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Ukraine military briefing

Military briefings cover all aspects of the conflict from the Ukrainian attempts to source more battle tanks to the latest Russian offensives. Follow the latest military analysis of the war here.

Saturday, 13 April, 2024

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Ukraine’s top commander says eastern frontline has ‘significantly worsened’
Outgunned forces struggle to halt Russian offensive as Berlin offers air defence system
Tuesday, 9 April, 2024

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Key articles on Russia and Ukraine’s battle tactics
Sunday, 7 April, 2024

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Military briefing: Russian ‘glide bombs’ pound Ukrainian troops and towns
Moscow retrofits ‘very scary, very lethal’ Soviet-era weapons and launches them from beyond the reach of air-defence systems
Thursday, 28 March, 2024

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Military briefing: Ukraine digs deep as Russians advance
Kyiv is building 2,000km of fortifications to hold territory in anticipation of another Moscow offensive
Wednesday, 13 March, 2024

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Ukraine needs 500,000 military recruits. Can it raise them?
Ahead of a new mobilisation law, exhausted soldiers on the frontline complain of low morale
Thursday, 15 February, 2024

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Battle for Avdiivka tests Ukraine’s new commander
Oleksandr Syrsky aims to shore up eastern town, with troops fearing heavy losses as western supplies run short
Wednesday, 14 February, 2024

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Ukraine says it has destroyed Russian ship in Black Sea
Landing vessel Cesar Kunikov is latest vessel to be hit by sea drones near Crimea
Friday, 9 February, 2024

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Ukraine faces ‘gap in the hose’ as western ammunition dries up
Officials say congressional delays are creating critical shortfall of supplies needed on the battlefield
Sunday, 14 January, 2024

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Missiles from Iran and North Korea boost Russia’s onslaught on Ukraine
Moscow changes tactics with unprecedented barrages aiming ‘to crack the code’ of Ukrainian air defences
Sunday, 7 January, 2024

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Military briefing: Russia has the upper hand in electronic warfare with Ukraine
Both Kyiv and Moscow seek to bolster drone jamming capabilities as attacks mount
Monday, 13 November, 2023

Rose Gottemoeller
America should look to its own past in supporting Ukraine’s naval battle
The ‘mosquito navy’ is successfully punching above its weight in the Black Sea
Monday, 30 October, 2023

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Russia’s new offensive zeroes in on eastern Ukrainian city
Moscow has gambled on pouring troops, bombs and artillery into large-scale assault on Avdiivka
Thursday, 26 October, 2023

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The medics battling on Ukraine’s ‘second frontline’
Poor quality tourniquets and lack of medical training are costing soldiers’ lives, say volunteer doctors
Tuesday, 17 October, 2023

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Ukraine strikes Russian forces with US-made ATACMS for first time
Long-range guided missiles that were secretly shipped to Kyiv hit military assets in occupied regions
Thursday, 12 October, 2023

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‘Bottom of barrel’: Ukraine’s counteroffensive at risk from US aid delays
Republican-led opposition to Kyiv’s next funding package could further hamper counteroffensive
Monday, 9 October, 2023

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Military briefing: the advance of Ukraine’s ‘mosquito navy’
Despite an essentially shipless maritime force, Kyiv has pushed back Russia’s Black Sea fleet and hit its bases
Friday, 15 September, 2023

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The hard lessons from Ukraine’s summer offensive
The country’s military is enjoying some success but it will be slow-going and requires allies to increase ammunition supplies
Sunday, 3 September, 2023

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Military briefing: Kyiv ignores calls for reset of its ‘sneak and peek’ tactics
Attritional campaign in the south seeks to break Russian defences to enable breakthrough
Sunday, 3 September, 2023

Richard Barrons
Ukraine cannot win against Russia now, but victory by 2025 is possible
Allies must ramp up weapons production to give Kyiv the means to overpower Moscow once and for all
Friday, 1 September, 2023

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Zelenskyy boasts of new long-range weapon days after strikes inside Russia
Kyiv has steadily been extending its ability to hit targets deep behind enemy lines
Monday, 28 August, 2023

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Ukraine pierces Russia’s first set of defences on southern front line
Capture of village of Robotyne potentially opens way for advance on strategic towns further south
Thursday, 17 August, 2023

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Military briefing: Russia hunts Ukraine’s western missile stocks
British Storm Shadows and French Scalps have helped Kyiv in its counteroffensive, but more are needed
Friday, 11 August, 2023

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Military briefing: Ukraine forces probe Russian defences across Dnipro river
Recent raids in Kherson region could be diversionary tactics as part of counteroffensive
Saturday, 5 August, 2023

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Military briefing: the Ukrainian drone strikes designed to wear Russia down
Kyiv steps up attacks in bid to bring Moscow’s war closer to home
Friday, 4 August, 2023

Jack Watling
Stakes are high as Ukraine’s offensive starts to secure a military advantage
Despite heavy attrition of Russian equipment, the question remains whether Kyiv can build momentum