War in Ukraine
![Ukrainian Raybird reconnaissance drone, upgraded with a system to detect Russian interceptor drones. (Source: Skyeton)]( "Ukrainian Raybird reconnaissance drone, upgraded with a system to detect Russian interceptor drones. (Source: Skyeton)")
![Russian troops rehearse for the Victory Day military parade at Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 23, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Russian troops rehearse for the Victory Day military parade at Palace Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, April 23, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)")
![A fire burns at the Kirishi Oil Refinery following a reported drone strike overnight on May 5. (Source: Exilenova+)]( "Drones Strike Russia’s Major Kirishi Oil Refinery in Leningrad Region")
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![Map showing a 2,000 km distance from Ukraine to Russia’s Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, where air raid alerts were reported for the first time. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)]( "Map showing a 2,000 km distance from Ukraine to Russia’s Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug–Yugra, where air raid alerts were reported for the first time. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)")
![Russian losses Ukraine war military casualties stalled offensive]( "Russia Loses Over 35,000 Troops in April With No Gains to Show")
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![Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi]( "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
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The Russian army is taking heavy losses with little to show for it, driven largely by the Kremlin’s push for quick gains on the map. Meanwhile, Ukraine has nearly fully cleared Russian forces from the Dnipropetrovsk region.![Strike on the VNIIR-Progress plant in Cheboksary, May 5, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)]( "Strike on the VNIIR-Progress plant in Cheboksary, May 5, 2026. (Source: Exilenova+)")
![A Ukrainian rescuer at the site of the Russian airstrike in the Dnipropetrovsk region, May 5, 2026. (Source: SES)]( "A Ukrainian rescuer at the site of the Russian airstrike in the Dnipropetrovsk region, May 5, 2026. (Source: SES)")
![Illustrative image. Destroyed Russian military equipment. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)]( "Illustrative image. Destroyed Russian military equipment. (Source: UNITED24 Media/Oleksandr Manukians)")
![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Ukraine Declares Ceasefire From Midnight Overnight May 5–6")
![Abandoned gas-fired power plant near Lubmin, Germany. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Germany Donates Former Nord Stream-Linked Power Plant to Ukraine")
![A Tomahawk cruise missile flies toward Iraq after being launched from the AEGIS guided missile cruiser USS San Jacinto March 25, 2003 in the Red Sea. Illustrative photo. (Source: Getty Images)]( "Europe Urged to Develop Missiles With Ukraine After US Refuses Tomahawk Deployment")
![Russian Project 12200 “Sobol” border patrol boat at sea. (Photo: Open source)]( "Russian Project 12200 “Sobol” border patrol boat at sea. (Photo: Open source)")
![Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to the press ahead of an international conference on nuclear safety and recovery at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, Ukraine, on April 26, 2026. (Source: Getty Images)]( "$200M Boost for Ukraine Air Defense Brings Canada’s PURL Support to $830M")
-29a1a43aba23f9bb779a1ac8b98d2121.jpeg "Photo of Illia Kabachynskyi")
-bc5c9da772f531ca275de116d94c9519.jpg "A Ukrainian rescuer at the site of the Russian airstrike in the Dnipropetrovsk region, May 5, 2026. (Source: SES)")
-c439b7bd9030ecf9d5a4287dc361ba31.jpg "Photo of Katherina Popilnichenko")
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