Ukraine recognized these Russian soldiers from battle that defined 2014. This time, Oplot was gone to last man
Ukraine's paratroopers fought the Oplot brigade at Donetsk Airport in 2014.
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Ukraine destroys Russia’s Volna-3 drone jammer with its drone in Donetsk Oblast
Russia's electronic warfare station jammed Ukrainian drones for months.
Russia’s advanced radar was called Gravestone. Ukraine just gave it appropriate send-off over Crimea
Without it, the S-300 can't see.
Ukraine hits Russian Bastion missile brigade in Crimea — system used in attack that killed civilian and put children in intensive care
Ukraine targets Bastion systems that fired Tsirkon reaching Kyiv in six minutes.
S-300VM “Antey-2500” destroyed in Mariupol: Ukraine demonstrates capability against next-gen Russian air defenses
Operations on 17–18 February disrupted Russian drone workshops.
Russia to connect occupied Mariupol and Donetsk via railway to encourage “tourism.” Evidence suggests other reasons.
New Donetsk-Mariupol rail line sold as "tourism" more likely to carry military equipment and looted steel
Rubio says Donetsk territorial dispute remains key obstacle in Ukraine peace talks
The status of Ukraine's Donetsk region—where Russia demands Kyiv surrender 5,000 square kilometers it still controls—remains the central unresolved issue in US-mediated peace negotiations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio told senators
FT: Washington links Ukraine security deal to Donbas withdrawal
A senior Ukrainian official told the Financial Times that Washington "stops each time the security guarantees can be signed."
US peacekeepers could monitor Donetsk ceasefire—but Russia demands Ukraine surrender cities first
Moscow insists Kyiv cede Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, and Kostiantynivka before any deal.
Budanov honors “Cyborgs” who held Donetsk Airport for 242 days
"They held the defense then; we hold it now," says presidential office chief Budanov.
Russia forces Donbas residents into becoming”cannon fodder”
Disabled and ill Donbas residents are thrown into combat without training
“Quiet as mice”: Ukrainian pilots neutralized Russia’s Su-57 marketing campaign over their skies
Russia needed Ukrainian kill for export promotion.
17 tons of fuel stolen from frontline unit: Ukraine arrests commander and subordinate for wartime embezzlement
Every 10 days fuel disappeared.
Ukrainians forced to kill Ukrainians: Russia makes occupied Ukrainians choose between debt and killing their own people
Moscow's Donbas strategy: turn Ukrainians into soldiers, send them to the front line.
Putin confirms Russia still wants all of Ukraine and won’t be satisfied with US-proposed peace plan, ISW says
He again referred to wide areas of Ukraine as “historically Russian,” including territories not currently under Russian occupation.
Airstrikes first, then assault: Ukrainian special forces eliminate Russian railway operation in Pokrovsk (VIDEO)
Russia controls 80% of Pokrovsk.
75% of Ukrainians oppose “peace plan,” which includes withdrawal of troops from Donbas
Three in four Ukrainians oppose a peace settlement that would force their military to abandon Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, and other Donetsk region cities currently under government control
Ukraine hits Russian drone base in Donetsk and fuel tanks in Luhansk Oblast (VIDEO, MAP)
FP-2 drones targeted a UAV warehouse in Donetsk and a large fuel storage in Simeikyne, Luhansk Oblast, on 8 December.
Ukrainian soldiers reject Trump peace plan as “real capitulation”
"It is not the state leadership sitting in the trenches. It is our boys in the trenches. They have the right to decide," says Sgt. Volodymyr Rzhavskyi, rejecting a peace plan that would recognize the Donbas as de facto Russian.
Russian troops tied POW’s hands, beat him, then shot him, Ukrainian prosecutors say
Incident near Pokrovsk adds to pattern of illegal executions documented across frontline.