“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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.