Russia’s missing army: 144,000 families now turning to Ukraine for answers
October’s findings revealed that 159 captured Russian soldiers included foreigners from Egypt to Belarus.
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Ukraine fights to prevent logistics collapse in Pokrovsk as Russian artillery, drones, and guided bombs level city’s blocks
Currently, the battle for Pokrovsk remains central to the struggle for the east of Ukraine.
Ukraine strikes Russian fuel train and warehouse in occupied Luhansk with FP-2 drones (VIDEO)
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces confirmed they targeted two logistics facilities used by Russian troops near Dovzhansk and Rozkishne next to Luhansk on 3 November.
Russia keeps targeting power grid: Ukraine-controlled part of Donetsk Oblast fully blacked out, outages in three more oblasts
Russian air strikes killed six civilians, including two children, and injured at least 13.
ISW: Russia pushes deeper into Pokrovsk as 60% of city turns into frontline maze
Geolocated footage confirms Russian troops advancing in central and southeastern Pokrovsk while infiltration groups exploit fog and rain to slip behind Ukrainian lines.
“No encirclement”: Syrskyy says Ukraine’s forces join fight to hold Pokrovsk as Russia pays “highest price”
There is no blockade of Pokrovsk or Myrnograd despite Russian efforts to cut supply routes, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyy stated after visiting the front
Children among 15 injured in Russia’s attack on Sumy as Moscow keeps targeting power grid and railways, kills 12 across Ukraine
Ukraine’s Air Force says it shot down 107 drones, but 36 managed to hit 20 targets across the country.
Munich court jails Russian-linked spy for six years — his accomplices walk free on probation
German judges said the trio scouted railways and military bases to sabotage Germany’s support for Ukraine, acting under Russian direction.
Outnumbered eight to one, but Ukrainians still hold Pokrovsk
Urban fighting is ongoing in the Donetsk Oblast city where 1,200 civilians remain trapped with evacuation routes blocked under Russian control.
Ukrainian “Ghosts” strike again, wiping out Russian radars and SAM S-300V launcher in Donbas (video)
The Defense Intelligence’s elite drone unit continues its systematic destruction of Russian air defenses in occupied eastern and southern Ukraine.
Russia may be stockpiling drones for larger air attack—but its artillery and FPVs never stopped targeting frontline civilians: 3 killed, 13 injured
While Ukraine’s air defense took down most drones, Shaheds and Gerberas still struck civilian homes, schools, and infrastructure in six oblasts.
Six-hour tank assault, 29 armored vehicles, zero breakthroughs: Russia’s biggest autumn push fails near Volodymyrivka
Hoping to exploit poor drone weather, Russian forces launched a two-wave assault near Donetsk Oblast's Dobropillia—and ran straight into mines, bombs, and ambushes.
Ukrainian troops flush Russian forces from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast’s Yehorivka, raise Ukrainian flag
Dozens of Russian infiltrators were killed as they tried — and failed — to break out of encirclement in Yehorivka, the military says.
ISW: Putin and Gerasimov keep boasting of sweeping wins in Ukraine—but even Russian milbloggers call them fiction
At a briefing, Gerasimov falsely claimed that Russian troops had encircled thousands of Ukrainian soldiers near Pokrovsk and Kupiansk.
Kyiv mother and daughter hid in the bathroom to survive — smoke killed them instead as Russia hit their home
Russians killed three people and injured 31 in Kyiv, while elsewhere their attacks left at least five more civilians dead and 18 injured.
Ukraine’s 82nd Brigade liberated Sukhetske in Donetsk Oblast — 44 Russians killed, 9 captured in fierce clash, the military says (video)
The battle north of Pokrovsk loosened Russia’s grip on the city’s northern approaches, marking another tactical win for Ukraine’s Air Assault Forces.
Mini Bilohorivka moment as six Russian vehicles sink during failed river push in Donetsk Oblast today (video)
A morning assault near Volodymyrivka collapsed when a convoy bogged down in the Kazennyi Torets, and Ukrainian units finished the job with artillery, HIMARS, and drones on 25 October 2025
Three Russians killed, radios and maps captured — Ukrainian commandos strike from behind (video)
SOF forces entered the Russian rear for intelligence gathering in Donetsk Oblast — but executed a swift and lethal assault before exfiltration.
Ukrainian paratroopers liberate Donetsk village in daring raid, capturing 50 Russian troops and rescuing trapped civilians
Intercepted Russian orders instructed troops "not to take civilians alive" before retreating.
Russia demands full Donbas control in unofficial document to US, contradicting Trump’s freeze proposal
Russia delivered an informal diplomatic document to the US, demanding control of all of Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast and barring NATO troops from Ukraine under any peace deal