Russian marines rushed to save the Pokrovsk offensive—HIMARS had other ideas
Russian reinforcements rolling toward Pokrovsk made a fatal mistake. They traveled in armored vehicles—and within range of Ukraine's HIMARS.
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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.
Frontline report: Ukrainian marines raise flags in recaptured settlements as Russian units withdraw in Donetsk Oblast
The operation began when Ukrainian special operations forces cleared Russian infiltrators from Andriivka and raised their unit flag before the broader counteroffensive commenced.
Ukraine’s “lucky” spy ship hid for 42 months. A Russian drone boat finally found it
Russia has explosive drone boats, too—now Ukrainian ships and planes are no longer safe from surface attack.
Frontline report: Ukrainian tanks destroy Russian infiltrators point-blank after river crossing near Lyman
Geolocated footage captured the entire sequence as thermal drones monitored a Ukrainian tank systematically destroying each building where Russians had taken shelter
Ukraine’s missile crews are valuable targets now
Ukraine's Neptunes and other long-range cruise missiles pose a growing threat. So Russia is targeting them on the ground.
This American-made missile is Ukraine’s cheap refinery smasher
Ukraine needs harder-hitting deep-strike munitions. Lots of them. The American ERAM might be just the thing.
Frontline report: Ukraine blew up Russia’s only nitrocellulose plant—no backup for gunpowder supply
A Ukrainian drone strike destroyed the Kotovsky plant in Tambov, Russia’s sole source of nitrocellulose powders for shells and rockets.
Ukraine’s defense tech leader challenges western strategic assumptions
FPV drones kill up to 70% of Ukrainian troops, yet NATO armies plan readiness for 2031.
Ukraine’s missiles could cut off the $ 9 billion Putin uses to pay soldiers
Russia pays new soldiers bonuses worth $4,500 each. Strikes cutting 17% of refining output threaten the funds that cover them.
Frontline report: Ukrainian drones strike 1,300 kilometers deep into Russia, torching Shahed storage depots in Tatarstan
The Yelabuga factory has become too dangerous to staff, with few technicians willing to work at Russia's largest Shahed assembly plant under repeated Ukrainian strikes.
Russians captured him, cut his throat, and left Ukrainian POW to die. He survived and wants revenge for tortured comrades
National Guard soldier Vladyslav was dragged into a basement near Pokrovsk and watched how the Russians tortured seven Ukrainian defenders before they slashed his own throat and dumped him in a pit with their bodies, thinking he was dead. He was not.
Ukraine’s M-2 Bradleys engage Russian infantry at point-blank range
A Russian tank brigade pushed into Vorone. A Ukrainian assault regiment pushed back.
Ukrainian journalist abducted from his garden in 2022 returns from Russian captivity weighing less than 45 kg
Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Khyliuk returned from Russian captivity in the latest exchange on 24 August, weighing less than 45 kg (99 lbs), as he spent three years in Russian prison after his abduction near Kyiv in 2022.
Frontline report: Top Russian general maimed and rushed to Moscow as Ukraine strangles supply routes in Sumy
Ukrainian forces ambushed Abachev's convoy while he attempted to reorganize collapsing defenses, trapping Russian soldiers in Sumy without resupply.
Frontline report: Russian infiltrators crawled through the forest all night — at sunrise, a Ukrainian tank found them
Geolocated video captured the tank firing point-blank into Russian positions in the ruins of Torske.
Frontline report: Russian reinforcements walk for days to reach Sumy front — Ukraine hits them first
After massive armor losses in Kursk, Moscow’s forces rely on infantry that often arrives too late to stop Ukrainian advances.
Ukraine’s Fire Point builds 100 attack drones every day, all day—aimed at Russia
Running nonstop, Fire Point will turn out 36,000 drones this year, nearly matching the Shahed swarms that Moscow sends by the thousands.
Kostyantynivka’s new morning routine: turn on the gas. Nothing. Russians are 3 miles away
Hours of bombing today destroyed gas lines. The postal service fled, saying it was "too dangerous".
Inside Human Safari: the film that captures Russia’s drones hunting Ukrainians like prey
"A fantastic horror movie… our reality"
Russia lost a brigade near Dobropillya—more brigades are coming
Russia is rushing additional brigades into the salient northeast of Pokrovsk. Can the Ukrainian 1st Azov Corps sustain its counterattack?