"In Ukraine, we have a joke: On the 200th day of the war, Ukrainians finally taught Russia how to take cities in three days." A third of Ukrainian territories have been de-occupied, says Vlodomyr Yermolenko

Ukraine’s rout of the Russian army in Kharkiv presents Vladimir Putin with a political as well as military headache. The Kremlin’s efforts to create a glowing propaganda narrative about its war in Ukraine are in shambles.The calls for the ouster of Russia...

Russian media "doesn't have anything they can spin to make this sound anything other than bad." Even on Russian state TV, there is something "close to panic," Justin Bronk tells Anna Cunningham.

Ukrainian drones Strike Russian Hideout and their equipment.

"There’s been pressure from political quarters which have publicly called on President Putin to resign." Saint Petersburg City Council and Russian politicians are calling for President Putin to resign. This is the first time ‘pushback’ against Putin has a...

Ukraine has been quite successful over the past few days. It's another case of catastrophic failure on Russia's part." Russia and the West have massively underestimated Ukraine says former National Security Adviser John Bolton

The Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv has exceeded all expectations. The Russian military's collapse in the area in complete. New front lines will form and Ukraine will keep applying pressure in the Kherson region to retake the city.

"Putin can no longer count on the military. A military coup attempt can’t be ruled out if Putin gives order to deliver a nuclear strike." Russian troops are ‘paralysed’, ‘shocked’, and lack loyalty to Putin, suggesting a coup ‘can’t be ruled out’, Putin’s...

"Civilians will feel the shelling, especially during the winter."In response to territorial gains by the Ukrainian army, Russia has attacked power stations in Kharkiv, leading to blackouts across the region, says Solomiia Bobrovska.

The Ukrainian counteroffensive in Kharkiv has pushed the Russian military back to their own borders and to the Donbas Region. Ukraine has liberated over 8,000 sq km of their territory from Russian control. Russian supporters are struggling to come up wi...

"We were not prepared for the collapse of the Soviet Union. We need to be prepared for the collapse of Russia." Ukraine's counter offensive could result in the Russian Federation collapsing, say General Ben Hodges. ---

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...

"Ukraine regained around 1800 square kilometres in the last ten days." Ukraine's counter-offensive around Kherson is making ground, says former Ukrainian PM Arseniy Yatsenyuk.

"Unless every source is wrong, the initiative is now incredibly with the Ukrainian forces." Russian troops have been ordered to abandon the ‘key town’ of Izyum, Evening Standard’s defence editor Robert Fox tells #TimesRadio

"The Russian troops don’t have good morale. They were unprepared and certainly unprepared for the resistance they face." Low morale of Russian troops is helping Ukraine’s counteroffensive, Times correspondent @RichardJSpencer tells #TimesRadio.