Reporting from Ukraine

Ukraine’s drone regiment obliterated four Koksans the moment they rolled into range near Donetsk's Lyman.

The 52nd Artillery Brigade's arrival fundamentally shifted the battlefield mathematics, giving Ukrainian forces sustained firepower to engage every Russian crossing site and staging area.

Russian Ministry of Defense lies about capturing Kupiansk have triggered widespread friendly fire as troops kill each other while dressed as civilians. Even Russian analysts now mock their government's fabricated reports while Ukrainian defenders maintain control with a 10-to-1 casualty advantage.

As the 22-month offensive collapses into blood and failure, Russian troops are asking if their commander ever stopped working for Ukraine.

Day and night, Ukrainian FPV drones hunt Russian soldiers attempting to slip through Novotoretske's ruins, while ambush teams wait in destroyed buildings. This systematic elimination campaign has turned Russia's "last hope" into a meatgrinder consuming every reinforcement sent forward.

Ukraine's sustained drone campaign against Russian refineries has triggered a nationwide fuel collapse affecting at least ten regions from the frontlines to Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Despite official claims of seasonal demand issues, repeated strikes have devastated fuel infrastructure, forcing civilians into massive queues and rationing supplies to frontline troops.

The Kremlin blames Colonel General Aleksandr Lapin after Ukraine isolates Russian forces and wipes out relief attempts.

The staggering toll means twenty Russian soldiers die for every single meter of territory gained, while some surviving Russians now use social media platforms to desperately warn potential recruits against joining what they call "not their war."

Ukraine's long-range drone campaign has achieved phenomenal results, effectively dismantling a fifth of Russia's oil refining system through sustained attacks that have damaged or disabled over 21% of the country's total refining capacity in just two months.

The battle for Lyman intensifies as Latvian military aid arrives just in time to support Ukrainian forces facing renewed Russian pressure, with 42 modern armored vehicles potentially transforming the defensive capabilities of the 3rd Army Corps.

Ukrainian forces achieved significant territorial gains in the Pokrovsk direction by using coordinated drone swarms and ground operations to create three separate encirclements of Russian troops.

Ukrainian forces are executing a methodical campaign to destroy Russian air defense systems from Donetsk to Crimea, achieving air superiority through system demolition rather than fighter dominance.

Ukrainian forces have launched a systematic campaign targeting Russian ammunition depots from Donetsk city to the front lines at Pokrovsk, creating critical shortages that are allowing Ukrainian units to exploit weaknesses and seize tactical initiative across the direction.

Kyiv’s encirclement strategy is strangling Russian forces one pocket at a time in the Sumy direction.