A Russian tank division rolls toward Pokrovsk, adding major manpower to Russia’s eastern push
Can the Ukrainian 7th Rapid Reaction Corps kill enough Russian reinforcements to halt an offensive toward Kramatorsk and Sloviansk?
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Ukrainian supply robots are blocking Russia’s plan to starve Kostiantynivka
Ukraine's growing legion of resupply robots can prolong the defense of Konstyantynivka. But human soldiers are still necessary.
Moscow’s offensive has lost ground since it started — yet Russia’s top brass declared Luhansk Oblast fully seized for the fourth time
Gerasimov claimed Russia seized 1,700 km² in 2026 and controls 70% of Lyman, but ISW’s evidence shows gains of only about one fifth of that area, none of the city, and territorial losses since 1 March.
Russian drones hit Sumy hospital — 15 injured, three schoolgirls among wounded
Russia launched 143 drones and two Iskander missiles overnight on 21 April. A Sumy medical facility was hit, injuring 15 including three girls; one killed in Kherson, school destroyed in Sloviansk.
Russia strikes apartments in Konotop, Sloviansk, and Odesa, wounding three women
Three women wounded in Sloviansk, residential buildings hit in Sumy and Odesa oblasts as Russia deploys Shahed, Gerber, and Italmas drones across nine regions overnight.
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’s 2026 war plan had two objectives. Ukraine is wrecking both.
With nine months left in 2026, the Kremlin has its sights set on two main objectives in the east and south. Neither is easy.
Ukraine crushes Moscow’s largest assault of 2026 on Donetsk fortress belt that held back Russians since 2014
On the Sloviansk direction, the Armed Forces of Ukraine stopped the largest motorcycle assault by Russian occupiers since…
Russia’s spring offensive has stalled at Ukraine’s Fortress Belt — ISW says it won’t break through in 2026
The 3rd Combined Arms Army, the only Russian force positioned to push directly on Sloviansk, hasn't gained ground in a week after a month of tactically significant advances east of the city.
ISW: Russia has likely begun its anticipated spring-summer 2026 offensive against Ukraine’s Fortress Belt in Donetsk Oblast
ISW assessed on 21 March, adding that Russian forces are unlikely to seize the Fortress Belt in 2026 but will likely make some tactical gains at significant cost.
Russia is deploying knockoffs of Ukraine’s Vampire heavy bomber drones — and the 81st Brigade has already shot down five
The heavy hexacopters — the type Russian troops themselves nicknamed "Baba Yaga" — have been appearing over the Sloviansk axis for several weeks now, with more expected.
Russia struck two trains within 24 hours — and Ukrzaliznytsia says rolling stock is now a primary target
A Russian drone hit a train in Mykolaiv, while a second drone narrowly missed a passenger locomotive on the Dnipro–Kovel route — part of a campaign averaging six railway strikes per day since the start of March.
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.
The Russians massed 100,000 troops to take the last free cities in Donbas. One hill bars the way
Whether Hill 207 holds could decide Russia's planned offensive on the last strongholds of free Donbas
Russia’s January assault pace drops just 4% — but its territorial gains fell by half, Deep State says (INFOGRAPHIC)
The OSINT monitoring project reports that while Russia occupied 245 sq km last month — nearly half of December's figure — the overall number of assault operations fell only just.
US peacekeepers could monitor Donetsk ceasefire—but Russia demands Ukraine surrender cities first
Moscow insists Kyiv cede Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, and Kostiantynivka before any deal.
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.
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..