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Ukraine’s military claims that it has killed over 170 Russian troops in the east and south over the last 24 hours. Kremlin-backed officials alleged that Ukrainian strikes on Donetsk region killed over 13 people. The Kremlin has rejected claims made by Kyi...

Video of soldiers crossing the bridge shows artillery or HIMARS impacts,

Russia claims two units of the Ukrainian forces unsuccessfully attempted to launch an offensive in the Kherson Region. The Russian army claims to have "killed over 120 Ukrainian troops” in just a few hours. Ukraine’s Air Force claims to have destroyed 3 I...

Ukraine claims it intercepted a Russian Kalibr cruise missile over Odesa Oblast that was fired from the Black Sea. The Kharkiv police claims to have found a mass burial site containing around 440 graves in liberated Izyum. Ukrainian police described the g...

Russia’s recent setbacks in Ukraine have left President Putin’s image weakened and his loyalists worried, making them go off-script. The humiliating losses i...

Rare wreckage of a Russian TOS-1 in Izium. Location: 49°11'31.0"N 37°15'32.2"E

The mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, claims Russian forces are retreating from the occupied city to Crimea. However, Moscow has said that Russia is carrying out "massive strikes" across the Ukrainian front line. More than 300 settlements have reportedly...

"What does he [Putin] do next? One option is to double down on using conventional firepower, and that is something to fear." How will Putin react to Ukraine regaining land? Nuclear weapons, mobilisations, and more firepower is among the options, Major Gen...

“The Russians still have a huge amount of territory in the south and east." What the Ukrainians have taken "is only a very small proportion" of the land held by Russia. Is there a risk of Ukraine becoming complacent after their counteroffensive success so...

Ukraine is now in Svyatohirs'k in Donetsk, establishing a possible crossing point across the Siversky-Donets River to advance on Lyman.

Ukraine claims to have liberated Ternova, close to Kharkiv’s border with Russia. Ukraine's National Guard has also confirmed the liberation of the town of Sviatohirsk in the Donetsk region.Ukraine’s President, Zelensky, said Kyiv’s army has liberated mor...

Ukraine has reportedly liberated 'dozens of towns' in its eastern and southern counter offensives. Ukrainian military officials said Russia was trying to evacuate wounded soldiers from Kharkiv. Ukraine’s air force claims it destroyed a Russian Ka-52 Allig...

Drone footage of Russian vehicles retreating over the Oskil River.Location: 49°10'13.06"N, 37°26'10.83"E

In a major success for Ukraine’s counteroffensive, Russia said it was pulling back troops from Balakliya and Izyum regions on September 10. Ukraine said its forces were working to wrest control of towns and villages around the strategic hub of Izyum from...