Why this industrial town matters: Russia spent a year bleeding out at Chasiv Yar and Pokrovsk with little to show for it. Their generals found Ukraine's thinnest defensive gap—and they're betting everything on breaking through here.
Full-scale invasion and national resilience, broadcasted live.
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60,000 Russian troops around Kostyantynivka — last line before Kramatorsk
60,000 Russian troops—one in ten of Putin's entire Ukraine force—now massing around Kostyantynivka. It’s Ukraine’s last major settlement before Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast’s final defense line.
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Russians attack villages in waves, suffer heavy losses
The pattern is already clear: 150 Russian motorcycle troops hit one village, almost all killed or wounded. More Russians immediately followed behind them. This is how Putin fights for every yard toward his primary war objective.
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Ukraine fortifie arc défensif avant bataille majeure
Ukraine sees what's coming: twelve of their best brigades now hold a 30-kilometer defensive arc around the town. The stage is set for one of the war's biggest battles. Next stop if Russia breaks through: Kramatorsk.
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Ukraine uses combat drones to offset Russian artillery advantage
Ukraine relies on combat drones to compensate for Russia's artillery shell advantage in what has become a war of attrition. 4X
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Ukraine’s Drone Line project seeks financing for 300-500 daily drones
Ukraine launched "Drone Line" project in March to create a 15-kilometer "kill zone" along the front line using combat drones. Kyiv seeks financing to produce 300-500 drones daily, with Zelensky saying "there is no issue in production capacity, the issue is in financing." 3/
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Zelensky: Chinese Mavic drones for Russians, not Ukrainians
Zelensky: "Chinese Mavic drones are open for Russians but closed for Ukrainians" China also restricted deliveries of critical drone components, including motor magnets, to Westerners US and EU sanctioned Chinese companies for supporting Russia’s drone production by supplying
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China halts Mavic drone sales to Ukraine and West, not Russia
China tries to cut off drone sales to Ukraine and the West, but not Russia. Bloomberg: No more Mavics drones from China — Ukraine and the West are stopped. Meanwhile, Mavic sales to Russia are growing. 1/
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Ukraine’s delegation composition for talks with Russia will depend on Russia
The composition of Ukraine's delegation for the next negotiations with the Russian Federation will depend on the representatives of Russia, – Ministry of Foreign Affairs http://censor.net/ua/n3555072
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Kyiv Independent investigates systematic persecution of Ukrainian Christians in Melitopol.
"Our latest investigative documentary, No God but Theirs, examines the systematic persecution of Ukrainian Christians in Melitopol," writes Danylo Mokryk, a reporter with the Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit, in his recent op-ed.