Yuri Zoria    Ukraine’s ATACMS missile attack on Russia’s airfield in northern Crimea on April reportedly destroyed multiple air defense assets, potentially enabling future air attacks on the occupied peninsula from the north.

Yuri Zoria    In defiance of their Russia friendly PM, Slovaks have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise, , euros for ammo for Ukraine, aligning with an international Czech led initiative.

Anatolii Shara    Invasion As Russia’s special military operation turned Ivankiv into a war zone, a ragtag band of museum staff and locals decided that saving some folk art was more important than staying alive.

Reporting from Ukraine    Russian forces face steep losses and strategic setbacks during assaults on White Mountain near Luhansk’s Bilohorivka, struggling against well positioned Ukrainian defenses.

Reporting from Ukraine    Russia deploys , elite troops for an offensive on Donetsk’s Siversk, setting a broader assault strategy on Kramatorsk. Ukraine fortifies positions, leveraging natural terrain and tactical elevations, complicating Russian advances and maintaining control despite intense clashes.

Orysia Hrudka    Russia has become a learning organization that little resembles the chaotic force that invaded Ukraine two years ago, Gen. Cavoli argues.

Zarina Zabrisky    Facing an overwhelming Russian force, Ukrainian fighters in Kherson have found a lifeline in a captured Soviet howitzer and their own makeshift shells amid a dire shortage of artillery

Orysia Hrudka    While aiming to bolster the country’s defense, the long awaited law betrays frontline soldiers by omitting key provisions for troop rotation and demobilization

Reporting from Ukraine    Ukrainian forces swiftly dealt with three waves of Russian mechanized assaults, destroying at least tanks and infantry fighting vehicles, according to verified losses.

Olena Mukhina    As Russia’s attacks persist, Ukraine is digging deep to create safe spaces for learning and birth, with underground schools in Kharkiv, shelter based maternity wards in Lviv, and children’s play areas in Kherson Oblast.

Yuri Zoria    Ukrainian President Zelenskyy states that Chancellor Scholz’s refusal to provide Taurus missiles is due to fear of Putin’s nuclear threats, underscoring the importance of Western weapons for Ukraine’s survival and potential victory against Russia’s invasion.

Reporting from Ukraine    After conducting mechanized assaults, Russians occupied part of a small forest in front of this town in Donetsk Oblast.

Yuri Zoria    Lithuania has delivered M Command Post Vehicles to Ukraine, adding to its military support that included artillery shells sent in early March. The country commits to long term assistance with a million package for .

Reporting from Ukraine    The estimated number of troops needed for an encirclement of Ukraine’s second largest city exceeds Russia’s entire occupation contingent

Reporting from Ukraine    In the Kurakhove direction, Russian forces have increased the intensity of their attacks toward the Ukrainian town of Kurakhove and have started a large scale battle in an attempt to reach it. Ukrainian defenders have successfully repelled three Russian assault waves there.

Reporting from Ukraine    Ukrainian forces conducted a successful counterattack near Synkivka in the Kupiansk direction, northeastern Ukraine, recapturing positions and establishing a buffer zone against weakened Russian troops.

Reporting from Ukraine    After heavy aerial bombardment, Russian infantry secured a km bridgehead south of Chasiv Yar, establishing positions meters from the town’s eastern edge.

Yuri Zoria    Amid delayed weapon deliveries by allies, Russia accelerates the construction of alternative railway links in Ukraine’s occupied south, linking strategic cities and creating defensive structures to support military logistics.

Bohdan Ben    Despite Russia’s vast oil production, its ability to produce fuel shouldn’t be overestimated. The number of major oil refineries is limited to and at least of them have already been targeted by drones. Explosions have partially or fully disrupted their work.

Reporting from Ukraine    Despite heavy Russian bombardments, Ukrainian th Artillery Brigade and drone operators from multiple brigades destroy numerous Russian artillery pieces, tanks, APCs through precision strikes.

Reporting from Ukraine    Fears are growing in Ukraine over the potential for a major new Russian offensive aimed at the key northern city of Kupiansk, Kharkiv Oblast, as intelligence detects worrying patterns of military build up in the region.

Orysia Hrudka    Before being executed, one Ukrainian soldier was forced by the Russians to conduct demining work.

Reporting from Ukraine    The village of Ivanivske, standing between Russians and Chasiv Yar town, has been leveled to the ground, while the Ukrainians’ goal is to slow the Russian advance before the new defense line along the canal is ready.

Reporting from Ukraine    Ukrainian forces face tough choices after massive Russian strikes: If Ukraine protects infrastructure, Russia will intensify bombardments on the front. If it secures the front, Russia will degrade Ukraine’s defense industrial capacity.

Yuri Zoria    Ukraine’s domestically produced Liutyi unmanned aircraft has been behind precise strikes on Russian oil refineries up to km inside Russia.

Alya Shandra    Adopting the Kremlin’s euphemism for its Ukraine invasion, Russian rebel battalions have launched a day ’special liberation operation of Russia from Putin’ in Russia’s Belgorod and Kursk oblasts, asserting they have seized villages, destroyed military equipment and diverted Russian forces from...

Bohdan Ben    Russia is working hard to catch up with the Ukrainian progress and has almost reached the number of Ukrainian FPV drone strikes. With the total number of only FPV drone strikes on both sides now approaching, per month, previous types of trench fortifications are becoming increasingly...

Reporting from Ukraine    Despite Russian attempts to reinforce their units and launch a new offensive, Ukrainian defenders have maintained control over key settlements, thwarting Russia’s ultimate goal of seizing Lyman, known as The Gates of Donbas.

Alya Shandra    After Russia reported impossible turnouts amid voting under gunpoint in a land that is not it own, Ukraine is calling on the world to declare Putin an illegitimate president