Ukraine wants to draft 15 of every 100 workers at its weapons plants. Arms makers say this could slow guns soldiers need
You can’t just replace a skilled arms worker, makers say. It takes years to build such teams.
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25-year-old Natalia, born in Russia, served in the Israeli army, returned to Ukraine during the full-scale invasion, and join the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ukrainian society is not yet ready for the mandatory mobilization of women into the military, she believes.
Russia’s mass drone attacks on Ukraine have a goal—likely Ukraine’s capitulation by spring 2027, ISW says
Until his new theory of victory has played out, Putin is unlikely to soften his demands or enter serious ceasefire talks, according to ISW.
A century ago, bright red trousers made soldiers easy targets. Ukraine’s ex-army chief says the West is wearing them again
Ukraine's ex-army chief Zaluzhnyi: the war has surrendered itself to marketers and wheeler-dealers chasing quick profit, and the West's old security guarantees are the red trousers all over again.
He had survived Mariupol, Russian captivity and took over Ukraine’s Azov grouping in Donetsk. Now Brigadier General Prokopenko warns Russia may mobilize up to 600,000 for its next offensive
Prokopenko, the Mariupol-defense commander now leading the Azov grouping in Donetsk, says the aim is to seize all of Donetsk and Luhansk.
42,020 troops, 1,827 artillery systems, 89 tanks: Ukraine’s tally of what it cost Russia to keep fighting in August
As frontline losses climb, Moscow fires ballistic missiles and jet drones Ukraine cannot catch.
Russia set target specific target for military recruits in 2026: in Arkhangelsk Oblast, man was sent to front after being detained for drinking on street
The School of the Conscript recorded 11 complaints in July and August.
Investigators descend on Ukraine’s recruitment offices in a coordinated nationwide operation
The operation, run with the army's General Staff, reached most regions on 30 July and is expected to produce named suspects.
Fedorov breaks his silence: Ukraine’s army chief Syrskyi gave him an ultimatum—then blocked his reforms
He confirmed the feud with Oleksandr Syrskyi drove the dismissal, at a briefing hours before the vote.
“There were 95 of us. We stood in way of around 4,500 rebels”: Meet “Hammer”, Ukrainian soldier, who served in UN peacekeeping in Africa
Oleksii is a fourth-generation Ukrainian soldier
Lukashenka announces war preparations—Ukrainian official calls it Russian “information agenda”
A war-readiness regime Belarus can run indefinitely without invading
Turning point: Russia is now losing more soldiers in Ukraine each month than it recruits
Ukraine is winning the three-front war, said its defense minister.
Russia paid 206 troops for every Ukrainian square kilometer gained in March. Last summer it paid 61 — expert
Russia lost 31,960 troops in March for 155 square kilometers.
Russia is ordering companies to nominate employees for military service — 2 to 5 names depending on size
Enlistment rates falling in major cities. Despite incentives, army struggles to replenish.
43% of Russian POWs rated Ukrainians as less than fully human — and Kremlin propaganda explains why
The more a captured Russian soldier believed Kremlin narratives, the more likely he was to dehumanize Ukrainians on a validated scientific scale — a finding researchers say helps build the legal case against Russia's propagandists as abettors of aggression.
Frontline in Ukraine reduced to “robotic kill zone,” Zaluzhnyi says
Robots now conduct assaults as the number of troops physically able to operate in the combat zone keeps shrinking, Ukraine's former commander-in-chief said.
ISW: Russia is laying the groundwork for rolling involuntary call-ups as its recruitment system runs dry
A new Duma bill adopted on 18 February would criminalize criticism of reserve call-ups, while Bloomberg reports Russia lost 9,000 more troops than it replaced in January 2026 — the first time recruitment has visibly fallen behind losses.
Russia’s next axis: Kostiantynivka. Ukrainian commander says its defense could tie down Moscow’s army for entire 2026
Battles for Kostiantynivka are beginning.
Russia’s 2026 plan: Draft 261,000 year-round, ignore war crimes tribunals, continue war indefinitely
Putin formalizes permanent mobilization after 135,000 the fall call-up.
Why Russia’s war machine may have peaked: new ISW assessment says Moscow can’t build momentum due to lack of reserves
With no extra troops to shift across sectors, Russia keeps trading one front for another, exposing dangerous vulnerabilities.