Episode Details

Two top-10 records were set today as Russian equipment losses surged again. Russia lost 597 vehicles and fuel tanks, while 16 unmanned ground vehicles were also taken off the battlefield—putting both categories among the highest daily totals recorded. The broader trend is just as striking: virtually all of Russia’s biggest vehicle-loss days are now clustered in the summer of 2026.

CHAPTERS

0:00 Two Top-10 Records Set Today

0:13 420 Ukrainian Drones Head Toward Russia

1:09 Ukraine Hits Russia’s Rocket-Fuel Plant

2:10 Four Russian Drone Facilities Targeted

3:12 Russia’s Overnight Attack on Ukraine

4:17 Russia Builds 10 New Drone Bases

4:59 Russia Targets Ukraine’s Gas Supply

5:58 Russian Battlefield Losses Surge

6:17 The First Top-10 Loss Number

7:40 The Second Top-10 Loss Number

8:15 Is the Battlefield Heating Up?

8:52 Ukrainian Brigade Destroys 43 Russian Assets

9:34 Ukraine Hunts Drones With Drones

10:00 Ground Robots Are Changing the Battlefield

10:20 Russia’s Fake Forest Camouflage

11:23 Your Comments Changed My Reporting

13:02 A Better Global Measure Than Football Fields

13:54 Ukraine Fundraiser Update

16:20 Thank You for the Feedback

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