ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine - Russian air strikes on southeastern Ukraine killed at least 19 people overnight, officials said on Tuesday, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would shorten a deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin to make peace.

Putin's summer offensive is stalling as Ukraine puts up a heroic defense leaving Russia resorting to teens to fill the ranks

Vladimir Putin is desperate for more manpower shore up his military campaign in Ukraine, according to a new report

Ukraine has relied on this innovative tactic to wreak havoc on Russia's Black Sea fleet, damaging or destroying a number of warships.

Ukrainian drones dealt a massive blow to the Russian war effort after destroying a factory responsible for churning out electronic warfare equipment

Russia will reinforce its Black Sea Fleet with marine robotic systems, warships, and additional aircraft, Nikolai Patrushev, the head of Russia's Maritime Collegium, said in an interview with the state-run RIA Novosti published on July 25.

Russian ground advances across eastern Ukraine appear to be small at first glance — only 1.2 square kilometers on an average per day near the city of Kupiansk. Or, as the Institute for the Study of War notes,

Military experts have long scrutinized Russia's naval capabilities, acknowledging its nuclear submarine deterrents as a clear strength, but noting that Putin's navy is primarily composed of older Soviet-era vessels that lack the capacity to project power globally in a large-scale conflict, reports the Express.