Ukrainian assault brigades race to sever a key Russian bulge near Lyman while Moscow’s troops are still grinding forward towards Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, bringing the war’s most decisive battle for Donbas ever closer.

While donated Slovak jets quietly bomb Russian supply bridges, Ukrainian units near Kupiansk and Dobropillia are being squeezed into ever smaller pockets, where retreat itself has become a life-or-death operation.

Ukraine’s strike on the Samara rocket plant and creeping gains in the Oleksandrivka sector signal a new phase of the war, where control of space internet, long‑range missiles, and logistics hubs could matter more than another few kilometres of trench.

After the “roof-flew-off” video from Kapotnya went viral, cooler satellite images, duelling frontline maps, and haunting drone footage of doomed lorry drivers revealed a far grimmer, longer game, unfolding behind the clips.

Firsthand accounts from Ukrainian fighters and even Russian military bloggers say Russia’s much-hyped “drone-proof” tanks cannot handle mass-scale attacks, while minor Russian territorial gains look less impressive than at first sight.

Kyiv’s pilots prepare to fly cutting-edge Rafales against Russian jets, amid a bruising power struggle in Ukraine’s defence leadership.

Russia’s scramble to plug holes in its air defences is now exposing key bases, as Ukraine claws back ground in the south and steps up drone and naval strikes.

Ukraine’s 155th brigade chief, Luchanov, is on the run after murders of two men over insults to his wife in the village of Kalynivka, near Kyiv, in June.

Ukrainian drones are quietly mauling Russia’s Azov fleet and missile industry even as a single mis‑sited ammunition depot in Vyshneve shows how one strike can turn a Kyiv neighbourhood into a toxic war zone within minutes.

By closing Russia’s Azov route to Crimea and battering refineries deep inside Russian territory, Ukraine’s drone campaign is forcing Moscow to rethink how it moves fuel and troops across nearly every front of the war.

Moscow pushes ahead with a huge post‑election mobilisation to offset losses and stalled gains in Donbas. Europe could face a newly swollen Russian army whose strain on Russia’s economy and stability is impossible to predict.

Petrol shortages in Crimea trigger complaints among locals against Russian authorities. While such shortages persist, Russia soldiers appear to be closing in on Kramatorsk, a city in Ukraine.

Ukrainian drones and missiles torch Russian oil depots and arms plants. Putin is scrambling to stop fuel queues snaking through Moscow.

Soaring fuel prices, cash restrictions in Crimea, and growing talk of forced mobilisation mean ordinary Russians could soon feel the cost of the war.

Ukrainian drones and Western missiles methodically shred Russian supply lines from Crimea to Voronezh, forcing Moscow’s generals to scrambling to patch up damaged bridges.

By smashing ferries, fuel depots and key roads feeding Crimea, Kyiv is testing whether it can strangle Russia’s Black Sea stronghold faster than Moscow can rewire its supply network.

With Ukraine knocking Moscow’s key refinery offline for days, Russians are watching their own infrastructure burn, as hardliners fantasise about wiping Kyiv off the map in revenge.