Russian forces are massing significant manpower toward Pokrovsk in a bid to encircle the city. Overall, Moscow has concentrated a 170,000-strong force on this sector of the front, but inside Pokrovsk the Russians are operating in small infantry teams …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced an uptick in production of interceptor drones designed to defend against Russian UAVs.

By the end of November, Ukraine will be able to produce 600–800 interceptor drones per day, he told reporters, …

Around 2,000 Colombians are fighting with Ukraine’s Defense Forces against Russian forces, Germany’s Die Welt reported, citing insider information.

Die Welt says the influx of volunteers from South America is so large that some brigades have formed …

Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (GUR) released video of a special operation in a key district of Pokrovsk, showing troops opening a ground corridor to improve logistics. The first frames show a monument sign near the city where Russian forces had …

Ukrainian drone strikes on petrochemical and oil refining facilities were reported again across several Russian regions. In the early hours of Tuesday, November 4, Ukrainian drones targeted LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez and SIBUR facilities in …

Ukrainian forces are counterattacking around Pokrovsk and holding back Russia’s advance, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Geolocated footage published November 3 indicates units of Russia’s 5th Motorized Rifle Brigade advanced …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the arrival of new Patriot systems to bolster the country’s air defenses. He added that Kyiv will keep working with partners to expand its air-defense capabilities.

Zelensky thanked Germany and …

After the setback near Pokrovsk, Russia’s Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov has begun dismissing generals in an effort to conceal his own mistakes and deception of the Kremlin, according to a report.

Journalist and blogger Volodymyr Zolkin …

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said they struck five Russian electrical substations with a combined capacity of 5,066 megavolt-amperes (MVA) overnight on November 2. The operation was carried out jointly by the 1st Separate Unmanned Systems Center …

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine General Oleksandr Syrskyi has requested assistance from the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) to reinforce Ukrainian positions near Pokrovsk, as Russian forces continue their…

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Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, hinted to Russians that blackouts are a two-way street.

He wrote that blackouts “aren’t scary” and pledged that his “Birds” from the SBS, together with …

Russian forces that pushed into Pokrovsk in Ukraine’s Donetsk region are largely hiding as they wait for backup from their main units, a Ukrainian officer said, describing a fluid and difficult battlefield.

Ukraine’s military says Moscow assembled …

Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi confirmed the heaviest fighting is now on the Pokrovsk axis. But he denied that Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad are cut off, stressing that joint Defense Forces teams - including the Defense Ministry’s Main …

Ukraine’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of the Defense Ministry said Ukrainian strikes have knocked out the “Ring” petroleum products pipeline in the Moscow region.

GUR called it a “critical military facility” that supplied Russia’s army with …

Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (GUR) continues stabilization operations in the city of Pokrovsk, and Kremlin claims that a GUR airborne detachment was “wiped out” are false, RBC-Ukraine reported, citing its own sources in the Ukrainian Armed …

Ukraine is continuing to fight for Pokrovsk and “landed earlier this week” a special-forces unit from the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry (GUR MO) to take part in combat in the area, Reuters reported , citing two Ukrainian …

At an on-the-record meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) chief Vasyl Maliuk said Russia’s most effective air-defense asset is the Pantsir surface-to-air missile and gun system - a frequent target for …

fter Ukraine’s security services began sustained attacks on oil processing facilities, Russia has been hit by a widespread fuel crunch. According to experts, since August 2025, 21 of the country’s 38 largest refineries have been targeted by Ukrainian …

Russia is seeking to bleed Ukraine through a “thousand cuts” tactic - simultaneous offensives across multiple fronts. But military analyst Dmytro Snegiriev says it isn’t working in the Dnipropetrovsk region, where an attempt to create a buffer zone …

Russia’s air defense is short of surface-to-air missile systems and other assets, prompting efforts to link obsolete Soviet-era hardware with systems it presents as “new,” according to Ukrainian Defense Intelligence spokesperson Andriy Yusov.

He said …

At the core of the process, Russia says, should be a “Memorandum” that was handed to the Ukrainian delegation in Istanbul.

Russia claims it is prepared to continue negotiations with Ukraine to end the war, but only in the “Istanbul format.”

The …

Ukraine’s 7th Rapid Response Corps of the Air Assault Forces said Russian troops are exploiting poor weather to resume infiltration tactics on the Pokrovsk direction in a bid to exaggerate the scale of their gains.

A Ukrainian brigade commander, …

A Russian strike on residential areas and infrastructure in Sumy injured 11 people, including four children. The “Ukrzaliznytsia” rail depot was also damaged.

The State Emergency Service in the Sumy region said Russian fire struck a nine-story …

Russia’s Defense Ministry says Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack across multiple Russian regions.

According to the ministry, most drones were shot down over the Kursk (31), Voronezh (21), Belgorod (14) and Bryansk (10) regions, the ministry …

Russia’s military claims it controls Pokrovsk and has Ukrainian forces encircled. Ukraine disputes that, while acknowledging the situation in the city is extremely difficult.

