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Ukrainian drones cut power to 16,000 in Kursk, hit major Ryazan oil refinery in overnight strikes

Ukrainian strike drones targeted Russian energy infrastructure across two oblasts overnight, disabling power substations and igniting fires at the Ryazan oil refinery, which processes 5% of Russia's crude oil.

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine, Black Spark eliminates launcher for Russia’s deadliest missiles in Kursk Oblast

On the night of 4 October, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces and the insurgent movement “Chernaia Iskra" or the…

byOlena Mukhina

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NYP: Russia tells the world it’s winning — actual military performance paints a different picture

While Putin talks victory, Russia’s forces are stuck fighting for fields at unsustainable losses and can't break Ukrainian defenses.

byYuri Zoria

Blaze at Ukrainian gas facility following Russian strike, 3 October, 2025

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Russia unleashes record ballistic missile strike on Ukraine, pushing energy grid to brink

Simultaneous launches of Iskander-M, Kinzhal, and Shahed drones devastate gas infrastructure.

byOlena Mukhina

Korean soldier operates a Russian drone.

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North Korean UAV crews coordinate Russian missile strikes from Kursk into Sumy Oblast

Russia is deploying North Korean drone operators to adjust launch missile system fire on Ukrainian positions, following critical personnel losses and a failed offensive

byMaria Tril

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Frontline report: In Sumy sector, Ukraine isolates Oleksiivka with a single road in, drone strikes out—and the Russians can’t get out alive

Kyiv’s encirclement strategy is strangling Russian forces one pocket at a time in the Sumy direction.

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Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2025

Ukraine celebrates Tank Troops Day! Here are eight stories of Ukrainian tankers you won’t see in movies

From T-64s holding off entire Russian columns to crews rising from near-death like a Phoenix, Ukrainian tank operators have turned armored steel into instruments of courage and survival.

byOlena Mukhina

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Frontline report: Ukraine flipped the Sumy front upside down—Russia’s elite brigade lost its HQ, general, and last hope

Ukrainian strike aircraft and drones tore through Russia's Kursk and Belgorod, adjacent to Sumy, with surgical waves of Western bombs.

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Russia reports drone attack: casualties in Voronezh, Energia plant targeted

Smoke billowed over the Energia defense plant in Yelets early on 15 July after overnight drone attacks struck three Russian oblasts, with officials reporting 55 intercepted UAVs and multiple casualties in Voronezh city center.

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine kills Russian Navy general in Kursk—Putin’s 11th general lost in war

Major General Mikhail Gudkov, Russia’s Deputy Navy Chief, was inspecting positions in Kursk when a Ukrainian strike hit, killing him and other senior officers.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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UK intel: North Korea sent 11,000 troops to help Russia in Kursk—over half never came back

Kim Jong-un sent troops to back Putin in Kursk. UK intel says over 6,000 didn’t return.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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Russia receives 140 mm and 60 mm mortars from North Korea

Photos confirm transfer of unique artillery once seen only in parades.

byYuri Zoria

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Drone hits house in Russian Kursk oblast, woman injured

Russian air defense systems intercepted seven Ukrainian drones across three regions overnight, with two shot down over Kursk region, the Defense Ministry claimed.

byMaria Tril

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Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1195: Vilnius summit confirms that Ukraine’s NATO membership path is irreversible

Peace talks in Istanbul failed to secure a ceasefire, though Ukraine and Russia agreed to exchange 6,000 bodies of fallen soldiers.

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Ukraine captures 971 Russian troops during Kursk operation since August

The Kursk offensive operation became Ukraine's most successful campaign for taking Russian prisoners, netting 971 captives over nine months.

byMaria Tril

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Sky News: What’s left of Russia’s Kursk army is staring down Kharkiv

Analysts say Moscow’s depleted units near Kharkiv may be preparing for a limited summer push.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

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Ten nations forge Ukraine’s marines into Europe’s ultimate fighting force

Once a Soviet-style force, Ukraine’s marines now drill with NATO’s best — preparing for battles that will decide Europe’s eastern frontier.

byOlena Mukhina

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Panic crackles over Russian radio as phantom Ukrainian sniper strikes through darkness

"Driver's head is gone - shock!"

byOlena Mukhina

Ukraine's Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi during his meeting with frontline commanders

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Hoping for 1991 borders return is impossible without tech breakthrough, says Zaluzhnyi, former Ukraine’s commander-in-chief

Ukraine can't hope for miracles or full border restoration while Russia still has the means to wage war — only a high-tech fight for survival remains.

byOlena Mukhina

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“Sanitary zone” dream shattered: Russia’s firestorm fails to push Ukraine’s troops from Kursk Oblast

Moscow plans to use Ukraine's Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts as a staging ground for a "buffer zone".

byOlena Mukhina