Two officers, 101 soldiers—Ukraine’s newest homecoming from Russian cells
The group spans four years of the war, from the fall of Mariupol to captures made only months ago.
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Russians are buying seaside apartments built on the ruins of the Mariupol homes Russia bombed—DW
Russian occupation authorities ordered some residents out of apartments that survived the siege, sending them to hostels or Mariupol’s outskirts, according to DW sources.
Russia steers its long-range drones from ground towers—Kyiv says it hit one in occupied Crimea
Explosions rolled across occupied Crimea through the night as Sevastopol declared three air-raid alerts and much of the peninsula lost power.
Ukraine hits 15 Russian vessels as drone blockade of Crimea spreads across Azov Sea
Thermal anomalies flared from occupied Mariupol to Kerch as Ukrainian drones struck ships, power links and the air defenses guarding Russia’s routes into the peninsula.
Russia shuts down part of its land corridor from Crimea to occupied Donetsk due to Ukrainian drones — Mariupol residents report in local group chats
Cars routed onto jammed coastal alternate.
Russian radar didn’t see Ukrainian drones coming. It became the 28th Russian air-defense asset wrecked this May
In addition to the ST-68 air-surveillance radar, Ukraine struck another Panrsir anti-air system, a fuel train, and multiple military trucks in the land corridor to occupied Crimea.
Ukraine wrapped the occupied south in three layers of drones. Russian trucks are burning
Strikes doubled February to March—and the Russians retreated
After four years in Russian captivity, 205 Ukrainian defenders are home in the first stage of a 1000-for-1000 exchange
Most of those freed were taken at Mariupol in 2022; the oldest is 62, the youngest 21. The exchange was mediated by the US and the UAE.
Russia seizes 900 Mariupol apartments from owners it forced to flee
Russia is redistributing nearly 900 Mariupol apartments. The owners fled the bombing. The new tenants will be Russian officials
So many Ukrainian AI drones are hunting Russian trucks they’re crossing each other’s paths
Ukraine's A.I. drones are stacking up over the Russian logistical zone, each looking for a truck to blow up.
One radar sees 250 km out. The other measures altitude at 300 km range. Ukraine’s drones just took both out in Donetsk Oblast
Ukraine drone forces and SOF reported more of their middle-range strike across the occupied territories. Targets: radars, fuel depots, bases.
Pantsir and Tor anti-air systems, two radars: what Ukraine’s drone forces destroyed in the first 48 hours of May
The 1-2 May haul follows 38 Russian air defense and radar units the same forces destroyed in April alone, the SBS commander reported.
Russia plans to move 114,000 of its citizens into occupied regions of Ukraine, skipping cities it destroyed
The map of Russia's "Reconstruction" has no room for Bakhmut, Avdiivka, Marinka, or Vuhledar.
Russia sank the Henichesk in 2022. In June, a ship bearing its name will join Ukraine’s Navy — but cannot sail home yet
The replacement vessel trains in the Netherlands, flies Ukraine's flag in June, and waits in a British port for the war to end and the Black Sea to open.
Ukraine’s drone forces count their air defense kills by the fortnight — 12 in the first two weeks of April alone
BS commander Robert Brovdi's video release shows the pace of Ukraine's systematic anti-air campaign: Tor-M1s in Mariupol and Luhansk, a Pantsir-S1 in Donetsk Oblast, rear bases, ammo depots — four units, 14 days, 12 systems.
Ukrainian Azov soldier Belinov defended Mariupol for 86 days under encirclement. Russia called it terrorism and sentenced him to 27 years
Russia has now sentenced Bohdan Belinov twice for the same act — defending Mariupol during 86 days of siege. The second verdict absorbed the first and added four years. He is 28.
Four years ago, Russia bombed Mariupol’s theater with “CHILDREN” written in front of it. Today it appeared in 20 cities across world
Russia killed 300-600 civilians.
Drones strike Russia’s industrial giant in Tolyatti — KuibyshevAzot workshop burns under explosions
The major caprolactam and nitrogen fertilizer facility hits the frontline.
Ukraine hits occupied Luhansk oil depot for the second time in five days, sparking massive fire
Defense forces also struck fuel warehouses near Mariupol, Novotoretske, and Koptieve and a Russian drone control point in Kherson Oblast the same night, the Ukrainian General Staff reported.
Russia promises more war on fourth anniversary of its aggression: Kremlin says it hasn’t achieved its war goals — and “will go further” in Ukraine
Peskov claimed Moscow hopes for "diplomatic means" while confirming no negotiations are scheduled.