David Silbey, associate professor, Cornell University said the Ukraine conflict in 2025 showed: “The static warfare of the First World War all over again. In that war, any visible movement was punished by a hail of machine gun and artillery fire, here it’s drones.

Russia has claimed to have captured another key Ukrainian town as it looks to consolidate gains ahead of potential peace talks pushed by Donald Trump. After months of heavy fighting, Russian forces claimed control of the town of Velyka Novosilka in the ...

Currently, Russian forces are advancing in the east, slowly but surely, and they are shrinking Ukraine’s partial hold of the border region of Kursk. That the Russians haven’t been more successful is a testament, above all else, to the resilience of ...

Russia is bearing down on Ukrainian forces in the northeast of the country in an offensive that could herald territorial gains for Moscow, according to a new assessment. It is an ominous sign for a Ukraine struggling to secure new Western military aid two ...

Russia’s territorial gains now amount to five times less than they were five months ago as Ukraine’s defences hold Russia’s gains on the battlefield in Ukraine have slowed dramatically in recent months, largely owing to Ukraine’s improved drone ...