Russian monthly territorial gains slip into negative for first time since 2023, DeepState reports * Ending Russia's war before winter is realistic, Budanov says *

Facing a battlefield stalemate in Ukraine and growing war fatigue among Russians, President Vladimir Putin appears ready to try to change the narrative around the conflict. He looks likely to sharply escalate the Russian aerial attacks on the Ukrainian capital in the hope it will shore up his sagging domestic approval ratings and persuade an increasingly pessimistic audience at home that Moscow is winning the war,

1 June 2026 | Peace and Security The United Nations continues to warn against the dangerous escalation in the war in Ukraine, a senior official told the Security Council on Monday, underlining the need for restraint and dialogue.

Ukrainian defenders are utilizing their new class of world-leading-edge AI-powered drones as Russian military sources acknowledge the significant threat

It is the highest on-the-record estimate of Russian military deaths to come from any government since the war in Ukraine began.

As for the Ukrainian government, declaring victory will require more than the cessation of hostilities. The invading country must be left “much weaker,” so that it can’t re-arm as it did after its 2014 invasion of Crimea, Aloian said.

A high-level meeting between the European Union and Pakistan has led to diplomatic scrutiny after references to Jammu and Kashmir appeared alongside Russia’s war in Ukraine, a formulation likely to be

As the series of successful Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure has demonstrated, Kyiv can inflict meaningful, long-term damage on several key nodes in Russia’s energy extraction,