Ukraine is striking Russian energy infrastructure at an unprecedented rate, according to an FT data analysis showing that Kyiv’s intensified drone campaign is spurring Russia’s worst fuel crisis in decades.

Foreign fighters told Business Insider that new contracts and higher pay could fix manpower issues if soldiers stick around long enough.

The Russian leader denounced Ukraine’s “imaginary achievements” on the battlefield of late, calling its leaders “play actors.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the target is key infrastructure "that generates revenue for Russia's war".

Russia ⁠is targeting ⁠Ukrainian railway locomotives ​and has destroyed or ‌damaged more than ‌200 since ⁠the ⁠start of 2026 alone, Ukraine's Deputy ​Prime Minister for Restoration Oleksiy Kuleba said.

Ukraine is engaged in a campaign in Crimea to take out Russian air defenses, sever vital supply lines, and cripple the peninsula's energy grid and fuel reserves.

Russia has lost about 1,409,630 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on July 5. The number includes 1,290 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Russian forces resort to generators to keep operations running Ukrainian forces are carrying out large-scale power disruptions in Russian military rear areas in the temporarily occupied territories, leaving Russian troops without electricity and communications,