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Zelenskyy visits 31st Brigade on front line, says Russia has not eased assaults despite ceasefire

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited soldiers of the 31st General-Khorunzhyi Leonid Stupnytskyi Separate Mechanized Brigade, which is holding defensive positions in the Oleksandrivka sector, the Ukrainian leader reported on X on May 8.

8 May, 04:50 PM

Russian POW details catastrophic survival rates in Russian army - video

Captured Russian invader revealed the massive scale of losses in his unit, the 11th Army Corps of the Ukrainian Ground Forces reported on its Telegram channel on April 24, publishing the corresponding video.

24 April, 02:54 PM

Russian forces intensify attacks along entire 1,200-km frontline as weather improves

Russian forces have intensified offensive actions along nearly the entire 1,200-kilometer frontline following a change in weather conditions, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on April 15.

15 April, 05:57 PM

Russian troop numbers grow in Ukraine despite matching monthly losses

Defense Forces eliminate the same number of Russian occupiers in a month as Russia mobilizes, but the size of their grouping in Ukraine is still growing, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a meeting with journalists on April 10.

10 April, 11:27 AM

Syrskyi tells NATO commander of Russian losses, Ukraine’s needs

Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said he held a phone call with NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe and U.S. forces commander in Europe, Gen. Alexus Grynkewich on Apr. 5.

5 April, 03:23 PM

MI6 confirms Ukraine's best frontline position in 10 months - Zelenskyy

The situation on the frontline is now the best it has been for Ukraine in the last 10 months, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at the meeting with journalists on April 2, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

3 April, 02:26 PM

Military experts outline Russia's 2026 frontline goals in Ukraine

NV in collaboration with military experts analyzed plans for the Russian army's spring-summer campaign and three potential scenarios for frontline developments in 2026.

30 March, 09:52 AM

Zelenskyy intended to show Trump real-time battlefield iPad in Munich - FT

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wanted to show U.S. leader Donald Trump an iPad that tracks the battlefield situation in real time at the Munich Security Conference, Financial Times journalist Christopher Miller wrote on March 17.

18 March, 09:56 AM

Ukraine's drone swarms systematically dismantle Russian frontline logistics — ISW

Ukraine is intensifying middle-range strikes campaign across the entire combat zone against Russian logistics, military equipment, and manpower, likely to hinder its 2026 offensive, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on March 10.

11 March, 12:10 PM

Ukraine holds lines in Donetsk Oblast, conducts new offensives

Ukrainian Defense Forces units in Donetsk Oblast are holding their designated lines and launching their own active offensives in specific frontline sectors, AFU Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi reported on March 10.

10 March, 12:16 PM

Merz uses map to urge Trump to help hold Ukraine’s front line

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz used a map during a White House meeting to show President Donald Trump why Ukraine’s current front line must remain unchanged and not retreat further west, warning that any shift would reopen the road to Kyiv, public broadcaster ARD reported on March 4.

4 March, 03:39 PM

Border guards release haunting footage of obliterated Kostyantynivka

Ukraine's State Border Guard Service released haunting footage of Kostyantynivka on Feb. 25, showcasing the catastrophic level of destruction in the Donetsk Oblast city as Russian forces continue their scorched-earth campaign.

25 February, 02:47 PM

Russian forces push forward in eastern, southern Ukraine — DeepState

Russian troops have made advances in Ukraine’s Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya oblasts, DeepState monitoring group wrote on Feb. 10.

10 February, 09:00 AM

Russian advances slow in January: occupied area nearly halves

In January, Russian forces occupied 245 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory — almost half as much as in November or December of last year, DeepState monitoring group wrote on Feb. 1.

2 February, 12:32 PM

Russian forces bleed while seeking expansion in Kharkiv Oblast

Russian forces attempted to expand the combat zone in Kharkiv Oblast for nearly an entire week, but Ukraine’s Defense Forces repelled all attacks, State Border Guard Service spokesperson Andrii Demchenko said on Jan. 19.

19 January, 10:43 AM

Russian advance in Ukraine slowed in late December and early January

Russian advances in Ukraine slowed in late December 2025 and early January 2026, likely due to harsher winter conditions and the abandonment of end-of-year deadlines, the Institute for the Study of War said on Jan. 15.

15 January, 10:26 AM

DeepState reports new Russian advances in eastern and southern Ukraine

The Russian forces have advanced in several areas of Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhya oblasts, DeepState monitoring group wrote on Jan. 14.

14 January, 09:30 AM

Syrskyi tells U.S. general Ukraine urgently needs air defense

AFU Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi held a phone call with Commander of U.S. Army Europe and Africa General Christopher Donahue, he said on Jan. 13.

13 January, 02:33 PM

Russian invaders advance in Pokrovsk and Vovchansk – DeepState

Russian invaders advanced in the town of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast, in Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast and near the village of Vilcha in Kharkiv Oblast, according to the analytical project DeepState on Jan. 12.

12 January, 03:26 PM

Russia speeds up advances in 2025, but pays brutal price — ISW

Russia pushed forward at a faster pace in 2025, but the gains came with heavy losses and no strategic payoff, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Dec. 31.

1 January, 01:07 PM

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