Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1467: 19,000 drones, 14,670 bombs, 738 missiles – the numbers behind Ukraine’s worst winter
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Military
Ukraine strikes the eyes of Russia’s air defense – two S-300 radar stations destroyed in occupied Donetsk Overnight campaign also hit ammunition depots, fuel stores, and drone command posts across three oblasts.
The numbers behind Ukraine’s worst winter since the full-scale invasion: 19,000 drones, 14,670 bombs, 738 missiles Zelenskyy says Russia made no attempt to justify deliberate strikes on civilian critical infrastructure.
Ukraine unleashes night firestorm on Russian depots, ammo stocks, and command posts Ukraine targets the arteries of the Russian aggression.
Russia runs out of soldiers in Kherson Oblast, so it hands rifles to nurses – partisans When soldiers run out, doctors get guns. That’s what’s happening on Russia’s Kherson front, as Ukrainian drone strikes drive casualties up.
Ukraine hits occupied Luhansk oil depot for the second time in five days, sparking massive fire Defense forces also struck fuel warehouses near Mariupol, Novotoretske, and Koptieve and a Russian drone control point in Kherson Oblast the same night, the Ukrainian General Staff reported.
Besieged Russians in Kupiansk high-rises “dwindling,” Ukrainian military says Dozens of trapped Russian soldiers cling to apartment blocks they can’t leave
Intelligence and technology
Even countries with better air defenses can’t stop every Shahed – Ukraine knows how, Zelenskyy says President calls on Europe to expand domestic air defense production as Iranian-designed threats spread.
“You f*cking dumb as*holes”: Intercepted call rips open rot inside Russia’s command on Ukraine’s front lines “What the f*ck are you sitting here when there is such weather?” That’s how a Russian commander tries to launch an assault, according to a call intercepted by Ukrainian intelligence. What follows is cursing, death threats, and soldiers who still won’t move.
Russian mystery pink drug turns infantry in Ukraine into “biological robots”. Soldiers keep walking until headshot stops them 15 drones, grenades exploding behind his back, icy water, but the Russian soldier still operational.
Russia built an invisible web of Shahed relay towers in Belarus — Ukraine just tore it down Russia needed a network of rooftop antennas to guide its drones over Ukraine, and Kyiv needed an operation to kill it.
International
Growing list of countries boycott Paralympics opening ceremony after Russia allowed to compete under its flag Ukraine’s team will still compete – but won’t stand alongside athletes from the country bombing its cities.
“We take these vessels out one by one”: Belgium seizes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker Zelenskyy urges continent to not just stop sanctioned tankers but seize them and redirect the cargo.
US strikes Iran—oil prices set to spike, Kyiv could feel ripple effects. But not all is bad Global oil prices are set to jump $3–5 per barrel when markets open after the US strike on Iran, Ukrainian fuel expert Dmytro Lioushkin says.
He tried to wire Belarus into Tehran’s arms network. Who was Iranian Defense Minister Nasirzadeh killed in Israeli strikes? He armed Belarus near Europe. IRGC commanded the corps. Both reportedly killed in Israeli strikes today.
Ukrainians are closely watching operation against Iran. Its 57,000 Shaheds for Russia have formed attitude toward Tehran “Accomplices must answer.”
US begins “major combat operations” against Iran, Russia’s top ally in terrorist war on Ukrainian civilians The country that reinvented drone warfare watches black clouds billow over its own skyline as US bombs fall.
North Koreans march with Russian flags through Pyongyang as Ukraine counts 6,000 of their dead in Kursk Ukrainian intelligence says veterans are being redeployed as instructors in drone operations and artillery, accelerating Pyongyang’s military modernization.
Paint on Ukraine’s top poet bust is smokescreen — Serbia’s true message to Kyiv is in €800M of artillery shells, says expert Unknown vandals doused a monument to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko with black paint in Serbia’s Novi Sad on the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale war.
Humanitarian and social impact
Russia shells Kherson, killing four civilians including two elderly women at their doorstep Police open war crimes investigation as city faces relentless attacks since 2022 liberation.
Political and legal developments
Russia shed its skin three times — tsarist, soviet, oligarch — but imperial beast inside never died, Budanov says Russia’s imperial core must be ripped out and carved it into nations, or the world never sleeps safe, he stresses.
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