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Russian Aggression

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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.

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Frontline report

Frontline Report: Ukrainians turn former Russian border defenses against advancing forces in Kursk

Ukrainian forces turned captured Russian bunkers and Dragon Steel fortifications into a lethal trap in Kursk, creating a choke point that killed hundreds of Russian soldiers and destroyed over 30 armored vehicles.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Russian War Crimes

“Putin’s Hitler-Jugend.” Russia builds tomorrow’s army with stolen Ukrainian children, Yale lab reveals

Russian military recruiters visit facilities housing deported Ukrainian children, delivering combat readiness lectures while the Kremlin creates special quotas for orphans in cadet schools.

byVira Kravchuk

Drones strike sanctioned Russian explosives plant in central Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

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Military tech

Ukraine’s drone campaign forces Russia to rethink war production strategy – analysts

Strategic attacks on Russian military infrastructure are proving more cost-effective than conventional warfare, according to University of Oslo researcher Fabian Hoffmann

byOrysia Hrudka

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Russian four-man units face infrastructure challenge at Pokrovsk

Russian assault units attacking Pokrovsk face severe size restrictions, limited to four soldiers each due to insufficient cover in devastated villages along the approach.

byReporting from Ukraine

Frontline report: Russian tanks trapped in Kursk as dragon's teeth bite back

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Russian tanks trapped in Kursk as dragon’s teeth bite back

Russian efforts to breach Ukrainian lines in Kursk Oblast faltered as their own dragon’s teeth and mud turned the battlefield into a trap.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Ukrainian counterattack exposes Russian vulnerabilities near Pokrovsk

Proximity to Pokrovsk allowed Ukrainian commanders to marshal forces undetected, preparing a counteroffensive.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Russian Aggression

Russians capture Novovasylivka, make more gains as their advance slows down

Meanwhile, Ukraine's lack of infantry personnel severely impacts defensive capabilities, while Russians still employ effective small-unit tactics.

byYuri Zoria

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Russians send wounded soldiers on crutches to assault Pokrovsk as casualties hit 400 daily

Ukrainian drone operators systematically eliminate small Russian assault groups attempting to create a staging ground for Pokrovsk's encirclement.

byReporting from Ukraine

A screenshot from the Reporting from Ukraine video, 19 January.

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Ukraine’s drones decimate Russian motorbike assault, leaving single survivor

After losing an army of tanks in previous assaults, Russian commanders' switch to fast-moving motorcycle raids near Siversk proves equally catastrophic against Ukrainian defenses.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Ukraine’s new ENVG-B night vision goggles help decimate North Korean assaults in Kursk

Russian commanders’ nighttime infantry attacks backfired as Ukrainian forces, using advanced American optics, turned the darkness into a deadly trap for North Korean units.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Russian War Crimes

“You torture Russians, too” UN says, as skeletal Ukrainian prisoners of war return from captivity

While Ukraine grants UN monitors full access to its POW facilities, Russian detention centers remain completely closed to outside observers. The condition of returning Ukrainian prisoners—marked by visible signs of torture and neglect—underscores mounting allegations of war crimes.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

Ukrainian drone operators. Credit: Ukraine's General Staff.

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Ukraine launches unprecedented deep-strike operation on Russian territory, targeting critical military assets

By simultaneously targeting missile production facilities, aviation fuel depots, and energy infrastructure, Ukraine is degrading Russia’s warfighting capacity and exposing the vulnerability of its critical assets.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report

Frontline report: North Koreans face catastrophic losses near Kruglenkoe as Ukrainians reclaim positions

Ukrainian special forces successfully clear North Korean positions near Kruglenkoe using advanced thermal imaging and coordinated attacks.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report

Frontline Report: Ukraine uses three-phase strategy to hit crucial Russian military sites from Saratov to Tatarstan

Engels Air Base, a vital launch point for Russian long-range bombers, loses over one million cubic meters of fuel storage capacity as Ukrainian forces execute coordinated strikes against military infrastructure across Russia

byReporting from Ukraine

Kursk offensive North Korean soldiers in Russia

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Frontline report

Frontline report: North Koreans lose one-third of troops in Kursk, deploy Russian grannies as shields

North Korean forces, suffering unprecedented losses in Ukraine, have resorted to using Russian civilians as human shields, revealing deep fractures in Putin's foreign fighter strategy.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Frontline report

Frontline report: North Koreans engage Russians as Russian command post strike causes chaos in southern Kursk

A HIMARS strike on a Russian naval brigade HQ creates a command vacuum, enabling Ukrainian advances near Sudzha.

byReporting from Ukraine

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Russian Aggression

Ukraine’s largest air assault targets fuel and defense industries in 12 Russian regions

Widespread drone and missile strikes hit Russian military-industrial and fuel facilities in Saratov, Kazan, Bryansk, Tula, and other regions.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian Aggression

Ukraine faces pressure from US to lower military draft age

Current and incoming US administrations want Ukraine to lower the draft age to 18, a policy that would endanger the future demography situation.

byYuri Zoria

Frontline report: Ukrianians decimate Russian armor column in Kursk "like sitting ducks," as bodies litter frozen fields

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Ukrainians decimate Russian armor column in Kursk “like sitting ducks” as bodies litter frozen fields

From elevated positions, Ukrainian defenders systematically destroyed six waves of Russian armor attempting to outflank Malaya Loknya, turning frozen supply routes into killing zones.

byReporting from Ukraine

Ukrainian soldier on the frontline. Photo: General Staff of Ukraine.

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Frontline report

Frontline report: Ukrainian troops crush Russian-North Korean assault on prison fortress at Malaya Loknya in Kursk Oblast

Ukrainian soldiers absorbed waves of North Korean infantry and Russian armoured attacks, while using drone-dropped mines and precise artillery to turn the fields into a killing zone.

byReporting from Ukraine