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ISW: Russia gains ground in Kostiantynivka but Fortress Belt stays out of reach
Russia's strategy of stacking armies on one Donetsk Oblast city is producing slow infiltration, not the operational breakthrough Moscow needs to crack the fortified chain, ISW says.
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13 June 2026
- Swedish fighters intercept Russian Su-24 and Su-34 over Baltic Sea
- Trump and Zelenskyy to attend same G7 working session, may meet on sidelines
- Ukrainian drones hit Dzhankoi as strike unit declares hunt on Russian Crimea logistics
- Ukraine to supply NATO ally Latvia with strike drones, ground robots, naval systems
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1570: Ukraine overhauls its army — fixed contracts, new pay, more foreigners
- Russia’s youngest war dead include more than 200 18-year-old soldiers, new data shows
- Storm Shadow maker MBDA and Ukrainian Armor launch partnership to develop deep strike and anti-drone systems
- EU opens first accession talks cluster for Ukraine and Moldova after years of delays and vetoes
- Ukraine launches major army reform: fixed contracts, revamped pay structure, and broader access for foreigners
- Russo-Ukrainian war 2022-2026Russia tried to surround Lyman. Now its own salient is getting squeezed.
- How Ukraine uses AI to guide long-range drone strikes through electronic warfare and deep into Russian-controlled rear areas
- Abrams tanks in Ukraine get modular drone protection to survive in today’s drone-dominated warfare
- No air show, no confidence: Russia quietly cancels MAKS for fourth year as Ukraine intensifies strikes on Moscow region
- A Russian unit held command meetings, shared passwords and secret orders in a public Telegram chat – and anyone could join
- Germany’s Diehl in talks to produce Ukraine’s Flamingo cruise missile on German soil
- Ukraine confirms strikes on two Tatarstan refineries and rocket-fuel rubber plant in Tolyatti
- Poland reverses 17-month bus halt at Shehyni-Medyka after Ukrainian ministerial push
- Nawrocki vetoes one-year language reprieve as 441 mostly Ukrainian doctors lose right to practice
- Money MattersRussia’s oil production falls for sixth straight month as Ukrainian drone strikes hit storage and transport
- Russia can’t attack NATO right now—ISW explains what the new border bases are really for
- Polish foundation crowdfunds $39,500 for Vinnytsia after PiS opposition sank Kielce bus donation
- Daily reviewRusso-Ukrainian war, day 1569: Europe keeps buying Russian LNG it could legally drop
- Ukraine’s drone output grew 12.7% month-on-month, but chief commander says don’t relax
Industry focus
Ukraine plays Russia today for a French Open final. The Russian stays mum on war; the Ukrainian doesn’t
"They have phones. They have Instagram." Five weeks after Madrid, Kostyuk and Andreeva meet again — with overnight casualty counts between them.
Russia wants €47 million from the company arming the country it invaded
The contract Moscow wants money over built the training center where Putin's troops rehearsed for Ukraine.
Sport is letting Russia back in. This Ukrainian tennis player says no.
Tennis cracked the door open. Other federations are quietly walking through.
Russian corvette stationed near St. Petersburg for repairs now needs more of them after Ukrainian strike
Drones struck the center of the ship, where its expensive and capricious electronic systems are located.
Hungary unblocks $7.7 billion in EU arms payments after dropping two-year veto on Ukraine aid
Prime Minister Péter Magyar's cabinet reversed a Viktor Orbán-era block, with the immediate sum a first tranche of more than €40 billion in queued claims.
Russia’s last “Ukraine peace deal” led to Europe’s biggest war since WWII. Here’s why this one could be worse.
Moscow isn’t just negotiating—it’s setting the stage. Behind closed doors, familiar tactics are at play, and the consequences could reshape Europe’s future once again.
Ukraine’s vape market is 93% illegal. The trail leads to a sanctioned Russian oligarch.
Smuggled from Poland and barely taxed, the shadow trade drains a country at war—and the network behind it ties back to Oleg Boyko.
Next five years: Rosatom’s “strategic window” to lock in European dependence
This is part two of a series of three articles exploring Rosatom, its role in the war in Ukraine, and Moscow’s international influence.
Russia’s monthly land grab in Ukraine has collapsed from hundreds of km² to 14, OSINT data show
As Ukraine paired a battlefield network linking every drone and sensor with strikes deep behind Russian lines, DeepState's monthly tally for May is the smallest in years of Russia's grinding offensive.
A Putin-list oligarch runs Poland’s vape market. The EU won’t sanction him.
Ukraine, Poland, and Australia sanctioned Oleg Boyko. Brussels left him off—as his lawyers move.
Russia’s $30m terror missile keeps missing
If Russia's Oreshnik missile is a terror weapon, it's not actually a very scary one. It keeps missing and failing.
Why is Ukraine losing ground? Mobilization crisis and command failures exposed
Ukraine's military problems can no longer be ignored as mobilization failures and systemic issues lead to mounting territorial losses
Evergreens
Yes, Ukraine can win the war – ex-minister decodes victory plan
Zelenskyy's plan and Ukraine's victory are completely realistic, says Andriy Zagorodnyuk. But there is a crucial caveat -- the current paradigm must be changed.
The Ukrainian drone detectors that may soon protect everyone else
Meet one Ukrainian company that's trying to give this tech a global reach
A realistic victory strategy for Ukraine
In a war where offensive operations are equally difficult on both sides, not losing is already winning in the next year and a half
Analysis
Ukraine’s attack on Moscow: Show of force? Yes. Path of revenge? Not quite.
Moscow's air defense "never coped under the pressure of regular UAVs."
