A Ukrainian counter-offensive has forced Russia out of key eastern positions they had taken months to occupy. Speaking to Forces News reporter Tom Sables, former US Army Major John Spencer, now Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Maddison Policy Forum,...

An epic sporting rivalry continues in Plymouth as the 2022 Commonwealth Cup comes to a close.

Footage filmed by a captured volunteer medic footage has shown the horrors taking place in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol after it was smuggled out in a tampon. Using a body-worn camera, 53-year-old Yuliia Paievska recorded 256 gigabytes of video, documen...

Ukrainian pilots have been seen flying so low that they skim the top of trees in footage that shows how they use their expert skills to evade Russian surface-to-air missiles. The Ukrainians have not been the first to show off low-flying aircraft caught on...

Russian Ukraine News Live | Russia Announces Regrouping Of Forces | Russia News | English News LIVE. Moscow announced that it was withdrawing forces in the eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine after Kyiv said its troops had made sweeping gains in the territo...

One of the most iconic machine guns ever built is the Soviet-made DShK .50 calibre heavy machine gun, better known as the 'Dushka' which means 'Dear' in Russian. It has been used in wars from Vietnam to Syria and an adapted version is being used by the Uk...

Defence Specialist and Strategist Glen Grant told Forces News: "Rain is expected within a couple of weeks. "Basically, if they don't actually break into Kherson, then this is just going to become a mudbath. At that point, you will not be able to take armo...

A former British Army officer says resupply problems for the Russians could ultimately help Ukraine win back the southern port city of Kherson without destroying it. It is the only regional capital that Russia has been able to capture from Ukraine since i...

Top Gun: Maverick is the latest blockbuster to capture the imagination of the Armed Forces community, featuring real cockpit footage in daring scenes of speed, manoeuvres and combat. But how realistic is the movie starring Tom Cruise? We tracked down a me...

Kherson on the Black Sea was captured by the Russians in early March, not long into the invasion. Analyst Glen Grant explains why it's so strategic to Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces reportedly used a rare truck-mounted self-propelled howitzer against Russian forces on Snake Island. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, the 2S22 weapon – only one is known to exist – was used to help liberate the Black Sea i...

Meet Ukraine's mobile tank repair unit. Members of this Ukrainian army unit travel along the Donbas frontline in the country's east, responding to radio calls from battle groups requesting regular maintenance, a quick fix or breakdown recovery.

Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a lot has been made of the involvement of the Wagner Group – a mercenary group tied closely to Russia's military. It is not just in Ukraine that the group has been present alongside Russian troops; Wagner Group members...

Russian and Ukrainian aircraft are using an unusual rocketing technique to attack each other's forces. Footage has emerged of gunships and jets making a steep climb before releasing their unguided rockets. Some reports have described this technique as 'lo...

Taxi driver and father of four, Ivan Skyba, was one of a group of Ukrainian men defending their suburban street near Kyiv at the start of the war. He narrowly avoided death after being captured with his comrades by Russian soldiers as they advanced on Uk...