Russia, Pokrovsk and Ukraine
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A unit from Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SOF), acting jointly with the partisan movement Chornaya Iskra (Black Spark), struck a transport and loading vehicle used for the Iskander tactical missile system on the night of 3-4 October.
As of November 3, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine are estimated at about 1,144,830 personnel, including 1,160 soldiers lost in the past 24 hours. — Ukrinform.
A War Without Control of the Skies In the opening weeks of Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, more than 775 ballistic an
Front-line combat video captures special ops Black Hawk raid into Pokrovsk, Ukraine's fiercest fight
The footage shows how Ukraine is scrambling to defend the embattled city from brutal Russian assaults.
In Ukraine, unmanned weapons hunt the wounded and medics alike. Moving injured soldiers to safety has never been more difficult.
The European Union has praised Ukraine for its reform progress toward joining the bloc despite concerns about corruption.
Ukraine has long needed an arsenal of interceptor drones to fight Russian Shaheds. It looks like it's finally ready to mass produce them.
Ukraine accuses Russia of "systematic energy terror" as the global atomic energy watchdog warns Moscow's latest strikes jeopardize nuclear plants' safety.
Location is everything. Kharkiv is just 40km (25 miles) from Russia, once a vital trading partner of Ukraine but now the country’s bitterest enemy. Lviv sits 70km from prosperous Poland, gateway to the markets of the European Union. Many of the province’s inhabitants work on the other side of the border.
Russia‘s rough equivalent is its Kalibr missile, which it has frequently fired at Ukraine. Moscow has said it would damage relations with the U.S. if Trump greenlit the transfer of Tomahawks, and that it would be an “escalation” of the conflict because Kyiv would need U.S. assistance to use the missiles.