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Two nights, two occupied capitals, two telecom operators running on seized Ukrainian assets: drones go after Russia’s communications in Donbas

The strikes on Donetsk and Luhansk hit the companies the occupation built on Ukrainian telecom property it seized.

byYuri Zoria

Ukrainian soldiers. Source: The Third Separate Assault Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces

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Ukraine’s Donetsk counteroffensive wins not by force but by stealth: it gathers troops under Russian nose and seizes two villages before they react

A 60th Brigade captain says a concealed buildup near Derylove and Drobysheve, and precisely timed strikes, let his units move in before Russia responded.

byOlena Mukhina

For the first time, Ukraine has dropped ground robots behind Russian lines from the air amid the Operation Vivaldi, protecting Ukraine's fortress cities in Donetsk Oblast. Source: The scheme by the 3rd Army Corps

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Ukraine is saving Donetsk Oblast with world’s first-of-its-kind operation: Vivaldi counteroffensive drops robots directly from heavy bombers 10 kilometers behind Russian lines

Heavy drones delivered the robots more than 10 kilometers into the Russian rear during Operation Vivaldi near Lyman.

byOlena Mukhina

The image shows a Ukrainian soldier standing next to an unmanned ground robotic vehicle. Source: The General Staff

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Ukraine’s Vivaldi operation cleared 85 square kilometers near Lyman. A soldier who fought it says one thing was hardest of all

Well-sited Russian defenders spot an assault group crossing open ground and fight it at a distance, he says.

byOlena Mukhina

Denys Prokopenko (callsign Redis), commander of the Azov Regiment

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He had survived Mariupol, Russian captivity and took over Ukraine’s Azov grouping in Donetsk. Now Brigadier General Prokopenko warns Russia may mobilize up to 600,000 for its next offensive

Prokopenko, the Mariupol-defense commander now leading the Azov grouping in Donetsk, says the aim is to seize all of Donetsk and Luhansk.

byOlena Mukhina

Destroyed Russian vehicles near the Donetsk Ring Road.

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Russia bet 50 vehicles that the drones would miss. The drones did not miss.

Russian commanders had banned their own vehicles from these roads, knowing what the drones do to them. Then they lined up 50 and sent them anyway.

byDavid Axe

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Ukraine drones hit Crimea’s S-300/S-400 near Kerch—and knocked out power across four occupied territories overnight

A 220/35 kV substation in the village of Mariianivka, part of a key energy corridor running through northern and central Crimea, caught fire after the strike.

byMaria Tril

Ukrainian teenagers in Avangard camp uniforms pose with flags of four Russian-occupied Ukrainian regions in front of the Motherland Calls statue at Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd

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Russia trained 900 more Ukrainian children at Volgograd — a camp Britain already sanctioned in 2024

More than 900 Ukrainian children completed military training at a Volgograd camp, the resistance movement Yellow Ribbon reported…

byDaniel Thomas

Ukrainian forces say they have struck Russian launch systems and logistics at the occupied Donetsk Airport, 4 June 2026. Screenshot from video: 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Center

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“First operation of its kind”: Ukraine claims “fire control” over occupied Donetsk Airport deep behind frontline

Ukrainian forces say sustained strikes have made the occupied airport unusable for Russian military operations.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Ukrainian drones blow up Russian ammunition depot deep behind front line

Late-evening explosions and secondary detonations rocked a base in eastern Donbas on 3 June, with Telegram accounts split between Donetsk and Luhansk oblast.

byMaria Tril

Explosion from Ukrainian drone strike targeting a Russian FSB facility in occupied Donetsk, 22 April 2026. Screenshot from video: Robert

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12 Russian FSB officers killed as Ukrainian drones hit “dirty war” command post in occupied Donetsk

Facility coordinated recruitment, sabotage, and operations against civilians in occupied areas, commander says.

byBenjamin Murdoch

A Russian target on a Ukrainian radar. Source: The General Staff

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Fire engulfs Russia’s strategic rear: Ukraine hit fuel, ammo, and drone command all in one night

Frontline coordination degraded, as the strike deepens disruption of Russian logistics.

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukraine’s Leopard took 52 hits and kept going. This is armor upgrade that made it possible

The tank survived because it had been transformed into something closer to a fortified position than a vehicle.

byOlena Mukhina

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Five dead at Nikopol market after morning drone strike — on top of 286 overnight

Russia launched 286 drones at Ukraine overnight on 3–4 April and, as the attack wound down, struck a market in Nikopol, killing five and wounding 19, according to the Prosecutor General's Office and the Air Force.

byMaria Tril

An explosion coming the drone strike on Russia's Rubicon UAV center. Screenshot

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Ukrainian drones tear through Donetsk base of classified Russian UAV lab Rubicon — coordination center supporting UAV units also taken out

Rubicon aims to cripple Ukrainian logistics and neutralize drone command squads.

byOlena Mukhina

A Ukrainian soldiers at the drills. Source: The 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after the Knights of the Winter Campaign

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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.

byOlena Mukhina

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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.

byOlena Mukhina

The Russian The 64N6 radar which can detect and track aerial threats at distances up to 300 km. Screenshot

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Russia’s advanced radar was called Gravestone. Ukraine just gave it appropriate send-off over Crimea

Without it, the S-300 can't see.

byOlena Mukhina

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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.

byOlena Mukhina

explosion on the Ryazan-Moscow oil pipeline

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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.

byOlena Mukhina

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Two nights, two occupied capitals, two telecom operators running on seized Ukrainian assets: drones go after Russia’s communications in Donbas

Ukraine’s Donetsk counteroffensive wins not by force but by stealth: it gathers troops under Russian nose and seizes two villages before they react

Ukraine is saving Donetsk Oblast with world’s first-of-its-kind operation: Vivaldi counteroffensive drops robots directly from heavy bombers 10 kilometers behind Russian lines

Ukraine’s Vivaldi operation cleared 85 square kilometers near Lyman. A soldier who fought it says one thing was hardest of all

He had survived Mariupol, Russian captivity and took over Ukraine’s Azov grouping in Donetsk. Now Brigadier General Prokopenko warns Russia may mobilize up to 600,000 for its next offensive

Russia bet 50 vehicles that the drones would miss. The drones did not miss.

Ukraine drones hit Crimea’s S-300/S-400 near Kerch—and knocked out power across four occupied territories overnight

Russia trained 900 more Ukrainian children at Volgograd — a camp Britain already sanctioned in 2024

“First operation of its kind”: Ukraine claims “fire control” over occupied Donetsk Airport deep behind frontline

Ukrainian drones blow up Russian ammunition depot deep behind front line

12 Russian FSB officers killed as Ukrainian drones hit “dirty war” command post in occupied Donetsk

Fire engulfs Russia’s strategic rear: Ukraine hit fuel, ammo, and drone command all in one night

Ukraine’s Leopard took 52 hits and kept going. This is armor upgrade that made it possible

Five dead at Nikopol market after morning drone strike — on top of 286 overnight

Ukrainian drones tear through Donetsk base of classified Russian UAV lab Rubicon — coordination center supporting UAV units also taken out

Ukraine recognized these Russian soldiers from battle that defined 2014. This time, Oplot was gone to last man

Ukraine destroys Russia’s Volna-3 drone jammer with its drone in Donetsk Oblast

Russia’s advanced radar was called Gravestone. Ukraine just gave it appropriate send-off over Crimea

Ukraine hits Russian Bastion missile brigade in Crimea — system used in attack that killed civilian and put children in intensive care

S-300VM “Antey-2500” destroyed in Mariupol: Ukraine demonstrates capability against next-gen Russian air defenses

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