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Ukraine Cuts Off Every Land Route Into Crimea in a Four-Day Drone Campaign
Ukraine destroyed or disabled every major land crossing into occupied Crimea within four days, striking four bridges at the northwest entrance in a single night and paralyzing Russian supply routes... Read more...
Ukraine Strikes Russia's Biggest Black Sea Oil Terminal in Overnight Drone Blitz
Ukrainian drones struck the Grushova oil depot at Novorossiysk overnight June 8, setting fire to the Sheskharis complex, a facility handling 20% of Russia's seaborne crude exports and 1.4 million... Read more...
Ukraine Reached Into Russia's Backyard and Set the Baltic Fleet on Fire
Ukraine struck Russia's Kronstadt naval base twice in four days, destroying a $400M corvette with a $55K drone and hitting naval arsenals 1,000km away. Read more...
Ukraine Sends 400 Drones to Putin's Naval Doorstep as He Calls Peace Talks Pointless
Ukraine launched 400 drones in its largest strike of the war, hitting Russia's Kronstadt naval base near St. Petersburg and fuel infrastructure 1,000 km from Ukrainian territory, hours after Putin... Read more...
Zelensky Calls Putin to the Table. Putin Says No Point.
On June 4, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky did something he had not done since Russia launched its full-scale invasion more than four years ago: he wrote directly to Vladimir Putin.... Read more...
America Promised Ukraine Security. Rubio Spent Four Hours Proving That Promise Is Gone.
At a June 3 House hearing, Rep. Keating confronted Rubio: Ukraine gave up 1,900 nuclear warheads for a U.S. security guarantee. Rubio spent four hours listing achievements. Ukraine never made... Read more...
Ukraine Strikes St. Petersburg Oil Terminal and Baltic Fleet Warship as Putin's Economic Forum Opens
Ukrainian drones struck the St. Petersburg Oil Terminal and the Kronstadt Naval Base on June 3, hitting a Russian Baltic Fleet corvette and setting fire to one of Russia's largest... Read more...
Russia Strikes Ukraine: 656 Drones, 73 Missiles, 22 Dead
Russia fired the largest aerial assault in months at Ukraine overnight: 73 missiles and 656 drones, 22 civilians dead, 130 injured. A four-story apartment building collapsed in Dnipro. Zelenskyy is... Read more...
Ukraine Drones Strike Russia's Saratov Oil Refinery 700 Kilometers Inside Enemy Territory
Ukraine's unmanned forces struck the Saratov oil refinery overnight May 31, setting a Rosneft fuel production facility ablaze 700 kilometers from the front line. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the strike... Read more...
Russia Plans Another Massive Strike on Kyiv As the UN Blacklists Its Forces for War Crimes
Ukrainian intelligence warns Russia is preparing a new massive attack on Kyiv, six days after the worst aerial assault on the capital in over a year. The UN has blacklisted... Read more...
Russia Wounds Civilians on NATO Soil for the First Time. Romania Expelled the Russian Consul.
A Russian drone struck a Galați apartment building on May 29, 2026, wounding two civilians and prompting Romania to expel the Russian consul. It was the 28th NATO airspace breach... Read more...
Sweden Pledges 16 Gripen Jets to Ukraine, With 20 More Latest-Model Aircraft in the Pipeline
Sweden officially committed 16 Gripen C/D fighter jets to Ukraine on Thursday, with Zelenskyy at the Uppsala air base for the announcement. Ukraine also plans to acquire up to 20... Read more...
Children as Young as 11 Were Held in Russia's Kherson Torture Chambers. Survivors Describe What Happened Inside.
Russian forces held children as young as 11 in Kherson torture chambers. Survivors describe starvation, forced abuse, and psychological torment. The ICC has warrants. Trump wants Ukraine to negotiate. Read more...
Snyder: U.S. Diplomacy Has Been Reduced to Two People, and Neither Is a Diplomat
Yale historian Timothy Snyder says U.S. diplomacy on Ukraine was handed to Kushner and Witkoff. Neither is a diplomat. The results were predictable: failures in Ukraine and in Iran. Read more...
Russia Set a New Drone Record on Ukraine in the Third Straight Night of Mass Attacks
Russia fired a record 355 drones at Ukraine overnight on May 26, the third consecutive night of mass attacks. At least 6 killed, 24 injured. The previous drone record fell... Read more...
Lavrov Called Rubio to Demand the US Evacuate Its Embassy in Kyiv. France and the EU Refused to Leave.
Lavrov phoned Rubio on May 25 and told him to evacuate American diplomats from Kyiv, signaling Russian strikes on "decision-making centers." The EU and France refused to leave. Read more...
Russia Jammed the GPS on the UK Defence Secretary's Plane for Three Hours
A Royal Air Force jet carrying UK Defence Secretary John Healey lost GPS for a full three-hour flight home from Estonia. British officials blame Russian electronic warfare. It is at... Read more...
