💥 Russian $200 million Tu-22M3 supersonic strategic bomber crashed in Irkutsk region. These bombers have been striking Ukraine with X-101 cruise missiles and Kinzhal ballistic missiles for 4.5 years.

I step into a cafe where I work some mornings. Hadn’t read the news yet. The barista is Ukrainian. My friendly ‘morning!’ is met with a weak smile. I know what it means. ‘What happened?’ ‘Pechersk Lavra is burning.’ Imagine waking every morning to the dread of finding out who Russia has killed, what Russia has destroyed in the night. Every day, for over four years. I’ll say here what I said to her: this is Russia losing. Blind rage and destruction because they have no viable strategy, no path to victory. It doesn’t make this any better, it doesn’t bring lost loved ones or national treasures back. But it is true. Fascist Russia will destroy itself. And Ukraine will survive, will win, will rebuild. You are not alone.

Ukraine is hitting Russian targets in Yalta, Crimea very hard tonight

As Ukrainian strikes on Russia's oil infrastructure continue, the fuel crisis appears to be spreading across the country. Long queues at gas stations are now forming even along the highway connecting Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Four minutes after one Russian missile hit near her home in Kyiv, Veronika Chuyan saw the building opposite in flames and knew another was coming. She grabbed her sons, Jacob and Jasim, and ran. When the second missile struck, she covered them with her body. 1/

When Notre-Dame burned in 2019, the world stopped. Today, Russia damages Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, a monastery nearly 1,000 years old and older than Notre-Dame itself. A thousand years of history deserves the same attention, the same sympathy, and the same protection.

Russia's front line forces operate entirely on generators. As Ukraine cuts off all fuel supplies to the occupied territories, all of Russia's electronics on the front will die. Russian forces are being blinded and disarmed.

MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH: Ukrainian 🇺🇦 forces are executing deep-penetration ops and are now linking up behind Russian 🇷🇺 lines. Russian milbloggers admit infiltration groups flooding the Dnepropetrovsk front. Sustained operational depth. Game-changer. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️

Ukrainian long-range drones have severely struck the oil depot of Rybinsk, Yaroslavl, in Russia. The drones just keep on coming.

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HODGES: It will become very difficult for Russia to sustain the war, and even to protect Crimea or retain control of Crimea. Russians will eventually say, “We can’t stay in Crimea anymore. We’re getting hammered every night. There’s nowhere to hide.” You can’t fly out of there. You can’t resupply out of there. Certainly, no ships can operate from there. This will be the cumulative effect of the destruction of Russia’s ability to export oil and gas, combined with continued increase in Ukraine’s ability to destroy Russian logistics with its mid-range strikes. So, I think Crimea will not fall as a result of a D-Day-type invasion, but as a result of the integration of all types of manned and unmanned systems, special operations, long-range precision strikes, and so on.

Again and again, Russia kills the people and destroys the cultural sites it says it went to war to protect. These crimes will end when the US supplies missile defense to Ukraine and enforces sanctions on Russian energy. theguardian.com/world/2026/j…

Ukrainian troops report the near-total destruction of ruZZian frontline logistics up to 100 km behind the front using mid-range strike drones. Breakthrough came from low-cost Hornets backed by Eric Schmidt ($3.5–4.5k each) & Ukrainian produced (Darts).

Here are 10 things the EU and European countries could do right now to help Ukraine: 1. Seize frozen Russian state assets and use them to fund Ukraine. 2. Expand weapons aid and joint procurement, including artillery, drones, ammunition, and air defense systems. 3. Supply more long-range missiles (SCALP, Taurus) and remove restrictions on strikes against military targets inside Russia. 4. Deploy European troops to western Ukraine for training, logistics, maintenance, and air defense, freeing up Ukrainian forces for the front. 5. Crack down on sanctions evasion networks and tighten enforcement. 6. Intensify action against Russia's shadow fleet through inspections, sanctions, and port restrictions. 7. Create a Patriot coalition to provide more air defense systems and interceptors. 8. Launch a European lend-lease (PURL) program with long-term financing for weapons and industrial cooperation. 9. Lower the Russian oil price cap and ban remaining Russian LNG imports. 10. Commit to a postwar European peacekeeping and security presence to deter future Russian aggression. By doing this, we could accelerate Russia's total collapse, but the biggest constraints for these actions are political will and speed.

This is how Ukraine can make the Russians feel their war. It is so good that the US is out of the war so that it can no longer hinder the Ukrainians from doing the right thing. EU money & Ukrainian arms plus US absence make it possible for Ukraine to win the war.

