Exclusives Russia lost ground for a second straight month in June. CSIS says it has lost the initiative too. The war in Ukraine is grinding into a new frozen state as Russian advances slow or reverse in recent months. The energy superpower now rations fuel by QR code lottery. GovernorsContinue Reading
Russia has shifted tactics to target Ukrainian gas stations and civilian combustible objects. The change is aimed at producing TV footage for Russian domestic audiences, Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration Head Vitalii Kim said on Novyny.LIVE, per UNIAN. Kim’s analysis names a specific tactical logic behind Russia’s civilian-object targeting: producing smokeContinue Reading
Russia has destroyed or damaged over 200 Ukrainian locomotives since the start of 2026. Minister of Communities and Territories Development Oleksii Kuleba said the toll includes locomotives damaged on the evening of 3 July. “Russia has chosen our logistics to simply deprive us either of logistics to the ports, logisticsContinue Reading
Russia’s aerial terror with kamikaze drones against Ukraine relatively slowed in June 2026. Russian drone volumes fell to 5,749 (92% intercepted) from an all-time monthly record of 8,150 in May, Ukraine’s Informational Resistance analytical group reports via OBOZ.UA. But the analysts warn the reduced volume masks a more dangerous strikeContinue Reading
Ukrainian strikes hit multiple Russian targets overnight into 4 July. The main target, according to OSINT Telegram channel Exilenova+, was a St. Petersburg-area maritime petroleum-products transshipment terminal, described as one of Russia’s largest Baltic export facilities. The multi-target overnight strike falls within a Ukrainian 40-day operation to press Russia toContinue Reading
Exclusives Sasha Dovzhyk: “We have to be creative”. Sasha Dovzhyk runs INDEX, a Lviv institute that brings foreign scholars to live inside wartime Ukraine long enough to get it right. She spoke with Euromaidan Press about epistemic justice and why she thinks the world still lets Moscow narrate its neighbors.Continue Reading
Russia is enlarging launch pads at the occupied Donetsk International Airport for its jet-powered Geran-3 drones. Satellite imagery analyzed by the Telegram channel “Strategic Aviation” shows that the size of standard launch pads has increased to accommodate Geran-3 launches, and new access roads were added to the Geran/Gerbera drone warehouseContinue Reading
Ukrainian media are one of Russia’s priority cyber targets. The Security Service Cyber Security Department has reported that it has neutralized more than 16,000 Russian cyberattacks since Russia’s full-scale war. Ukrainian state agencies, financial institutions, the defense sector, and Ukrainian media have also been among the top targets, Cyber SecurityContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) says it struck hangars containing Russian Su-30 fighter jets in occupied Crimea. According to the service, five drone hits on hangars storing aviation equipment at the Saky military airfield. The strike was carried out as part of the 40-day operation against Russia, which President Volodymyr ZelenskyyContinue Reading
Ukraine’s new Talion drone can intercept Russian UAVs or destroy ground targets. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense says it has codified and authorized its operational use, describing the system as both an air-defense interceptor and a loitering munition capable of striking ground targets. The Talion codification extends Ukraine’s interceptor-industry consolidation,Continue Reading
Exclusives EU sends Ukraine $3.9 bn for drones — and explains the holdup. Contract vetting delayed the defense portion of the loan Polish-Ukrainian diplomatic spat hasn’t touched its memorial work in Lviv. A journalist is still tracking down the families of Ukraine’s Polish-descent dead, with consulate help. 1.7 million tonsContinue Reading
Bodies returned from Russia to Ukraine sometimes contain explosives. Ukrainian police have repeatedly found explosive devices and grenades during initial inspection of remains returned by Russia, said Taras Tarasenko, head of crimes against life and health investigations at Kirovohrad Oblast Main Police Department, in an interview with Ukrinform. The findingContinue Reading
The Kinburn Spit, occupied in 2022, holds particular strategic importance for Russia. This foothold allows Russian forces to restrict maritime access to the Black Sea from the port cities of Mykolaiv, according to Ukrainian Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk, UNIAN reports. Previously, the Southern Territorial Defense Forces reported that, following aContinue Reading