Dobropillia diversion: did Russia trick Ukraine into losing Pokrovsk?
A Russian incursion north of Pokrovsk in August diverted Ukrainian reinforcements. Was it all in the Kremlin's plan?
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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2025
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All news about the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2022.
First Russian truck enters Pokrovsk as fog blinds Ukrainian drones
For an entire year, Ukrainian troops prevented Russian vehicles from reaching Pokrovsk. That changed this week.
Ukrainian commandos rush into Pokrovsk to hold escape corridor open for fleeing garrison
Pokrovsk is about to fall. A recent attack by the 425th Assault Regiment wasn't an effort to save the city. No, it supported a wider retreat.
Ukraine hits elite Rubicon drone base, but it’s too late to save Pokrovsk
Front-line FPV operators still strangling Ukrainian supply routes
Ukraine’s window closes: Russian forces 3km from trapping Myrnohrad troops
Tthe deadly pattern from Bakhmut and Avdiivka is repeating: commanders delaying withdrawal until escape becomes catastrophic.
Ukrainian troops nearly cut off as Pokrovsk defense strategy fails
Slow but steady Russian advances have nearly closed a pincer around three Ukrainian brigades. Is Ukraine's urban defense strategy obsolete?
Russia isn’t just stealing land—it’s stealing children, homes, and identities
This approach by a high-level Russian official is mirrored across occupied territories, where authorities enforce Russian schooling with threats to seize children, militarize youth through combat training, prosecute Ukrainian identity as terrorism, and control information access.
Pokrovsk is falling. Ukraine’s northern defense line is rising.
Pokrovsk's fall appears imminent as more Russians slip into the city. But north of Pokrovsk, a new defensive line is taking shape.
End of Ukraine’s “wunderwaffe” drones? Russian turtle tanks eat FPVs as 14 vehicles break through
A large Russian tank force attacked under the cover of bad weather on Monday. Half the force survived—and that might be enough.
Ukraine’s killer drones just hit a wall—Russia’s souped-up “turtle” tanks
Russian armor is attacking in several places in Ukraine. Despite heavy losses, the Russians have a plan—and it may be working.
Winter in Ukraine: when drones can’t see, tanks advance
The winter weather can ground and blind drones. That's good news for vehicle crews on both sides. But don't expect relief for the infantry.
The Swedish jets Ukraine could get were built to survive Russia—and that’s the point
Gripen jets, designed to outlast Soviet bombers, work well from small, dirty runways—the Ukrainian way
Ukraine stops Russian armor—but infiltrators are already inside Pokrovsk
Russian infiltrators succeed where tank attacks often fail. Slowly but reliably, Russians are slipping behind Ukrainian lines.
This anti-drone monster died fast near Pokrovsk—but Russia’s plan is working anyway
The Russians are flinging every armored vehicle they can get at Ukrainian positions in the east. They have a plan.
Russia now may be losing 50,000 troops a month—and Putin has no easy options
We don't know for sure how many Russian troops are dying in Ukraine right now. But it's more than the Kremlin can replace.
Ukrainian drones devastate oil pumping hub in Russia’s Rostov Oblast, satellite imagery reveals
Ukraine’s long-range drones struck deep into Russian territory, disabling a key oil station and disrupting fuel supplies across the Rostov region
UK delivers 85,000 drones to Ukraine in six months, warns allies must outpace Putin
UK's £600 million investment delivers 85,000 drones to Ukraine as Defense Secretary warns NATO must accelerate production
Russia’s Pokrovsk offensive burns through tanks faster than its two factories can build them
Russia is rolling more and more tanks toward Pokrovsk. Can Ukrainian troops destroy them fast enough to save the city?
Trump threatens Tomahawk missiles for Ukraine if Putin refuses to end war
Tomahawk talks intensify ahead of Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington
Putin’s prized tanks go up in smoke after disastrous assault near Pokrovsk
Tank warfare is back—but Russia's newest armor ran into Ukrainian mines, drones.