“The enemy failed”: Russia threw over 600 attacks at Ukraine’s front in 4 days. Ukraine held the line – Syrskyi
Syrskyi says Russian forces lost more than 6,000 troops killed and wounded in the surge – and failed to break through anywhere.
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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.
Russia’s winter offensive ground to a halt as Ukraine recaptured more land than it lost in February, Syrskyi says
The Commander-in-Chief reported that over three winter months, Ukrainian forces killed or wounded nearly 100,000 Russian troops — more than Russia managed to recruit into its ranks over the same period.
126 km² in February, 245 in January, some 630 last November — Russia’s gains drop while its attacks hold steady, Deep State says
Assault operations barely slowed, dropping just 4% compared to January, while the Pokrovsk sector absorbed 31% of all attacks.
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.
North Korean artillery caught firing at Kupiansk, hit three times by drones
The 170mm Koksan self-propelled gun was firing toward Kupiansk from occupied Luhansk Oblast when a recon drone's thermal camera spotted its hot barrel. Three FPV drone strikes followed.
Ukraine’s drones flew three sorties per minute in January — Russia lost 8,600+ more troops than it recruited, commander says
The Unmanned Systems Forces commander reported 30,618 verified kills against 22,000 new Russian recruits, calling the negative balance "a minimum task" as the real target is 50,000 per month now.
Ukraine’s kill rate just overtook Russia’s troop replacement, Syrskyi says
And Kyiv is upgrading the training pipeline that produced those numbers.
Russia paid 26,000 casualties for this city of ruins: Toretsk reportedly falls after 18-month battle
100th Mechanized Brigade held Toretsk for 18 months.
Drones now account for over 80% of all strikes on enemy targets, Zelenskyy announces
Official figures confirm that the UAVs overtook artillery as the primary means of destroying enemy forces, equipment, and positions.
Zelenskyy: 50,000 Russian losses a month would break Moscow’s war machine
Ukraine must inflict casualties at a level Russia cannot replenish if it wants to force the Kremlin to rethink the war, the president says.
Filipino mercenary killed in Russian army “meat assault” after just one week of training, Ukrainian intelligence says
HUR identified the body of John Patrick near Novoselivka in Donetsk Oblast, revealing he was sent to the front lines with minimal preparation and left to die after sustaining a wound.
The Russians replaced more than 9,000 destroyed vehicles. They can’t do it again.
The Russians have managed to replace practically every single armored fighting vehicle they've lost since February 2022. But they depleted one-time reserves.
Ukraine destroys Buks concealed by Russians in wooded terrain of Kharkiv Oblast. It’s same type of system that killed 298 people on MH17 (VIDEO)
Ukrainian soldiers from the 8th Corps of the Air Assault Forces destroyed two Russian Buk surface-to-air missile systems.…
ISW: Russia sacks general after failed assaults in Donetsk and Sumy
Russian Lieutenant General Sukhrab Akhmedov was dismissed following a string of failed assaults and high casualties in Ukraine.
Russia’s war equals Nazi-Soviet war length — 1,418 days. But this time Ukraine has no anti-Hitler coalition on ground
History repeating in the same places: Zelenskyy on fighting in Donbas and Zaporizhzhia after 1,418 days of war.
“Entire war based on lies”: Even Trump realized he was deceived, says expert
Putin can't allow successful Ukraine. It threatens his corrupt authoritarian rule.
From Arma 3 to the frontlines: how South African gamers were lured into Russia’s war in Ukraine
What began as online military simulations turned into real combat when two young men signed up for war after chatting on Discord.
ISW: Russia unlikely to rebuild battlefield losses and create strategic reserves at the same time
Only a fraction of Moscow’s planned new units were actually formed, and those divisions appear undermanned and under-equipped.
Ukrainian paratroopers crush Russian assault near Pokrovsk (VIDEO, MAP)
The 46th Airmobile Brigade of Ukraine repelled another Russian push, destroying tanks, armored vehicles, and dozens of troops.