Counteroffensive Update News Today

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has announced that Russian Air Force MiG-31 warplanes will begin “permanent patrols” of the Black Sea.

A pregnant lioness, Asya, was rescued from a private zoo near Donetsk last year and gave birth to three cubs ten months ago – all four may have found a new home in Yorkshire.

The Verkhovna Rada has announced that social spending on the rehabilitation of veterans of Russia's war against Ukraine is to double.

Podolyak explained that Western weapons arrived too slowly, and this seriously affected Ukraine's defense and the pace of the ongoing counteroffensive.

Presidential adviser acknowledges that Ukraine will need to step-up domestic production of the long-range missiles it needs to reach parity with Russia.

Ukrainian forces downed 28 Shahed-136/131 drones out of 33 launched from Russia's Belgorod region to the north and from the occupied peninsula of Crimea to the south.

The recent sense of doom on Ukraine aid should not be overdone. There are good reasons to believe Congress will agree on a substantial package before the year’s end.

Biden spoke with Western leaders to calm nerves after new assistance for Ukraine was dropped from a deal in the US Congress to avoid a government shutdown on Saturday.

Two workers at a grain drying facility died in the blast which followed a mass Russian missile attack on Ukraine, raising fears of a global escalation in the war between Moscow and Kyiv.

Russia has always claimed Ukraine blew the dam but their own soldiers say otherwise and they’re not happy about it, claiming military authorities lied about the true death toll.