Russia sent quad bikes to clear a minefield. Ukraine’s drones did the rest.
Mines blast Russian assault groups from below. To clear a path, one Russian field army modified an all-terrain vehicle.
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Russia’s 1950s tanks are massing for Zaporizhzhia. Ukrainian drones are killing them in their sheds.
A pair of Russian field armies is stockpiling tanks and other vehicles for a planned offensive in the southeast. Ukrainian drones aim to spoil the attack.
Most drone-armored tanks can’t fire their guns. Ukraine just fixed that on an Abrams
The Ukrainian 1st Assault Regiment is readying its ex-Australian M-1 tanks for assaults through Russia's drone kill zone.
What Ukraine’s fifth year of war will really look like
Here are the battles — technological, industrial, and institutional — that may decide the war in 2026
Russia rushed reinforcements to its fracturing southeast. They rode in unarmored and in broad daylight
Two weeks after Russian communications collapsed, Ukrainian troops are still counterattacking—and inflicting heavy losses on the Russians.
Ukraine is counterattacking across nine vectors. The goal isn’t to advance
With the Russian cut off from Starlink, the Ukrainians have the edge for now. Instead of attempting a risky counteroffensive, Ukrainian troops in the southeast are fighting to firm up their defenses.
Ukraine counterattacks as Musk’s Starlink crackdown grounds Russian drones
Russia just lost Starlink access. Now Ukraine has an opportunity to retake lost territory.
Lavrov’s Soviet playbook in Abu Dhabi: Russia frames itself as America’s equal to cut Europe out of Kyiv-Moscow talks
The Russian foreign minister compared Moscow to Washington as a fellow "great power" just days before trilateral negotiations, a tactic ISW says aims to entice Trump with economic deals while pushing to exclude Europe from peace talks.
ISW: Ukrainian troops advance in Kupiansk and Pokrovsk
A Kremlin-linked source admits Ukrainian gains in Kupiansk, blaming the weather for stalling Russian drones and favoring Ukraine's numerical advantage.
Outgunned territorials retreat. Now the path to Zaporizhzhia is open.
Ukrainian commanders neglected the defense of Huliaipole in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Now the town has fallen ... and the chaos has just begun.
Ukraine crushes Russian assault near Huliaipole—but Pokrovsk scenario unfolds on flanks
Tired and outnumbered Ukrainian troops are fighting to save Hulyaipole. But the Russians are likely to push hard for another two months.
ISW: Trump’s reported peace plan is “fundamentally the same as Russia’s 2022 Istanbul demands”
The proposed deal would give Russia vital Ukrainian territory and allow it to conserve resources for future aggression, according to ISW.
ISW: Putin and Gerasimov keep boasting of sweeping wins in Ukraine—but even Russian milbloggers call them fiction
At a briefing, Gerasimov falsely claimed that Russian troops had encircled thousands of Ukrainian soldiers near Pokrovsk and Kupiansk.
Ukraine stops Russian armor—but infiltrators are already inside Pokrovsk
Russian infiltrators succeed where tank attacks often fail. Slowly but reliably, Russians are slipping behind Ukrainian lines.
Russia’s war math: at this pace, full occupation of Ukraine would take 103 years, The Economist says
Despite relentless assaults since May, Russia failed to seize Pokrovsk or any major city on the eastern front.
ISW: Kremlin keeps faking military progress to sell false narrative of inevitable victory
Russia’s MoD overstated territorial gains by up to 112%, the think tank finds.
ISW: Russia’s pre-Alaska-summit position leaves no path to genuine talks — it just confirmed its peace plan still means Ukraine’s capitulation
Deputy Foreign Ministry official Fadeev’s remarks reveal the Kremlin still wants total capitulation before talks.
Russia tries “total infiltration” in Pokrovsk — Ukraine boosts fortifications inside the city, Syrskyi says
The top Ukrainian general says Russian attempts to slip inside were crushed fast.
ISW: Russia wants Ukraine out of its own cities, Ukraine says ‘let’s talk more’ in ceasefire negotiations memos
Ukraine seeks continued dialogue, Russia reiterates capitulation demands in the second useless round of the Trump-pushed talks.
Ukraine faces third consecutive night of massive Russian drone attacks
Russian forces conducted their most extensive missile and drone strikes of the full-scale war over the past 48 hours. Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, and Kharkiv oblasts sustained another Russian attack overnight on 26 May