Category: Russia

The invasion began with confusion within the Russian forces and a surprise for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

A panicked retreat from Kharkiv, an intense close-quarters firefight caught on video, Chechen solidarity with Russian is showing signs of breaking, and a humorous video of a fleeing tank masks the reality that panic in retreat can be deadly.

Controversy over the identity of a captured Russian officer, Ukrainian tanks may be fighting at night with thermal optics. And a pro-Russian military V-blogger has a change of heart.

The Ukrainian offensive makes real gains as Russian resistance appears to collapse into a route to the far side of the Oskil River.

Learn about the Russian Third Army Corps and what they might mean to the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine has pushed deeply into Russian-occupied territory and may trap a fairly large number of Russian troops with their back to a river. And Ukraine is proving the tank is not dead, it was just misused by Russian forces in the first months of the war.

As Russians struggle to maintain a steady source of ammunition and artillery, they look to their Asian neighbor North Korea for arms.

The Kremlin continues to push unfounded claims that the United States is operating bioweapons research facilities in Ukraine and elsewhere

Ukraine-Russia war paints a positive picture of Ukrainian progress as they reclaim two villages in the southern city of Kherson.

Russia and China conduct military exercises with India

To tee the Monday off, SOFREP’s SITREP highlights the liberation of two communities in the south of Ukraine, including Kherson Oblast.

Sanctions are beginning to cripple Russia’s rail system which is critical not just for supplying their troops in Ukraine, but also shipping coal to China and goods to their own citizens.