Ukraine plays deadly whack-a-bridge at Lyman—but Russian engineers are winning
One river is helping to protect a key Ukrainian town. The Russians are building bridges. The Ukrainians are blasting them.
Russia’s biggest tank division is heading straight for Zaporizhzhia and its 700,000 residents
Unnoticed by the wider world, the Russian army is steadily marching west through south Donetsk, toward a crucial regional center
Near Pokrovsk, Ukraine discovers chaos favors the bigger army
Every attack exposes flanks to counterattack, and Russia has more troops for the chaos
Ukraine hits the planes that haul Russia’s missiles
Ukrainian drones are targeting the cargo planes that make Russia's own air raids on Ukrainian cities possible.
Russia’s last 1,000 tanks are 50 years old—but Ukraine should still worry
In a war where drones rule and tanks function as glorified artillery pieces, 50-year-old steel kills just as effectively as billion-dollar armor.
Ukraine and Russia now hunt each other’s missile crews in deadly “left of boom” race
It's so hard to intercept a Russian Iskander missile in mid-air that the Ukrainians are now hunting the launchers, instead. But their Neptune crews can suffer the same fate.
Russia is so scared of Ukrainian drones, it’s stripping the turrets off tanks
When you've lost 22,000 armored vehicles, converting a T-72 into a Franken-IFV to attack Pokrovsk makes total sense
Italy sends Ukraine an APC “on steroids” to evacuate WIA soldiers under drone fire
The VCC-1's extra steel stops what aluminum cannot.
Ukraine uses Russian kill-zone playbook—Russian troops fall for it every time
Ukraine studied 'The Russian Way of War.' Russia apparently didn't.
The Bulat tanks are tired. But Ukraine can’t afford to ditch them.
They used to be Ukraine's best tanks. But they're worn out and they're too heavy, so the Bulats are fading away.
The battlefield around Pokrovsk is “a total mess.” And it’s about to get worse.
How many Russians are left in their salient northeast of Pokrovsk, and where are they? No outsiders know for sure.
Ukrainian troops are on the attack in Sumy—and advancing
Moscow stripped troops from Sumy to double down on its attack in Donetsk. For Kyiv, that was an opportunity.
Moscow touts new tank production in Omsk—analysts cry hype
Russia may have fired up a second production line for new tanks. But how many new T-80s is Uralvagonzavod actually producing?
Ukraine rolled back Crimea’s air defenses—then hit a ship in home waters
The Black Sea has become Ukraine's hunting ground.