The Donbas region is not only strategically important to Russia but also symbolic of Moscow's rationale for the war in Ukraine.

A night-time Russian attack caused a series of explosions that shook Kremenchuk, a city in the central Ukrainian province of Poltava.

Ukrainian media released videos of two Flamingo missile launches, one a test and the other purportedly targeting Russian territory.

President Zelensky criticized Russia for what he called a provocative missile and drone attack just before his meeting with the US president.

Ukraine says it has retaken several villages on the Pokrovsk front, cutting off two Russian salients created after breaching Ukrainian lines.

An American recruit says multiple foreign nationals died in the July attack on a Ukrainian training base, claiming there was no warning before the missile struck.

A Russian advance north of Pokrovsk could sever a vital Ukrainian supply line in Donetsk province.

Ukraine released a video showing its suicide drones bypassing russian air defenses and striking radar stations in crimea.

Russia is employing a pincer movement to breach the Pokrovsk stronghold, combining encirclement and disruption of supply lines with special forces infiltrating the city center.

Ukraine says it launched a drone attack on five Russian fighter jets in Crimea, claiming one was destroyed, but provided no evidence.

Ukrainian officials say Russia's jet-powered drones, with speeds exceeding 500 km/h, are difficult to intercept with all of Kyiv's weaponry.

A Ukrainian unit employed a drone to deliver a series of electric scooters to a comrade surrounded by Russian forces, providing him with a means of escape.

Ukraine has released a video showing its soldiers landing on Tendrovskaya Island in the Kherson region, claiming to have raised the Ukrainian flag and destroyed Russian equipment.

Ukraine says Russia attacked with 324 UAVs and 7 missiles; video appears to show Starokostiantyniv airbase hit by cluster munitions.