The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) points out that the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) is paying unusually much attention to the capture of Velyka Novosilka, which may indicate that the Russian Federation wants to shape the West's perception of the situation on the battlefield and weaken international support for Ukraine.

Ukraine's Luhansk Group of Forces spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Dmytro Zaporozhets said on Saturday that Kyiv's forces had repelled Russian small and medium-sized assaults on the grounds of the Refractory Plant.

Vladimir Putin continues to signal to both his domestic and global audiences that he is not interested in peace without his full demands being met and remains committed to Ukraine's complete capitulation,

As Russia’s war on Ukraine enters its fourth year, the Kremlin’s approach to the conflict has become increasingly clear: it is pursuing a piecemeal attritional strategy with the aim of capturing as much Ukrainian territory as possible.

Comes as South Korea’s military says North Korea is preparing to send more troops to join Russia’s war in Ukraine

including the cost of the war against Ukraine, show the opposite. Source: ISW Quote: "The Kremlin has launched an information operation that seeks to create the false impression that the Russian economy is performing well despite numerous continued ...

Analysts at the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) say that russian president vladimir putin has no intention of compromising in the context of peace talks,

The aggressor country of russia intends to annex Belarus within the next ten years in order to further use the economic resources and geographical position to

Russian forces are preparing to capture the city of Toretsk in the coming days. The redeployment of elements from the Eastern Military District (EMD) to reinforce Russian troops on the Toretsk front may indicate Russia’s new priority efforts to resume attacks towards Kostiantynivka.

Russian troops have not stopped counterattacking in the Kursk region, where the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue their operation. But they have not achieved any confirmed successes over the past 24 hours.

Sunday’s discredited elections in Belarus will likely be President Aleksander Lukashenko’s last, a senior figure from the country’s exiled democratic forces has said.