With Moscow’s troops close to closing a pincer around Kostiantynivka while Kyiv’s drones gnaw at Russia’s land corridor to Crimea, the war is turning into a test of which side’s supply lines break first.

As Ukraine’s “island strategy” for Crimea bites, Russian commanders are rerouting convoys, repainting trucks, and risking war crimes to keep fuel and munitions trickling to the…

Behind Moscow’s upbeat propaganda, Russian military channels fret over a “positional deadlock”.