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Suspicions Grow That Russian Air Defenses Shot Down Own Helicopters
Growing suspicions indicate Russian air defenses may have shot down their own helicopters in recent incidents.
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From Saratov to Siberia – Ukraine Reports Long-Range Strikes on Russia’s 5 Largest Oil Refineries
Ukraine claims long-range strikes hit five of Russia's largest oil refineries stretching from Saratov to Siberia, marking a significant escalation in targeting energy infrastructure.
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Russia Suffers Record Troop Losses in One Day: Ukraine
Ukraine reports record single-day Russian troop losses as casualty assessments draw widespread media tracking.
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Russian strikes aim to cut Ukraine in half, Zelenskyy warns
Russian strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure coincide with Zelenskyy's warning that Moscow aims to split the country along the Dnipro.
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2 soldiers a minute
Ukraine’s General Staff says Russia lost 2,980 soldiers in a single day, about two soldiers every minute.
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Ten Months of War to Gain 46 Square Miles: How Russia Is Failing on the Battlefield
Coverage tracks battlefield progress and political tensions as the Russo-Ukrainian war enters day 1717.
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Cracks emerge over Europe’s fragmented approach to Ukraine peace talks
US-mediated talks between Ukraine and Russia began in Abu Dhabi as European leaders clashed over a fragmented peace strategy.
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Russian War Casualties Up to 2.1 Million
Recent reporting indicates Russian war casualties in Ukraine have reached independent estimates of over two million.
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Ukrainian Himera Takes Its Battlefield Expertise Into Orbit as Test Craft Reaches Orbit
Ukrainian defense firm Himera has successfully placed a test craft into orbit to develop a future communications network.
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How Drones Created a Kill Zone in the Ukraine War
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Ukraine Ready to Halt Refinery Strikes for Energy Truce, Zelensky Says
Ukraine is prepared to halt refinery strikes under an energy truce, according to coverage from the Kyiv Post.
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Ukraine Vows to Keep Striking Russian Refineries Despite Trump Deal
Ukraine is resuming strikes on Russian oil refineries after a brief truce, shattering hopes for an energy ceasefire.
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Ukraine's robotic gun turrets have scored their first kills of Russia's fastest attack drones
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Operation Vivaldi: the four seasons
Operation Vivaldi emerges across multiple reports tracking intensifying attacks, military updates, and ongoing developments in the ongoing conflict.
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Operation Vivaldi Liberates up to 140 Sq Km in Donbas
Operation Vivaldi has liberated up to 140 square kilometers of territory in the Donbas region, according to recent reporting.
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AFU Hits Russian Drone Launch Base, River Crossing, Belgorod
Coverage reports that the AFU has struck a Russian drone launch base, a river crossing, and targets in Belgorod.
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Where Russian maps place the occupiers, and where they really are — an overview of parts of the front (Ukraine Battlefield update, Day 1,679)
Discrepancies emerge between Russian claims of progress and battlefield data showing Russian territorial losses in September 2026.
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Russian mercenaries blew off African prisoners’ legs to practice battlefield medicine, Wagner fighter says
Russian mercenaries and the Mali army are accused of severe war crimes against civilians in newly released reports.
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Ukraine Retakes 51 Sq. Km, Captures 250 Russians as 3rd Army Corps Completes Third Vivaldi ‘Season’
Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps has reclaimed 51 square kilometers of territory and captured 250 Russian personnel during its latest military operation.
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Serbia’s populist President Vucic resigns to run for prime minister at early vote
Serbia's President Vucic has resigned to seek the prime minister post in an early vote amid a student revolt.
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Vladimir Putin has an eight-year-old granddaughter — Elza Tikhonova. Her parents are the Russian president’s younger daughter and ballet dancer Igor Zelensky.
Recent investigative leaks reveal that Vladimir Putin has an eight-year-old granddaughter named Elza Tikhonova.
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How Ukraine’s devastating attacks on Putin’s oil refineries brought the war to Russia’s doorstep
Drone strikes target multiple oil depots and facilities inside Russia, halting output at the Moscow refinery.
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Russia Attempts to Infiltrate Ukraine Through Pipeline from Kursk
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, September 21, 2026
Recent reporting outlines strategic shifts and information warfare in the ongoing Russian offensive campaign against Ukraine.
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Ballistic Strikes Paralyze 90% of Ukraine Steel Production
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Moscow Expands Asset Grab Against Western Companies
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Ukraine retook 240 square km north of Lyman and nobody reported it for three months
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Zelensky Warns Russia of Retaliation Over Winter Energy Attacks
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Lukashenko Floats Mobilization, Says Attacking Neighbors Would Be ‘Tantamount to Death’
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is conducting military reviews and floating the possibility of mobilization while warning against attacking neighbors.
