Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1603: Ukrainian defense minister and his top adviser lose their posts in one day
Exclusives Russia bet 50 vehicles that the drones would miss. The drones did not miss.. Russian commanders had…
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1602: Allies rally around Kyiv, but air defense still lags behind war’s pace
Meanwhile, Russia's oil refining has collapsed to its lowest level since 2005 after months of sustained Ukrainian drone strikes, sending global diesel prices climbing.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1601: Ukraine’s Crimea blockade nears 100 ships
Ukraine out-produces NATO on drones as Europe eyes a wider alliance.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1598: Ukraine batters Russia’s Crimea fuel lifeline as drone swarm hits 48 ships in five days
Ukraine's drone campaign against Russian fuel shipping reached a new scale this week, with strikes on tankers, oil terminals, and depots across the Azov coast and Crimea in what ISW calls a new phase of the peninsula's isolation.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1597: Ukraine races to build its own missile shield as Russian ballistic strikes triple
Exclusives Russia's war economy is starving its own strategic projects. Russia's top arms maker can't afford to build…
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1596: Trump promised Ukraine license for Patriot missile production
On the battlefield, Russia's fleet of early-warning radar planes is thinning out.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1595: Ukraine hits 12 Russian fuel tankers in two days as Belgorod burns under 430-drone barrage
Ukraine's drone campaign against Crimea's fuel lifeline and a missile strike on Belgorod's gas and power infrastructure show the war's energy front intensifying on both sides.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1594: Lack of Patriot interceptors leaves Kyiv exposed to Russian attacks, as death toll rises to 19
Ukraine now intercepts an estimated 92–96% of gasoline-powered Shahed drones, pushing Russia to shift production toward jet-powered variants.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1593: Ukraine struck over 200,000 Russian targets in June — now Moscow is advertising for people to stop the drones
As Ukraine reported record deep-strike numbers for June and struck a Russian airbase in Crimea, Moscow's growing vulnerability surfaced in an unusual place: a help-wanted ad for drone operators to defend the capital.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1592: Ukraine carried out six strikes in single day, hitting helicopter, railway bridge, and two command posts
That pressure comes as CSIS reports Russia has lost the battlefield initiative for a second straight month.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1591: Russia’s rear is “no longer peaceful” as Ukraine’s drones reach ever deeper into its war machine
Refineries, naval bases, and power plants took hits across Russia and occupied Crimea even as Moscow's strikes killed 19 civilians over the last day and left 30 dead in Kyiv yesterday.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1590: Russia’s largest attack on Kyiv in months kills 25 — a record 52,500 shelter underground
A record 52,500 people sheltered in the Kyiv metro overnight as Russia mounted its heaviest strike on the capital in months; separately, Kyiv stayed silent on its first ballistic missile and left Moscow's defense ministry to announce the weapon.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1589: Ukraine strikes Russia’s Su-30 hangars
Denmark meanwhile signaled a shift in how Europe backs Kyiv, unveiling a €590 million package of ammunition and training funding alongside a ministerial visit to the capital.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1588: Ukraine have knocked out nearly 200 Russian air defense systems since start of year
Meanwhile, Russia's claimed 1.7-million-ton gasoline reserve hasn't stopped queues and rationing from spreading at the pump.