In an escalating confrontation on the Siversk front, Ukrainian troops face continuous assaults backed by artillery, compelling them to adapt swiftly to dynamic conditions. Stepan Barna, commander of the Edelweiss Mountain Assault Brigade, reports that Russian forces are fiercely advancing from trench to trench under artillery cover, striving to breach Ukrainian defenses.

Barna highlights the intensity on this front line, describing how Russian units conduct assaults 'round the clock', …

On February 4, Russia witnessed two high-ranking officials falling from windows.

Artur Pryakhin, the Head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) in Karelia, reportedly took his own life, while Alexey Zubkov, an employee at the Investigative Committee's forensics center in Moscow, survived but claimed he remembers nothing, reports the Russian online media outlet The Moscow Times.

The first incident occurred in Petrozavodsk, within Russia’s Republic of Karelia, where Artur Pryakhin was found …

In response to U.S. President Donald Trump's remarks about Washington's active negotiations with both Kyiv and Moscow, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has confirmed that Russia and the United States are engaging in robust interagency contacts concerning Ukraine.

Speaking at a briefing on Wednesday, February 5, Peskov noted, "There are indeed contacts at the departmental level, and they have intensified recently. But I can't provide any further details; there's nothing else to add," he …

In a string of drone attacks targeting Russia's oil refining industry, Kyiv aims to destabilize Russia's economy and halt its military operations.

Since the onset of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine has spent the last year and a half preparing to deliver a crippling economic blow to its adversary, seeking to stall its military machinery. From the end of 2023 into 2024, Ukrainian strikes have increasingly targeted Russia’s refineries and oil and petroleum product storage facilities, with …

In a tragic turn of events, a terror attack at the Rivne Enlistment Center on February 1 was orchestrated remotely, reportedly involving a Russian-hired agent who perished in the incident.

The Russian special services are alleged to have masterminded the attack, utilizing a 21-year-old unemployed man from the Zhytomyr region. Unbeknownst to him, he was turned into a suicide bomber.

According to SBU sources, Moscow operatives recruited the young man via a job-seeking Telegram channel. On his …