Russia has begun using large numbers of a missile originally designed as a training target for air-defense crews, despite the weapon being significantly less accurate than the ballistic missiles Russia normally uses for precision strikes. The RM48U is now being launched against targets in Ukraine from S-400 air-defense systems. TheContinue Reading
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says Europe will provide Ukraine with another €3.3 billion for missiles and drones as Russia intensifies attacks on Kyiv and seeks to make daily life in Ukraine’s cities impossible. Ukraine has repeatedly appealed to its partners for more air defense as Russia developsContinue Reading
Donetsk Oblast’s preliminary economic losses from Russia’s full-scale invasion exceeded 1.08 trillion hryvnias ($26 billion) as of 1 August 2026, according to data provided by the Donetsk Regional Military Administration to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Donbas.Realities project. Donetsk Oblast has been at the center of Russia’s war against Ukraine sinceContinue Reading
Oleshky, a Ukrainian city under Russian occupation in Kherson Oblast, is facing a severe humanitarian crisis, with more than 6,000 people, including around 200 children, potentially trapped there, according to Ukrainian Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets. Civilians are going without food, drinking water, medicine, and other basic necessities while facing daily shellingContinue Reading
Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine overnight on 17 September, striking Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Odesa Oblast, among other regions. The attack damaged civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, including apartment buildings and educational facilities, while water infrastructure was also affected. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko reported 20 people injured,Continue Reading
Ukrainian forces struck two Russian S-400 launchers in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast on 16–17 September, Ukraine’s General Staff reported. These same systems were used to launch missiles at Kyiv last night. Ukraine faces severe shortages of high-end air-defense interceptors capable of countering Russia’s ballistic missiles, making strikes on the launchers themselvesContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi has disrupted Russia’s plan to encircle Ukraine’s heavily fortified “Fortress Belt” in Donetsk Oblast, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessed, adding that Ukrainian forces have likely made additional gains beyond those publicly disclosed by Kyiv. The assessment comes a day after Ukraine’s Third ArmyContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Third Army Corps has revealed details of an offensive operation in northern Donetsk Oblast, saying its forces cleared Russian infiltrators from several settlements and liberated the village of Serednie. Russia has made seizing the entirety of Donetsk Oblast both a battlefield and diplomatic priority of its invasion of Ukraine,Continue Reading
Russia again struck railway infrastructure near Ukraine’s border with Poland overnight, directly hitting another locomotive in Volyn Oblast, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on 15 September. He appealed to Ukraine’s partners for urgent help replacing locomotives damaged or destroyed by Russian strikes. The latest strike adds to a rapidlyContinue Reading
Gas stations across Kyiv Oblast will receive access to a military air-awareness system to help them respond more quickly to Russian drone attacks, Kyiv Oblast military administration head Tymur Tkachenko said on 15 September. The move comes as Russian forces increasingly target fuel infrastructure during their attacks on Ukrainian cities.Continue Reading
Ukraine is expanding its military activity beyond the war’s main battlefield, with Ukrainian drone specialists helping forces fighting Russian troops in Mali and operating in other parts of Africa, according to CNN. The deployments mark a growing effort by Kyiv to challenge Russia in regions where Moscow has expanded itsContinue Reading
Russia struck a passenger train just two kilometers from Ukraine’s border with Poland on 13 September, as Moscow continued a second day of attacks on Ukraine’s railway network and expanded strikes against transport and logistics infrastructure far from the front line. Russia is increasingly using its expanding drone fleet toContinue Reading
Three of five Iranian oil tankers struck by the US military on 8 September were also involved in Russia’s oil trade and sanctions-evasion network, according to Ukraine’s presidential sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk. Russia’s shadow fleet is a network of aging, often opaque-owned tankers used to transport Russian oil while evadingContinue Reading