US pressures Ukraine to stop fighting at current postions, while no security guarantees are announced
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Moscow says its position unchanged despite Trump push for ceasefire at current lines
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov characterized reports of US President Donald Trump's ceasefire proposal as "newspaper reports, in general" while maintaining that Moscow's position has not changed.
Ukrainian drones target Russian ammunition stockpile in Donetsk
A Russian ammunition depot in occupied Donetsk may have been destroyed in overnight drone strikes that produced explosions
Ukrainian counterattacks expose Russian command chaos across Pokrovsk front
Three Russian brigades forced to halt operations as coordination failures between army corps turn tactical setbacks into operational disruptions
Frontline report: Russia deployed North Korean artillery to win the range game—Ukrainian drones turned it into a scrapyard
Ukraine’s drone regiment obliterated four Koksans the moment they rolled into range near Donetsk's Lyman.
“Ukraine controls the front,” but the situation is not that simple – Zelenskyy
Zelenskyy said that Russia’s main advantage is manpower, and insists that Russia is not making major gains in eastern Ukraine despite heavy assaults and large troop deployments.
CNN: Trump’s repeated calls to Putin failed to slow Russia in Ukraine
During the last eight months, Russia has consolidated gains, from Chinese and North Korean support to unchecked advances in Donetsk and Kharkiv.
Russian airstrike targets civilians in Yarova, Donetsk Oblast – 24 killed
Civilians targeted while standing in line to receive pensions, with most victims reportedly of retirement age, in what Ukrainian officials describe as a deliberate act of terror.
Russia buried its 41st Army command in a Donetsk research lab—Ukraine blew it up with domestic cruise missiles (video)
Three separate command centers were reportedly hit in one night late on 8 September, including one hidden deep inside civilian infrastructure in occupied DOnetsk.
Ukrainian General Staff confirms refinery strike in Rostov, reports new attacks on drone hub in Donetsk and fuel site in Voronezh
The military’s announcement expands the known scope of the 21 August attacks.
50-kilometer fortress: Why Ukraine’s Donetsk defense belt matters more than territory
Eleven years of Ukrainian military investment in Donetsk Oblast's primary defense network could face elimination through diplomatic concessions rather than military defeat, the ISW reported
Zelenskyy: Ukrainian Armed Forces will not leave Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts on their own
Ukraine faces the prospect of a "third war" if its forces abandon Donbas territories either voluntarily or under international pressure, Zelenskyy said three days before Trump-Putin meeting
At Dobropillia’s edge, Ukrainian conscripts from Donetsk streets join 100,000 Russian troops in fight against their own country
Criminals, migrants, and abducted locals are waiting to be sent to the front.
Ukraine is not real estate deal: Ukrainians see Trump’s land concession proposal as betrayal
Kyiv warns the West’s secret talks risk chaining Ukraine’s fate to a handshake with Moscow that will be broken before the ink dries.
Azov’s 12th Brigade turns British “Bulldog” into armored battlefield guardian
White paint, oxygen tanks, stretcher rails — and a diesel heart.
Putin shrugs off Trump’s ultimatum and says he’s ready to wait until Kyiv agrees to his conditions to end war
His conditions haven’t changed since 2024 — only the body count has.
Ukrainian drones turned Russia’s Salsk station into a firestorm — fuel train destroyed (video)
Additionally, drones reportedly knocked out power substations in occupied Donetsk and in Russia's Orlovsky.
Investigation: Russia blew up 53 Ukrainian POWs in Olenivka prison, then honored killers with medals
The same men who rigged the barracks were officially praised for “combat duties.”
Russia doesn’t want peace, says Zelenskyy after Moscow ruins iconic Odesa market, despite peace proposition in Turkiye
The historic Pryvoz, once alive with jokes and bargaining, is torn by Russian drones, as Putin answers diplomacy with terror.
Russian overnight attacks on Sumy and Donetsk injury 5 people, including 14-year-old girl
A 14-year-old girl was hospitalized with glass fragment wounds after Russian forces launched three missile strikes against Shostka in Sumy Oblast on 15 July, hitting a hospital and sparking a fire.