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Ukraine is sending its winning brigades to where the fighting is worst. The 46th just turned up outside Kramatorsk

Sloviansk and Kramatorsk are the last two big cities in the Donbas that Russia does not hold. The 46th Airmobile Brigade left the southeast in early July and reached them before anyone outside the army knew.

byDavid Axe

Aftermath of a Russian guided bomb attack on Sloviansk, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, 24 July 2026. Photo: Ukraine's State Emergency Service

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“This is smart war”: Ukraine is reinforcing two Donetsk groupings, as Russia pushes at fortress cities. Azov commanders will lead both

Putin has ordered his army to seize the entire territory of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts by the end of this year.

byOlena Mukhina

SBU officers in camouflage and tactical gear, seen from behind during an operation.

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One tracked tank repairs, one marked artillery, one aimed bombs at civilians—all three got 15 years

Ukraine says two of the men came to Russian intelligence's notice through their own comments in chat groups, and the third through a relative working for Moscow's domestic security service.

byYuri Zoria

The aftermath of the destruction following one of the strikes in Sloviansk

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Russia grinds up the eastern approach to Sloviansk after its northeastern push stalled

Russian troops pushed to the edge of Pyskunivka and infiltrated Mykolaivka, the village that would give them a dry approach to the city.

byTaisiia Vivdych

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ISW: First Pokrovsk, then Huliaipole—now Russia points its logistics-killing air campaign at the Fortress Belt

The 2025 version took months to set up advances, and this one is expected to move just as slowly.

byYuri Zoria

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ISW: Russia’s long push toward Sloviansk gains no ground as Ukraine counterattacks

Its assaults across northern Donetsk Oblast produced no confirmed advances in the newest DC-based think tank's war assessment, an offensive now grinding into its fifth month.

byYuri Zoria

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Russia is bombing Kostiantynivka to rubble while pushing its infantry into it on foot

Artillery and guided glide bombs hit the city as small Russian groups try to dig into whatever buildings they can reach.

byYuri Zoria

Ruins of a street in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk Oblast, 9 April 2026. Photo: UA Land Forces

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Ukrainian regiment that raised flag in Kostiantynivka says it’s aware of reports that its soldiers were captured there

These are the same troops who filmed a flag-raising after clearing the center.

byOlena Mukhina

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Ukraine’s Skelia Regiment says it pushed Russia out of Kostiantynivka — city Moscow claimed to have taken on 3 July

Ukraine's 425th Skelia Assault Regiment says it cleared Kostiantynivka and the city is under Ukrainian control.

byOlena Mukhina

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia lost ground for a second straight month in June. CSIS says it has lost the initiative too

The war in Ukraine is grinding into a new frozen state as Russian advances slow or reverse in recent months.

byDavid Axe

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ISW: Russia’s spring offensive is 16 times slower than last year — and costs 19 times more blood per kilometer

Nineteen times more casualties per square kilometer — and sixteen times less ground taken.

byMaria Tril

Ruins in Kostyntynivka, Donetsk Oblast, May 2025.

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

After eight months, Kostiantynivka is falling. Why some Ukrainian commanders would rather fight the open fields behind it

Russia's first strategic win of the year is a ruined city—and Ukraine's drone-centric defense may not miss it the way it once would have.

byDavid Axe

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“A matter of time”: Kostiantynivka now faces slow Pokrovsk-style siege, DeepState says

Russian forces are advancing from several directions and seeking to cut key logistics routes, raising fears for one of Ukraine's last major strongholds in Donetsk Oblast.

byBenjamin Murdoch

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia tried to surround Lyman. Now its own salient is getting squeezed.

Lyman blocks the northern route to Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. Ukrainian counterattacks are protecting the city.

byDavid Axe

Assessed control of terrain near Kostiantynivka, 10 June 2026.