She waited twelve years for this. In 2014, Liliia Karas lost her nephew to the war. Two years later — her brother. From that moment, she had one plan: wait until her child turned at least 16. Then join. "I was waiting until my child was at least 16 years old to come here. To defend my native land. To defend my family." When she finally arrived at training, they offered her options. She had only one answer. "I said — I am only a gunner. Only a gunner. That's it." The 23rd Separate Mechanised Brigade took her at her word. Liliia now operates the Browning heavy machine gun mounted on a MaxxPro armoured vehicle. When the signal comes, the crew moves to position and works. Her combat sister Nastia drives. Liliia is behind the gun. "They told me right away: 'You're on the Browning.' I said: 'Super.'" No hesitation. No negotiation. Twelve years of waiting — and then exactly the role she came for. 🇺🇦Ukraine's front line is held by people who chose to be there. Who counted the years. Who said goodbye to children old enough to understand why. Liliia Karas. Gunner. 23rd Brigade. Source: 23rd Separate Mechanised Brigade / ArmyInform, June 13, 2026 #Ukraine #UAF #DefendingUkraine #WomenInUniform

Russia is slowly losing one of its most important advantages in this war: the ability to replace its losses. For more than three years, the Kremlin has relied on a constant flow of manpower, throwing money, bonuses, and benefits at recruits to keep the war machine running. Now even that appears to be becoming more difficult. The reality is simple: Russia is paying more, recruiting harder, and getting less in return. Fewer people are willing to fight, casualties continue to mount, and labor shortages are spreading across both the military and civilian sectors. This is what strategic defeat looks like. Not a dramatic collapse overnight, but a slow erosion of the resources, manpower, and economic strength needed to sustain a long war. Ukraine continues to prove that Russian losses have consequences. Every destroyed vehicle, every ammunition depot, every logistics hub, and every Russian soldier taken out of the fight increases the pressure on a system that is already struggling to replace what it loses. Russia can manufacture equipment. Russia can print money. What Russia cannot easily replace are trained people. The longer Ukraine remains strong and receives support from its partners, the harder it becomes for Russia to sustain this war at the level it once could. Russia is not winning. Russia is paying a higher and higher price every day just to maintain the fight. Слава Україні. Героям слава. 🇺🇦

19-річний прикордонник Владислав Степанчук вивів із півоточення 21 побратима та став наймолодшим Героєм України. Владислав пішов у прикордонники добровольцем, щойно йому виповнилося 18. У квітні 2024 року він уперше потрапив під реальний обстріл - і вже тоді, під час відходу, зберіг 105-міліметрову гармату. Але головне сталося пізніше, на Курщині. Там їхній підрозділ облаштовував позиції на кордоні. Російський дрон помітив рух, і за годину по них почали бити артилерія та "Ланцети". Коли вони спробували відвести гармату на запасну позицію, їх накрили мінометами. Командира розрахунку та навідника поранило важкими осколками. Владислав не розгубився. Змінив маршрут, відвів людей до лісосмуги. Зупинив кровотечі пораненим - спрацювали навички тактичної медицини. Там же, в лісосмузі, натрапив на бійців із сусідніх підрозділів: без зв'язку, без набоїв, розгублених після обстрілів. Він узяв усе на себе. Частково відновив зв'язок із командним пунктом, розподілив, хто за що відповідає - спостереження, вогонь. Об'єднав усіх і організував вихід на запасні позиції. Бій тривав чотири години, стріляли майже впритул. Владислав вивів з-пів оточення 21 побратима. Президент присвоїв йому звання Героя України. Він - наймолодший, хто отримав цю нагороду.

This is what Donald Tusk said recently about Ukraine 🇺🇦: "Even the Nobel Peace Prize would not be enough. Some say that Ukraine should be grateful for everything. The truth is exactly the opposite. The rest of us should be grateful to Ukraine." I would very much like to see relations between Poland and Ukraine regarding the Russian invasion remain as functional as they have been so far.

I just spent a week in Ukraine visiting friends and attending a film festival. Just opening this dumb app on the train back home. I have seen and understood for a long time what any sane person who visits Ukraine sees and understands: Ukrainians have lost a lot but they are not broken. They are stronger, smarter, more organized and more determined in their hate of Russia and everything it represents. No matter the Kremlin propaganda and the fools who believe and distribute it, Ukrainians will never give up. Not even if aid stops (AND IT WON'T), Ukraine will never fall. Russia's 3 day "special operation" launched in 2022 has lasted longer than the first world war and russians are falling like flies at the rate of 30.000 a month in a stupid war for Putin's ego, fighting over the same ruins they've fought over for over 4 years. Russian supply lines are chocked. Russian refineries 2000 KM from Ukraine are burning. Russian soldiers are giving up or punching their own ticket. It is good to be Ukraine's friend because it will emerge stronger from this war. And Ukrainians are good people who will remember those who stood by them in their time of need. Glory to Ukraine.