Putin needs Pokrovsk to unlock the Donbas—but it’s costing him everything
With 602 tanks lost, the Donbas fortress city is becoming this war's Stalingrad
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Putin declares Western troops in Ukraine “legitimate targets,” after Russian missile kills unarmed Danish mission
Even as Europe plans deployment, the Russian dictator insists any peace must protect Moscow, not just Ukraine.
Russia seeks entire Donbas in exchange for ceasefire promises, Zelenskyy says it would take them four years to occupy it
Zelenskyy stressed that Russian forces have only managed to seize about one-third of Donetsk Oblast since the full-scale invasion began.
Putin’s circle bleeds in Donbas: Brother of Russian ruling party’s deputy killed in Luhansk Oblast
Oleksandr Milonov died far from home in Luhansk after fighting for over a year.
Alaska talks end, yet nothing changes: Putin still considers Ukraine “artificial” country
Russia continues its ultimatum, showing zero willingness to compromise on Ukraine’s sovereignty.
One note forced failed Russian businessman to choose survival over duty on Toretsk front
A former crypto entrepreneur, thrown into combat, obeyed a drone’s message and escaped the fate of his comrade.
Zelenskyy: Kyiv expects surge in attacks on Ukraine to force concessions after Alaska peace talks
Russian forces are massing for fresh assaults, yet Kyiv says it is ready to fight fire with fire.
Investigation: Russia blew up 53 Ukrainian POWs in Olenivka prison, then honored killers with medals
The same men who rigged the barracks were officially praised for “combat duties.”
In new movie, Czech director takes pro-Kremlin conspiracy theorists , who blamed Zelenskyy for war, to Ukraine
They believed what the Kremlin told them, until they stood amid missile craters and children’s graves.
Russia masses 100,000 troops to crush Ukraine’s defenders in Donetsk’s crucial battle
While Kostiantynivka holds, Moscow’s brutal summer offensive surges forward, threatening to sever Ukraine’s eastern front.
Ukrainian soldier reveals what it’s like to face Russian convicts from Butyrka prison in battle
Fighter Anton Shket endured 17 days of assaults by Russian "zeks" and foreign troops.
“We’re standing, and we will keep standing,” Ukrainian pilot dismisses talk of peace with Russia as illusion
While Kremlin boasts advances and claims Ukraine as its own, frontline pilot Apostol calls for reinforcements.
“West keeps trying to bury Russia, but they will die themselves soon,” says Putin in new speech
While offering peace talks, the Kremlin leader lashes out at the West.
Russia reportedly hides its own war dead in Ukraine’s body swaps
Kyiv says Moscow is slipping its own soldiers into exchanges meant for fallen Ukrainians, complete with uniforms, dog tags, and ID papers, possibly to dodge compensation to Russian families.
Russia tries to break through to northern Ukraine’s Sumy city amid ceasefire talks
This comes as Russia looks to be kicking off its summer offensive, with fresh assaults popping up in Sumy and Donetsk oblasts.
Putin’s army hammers Ukrainian trenches near Pokrovsk—the final battle for Donbas may have just begun
Pokrovsk was always the objective. Now, analysts say, it’s the main effort.
Ukraine builds its own Mad Max unit to outgun Russian motorcycle swarms
Facing Russia’s deadly new doctrine of high-speed assaults, Kyiv trains its troops to strike and vanish.
Putin plans to capture Donbas in 2025—despite not capturing it in 2022, 2023, or 2024
Russia’s strategy hasn’t shifted, but its deadline has. Analysts doubt the same tactics will yield different results.
Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1176: Western sanctions stall despite Russia’s dismissal of ceasefire
Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to attend peace talks in Istanbul today, sending instead the same delegation that demanded Ukraine's surrender in 2022.
Ukraine’s “Steel Hundred” decimates more Russian troops than most European armies have in total
Despite suffering "absolutely catastrophic losses" in ten months of brutal fighting, Russian forces have failed to gain a single kilometer near Toretsk.