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.
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Russian glide bomb kills shop clerk and customer in Sumy border village
Strike hit building as people were inside; two others injured in Velyka Pysarivka.
Energy outages and 12 civilian deaths reported across Ukraine amid Russia’s strikes (MAP)
Energy sites, residential buildings, and public facilities were hit in different parts of the country. The Russians injured at least 59 more civilians.
“He has literally just given order”: Russia doesn’t want Ukrainian land. Russia wants Ukraine erased, says expert
Putin orders buffer zone expansion into three Ukrainian regions.
No sign that Russia can quickly overrun remaining Donetsk territory, ISW reiterates
Russian troops have captured just two-thirds of Pokrovsk after nearly four months of combat, despite massive manpower investment.
Ukraine’s defenses swat down 139 of 176 Russian drones in fresh assault on power grid
Russia launched drones from six directions, hitting energy sites and homes as new waves remained airborne at dawn.
Russia launches massive air attack on Kyiv, killing 6 and wounding 36 civilians across the capital—children and pregnant woman among the injured (UPDATED)
The Air Force says Moscow launched 430 drones and 19 missiles. More were killed in Odesa Oblast, while damage to power and other infrastructure facilities is reported across several regions.
Russian drones and bombs injure civilians, hit homes and energy infrastructure in nine oblasts
The Russians killed a Kherson man and injured at least eight more civilians across Ukraine.
Kyiv mother and daughter hid in the bathroom to survive — smoke killed them instead as Russia hit their home
Russians killed three people and injured 31 in Kyiv, while elsewhere their attacks left at least five more civilians dead and 18 injured.
Before their role was limited to operations in Russia’s Kursk Oblast — now they support Russian strikes against Ukraine
Ukraine’s General Staff reports that North Korean units are filling gaps left by Russian losses.
Russia kills firefighter in Kharkiv double-tap attack and strikes Kyiv’s Brodsky Synagogue—both hit in 130-drone overnight assault
Railway workers in Sumy were hospitalized after a separate drone strike on station infrastructure. Ukrainian Air Force intercepted 92 enemy drones.
Russia hammers Kharkiv with KAB bombs, drones target Kherson and power grid in Chernihiv, Sumy oblasts
Nine civilians were injured in Kharkiv alone, most suffering acute stress reactions, as bombs struck homes and a civilian enterprise overnight.
North Korean UAV crews coordinate Russian missile strikes from Kursk into Sumy Oblast
Russia is deploying North Korean drone operators to adjust launch missile system fire on Ukrainian positions, following critical personnel losses and a failed offensive
Russia fabricates triple murder story to discredit Ukrainian Armed Forces
Pro-Kremlin channels are spreading a fabricated story about Ukrainian soldiers allegedly murdering three civilians in Sumy Oblast, using a fake screenshot designed to look like an official police report
ISW warns: Kremlin prepares to mobilize reservists without formal call‑up as its paid recruitment system collapses
A single draft amendment erases the last legal barrier to sending reservists into combat on a rolling basis.
Frontline report: Ukraine’s kill zone takes shape in Sumy Oblast—Russians trapped in Yunakivka say hope is gone
Ukrainian drones and artillery isolate the last escape roads while intercepted messages reveal panic and starvation inside.
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.
Russia injures 12 in Kyiv and kills 7-year-old in Zaporizhzhia, power outages spread as Moscow hits energy grid with drones and missiles (updated)
Kyiv’s eastern bank part went dark, Dnipro and Cherkasy also reported injuries and damage after explosions hit residential buildings overnight.
Russia hits firefighters mid-rescue in Chernihiv, kills five civilians in Sumy and Kherson oblasts, targets Odesa port
At least 17 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine.
Chernihiv left with blackouts and no hot water as Russia appears to restart power grid strikes campaign ahead of winter
The city confirms boiler shutdowns and rolling outages after a drone strike on nearby Slavutych a day earlier.