Captain Oleksandr and his crew are on constant alert to shoot down Vladimir Putin’s swarming dronesCaptain Oleksandr put his hand on the throttle and nudged it forward. His patrol boat roared into action and zipped through the waves. Behind him was the…
Like the soldiers they battle to save, combat medics in Ukraine are under constant attack. Three years after the invasion, one NHS doctor bears witness“The frontline here is cold, hard, true war. My comrades and I had more than 40 bombs dropped on us b…
Russia is relying on strength of numbers, and Putin may not honour a peace dealAfter three years of Russia’s attempt to occupy and annex Ukraine, the country continues to put up a fierce resistance.Russia is suffering more than 1,500 casualties a day a…
Small FPV drones, which travel at 37mph, have become ubiquitous, evolving from ‘a novelty to a weapon of choice’Denys, a soldier with Ukraine’s Khyzhak brigade, describes a new kind of war. Standing in a barracks workshop with piles of basic Ukrainian …
In a dugout near the front in Donetsk, the Guardian joins Ukrainian police officers turned pilots during a shift The armoured car’s bumpy high-speed journey comes to a halt, and the Guardian team are dropped off in the November darkness, where two Ukr…
A Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian weapons depot in the Tver region, about 230 miles west of Moscow, caused a large explosion and mushroom cloud on Wednesday. The blast was so powerful that earthquake-monitoring stations registered what sensors thou…
Hardened Ukrainian veterans hope new supplies of US rockets will help push Vladimir Putin’s forces backThe two Russian soldiers jogged across an apocalyptic landscape. They kept going, zigzagging over a vegetable patch. At the intersection between Hoho…
Third attack on Kerch bridge between Russia and occupied Crimea ‘inevitable’, say Ukraine’s military intelligence They have become a familiar sight in the skies above parts of Russia: long-range enemy drones, buzzing their way to another target. In the…
Drone team has bombed tanks, armoured fighting vehicles and ammunition dumps but still Russians are on the moveAt night, Sasha and his drone team go in search of the enemy. They set off in a dirt-covered vehicle towards the eastern Ukrainian city of Ma…
Attacks using Shahed drones have been carried out by militias in the Middle East and Russia in UkraineAfter an estimated 165 attacks on US bases in the Middle East since 7 October, it was inevitable one would eventually get through. For the first time,…
Unable to match Putin’s military might, Ukraine is engaging in ‘smart warfare’ to attack the enemy’s oil and gas supply linesLast week, a motorist driving in Russia’s Leningrad region came across something unusual. Men had blocked off the road. In fro…
Russian airbase said to be among targets and Ukrainian civilian killed by drone debris in OdesaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesRussia and Ukraine launched more than a dozen drones at each other’s territory for a second day on Sunday, one of whi…
Report calls on government to take immediate action to disrupt supply of technology used in electronic warfareMany of the countries that have sanctioned Russia over the war in Ukraine need to take urgent action to disrupt the supply of technology for i…
Attacks keep up pressure on Vladimir Putin, although have become ‘not a big deal’ for many unmoved RussiansA new campaign of drone strikes has targeted the Russian capital in recent days as Kyiv has demonstrated its ability to hit Moscow and to keep th…
Plant in Sergiev Posad had made military equipment but officials downplay speculation blast was result of Ukrainian drone attackRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesAn explosion has ripped through a factory said to house fireworks in the Moscow regi…
Olexsandr worked in IT for a logistics company when Putin invaded and now he blows up Russian tanks. But he has nothing but scorn for the way profiteers are hampering his own side’s war effortBefore Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Uk…
Footage appears to show a strike on Olenegorsky Gornyak landing ship, which transports troops and military hardwareRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesA Russian landing ship was struck and disabled in the country’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk by…
Ukrainian president makes veiled reference to this week’s attacks in nightly video addressThree drones have been shot down over Moscow, Russia’s defence ministry said, as Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that the war was coming to Russia.The attacks, which U…
