He got smashed, then drank even more vodka and signed contract: Russian POW shares his story in Ukrainian captivity
“I woke up hungover and went to enlist — still drunk,” he said.
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Ukrainian special forces establish corridor in burning Pokrovsk after historic parachute-free insertion (VIDEO)
Russia seeks to capture Pokrovsk to demonstrate it can seize eastern Ukraine and pressure Kyiv into surrendering occupied territories.
Ukrainian forces repel 36 Russian assaults, push forward up to 400 meters on Pokrovsk front
The defenders say Moscow is paying a severe price in what has become one of the deadliest battles of the war.
“Life there looks like death”: Pokrovsk, Chasiv Yar, Kostiantynivka — Ukrainian soldiers hold burning triangle of Donbas
As Moscow pushes to capture all of Donetsk Oblast, these three cities form the heart of resistance. Ukrainian experts warn that without Pokrovsk, Russia cannot advance toward Kramatorsk — the symbolic prize of the Donbas.
Russian commander orders his troops to kill civilians in frontline villages. Soldiers execute parents and take their daughter captive as human shield
Russian troops are still holding a young girl to prevent Ukrainian forces from firing on their positions.
From trenches to dugouts, Ukraine’s advanced UGVs execute missions that once required soldiers under fire
Fully autonomous systems carry out assaults, relay communications, and bypass Russian jammers.
With single FPV drone strike, Ukraine is blowing up North Korea’s outdated rocket launchers before they ever get chance to fire
Ukrainian drone operators are turning the battlefield into a scrapyard.
Russian military ramps up attacks in Donetsk Oblast to sever Ukrainian logistics at Pokrovsk, says commander
In a recent phone call to US President Trump, Putin indicated plans to escalate the war in eastern Ukraine.
Frontline report: Azerbaijan arrests Wagner fighters as war criminals, breaking post-Soviet precedent
Ramil Aliyev and Ismayil Hasanov served time in Russian penal colonies before Prigozhin's Project-K recruited them for Ukraine—now they face mercenary charges in their homeland.
Russia masses 100,000 troops to crush Ukraine’s defenders in Donetsk’s crucial battle
While Kostiantynivka holds, Moscow’s brutal summer offensive surges forward, threatening to sever Ukraine’s eastern front.
Ukrainian soldier reveals what it’s like to face Russian convicts from Butyrka prison in battle
Fighter Anton Shket endured 17 days of assaults by Russian "zeks" and foreign troops.
Russia concentrates 111,000 troops for breakthrough in this hottest sector of Ukraine’s front
Syrskyi warns that behind the offensive lies a political motive.