Location is everything. Kharkiv is just 40km (25 miles) from Russia, once a vital trading partner of Ukraine but now the country’s bitterest enemy. Lviv sits 70km from prosperous Poland, gateway to the markets of the European Union. Many of the province’s inhabitants work on the other side of the border.

During a press conference at the White House several weeks ago, Donald Trump ignorantly claimed that Ukraine is "largely a thousand miles of ocean." Although Ukraine does have a coastline, it is bordered by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov,

Western analysts say the attacks on energy infrastructure so far have had a serious — but not crippling — effect. Ukrainian drones have repeatedly hit 16 major Russian refineries, representing about 38% of the country’s nominal refining capacity, according to a recent review by the Carnegie Endowment, a U.S.-based think tank.

At the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff meeting, tasks were set to expand the geography of long-range strikes by Ukraine's Defense Forces. — Ukrinform.

At a secret location in rural Ukraine, columns of attack drones are assembled at night and in near silence to strike deep inside Russia. Since the summer, Ukraine’s long-range drone campaign has ramped up dramatically,

On Monday, October 27, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a meeting of the, at which, in particular, tasks were set for expanding the geography of long-range

EADaily, . Russia, unlike the West, will not abandon Ukraine after the SMO is completed, said political analyst Rostislav Ishchenko.

It was during last week’s Congress of the Russian Geographical Society that Putin announced that 2027 will be a so-called ‘Year of Geography’ in Russia. Apparently, the land occupied by Russian forces during the war of aggression against Ukraine, as well as territories in the Arctic, are key motives behind the decision.

Russia relies on revenues from oil production to help sustain its ongoing invasion of Ukraine. The largest purchaser of Russian oil is China, its key strategic partner. Kyiv's recent strikes on major refineries and processing plants have disrupted Russian production, and new U.S. and European Union sanctions will add extra pressure.