Russia Bombed the Chornobyl Museum Weeks After Ukraine Reopened It
Russia destroyed Kyiv's National Chornobyl Museum on May 24, weeks after Ukraine reopened it for the disaster's 40th anniversary. About 40 percent of the museum's exhibits are gone for good. Read more...
Five NATO Countries Blocked a Plan to Guarantee Military Aid to Ukraine
The United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and Canada blocked NATO chief Mark Rutte's plan to require every member to spend 0.25 percent of GDP on Ukraine each year. It collapsed... Read more...
Russia Fires 690 Drones and Missiles at Kyiv in One of the War's Largest Attacks
Russia unleashed one of the largest single-night aerial assaults of the war on Kyiv: 600 drones and 90 missiles, including the nuclear-capable Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile. At least 4 killed,... Read more...
Russia Hit Kyiv with Its Nuclear-Capable Oreshnik Missile Overnight
Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight, deploying the Oreshnik hypersonic ballistic missile against Ukraine's capital for the first time. The attack came hours after Zelensky... Read more...
Ukraine's Drones Hit the Admiral Essen for the Fourth Time. They Also Destroyed a Missile Hovercraft.
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck the Russian frigate Admiral Essen at Novorossiysk for the fourth time since March, while also hitting a Project 1239 missile hovercraft and the Caucasus's largest... Read more...
Russia Has Lost 145,000 Troops in 2026. Nearly 86,000 of Them Are Dead.
President Zelenskyy confirmed on May 22 that Russia has lost more than 145,000 troops in 2026 alone, with nearly 86,000 killed. Ukrainian commanders say the rate of Russian losses exceeds... Read more...
Ukraine Hit the School That Trains Russia's Drone Army. Sixty-Five Cadets Dead, One Hub Gone.
Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces killed 65 Russian Sever-Akhmat drone cadets and destroyed their training hub in Snizhne, occupied Donetsk Oblast, in Operation Snow for Akhmat on the night of May... Read more...
Russia Moved Nuclear Warheads Into Belarus. The Kremlin Called It a Signal to NATO.
Russia delivered nuclear munitions to Belarusian field storage facilities on May 21 during joint exercises involving 64,000 troops. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed it was 'a signal' to NATO. Zelensky... Read more...
Russia Armed a Strike Drone With Depleted Uranium. Ukraine Found It in Chernihiv.
Ukraine's Security Service confirmed Russia mounted an R-60 missile loaded with depleted uranium projectiles on a modified Geran-2 drone — the first confirmed use of radioactive material in a Russian... Read more...
Russia Launches Three-Day Nuclear War Drills With 65,000 Troops and Belarus on the Trigger
Russia opened three-day nuclear weapons drills on May 19 with 65,000 troops and Belarus as a joint participant. Putin flew to Beijing hours after the exercises began. The last nuclear... Read more...
Ukraine Sent Nearly 600 Drones to Moscow Overnight. Russia Says It Was the Biggest Attack Since 2022.
Ukraine launched nearly 600 drones at Moscow overnight on May 16-17, hitting the capital's oil refinery, a semiconductor plant used for weapons production, and fuel depots across the region. Russia... Read more...
No Tanks, No Missiles: Ukraine's Drones Have Grounded Putin's Victory Day Parade
Ukraine launched dozens of drones at Moscow overnight on May 8, the night before Putin's Victory Day parade. Russia's response: strip all military hardware from Red Square for the first... Read more...
Russia Told Every Embassy in Kyiv to Evacuate. It Called the Strike 'Inevitable.'
Russia's Foreign Ministry sent a formal diplomatic note to every embassy in Kyiv urging evacuation before May 9, warning that Russian strikes on the city's "decision-making centers" are "inevitable" if... Read more...
Putin Goes Underground: Coup Fears, Drone Threats, and a Kremlin Afraid of Its Own Shadow
Putin has retreated underground, spending weeks in Russia's southern bunkers as the Kremlin bars his inner circle from smartphones and installs surveillance in their homes. A regime managing fear. Read more...
Russia Broke Ukraine's Ceasefire in Under an Hour. Then Came 108 Drones.
Russia violated Ukraine's unilateral ceasefire within minutes of it starting on May 6, launching 108 combat drones and 3 missiles that killed at least 22 Ukrainians. President Zelenskyy called it... Read more...
Ukraine's Flamingo Missiles Hit Russia's Drone Factory 1,500 Kilometers From the Front
Ukrainian F-5 Flamingo cruise missiles struck Russia's VNIIR-Progress defense electronics plant in Cheboksary, over 1,500 kilometers from the front, in a Deep Strike operation confirmed by President Zelensky. The plant... Read more...
