The UK military expected to see more high-end Russian equipment, like T-14s and Su-57s, in Ukraine, an officer said. They're not there though.

Confidential complaints filed by troops and their families reveal patterns of wrongdoing in the ranks that are hidden from the Russian public.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense released a video showing combat vehicles that are part of the mobile intermediate range ballistic missile system driving across a forest as part of combat training.

Belarusian officials have suggested that the country's Polonez missile system could eventually be equipped with a nuclear warhead.

Russian Lt. General Fanil Sarvarov killed in Moscow car bombing as investigators suspect Ukrainian intelligence involvement in the deadly attack on Monday.

December saw a new record number of Ukrainian long-range drones shot down by Russian forces, according to statistics published by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Drones have turned the front line into a kill zone, and made casualty evacuation extremely difficult and dangerous.

January, President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” in Ukraine will have dragged on longer than the war on the Eastern Front that ended with the fall of Berlin in May 1945.

Russia occupied 4,336 square kilometres of Ukrainian territory in 2025. Source: DeepState, a Ukrainian group of military analysts Quote: "This is about 0.72% of Ukraine's total territory. Overall, from 1 January 2023 to 1 January 2026,

Russia's plans for January have already become clear, particularly in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region. The Russian forces are planning to bypass Vovchansk and advance toward Lyman, said Viktor Trehubov, head of the communications department of the Joint Forces grouping.