Every day, the Ukraine Battlefield update newsletter offers a clear look at how the war is unfolding on the ground, highlighting key developments along the frontline and the shifting dynamics of the conflict.

If nothing happens by autumn, there will be mobilisation or peace, an influential Russian wrote. Losses are intolerable and can no longer be replenished.

Olexander Syrskyi is a despot obsessed with micromanagement, disgruntled Ukrainian officers said. Some are leaving the army.

The battle for Sloviansk and Kramatorsk is taking place along a front almost 30 km long,

Russian forces advanced between Pokrovsk and Rodynske.