Competing Ceasefires: Putin's Victory Day Truce Comes With a Threat to Strike Kyiv's Center
Russia struck Ukrainian gas facilities killing five workers overnight, then declared a Victory Day ceasefire and threatened a massive missile strike on downtown Kyiv if Ukraine objects. Zelensky declared a... Read more...
Russia Has Lost More Troops Than It Can Replace for Five Consecutive Months
Ukraine's drone strategy is bleeding Russia dry. For five straight months, Russian battlefield losses have outpaced recruitment. Moscow is running out of soldiers. Read more...
Russia Declared a "Victory Day Ceasefire." Then It Fired an Iskander at a Ukrainian Suburb and Killed Seven.
Russia declared a unilateral "Victory Day" ceasefire for May 8-9, then fired an Iskander ballistic missile into Merefa, a suburb of Kharkiv, killing at least seven civilians and wounding 35... Read more...
The General Who Oversaw Bucha Now Commands Russia's Entire Air Force
Putin has promoted Alexander Chaiko, the general who commanded Russian forces during the Bucha occupation and massacre, to lead Russia's entire Aerospace Forces. Chaiko faces EU sanctions, UK sanctions, and... Read more...
A Ukrainian Drone Reached Moscow's 36th Floor. Russia's Victory Day Parade Is in Five Days.
Overnight on May 4, 2026, a Ukrainian drone reached the 36th floor of a 52-story residential tower in Moscow. The building is roughly seven kilometers from the Kremlin and three... Read more...
Ukraine Hits Russia's Shadow Fleet Twice in Five Days. Novorossiysk Is No Longer Safe.
Ukrainian naval drones struck two Russian shadow fleet oil tankers at Novorossiysk on May 3, the second such strike in five days. Zelenskyy confirmed the hit on video. Ukraine calls... Read more...
Russia Pulled the Tanks From Its Own Victory Day Parade. Then Asked Ukraine for a Ceasefire.
Russia is scaling back its 2026 Victory Day parade for the first time since 2007, removing tanks and all heavy military equipment amid fears of Ukrainian drone strikes. Then Putin... Read more...
Russia Launched 409 Drones at Ukraine in Broad Daylight. Ternopil Is Dark.
Russia launched its largest daytime drone assault of the war on May 1, sending 409 drones including 250 Shaheds deep into western Ukraine. Ternopil took more than 50 direct strikes.... Read more...
Trump Is Lying About Ukraine Aid. Here Are the Facts.
Trump claims Biden gave Ukraine $350 billion and that aid prolongs the war. Both are false. The real figure is $175 billion, most stayed in America, and the war continues... Read more...
Ukraine's Drones Hit Perm Twice in 24 Hours. Russia's Oil Infrastructure Is Burning.
Ukraine's drones found Perm on April 29. They came back April 30. On consecutive nights, Ukrainian strikes hit one of Russia's largest oil refineries and a critical Transneft pumping station... Read more...
Putin Proposes Victory Day Ceasefire to Trump. Ukraine Wants Something That Lasts.
Putin offered Trump a one-day ceasefire for Russia's Victory Day parade. The Kremlin says Ukraine's consent is not required. Zelensky is seeking details and counter-proposing something durable, not a few... Read more...
Ukraine Hit Russia's Tuapse Refinery Three Times. Oil Is Literally Falling From the Sky.
Ukrainian drone strikes triggered a regional environmental catastrophe at Russia's Tuapse oil terminal. Three attacks in under two weeks caused toxic black rain, Black Sea oil spills, and forced evacuations,... Read more...
Trump Declared Ukraine 'Militarily Defeated.' He Was Describing Iran.
Trump called Ukraine "militarily defeated" and cited a 159-ship fleet as evidence. Problem: those statistics belong to Iran. He said it while brokering Ukraine peace talks. Read more...
Kim Jong Un Called Them Heroes. He Ordered Them to Die Before Surrendering to Ukraine.
Kim Jong Un opened a memorial museum in Pyongyang for North Korean soldiers killed fighting Russia's war in Ukraine, then confirmed the standing order: his troops must self-detonate rather than... Read more...
Putin Wants a Ceasefire for Victory Day. Russia Can't Even Fill Its Own Parade.
Putin proposed a three-day Victory Day ceasefire to Trump. Russia has cut tanks and missiles from its own parade because they are all in Ukraine. Zelensky called it theater. He... Read more...
Russia Built a Pipeline for Stolen Ukrainian Children. The UN Just Called It What It Is.
The UN confirmed in March 2026 that Russia's abduction and transfer of nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children constitutes crimes against humanity. Here is what that means. Read more...
King Charles Told Congress to Stand With Ukraine. Even Republicans Rose to Their Feet.
Britain's King Charles III addressed Congress on April 28, calling for "unyielding resolve" in defending Ukraine. He got a bipartisan standing ovation. Trump got a 30-minute lesson in what American... Read more...