“Life expectancy of Russian soldier here is 12 minutes”: Moscow deploys two elite airborne divisions for one village next to Zaporizhzhia
One village stands between Russia and 700,000 civilians.
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4.4 million shells and counting: the Czech initiative Ukraine’s artillery depends on
President Pavel says program accounts for more than half of all large-caliber ammunition deliveries.
North Korean artillery caught firing at Kupiansk, hit three times by drones
The 170mm Koksan self-propelled gun was firing toward Kupiansk from occupied Luhansk Oblast when a recon drone's thermal camera spotted its hot barrel. Three FPV drone strikes followed.
For first time, NATO ally built its entire military exercises around Ukrainian Azov Brigade lessons
Latvia changed its exercise format for the first time. The reason: Ukraine's combat experience can't be simulated.
Russia is training North Korea’s future army: 3,000 North Korean soldiers return home as war instructors
North Korean troops fight in Kursk Oblast. What happens when they return home is the real concern.
Two Patriots, nine IRIS-T, 200 howitzers: Germany and Ukraine sign €1.2 billion defense deals
Germany will also buy €200 million in Ukrainian drones and send them to Ukraine.
“Impossible to stop them, they’re everywhere”: Ukraine holds Pokrovsk against 170,000 Russians, but Myrnohrad evacuation routes collapse (VIDEO)
Russia launches 50 assaults on Pokrovsk with elite units, armor, motorcycles.
Next steps on Donetsk’s map after Pokrovsk — first Kostiantynivka, Sloviansk, and Kramatorsk in Moscow’s occupation plan
Russian forces attempt to seize Pokrovsk with infiltrating groups from the northwest and north, aiming to crack Ukraine’s eastern defenses.
Partisans deep in Russian rear spark chain reaction of delays for Moscow’s southern front in Ukraine
A precise attack on a critical railway hub by Atesh forces causes cascading disruptions to Russian military logistics in Rostov Oblast.
Only 35% of Russia’s strategic tank reserves remain after three years of war
The gap between depletion and production rates suggests Moscow faces mounting pressure to either reduce operational tempo or accept increasing reliance on progressively older, less capable platforms.
Bohdana artillery output hits 40 units monthly as Ukraine scales up defense production
Monthly production of Ukraine's Bohdana artillery system has reached 40 units, four times the rate recorded in May 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Rheinmetall to build shell factory in Ukraine after finalizing joint production procedures
German defense giant moves forward with major manufacturing investment as cooperation deepens across multiple defense sectors.
Ukraine’s drones buzz on—but NATO warns: don’t rely too much
Kyiv leans on drones out of necessity, but commanders still demand HIMARS, ATACMS, and guided shells to stop Russian advances.
WP: Ukraine gets three US-made Patriot systems that can stop Russian ballistic missiles under new deal
From the ruins of Dnipro to the burning skyline of Odesa, Russia’s war leaves no region untouched.
With single FPV drone strike, Ukraine is blowing up North Korea’s outdated rocket launchers before they ever get chance to fire
Ukrainian drone operators are turning the battlefield into a scrapyard.
Ukraine gets 850,000 Czech shells in 2025, but new government may freeze further shipments, despite Russia’s aid boost from North Korea
Czechia’s ammo program powers Ukraine’s defenses, but opposition forces vow to shut it down if they win the vote.
US to sell nearly $10 billion in weapons to NATO allies supplying Ukraine
From Patriots to artillery, American equipment will flow through Europe to the Ukrainian front lines.
Ukraine wipes out 230,000 Russian soldiers in first half of 2025 alone
Ukraine grinds down Moscow’s manpower and equipment with ruthless efficiency.
Ukraine hits targets 100 kilometers behind Russian lines, destroys 20 armored vehicles and 89 artillery systems
Oil depots burnt, command posts fell, and 423 Russian pieces of equipment were reduced to ashes.
Russia couldn’t win in close combat—so it set city ablaze with weapons that fuse to body and refuse to extinguish
Protocol III prohibits attacks with this substance near civilian concentrations, but that didn’t stop Moscow troops in Luhansk Oblast.