Russia experiments with tactics on Kramatorsk front, Ukrainian officer says
Ukrainian military reports the enemy is adapting, abandoning past patterns, and even resorting to horses for mobility.
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Russia’s next axis: Kostiantynivka. Ukrainian commander says its defense could tie down Moscow’s army for entire 2026
Battles for Kostiantynivka are beginning.
Russian troops attempt Lyman infiltration but face drone-disrupted logistics, says Ukrainian military (MAP)
Their push toward the city faces major setbacks amid contested zones and relentless drone surveillance on both sides.
Ukraine defends Rodynske against Russian assaults, keeping Myrnohrad’s vital supply line intact, Azov says (VIDEO, MAP)
Despite Russian propaganda declaring victory, Ukrainian forces are holding firm in Rodynske, a critical logistics point near Myrnohrad, according to the National Guard unit..
Over 39,000 Ukrainian households without power as Russia continues targeting power grid (MAP)
Ukraine’s Air Force reported shooting down 30 drones overnight, but 18 reached civilian and energy targets.
ISW: Russian forces have likely seized the town of Siversk after 41 months of fighting (MAP)
After years of resistance and brutal advances, Russian troops may have finally taken the small town of Siversk in Donetsk Oblast.
“Three brigades are not enough for its defense”: Ukrainian expert reveals Russia’s next big target in 2026
Ukraine must learn 2025's lessons or repeat its mistakes.
ISW: Russia’s army can’t sustain multi-pronged offensives due to manpower and equipment strain
A push toward Ukraine’s heavily fortified Fortress Belt would force Moscow to drain even more troops and equipment.
Russia claims it captured Siversk and portrays its victory as inevitable — but ISW says neither is true (MAPS)
The announcement is part of what ISW calls cognitive warfare — aimed more at perception than actual battlefield control.
Russia fired 241 drones and Kinzhal missiles in overnight assault, killing at least 2 in Ukraine
Energy facilities hit in Poltava Oblast, pregnant woman among eight injured in Donetsk.
ISW: Russia overstates gains to pressure Kyiv and West to hand over Donetsk Oblast
Russian forces have not yet faced heavily fortified cities like Slovyansk and Kramatorsk, ISW notes.
Ukraine fights to prevent logistics collapse in Pokrovsk as Russian artillery, drones, and guided bombs level city’s blocks
Currently, the battle for Pokrovsk remains central to the struggle for the east of Ukraine.
Pokrovsk turns gray: city becomes zone of chaos and shifting control
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (HUR) units are in the fight, conducting a complex counter-operation personally overseen by HUR chief Kyrylo Budanov.
Russia keeps targeting power grid: Ukraine-controlled part of Donetsk Oblast fully blacked out, outages in three more oblasts
Russian air strikes killed six civilians, including two children, and injured at least 13.
“Fortress in dark”: Moscow’s assault on Sloviansk power plant masks deeper goal
Russia fights against the light. On 30 October, Russian aviation dropped guided bombs on the Sloviansk Thermal Power…
Russia keeps targeting Ukrainian power grid, causing blackout in Donetsk Oblast and outages in Odesa’s Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi
Russia launched 118 drones, 103 were downed overnight, Ukrainian Air Force reported. Russian attacks killed four people and injured nine in Donetsk Oblast.
Russians disguised as civilians stormed Yampil — Ukrainian forces turned their ambush into a trap
The 11 Army Corps reported that infiltrators hiding in homes and basements were blocked and neutralized.
Russia launched 60 drones and a missile overnight—Ukraine downed 40, but 12 locations still hit
Air Force says waves of Shaheds and decoys struck targets in three frontline oblasts late on 16 August.
Drones attack refineries in Sloviansk-on-Kuban and Volgograd, fire reported
Russian oil refineries in two regions came under drone attack overnight, with debris from intercepted aircraft damaging a residential building in Volgograd
DeepState: Russians breach near Pokrovsk, cut highway toward Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast
The OSINT project warns the wedge could endanger Pokrovsk, Myrnohrad, and Kostiantynivka unless Ukrainian reserves regain the roads.