Ukrainian serviceman Artyom Prybylnov of the 155th Brigade told the BBC …

Russian authorities say a missile strike hit the dam of the Belgorod Reservoir, allegedly carried out by Ukraine’s military using US-made HIMARS. The strikes were purportedly conducted “to create a man-made disaster and flood nearby settlements.” …

Ukraine’s East Group of Forces said that units of Russia’s Armed Forces have not broken into Myrnohrad. It clarified that the Russians are operating in Pokrovsk, which led to confusion due to a spokesperson’s error.

A representative of the East Group …

On the evening of October 26, Ukrainian drones pierced the dense defensive ring around Moscow. Despite the Kremlin’s sweeping claims of “impenetrable” air defenses, repeated strikes in the capital region suggest Russia’s system is struggling to meet …

During a hearing of the National Assembly’s defense committee , French Army Chief of Staff Pierre Schill said France could be ready as soon as 2026 to “deploy forces under security guarantees, if necessary - in support of Ukraine.”

Schill’s statement …

Dozens of communities in Russian-occupied Luhansk region have been left without water after a major pipeline failure, according to Ukraine’s Center for National Resistance.

The group says the regional utility “Luhanskvoda” is now run by managers …

Overnight Saturday, October 25, Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s Volgograd region, with about 15 explosions reported.

The strike sparked a fire at the Balashovskaya power transmission line, which carries electricity from the Volzhskaya Hydroelectric …

A Polish court will try a man accused of gathering information about Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport that could have helped Russian intelligence plan an assassination attempt on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

The hearing for Pawel K. is set to …

Overnight on October 25, Russia’s armed forces launched a ballistic missile strike on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. Residential and non-residential sites in several districts were hit. At least one person was killed and nine were injured, some of whom …

A strike by Ukraine’s Armed Forces damaged the dam of the Belgorod Reservoir on the Seversky Donets River, Belgorod region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said Saturday on Telegram.

He said Ukrainian forces could “try again and destroy the dam.” “If that …

For more than a decade, Russia purchased equipment in Western countries that is apparently being used to protect its nuclear arsenal in the Arctic. That’s according to an international investigative report published on October 23, with German …

Russian forces are attempting to create the illusion of numerical superiority over Ukrainian troops on the Lyman axis by raising flags and deploying drones. Despite active assaults along multiple fronts, Russian gains remain limited as Ukraine …

In less than two days, Czechs raised 12.6 million crowns to purchase a Ukrainian-made Flamingo cruise missile. The crowdfunding drive was launched Tuesday by the group Dárek pro Putina (“A Gift for Putin”). By Thursday, the campaign website showed …

Ukraine could receive US-made long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles from European stockpiles. Zelensky made the appeal at the EU leaders’ summit in Brussels on Thursday, October 23, his office said.

Zelensky said the use of long-range weapons would …

The Czech Republic will build and donate a state-of-the-art Earth-observation satellite to Ukraine within the next year, giving Kyiv an independent source of high-resolution imagery and data regardless of weather or time of day.

Announced during …

Regular units of the Russian Armed Forces - not just sabotage and reconnaissance teams—are operating on the streets of Pokrovsk, a military analyst said. Russian units have pushed up to 10 kilometers into the city, and in his view, Ukraine’s Defense …

Russian forces struck settlements across Ukraine’s Donetsk region 19 times in the past 24 hours, killing two civilians, wounding two others and damaging dozens of homes.

Overnight and into the morning of October 22, Kostiantynivka, Druzhkivka, …

Ukrainian drones attacked sites in Russia’s Dagestan and Mordovia regions on Wednesday morning, October 22.

In Makhachkala, a strike hit the Dagnotech LLC oil refinery, which has an annual capacity of one million tons, according to Astra Telegram …

Overnight into Wednesday, Russian forces launched 28 missiles (15 of them ballistic) and 405 drones of various types at Ukraine. Air defense and electronic warfare units intercepted or suppressed most of the targets, the Ukrainian Air Force said on …

Ukrainian forces have “eyes” to prioritize targets - including Russian oil refineries and energy infrastructure — thanks to active intelligence sharing from the United States. At the same time, locating mobile air-defense groups remains a challenge …

Members of the ATESH movement carried out a successful operation in Russia’s Bryansk region, disabling a key communications hub used by Russian forces.

The Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar movement ATESH announced a new operation against Russian forces. …

In the Russian-occupied city of Berdyansk in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukrainian troops struck a fuel and lubricants depot. In the early hours of Sunday, October 19, Ukraine’s Armed Forces also targeted the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara …

A bus was transporting former prisoners who had signed contracts from Petrozavodsk to a military unit in Russia’s Leningrad region.

Several convict soldiers fled the scene of a traffic accident while being tarnsferred to a military unit in northern …

European countries have expelled about 700 Russian intelligence operatives working under diplomatic cover since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service. 

By country, Bulgaria expelled 82 …

Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Ulyanovsk region, sparking a major fire at the Veshkayma electrical substation and forcing two large airports to suspend operations.

The Veshkayma substation is a key node in the Middle Volga’s energy “ring,” the …