Reporting from Ukraine

The imported laborers are being assigned to keep essential services running—from municipal operations to basic infrastructure—jobs previously filled by Russians now fighting in Ukraine.

Ramil Aliyev and Ismayil Hasanov served time in Russian penal colonies before Prigozhin's Project-K recruited them for Ukraine—now they face mercenary charges in their homeland.

With its summer offensive stalled, Russia pushed near Kharkiv—and ran straight into a Ukrainian tank.

Ukrainian air defenses shot down over 500 incoming projectiles during Russia's largest aerial bombardment of the war, yet the attack's timing—during a US aid pause—may have delivered Moscow's biggest strategic defeat.

The Third Assault Brigade guided captured Russian soldiers directly to Ukrainian lines using an aerial drone, with no Ukrainian infantry present during the entire operation.

Alliance officials have indicated that casualties from GPS interference would be treated "not as an accident but as a deliberate escalation," potentially leading to direct strikes on Kaliningrad's electronic warfare installations or a surge in advanced weapons deliveries to Ukraine.

Ukrainian drones have struck warhead labs, antenna plants, and control system factories deep inside Russia—crippling key pieces of its drone infrastructure.

Ukraine is hitting shadow tankers, refineries, and oil wells—disrupting every link in Russia’s export chain.

To defend against Ukrainian drones, Russian aircrews placed tires on parked jets. It didn’t work. At least four Su-34s were destroyed on the ground.

With oil profits down 30%, Russia’s betting on a crypto scheme run by Ilan Shor — a fugitive oligarch, convicted fraudster, and Kremlin-backed power broker in Moldova.

The F-35s carry no nuclear weapons, but Moscow's false claims may be building justification for retaliation.

Ukraine systematically targets Russian command centers, ammunition and oil depots, and railway networks to delay Moscow's planned multi-front summer offensive spanning from Sumy to Kherson—the largest coordinated assault Russia has attempted since the full-scale invasion began.

Ukraine struck the trains, fuel depots, and drone bunkers—before Russia could even move.

Ukraine's cutoff of Russian gas has collapsed Transnistria's economy and sparked local doubts about Russian alignment, threatening to eliminate Moscow's only viable endpoint for westward expansion.