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Russian Aggression

ISW: Russia gains ground in Kostiantynivka but Fortress Belt stays out of reach

Russia's strategy of stacking armies on one Donetsk Oblast city is producing slow infiltration, not the operational breakthrough Moscow needs to crack the fortified chain, ISW says.

byYuri Zoria

russia's monthly land grab ukraine has collapsed hundreds km² 14 · post double tap strike russian trucks rear highway russian-occupied occupied territory 1st azov corps news ukrainian reports

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Russian Aggression

Russia’s monthly land grab in Ukraine has collapsed from hundreds of km² to 14, OSINT data show

As Ukraine paired a battlefield network linking every drone and sensor with strikes deep behind Russian lines, DeepState's monthly tally for May is the smallest in years of Russia's grinding offensive.

byYuri Zoria

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Russian Aggression

ISW: Russia’s grand territorial ambitions are divorced from battlefield reality

The think tank noted that Russian forces first infiltrated Kostiantynivka in October 2025 and have made no significant tactical gains in six months, even as Peskov restated Moscow's withdrawal demand on four oblasts.

byYuri Zoria

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Russia’s T-72AM is a very old tank with a fresh coat of paint. Expect it to stay parked like other tanks.

Aging T-72As were some of the last tanks Russian industry pulled out of storage for service in Ukraine. They're beginning to arrive.

byDavid Axe

24th Mechanized Brigade defends Chasiv Yar.

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026

Tanks couldn’t take Chasiv Yar. So Russia’s reaching for the playbook that took Pokrovsk.

Chasiv Yar is one of the last big obstacles to a Russian march on Kramatorsk. Russian plans for getting past Chasiv Yar are becoming clearer.

byDavid Axe

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Russia is pulling strategic reserves to prop up a failing offensive, HUR says — and 20,000 troops is less than one month of its own losses

Moscow's military missed its self-imposed April deadline to seize three Donetsk Oblast cities, now it wants the rest of the region captured by September.

byYuri Zoria

Kostiantynivka

Ukraine is sending its winning brigades to where the fighting is worst. The 46th just turned up outside Kramatorsk

“This is smart war”: Ukraine is reinforcing two Donetsk groupings, as Russia pushes at fortress cities. Azov commanders will lead both

One tracked tank repairs, one marked artillery, one aimed bombs at civilians—all three got 15 years

Russia grinds up the eastern approach to Sloviansk after its northeastern push stalled

ISW: First Pokrovsk, then Huliaipole—now Russia points its logistics-killing air campaign at the Fortress Belt

ISW: Russia’s long push toward Sloviansk gains no ground as Ukraine counterattacks

Russia is bombing Kostiantynivka to rubble while pushing its infantry into it on foot

Ukrainian regiment that raised flag in Kostiantynivka says it’s aware of reports that its soldiers were captured there

Ukraine’s Skelia Regiment says it pushed Russia out of Kostiantynivka — city Moscow claimed to have taken on 3 July

Russia lost ground for a second straight month in June. CSIS says it has lost the initiative too

ISW: Russia’s spring offensive is 16 times slower than last year — and costs 19 times more blood per kilometer

After eight months, Kostiantynivka is falling. Why some Ukrainian commanders would rather fight the open fields behind it

“A matter of time”: Kostiantynivka now faces slow Pokrovsk-style siege, DeepState says

Russia tried to surround Lyman. Now its own salient is getting squeezed.

ISW: Russia gains ground in Kostiantynivka but Fortress Belt stays out of reach

Russia’s monthly land grab in Ukraine has collapsed from hundreds of km² to 14, OSINT data show

ISW: Russia’s grand territorial ambitions are divorced from battlefield reality

Russia’s T-72AM is a very old tank with a fresh coat of paint. Expect it to stay parked like other tanks.

Tanks couldn’t take Chasiv Yar. So Russia’s reaching for the playbook that took Pokrovsk.

Russia is pulling strategic reserves to prop up a failing offensive, HUR says — and 20,000 troops is less than one month of its own losses

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