Ukraine Battlefield Brief: Find out what's been happening on the frontline in conflict with Russia

In Donetsk Oblast, Russian forces are continuing grinding assaults on Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad.

Some Ukrainian soldiers approaching Pokrovsk intercepted the video feed from a Russian drone and watched as it followed them.

The soldiers' vehicle carried electronic warfare kit that jammed the drone's signal and stopped them from being hit.

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Artillery v drones

And while the Russians are pounding Ukrainian positions inside Pokrovsk with artillery fire, Russian soldiers are still being relentlessly hunted by Ukrainian drones.

On the frontline, Russian priests were filmed blessing uncrewed ground vehicles.

Ukraine's security service, the SBU, released footage of drone attacks carried out by its Alpha Group against Russian airfields in 2025.

The SBU says it carried out five attacks, destroying 15 aircraft worth $1bn.

In Ukraine's Kharkiv region, five people died when three guided Shahed drones targeted a passenger train.

President Volodymyr Zelensky described the attack as an act of terrorism.

Hiding out

Around Lyman in the east of the country, Ukrainian special forces captured two Russian soldiers hiding in a house.

Meanwhile, in Zaphorizhzhia in southern Ukraine, the Russian army has been assaulting Ukrainian defences around Huliaipole.

The Kremlin's forces are believed to have advanced to within 11 miles of the city of Zaphorizhzhia.

And in the city of Kupiansk, to the east of Kharkiv, Ukrainian forces continue to clear Russian infiltrators.

In December, Moscow claimed it had captured what remains of the city. To prove the Russians wrong, a Ukrainian commander filmed himself walking through Kupiansk.

British intelligence estimates the Russian army lost 27 times more men than the Ukrainians in the fight for the city.

Over Ukraine, there were sightings of a jet-powered Geran-2 loitering munition – Russia's version of the Iranian Shahed-36.

And several Russian soldiers had a narrow escape when a Ukrainian drone flew inside their vehicle – but failed to explode.