Exclusives
 | Russia is churning out hundreds of new T-90M tanks — but why aren’t they all in Ukraine?. Moscow is stockpiling its best armor. The question is: for what fight? |
 | Ukraine shows advanced weapons work perfectly – and that’s exactly the problem. While Western nations pour billions into cutting-edge weapons, Ukrainian soldiers are winning battles with fishing nets, garden wire, and drones built in garages – exposing a fatal flaw in how we think about modern warfare. |
 | Soviets drained Ukraine’s ancient swamps — now they’re coming back to swallow Russian tanks. Buried beneath northern Ukraine lies a forgotten weapon: swamps the Soviets tried to drain. Now Kyiv wants them fully revived — to stop Russian tanks in their tracks. |
Military
Frontline report: Year-long Russian assault on strategic Kupiansk fails as Ukrainians methodically drain enemy forces. Ukrainian defenders exploit Russian reliance on vulnerable rubber boat river crossings by allowing limited penetrations, then systematically sealing breaches to isolate and eliminate trapped infantry groups.
Ukraine is launching new battlefield rescue format—unique battalion with company of drones. It’s designed to evacuate the wounded directly from the front lines.
These Ukrainian troops launch balloons, not bombs — but every HIMARS missile depends on them. They once filled forms in Kyiv or laid bricks. Now they fill the skies with data.
Intelligence and technology
With Dutch funding and battlefield innovation, Kyiv prepares to flood skies with 600,000 drones. Ukraine intends to outmaneuver Russia not with numbers, but with code and wings.
US–Israeli operation against Iran proves Ukraine doesn’t need negotiations—it needs firepower. When American bombs fell on Iran’s nuclear sites, Russian-made defenses failed spectacularly. The same will happen in Crimea, if the West lets it, experts say.
Ukraine says its new Sapsan ballistic missile can surprise enemies, while experts suggest it is impossible to intercept. The Sapsan has already struck deep behind enemy lines, and it’s now in full production.
Russia is betting on its untraceable weapons during summer campaign, striking 40 kilometers behind front lines. Ukraine’s defense? Operating in the dark.
Ukraine and Britain launch first joint drone production program to strengthen both nations’ defense. The agreement establishes a wartime-peacetime resource division where all manufactured drones will support Ukraine’s Defense Forces during the ongoing war, with both countries sharing production afterward.
International
London’s Royal Opera House chooses Putin’s ally to open new season, while Russia’s war kills 208 artists in Ukraine. Russian diva Anna Netrebko, sanctioned by Ukraine for backing Kremlin aggression, will star in Tosca, as Ukraine condemns the choice a “global disgrace.”
Sky News: Russia could attack NATO within five years, Zelenskyy believes. The Ukrainian president argued that Russia’s current military losses in Ukraine prevent immediate expansion, stating that Putin requires “a pause” to rebuild its military capabilities.
US envoy discusses Ukraine war with Russia’s key ally aiming to restart stalled peace talks. Keith Kellogg revealed he discussed the Russo-Ukrainian war directly with Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko during their 21 June meeting in Minsk.
While US speak of truce, Tehran answers with terror, echoing Russia’s warplaybook in Ukraine. Hours after Trump’s ceasefire claims, Iranian missiles slammed into Beersheba, killing civilians. Meanwhile, since the US administration began its peace efforts over Ukraine, Russia, Tehran’s ally, has doubled its strikes on women and children.
Humanitarian and social impact
Rescued moose dies of fear during Russian strike in Kyiv Oblast. Ukraine’s animals, like its people, pay the price for Kremlin cruelty.
Russia’s war in Europe will spark wave of refugees, collapse infrastructure, and will cost $1.5 trillion, as it is now in Ukraine. Russia’s next move could begin with a railway through Vilnius.
Russian missile terror reaches Ukrainian civilians on train. The attack on Dnipro leaves people dead, injured [updated]. The train incident was part of a devastating Russian assault on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast that killed at least nine people and wounded over 70 others.
Russia continues daily terror of civilians in Ukraine, kills a child and destroys homes while peace talks stalled. Emergency workers pulled three bodies from rubble, including one of a 5-year-old boy, after Russian overnight strikes demolished residential buildings on a single street in Sumy Oblast.
Political and legal developments
After killing tens of thousands and erasing Mariupol, Russia now seeks to resurrect statue of its butcher in city’s center. Where 120,000 may have died, Moscow prepares to honor the man whose troops once bathed Ukraine in blood.
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