War in Ukraine
Follow Russia’s war in Ukraine with daily news updates and warfare analysis. View live maps of the battlefield, track weapons supplies, and get exclusive reports from the frontline.
![Orejas and Siete, foreign volunteers serving with Ukraine’s 141st Separate Mechanized Brigade.]( "Orejas and Siete, foreign volunteers serving with Ukraine’s 141st Separate Mechanized Brigade.")
![Russian recruits drafted during partial mobilization prepare to depart for combat training in Moscow, October 10, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian recruits drafted during partial mobilization prepare to depart for combat training in Moscow, October 10, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A screen grab from a video shows the installation of the Oreshnik missile system on December 30, 2025, in Belarus.]( "A screen grab from a video shows the installation of the Oreshnik missile system on December 30, 2025, in Belarus.")
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![Captured foreign recruits of the Russian army during press conference on March 15, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Captured foreign recruits of the Russian army during press conference on March 15, 2024 in Kyiv, Ukraine. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Ukraine Pushed Russia’s Fleet Back. Now Its Navy Is Training for the Threat Beneath the Black Sea]( "Ukraine Pushed Russia’s Fleet Back. Now Its Navy Is Training for the Threat Beneath the Black Sea")
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Exercise Sea Breeze trained crews in Ukraine’s Black Sea waters for decades. Now hosted in the UK following Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukrainian sailors are training alongside NATO partners to counter evolving Russian threats, deploy a new generation of uncrewed systems, and prepare to make their waters safe again.![A photograph released by Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence in connection with its report on the operation against a Russian-linked operative in occupied Donetsk.]( "A photograph released by Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence in connection with its report on the operation against a Russian-linked operative in occupied Donetsk.")
![Crater left by a suspected Russian Kh-101 air-launched cruise missile near Tarnawa-Kolonia, southeastern Poland. (Photo: Open source)]( "Crater left by a suspected Russian Kh-101 air-launched cruise missile near Tarnawa-Kolonia, southeastern Poland. (Photo: Open source)")
![A 1980 Zaporozhets car ahead of the opening ceremony of the Russia–North Korea road bridge. (Source: Interfax)]( "A 1980 Zaporozhets car ahead of the opening ceremony of the Russia–North Korea road bridge. (Source: Interfax)")
![Ukrainian strike on a Russian artillery ammunition depot in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region on September 7, 2026. (Source: Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces)]( "Ukrainian strike on a Russian artillery ammunition depot in the Russian-occupied Luhansk region on September 7, 2026. (Source: Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces)")
![Brigadier General Andrii Biletsky standing in Sviatohirsk, Donetsk region, September 2026.]( "Brigadier General Andrii Biletsky standing in Sviatohirsk, Donetsk region, September 2026.")
![A grain harvester works during the early harvest season in Russia’s Rostov region on July 14, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "A grain harvester works during the early harvest season in Russia’s Rostov region on July 14, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![Fire at the Russian military airfield in Taganrog, September 7, 2026.]( "Fire at the Russian military airfield in Taganrog, September 7, 2026.")
![The S-300 air defense systems in Greece. Illustrative photo. (Source: Defense Express)]( "The S-300 air defense systems in Greece. Illustrative photo. (Source: Defense Express)")
-431210abffe9188d1e2c5aca718e1303.jpg "A screen grab from a video shows the installation of the Oreshnik missile system on December 30, 2025, in Belarus.")
-6424d4323963b49cc9e388c5bf1b6e97.jpg "Ukraine Pushed Russia’s Fleet Back. Now Its Navy Is Training for the Threat Beneath the Black Sea")
-46f6afa2f66d31ff3df8ea1a8f5524ec.jpg "Photo of Jess Daly")
-111f0e5095e02c02446ffed57bfb0ab1.jpeg "Photo of Roman Kohanets")
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