Ukraine

The War Zone The Russian tanker was struck overnight by an explosive-laden Ukrainian unmanned surface vessel and the resulting damage is considerable. Uncredited via Livemap.com. Photos have emerged from the Russian tanker Sig that was struck by Ukrainian unmanned surface drone near the Kerch Strait on Friday night, and the damage appears significant. This attack […]

The War Zone An tanker ship is claimed to have been struck by a Ukrainian drone boat near the mouth of the Kerch Strait. Google Earth. Ukraine appears to have launched another round of aerial drone and uncrewed surface vessel (USV) attacks against Russian targets near the Kerch Bridge Friday night. This comes a day

The War Zone The railway connects Crimea to Kherson oblast, where Russian troops are trying to keep Ukraine from breaking through their lines. New images emerged on social media showing the Chongar Strait railway bridge linking occupied Crimea with Kherson Oblast was damaged in a Ukrainian strike on Saturday. The images show a hole blasted

The War Zone Several people were injured in a reprisal attack on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro after an S-200 missile struck the Russian city of Taganrog. Twitter Screencap. A Russian missile strike on a high-rise apartment building and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in the city of Dnipro has injured at least five

The War Zone Staromayorsk is an important logistics node in western Donetsk Oblast along a main highway in the region and some 60 miles from the Azov Sea. Even as the bulk of its counteroffensive appears to be aimed further west in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Ukraine appears to have captured a key city in Donetsk Oblast,

The War Zone The Bakhmut area continues to be at the center of fierce fighting, where both sides agree that Ukraine is slowly encircling the city. (AP Photo/Libkos) On the 517th day of Russia’s all-out war on Ukraine, the area surrounding the destroyed city of Bakhmut remains one of the most hotly contested places on

The War Zone Fierce fighting has resumed near Kupiansk, in an area Ukraine had liberated last Fall and around a river that’s considered a barrier. Russian MoD screencap Even as it is making slow, incremental progress in its counteroffensive in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and Donbas, Ukraine is finding that it now also has to defend territory

The War Zone Ukraine’s M2 Bradleys have appeared with explosive-reactive armor and possibly other upgrades that could help with their survivability. Twitter Screencap More than a month into the long-awaited Ukrainian counteroffensive, U.S.-supplied M2A2 Bradley ODS infantry fighting vehicles have taken some punishment from Russian forces. Videos early in the counteroffensive showed Bradleys taking hits

The War Zone Over the past two days, U.S. officials have indicated that Washington is working to drastically accelerate the delivery of F-16s to Ukraine. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Destani K. Matheny It appears that Ukraine is getting closer to obtaining F-16 Vipers it has long requested. National security adviser Jake

The War Zone The White House and Pentagon say Ukraine is now using donated cluster munitions and they are already making a difference. Photo by Gian Marco Benedetto/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Ukraine is now using cluster munitions on the battlefield “quite effectively,” and they already having an affect on Russian forces, the White House