Russia kills two medics with FPV drone strike on ambulance in Kharkiv Oblast
A 27-year-old doctor and medical technician died before dawn near Kupiansk; prosecutors opened a war crime case.
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Russia struck two trains within 24 hours — and Ukrzaliznytsia says rolling stock is now a primary target
A Russian drone hit a train in Mykolaiv, while a second drone narrowly missed a passenger locomotive on the Dnipro–Kovel route — part of a campaign averaging six railway strikes per day since the start of March.
With Kharkiv under growing artillery fire, Zelenskyy demands buffer zone on Russian soil
No artillery would reach Ukraine's second-largest city if the zone is deep enough, he says.
Russian armor vanishes from front lines north of Kharkiv as drones fill the gap
A Khartia Brigade officer says armored vehicles have been pushed so far back that strikes on them happen across the Russian border. Meanwhile, fiber-optic FPVs have appeared near Kharkiv itself.
Besieged Russians in Kupiansk high-rises “dwindling,” Ukrainian military says
Dozens of trapped Russian soldiers cling to apartment blocks they can't leave
ISW: Battlefield realities disprove Russia’s claim that Ukrainian defeat is inevitable
The fifth year of the invasion begins with Ukrainian forces making their most significant gains since the Kursk incursion while Russia faces mounting setbacks.
Russian bombs kill four in one village, rescuers dig for four more in another
Aerial bombs destroyed two homes in Zaporizhzhia district, killing four people including a child among the injured, while in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast up to four people may remain trapped under rubble from a separate strike.
Defending a city that no longer exists — Ukraine’s impossible fight in Vovchansk
With every building destroyed, there's no infrastructure to anchor a defensive line, yet Ukrainian troops in the south refuse to withdraw as Russian forces attempt flanking operations from both sides, the military says.
Russia’s border assault playbook in Kharkiv and Sumy: probe, flank, lose troops, repeat
Russian forces are trying to breach new stretches of the Kharkiv and Sumy border with flanking and rear-entry maneuvers — and getting the same result: heavy casualties and no ground taken, Ukraine's border guards say.
Russia’s election demand for Ukraine comes with a catch — only a pro-Kremlin result will do, ISW says
Moscow uses the "illegitimate government" claim to insist on controlling Ukraine's politics. ISW warns the US must lock in security guarantees before any territory deal to prevent Russia from rejecting them after Ukraine has already committed to concessions.
Russia launched 4 “Mach 9” anti-ship missiles at Ukraine’s power grid — air defenses downed two and 52 of 62 drones
The Zircon was designed to sink US Navy warships, not hit power substations — yet Russia again fired them from occupied Crimea at Ukrainian energy infrastructure alongside nightly Shahed attack drones.
Ukraine reports “confident control” over Kupiansk with just dozens of Russian troops left in one quarter
A spokesperson for Ukraine's Joint Forces says only 22 enemy radios were detected as of 15 February.
“A good target for our drones”: Russian infantry digs in without food or water on Kharkiv front
Russian units withdrew after January's heavy losses, then regrouped and attacked from multiple directions.
Russian drone kills father and three toddlers in Kharkiv Oblast home
The children's mother, 35 weeks pregnant, survived with blast injuries and burns.
Kindergarten, school, railway’s warming shelter among Russia’s overnight targets as Trump-pushed Abu Dhabi talks enter day two (PHOTOS)
Russian forces launched 183 drones two ballistic, hitting railway infrastructure and energy systems. A female station duty officer in Shostka district was injured walking to her shift.
A monk, a mechanic, and a prison chief: Inside Ukraine’s latest crackdown on homegrown Russian propagandists
SBU detained three suspects who used Telegram and TikTok to call for missile strikes on Kyiv, demand Kharkiv's annexation, and justify the Bucha massacre.
Russia “freed up resources” from energy attacks in Ukraine. Where it redirected them after Trump’s proposal killed 20 people in five days
Energy truce didn't stop the killing. It redirected it.
From BTRs to boots: Russia now attacks Kharkiv’s Vovchansk with infantry-only waves (MAPS)
Since summer, Russian troops keep storming Vovchansk in small infantry groups, abandoning armored vehicles after heavy losses to Ukrainian drones, the Ukrainian military says.
Russia’s top general claims over 500 km² seized in Ukraine in January — ISW says it’s only 265
The Russian military command has been boasting about seizing small rural villages to push the false narrative that Moscow's victory is inevitable.
Ukraine’s Hart brigade reports 150 Russian casualties during border battles in Kharkiv Oblast (VIDEO, MAP)
The border guards say 73 Russian troops were killed and 77 wounded in just three days in northern Kgharkiv Oblast.