Russia is back at Dobropillia a year after it failed there. Now it’s the southern jaw of a pincer on Donbas’s last big free cities
This time Russia brought another army, and Dobropillia’s defenders have until the leaves fall to stop it.
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Desperate to save Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, Ukrainian forces counterattack and reinforce
A Russian pincer is slowly closing around the last two big free cities in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. Winter will be a brief reprieve.
Russia is massing for Dobropillia again using quad bikes and motorcycles, Ukraine’s National Guard says
Defenders of Ukraine's Pokrovsk sector report the enemy clearing mines and flying drones to move small storming groups toward the town north of the ruins of Pokrovsk.
So many Ukrainian AI drones are hunting Russian trucks they’re crossing each other’s paths
Ukraine's A.I. drones are stacking up over the Russian logistical zone, each looking for a truck to blow up.
Donetsk was Russia’s safe rear. Now AI drones hunt its supply trucks.
Relentless Ukrainian strikes on Russian air defenses are rendering wide swathes of the Russian rear area defenseless against further aerial attacks.
The river blocking Russia’s path to Kramatorsk—and the crude fix that might work
Russian troops are trying to get across the Kazennyi Torets River. They may have invented a new vehicle to help.
Pokrovsk is falling. Huliaipole is threatened. Azov Corps can only save one front
Russian troops outnumber Ukrainian troops five to one in some key sectors. That forces Ukrainian commanders to make very hard decisions.
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?
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.
The battlefield around Pokrovsk is “a total mess.” And it’s about to get worse.
How many Russians are left in their salient northeast of Pokrovsk, and where are they? No outsiders know for sure.
Ukrainian troops are on the attack in Sumy—and advancing
Moscow stripped troops from Sumy to double down on its attack in Donetsk. For Kyiv, that was an opportunity.
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?