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‘Russia Will Feel It Firsthand’: Budanov Warns of Deeper Ukrainian Strikes
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What Ramstein Revealed: 300 Patriots, a $27 Billion Gap and Russia’s Longer War
Recent coverage examines strategic gaps and military totals following a meeting at Ramstein.
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Fact-Checking Putin on His Latest Claims of Big Russian Successes
The Kyiv Post is scrutinizing recent assertions made by Vladimir Putin regarding significant Russian military and strategic successes.
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Ukraine Blinds Russian Defenses in Bryansk, Hitting Radar, EW System and MESH Network
Ukraine targets Russian military infrastructure in Bryansk, striking radars, electronic warfare systems, and command posts.
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Norway Ship Seizure Puts Russian Assets in the Crosshairs
Norway's seizure of a ship has raised critical questions regarding the vulnerability and future status of Russian assets held abroad.
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Russia Demands ‘Immediate Release’ of Ship Seized by Norway Over Naftogaz Claim
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Ukrainian Drones Hit Sochi Oil Depot, Air Defense Systems as Moscow Faces Third Night of Flight Disruptions
Ukrainian drones strike Sochi oil depot and air defense systems as Moscow experiences ongoing flight disruptions.
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Ukraine racing to develop new interceptors as Russian drones and missiles ravage the country
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The Economist: Putin fears ending the war without victory. ‘They will hang me,’ he reportedly told his inner circle.
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Germany Prepares Broad Sanctions on Russia Over Leipzig Airport Drone Attack
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Cornered, Vladimir Putin plans to escalate his war
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Ukraine Hits Afipsky Oil Refinery for 5th Time as Drone Assault Fuels Crisis Across Russia
Ukraine’s fifth drone strike on Afipsky refinery sparks a cascade of Russian refinery shutdowns, widening a national fuel crisis.
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Ukraine faces €23B defense funding hole as Western cash lags
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Zelensky: Ukraine Downed 90% of Russian Cruise Missiles, Vows Long-Range Response
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Russia Launches 6,564 Kamikaze Drones, 26 Assaults Near Pokrovsk in 24 Hours
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Putin loses 43K soldiers on Ukraine battlefield in one of bloodiest months since start of war
Russia has experienced one of its bloodiest months since the start of the war, with 43,000 soldiers lost on the Ukrainian battlefield.
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Ukraine could strike Russia with domestic ballistic missiles in 3 to 6 months, says Ukraine's former defense minister
Ukraine could strike Russia with domestic ballistic missiles in months, according to its ousted defense minister.
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Live: Moscow targeted by 600 drones overnight, explosions heard in Kyiv
Ukraine has launched one of the largest aerial attacks of the war, targeting Moscow with 600 drones as explosions are reported in Kyiv.
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Zelensky Signals More Deep Strikes as Ukraine ‘Blocks Off Russia’s South’
President Zelensky signals an escalation in deep strikes as Ukraine works to block off Russia's south and targets the Russian defense industry.
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North Korea Arms Russia, South Korea Says No to Ukraine Weapons
Recent coverage examines North Korea supplying arms to Russia alongside South Korea declining to provide weapons to Ukraine.
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Another Wildberries Warehouse Goes Up in Flames After Ukrainian Drone Strike in Russia’s Voronezh
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Armed Forces Hit Russian Air Defenses, Radars and Crimea Depot, General Staff Confirms
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UK Navy Drone Camera Components Were Secretly Communicating With China
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Putin’s war machine scours the home front for recruits
Internal documents confirm Russian plans for large-scale mobilization as recruitment slows.
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Russian forces kill several in Ukraine, launch ‘brutal’ attack in Odesa
Russian forces launch a massive missile and drone attack on Odesa, damaging port infrastructure, a bus carrying children, and the Mayaki bridge.
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Anatol Lieven, Mutual Delusion
Analysis of Ukraine's deep strikes into Russia sparks debate over strategic gains versus the risk of playing into Vladimir Putin's hands.
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Putin Replaces Key Ukraine Commanders as Russia’s Donbas Offensive Slows
Putin replaces key Ukraine commanders as Russia's Donbas offensive slows, according to recent reporting.
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Moscow bombing exposes potential security gaps around Putin’s military elite, expert says
A restaurant bombing in Moscow kills at least five people and injures nineteen, triggering nationalist fury over military elite security gaps.
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Russian Territorial Gains Outpaced Ukrainian Recaptures in July
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Russian Elites Turn on Putin Amid Fears of Mutiny
Vladimir Putin faces an escalating crisis of authority as Russian elites and the public challenge his control amid fears of mutiny.
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Ukraine keeps changing defense ministers. Is that hurting the war effort?
Ukraine faces ongoing questions about defense leadership changes as former minister Fedorov pledges political unity until the war ends.