warehouses, analysts estimate
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1667: US House passes first major Russia oil sanctions in two years, one signature from becoming law
- Thousands are starving in occupied Oleshky. People have no food, no way out, and Russian forces bomb incoming aid
- EU pledges €3.3 billion for Ukraine, von der Leyen says “more is coming” as Russia’s escalating air war makes life in Ukrainian cities increasingly difficult
- Russia’s war has devastated Donetsk Oblast, with losses already exceeding $26 billion
- Belarus holds military drills around the Suwalki Gap, NATO’s only land link to the Baltics
- Russia kills captain of Tanzanian-flagged ship in latest attack on civilian shipping in Black Sea
- “What Ukraine needs right now”: Poland to provide Ukraine with scarce F-16 missiles to shoot down jet-powered drones
- Ukraine receives 252 bodies as repatriation remains one of the few functioning channels with Russia
- From the frontline to a rehab center: a rescued dog from Pokrovsk now helps wounded Ukrainians on the other side of the country
- Fire temporarily shuts part of Slovak ammunition plant amid plans to triple capacity
- No missiles intercepted again: Russia strikes Kyiv water infrastructure amid warnings of harsher winter attacks
- Ukraine strikes two Russian S-400 launchers in Bryansk. The same systems were used to attack Kyiv overnight.
- Kyiv’s arms industry wants to kill the export fee. Parliament just refused to route that money to the army
- Ukraine kept this strike drone secret for two years—its maker says it has destroyed more than 350 Russian systems
- International“I can travel back to Finland and be safe. That is a luxury”: Sanna Marin on the Russian strike that stopped her train from Kyiv
- A fifth of Russian refining sits idle, and the sector’s earnings still grew
- One pincer stalled a year ago, the other has just been broken near Kostiantynivka—Russia’s ring will not close, Ukrainian commander says
Daily Review
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1667: US House passes first major Russia oil sanctions in two years, one signature from becoming law
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1666: Ukraine’s counteroffensive disrupts Russia’s Donetsk encirclement plan
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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1665: Ukraine reveals a secret counteroffensive in northern Donetsk, saying it has cleared Russian infiltrators and retaken ground in an operation it calls Vivaldi
Ukraine spent three years learning to catch Russian drones—so Russia made them fly faster
Russia's jet-powered drones don't beat Ukraine's missile defense. They threaten the cheap layer that keeps it affordable—and they are turning the war into a contest over reaction time.
Russia keeps striking Ukraine’s energy system. Winter resilience plans are less than half complete
Ukraine is racing to shield heat, water, and rail from Russian strikes—but new locomotives will not arrive before 2027.
Ukraine has five ways to stop Russia’s Iskanders. Only one arrives before the strikes on the grid begin
It means finding a launcher in a forest during the twenty minutes it spends above ground.
A rare Ukrainian Bulat tank turned up in a brigade that never had them
Ukraine wanted 400 of the up-armored T-64s and built about 80. Nobody can say how the 57th Motorized Brigade got one.
Russia drove most ships from Ukraine’s ports. Now its drones are hunting the trains
By late August, Ukraine had exported only a third of its normal volume of farm goods. Russia damaged more than 250 locomotives in six months.
Russia’s last “Ukraine peace deal” led to Europe’s biggest war since WWII. Here’s why this one could be worse.
Moscow isn’t just negotiating—it’s setting the stage. Behind closed doors, familiar tactics are at play, and the consequences could reshape Europe’s future once again.
Fifth drone-related NORSI shutdown in under five months leaves all major Lukoil refineries offline
Russia’s second-largest gasoline producer is offline as Moscow orders fuel redistribution and regional authorities tighten sales limits.
Glide bomb then infiltrate. This is Russia’s new way of war.
Russia's old tactics involved artillery and tanks. After four years of fighting, it's all about glide bombs and infiltrators.
Ukraine’s secret counteroffensive is more successful than we thought
The Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps has cut across a dangerous Russian salient in the east. All without telling anyone.
Frontline Rolls: Ukrainian soldiers document their lives at the front on film
The 2025 project is now a photobook and traveling exhibition after winning two international photography awards.
US C-17 spends 8½ hours in Moscow during first CIA chief visit since 2021
Washington reportedly asked Kyiv to pause strikes on Moscow and St. Petersburg while John Ratcliffe held undisclosed talks with Russian security officials.
Why is Ukraine losing ground? Mobilization crisis and command failures exposed
Ukraine's military problems can no longer be ignored as mobilization failures and systemic issues lead to mounting territorial losses
Evergreens
Yes, Ukraine can win the war – ex-minister decodes victory plan
Zelenskyy's plan and Ukraine's victory are completely realistic, says Andriy Zagorodnyuk. But there is a crucial caveat -- the current paradigm must be changed.
Ukraine finally hit three Russian Kalibr ships on 12 August. On the 19th, an untouched one hit Kyiv
Prior to 12 August, the Russian Black Sea Fleet had eight warships capable of firing Kalibr cruise missiles. It still has at least four.
A realistic victory strategy for Ukraine
In a war where offensive operations are equally difficult on both sides, not losing is already winning in the next year and a half
Analysis
Is a fifth or well over half of Wildberries gone—or can both counts be right?
Estimates of how much of Wildberries Ukraine has burned run from a fifth of the network to well over half. Which is right depends on what you count. And some of the loudest claims don’t survive a check.
