Oleksandr Syrskyi

Notable Quotes

Thanks to active search and strike operations, we managed to repel the occupiers from Kupiansk and take control of almost 90 percent of the city's territory.

from The battle for Kupiansk · Updated May 27

Stories

Russia claims capture of Kostiantynivka as Ukraine says the city still holds

Force in Play

Directing the defense of the fortress belt

Russia says it holds Kostiantynivka. Ukraine says its troops are still fighting inside the city. On July 5, 2026, Russia's Defense Ministry offered a six-hour truce there for July 6 to hand back the bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers. Kyiv rejected the offer.

Updated Jul 5

Ukraine turns battlefield drone expertise into diplomatic currency

New Capabilities

Overseeing integration of interceptor drones into Ukraine's layered air defense

Russia began bombing Ukrainian cities with Iranian-made Shahed drones in October 2022. Over three and a half years later, Ukraine has transformed that threat into an exportable edge: low-cost interceptor drones, as cheap as $2,100 each, now handling over 70% of Shahed kills.

Updated May 30

The battle for Kupiansk

Force in Play

Leading Ukrainian operations in Kupiansk direction

Russian forces have spent more than two years trying to recapture Kupiansk, a railway hub they lost in five days during Ukraine's 2022 Kharkiv counteroffensive. On February 9, 2026, they launched a mechanized assault east of the city, claiming to have captured Petropavlivka and Stepova Novoselivka, though Ukrainian forces said they repelled multiple attacks there.

Updated May 27