The UK's Financial Times writes that Ukraine has been conducting "shaping operations" to mislead or distract Russian commanders and create a favourable backdrop for a counter-offensive. Ahead of ...

Russia is setting up a "shaping operation" in preparation for a major ground offensive as it concentrates its war efforts in eastern Ukraine, a senior U.S. defense official told reporters Thursday.

Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive is officially underway. Ukrainian forces are on the attack, with pitched battles reported across the eastern part of the country. Like two wrestlers in a wrestling ...