Ukraine’s drones are eroding Putin’s vision for Crimea

Russian-installed authorities in Crimea have halted fuel distribution in vacation season as Ukraine isolates the peninsula.

By Mary Ilyushina, David Stern, Natalia Abbakumova

Ukrainian photographer Vic Bakin captures the traces of war left on the bodies and landscapes left behind

In February 2022, when Russian troops launched their invasion of Ukraine, Vic Bakin decided to keep a photographic journal of the unfolding conflict. His images, highly personal and sometimes altered, mixed with portraits of Ukrainian youth, make up the series 'Epitome,' which has received several awards since.

Woman killed in Russian drone attack on Odesa

A 26-year-old woman has been killed and a man has been injured due to a Russian drone attack on Odesa.

By Anastasia Protz

Drone operators aren't spared from the horrors of war, and they're top targets

Ukraine's drone pilots are hunted by Russia and at risk just like other soldiers. Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu via Getty Images Ukraine's drone operators aren't necessarily more protected than other soldiers on the battlefield. Saying "they are doing their job in much safer conditions is completely wrong," an official said. They're top targets, and a soldier said pilots sometimes need to fight just like infantry. Ukraine's drone operators aren't necessarily spared from the horrors of war because...

Russia, Ukraine may hold new prisoner exchange after Ukranian strike damages school - report

A new Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap could take place in the near future, Russian human rights commissioner Yana Lantratova said, according to TASS.

Russian strikes injure six in Ukraine as fuel crisis deepens into Siberia

Six people were wounded in Russian air strikes on Ukraine overnight on Tuesday, local authorities said, while Russia’s ongoing fuel crisis deepened into parts of Siberia. The strikes came in the wake of a Ukrainian attack on a plant producing electronics for missiles in Russia’s border Voronezh region on Monday that killed five people and […]

Russian strikes injure six in Ukraine as fuel crisis deepens into Siberia

Six people were wounded in Russian airstrikes on Ukraine overnight, local authorities said, and the capital of Kyiv briefly issued an air raid ‌alert telling residents to seek shelter in the early hours of Tuesday. The strikes came in the wake of a Ukrainian attack on a plant producing electronics for missiles in Russia's border Voronezh region Monday that the local governor said had killed five people and injured dozens. Russia and Ukraine ⁠have continued to exchange strikes as the war has drag

By The Korea Herald

For years, Ukrainian strikes stalled within a few kilometers of the front. Meduza mapped thousands of geolocated attacks and found they now reach far behind Russian lines.

The war in Ukraine is entering a new phase: while the Russian military’s offensive is bogged down at the front, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have pulled ahead in the drone race. Meduza has already written about how this Ukrainian success led to a fuel collapse in Crimea, how drones broke through Moscow’s layered air defenses, and how strikes on oil refineries have plunged entire regions into a gasoline crisis. These were all scattered episodes. The main Ukrainian operation of the past month and...

Zelensky after Kryvyi Rih attack says delays in air defense deliveries cost lives

Every airstrike like today’s attack on Kryvyi Rih proves that the pressure on Russia over this war is not enough.