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Russian Z-bloggers turn their anger toward Putin and military command

So-called Z-bloggers have begun to criticize not only the command of the Russian army but also the war itself and even its organizer, Vladimir Putin, NV explains with the help of experts.

8 April, 10:09 AM

Ukraine: Russia sabotaging peace with false battlefield gains

Russia is bluffing about its battlefield gains and deliberately sabotaging peace efforts, Andrii Melnyk, Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and former Ambassador of Ukraine to Germany, said at the March 23 UN Security Council meeting, according to Ukrinform.

24 March, 10:06 AM

Zelenskyy: Russia fails to break Ukraine defenses, losses mount

Ukrainian forces are largely holding the same frontline positions as a year ago amid mounting Russian losses, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with British blogger Max Klymenko.

20 March, 01:23 PM

Ukraine blocks Russian push across railway in Pokrovsk, clears northern Myrnohrad

Ukrainian defense continues to hold designated lines in the northern part of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, and positions south of the railway, crucial for future liberation operations, AFU 7th Rapid Response Corps reported on Nov. 21.

21 November 2025, 11:28 AM

Russian forces stall amid troop shortages and logistics failures — ISW

Russia is struggling with logistics and troop shortages, failing to advance in Sumy and stalling near Pokrovsk and the Donetsk-Dnipropetrovsk axis, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on Sept. 28.

29 September 2025, 10:45 AM

Russian forces lack strength for decisive campaign in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast - Syrskyi

Russian forces abandoned their Novopavlivka push after Ukrainian gains near Dobropillia, with redeployed marine units stalled in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, AFU Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said, Interfax reported on Sept. 26.

26 September 2025, 01:18 PM

Ukraine seizes initiative in Donetsk Oblast as Russian forces bogged down – NYT

Ukrainian forces have halted Russia’s eastern offensive in Donetsk Oblast and begun reclaiming small portions of lost territory, The New York Times wrote on March 10.

10 March 2025, 01:43 PM

Russia demands major Ukrainian cities while failing to capture them

Russian officials continue to insist that any peace agreement on Ukraine must be based on Moscow’s 2021 demands, including handing over Ukrainian-controlled territories and major cities, The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) wrote on Feb. 26.

27 February 2025, 10:47 AM

U.S. weapons help Ukraine stall Russian advance in Kharkiv, says Sullivan

The United States has granted Ukraine permission to use American-supplied weapons to target Russian forces, effectively stalling their offensive in the Kharkiv Oblast, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan stated on June 9.

10 June 2024, 11:49 AM

U.S. aid insufficient for Ukrainian offensive, could arrive too late to Stop Russia’s

The $60 billion in U.S. aid will reinforce Ukraine's defenses, but is insufficient to shift the situation on the battlefield, Bloomberg reported.

22 April 2024, 02:56 PM

Positional war ongoing, too early to talk about slowing Russian offensive, says Ukrainian commander

It is too early to talk about the slowing down of the Russian offensive at the front, the Commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Pavliuk, said on national television on March 22.

22 March 2024, 02:43 PM

Russian forces consolidate positions and regroup in preparation for future attacks in Lyman sector, Khortytsia

Russian forces are consolidating their positions and regrouping near Terny in preparation for future attacks in the Lyman sector amid “reduced intensity near Synkivka” due to a “lack of success” there, Khortytsia operational-strategic group spokesman Ilya Yevlash said on national television on Mar. 3.

3 March 2024, 04:50 PM

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