20242025: The War of Exhaustion

Russia advanced village by village. Ukraine invaded Russia. Washington changed course. And the drones kept coming. Second edition, revised and updated to the end of 2025, with original maps. In 2024 and 2025 Russia regained the initiative. It took Avdiivka, Vuhledar, Selydove and Kurakhove and ground its way toward Pokrovsk at enormous cost. Ukraine surprised the world by invading the Kursk region, then lost it again. Glide bombs, motorcycle assaults and infiltration by small groups replaced the armoured offensives of 2022. Behind the front, Russia turned its economy toward war, Ukraine struggled to find soldiers, the United States paused and bargained over aid, and Europe began to rearm. Inside you will find - The fall of Avdiivka and the new Russian way of attacking - Vuhledar, Selydove, Kurakhove and the battle for Pokrovsk - The Kursk incursion: surprise, overreach and collapse - Russia's recruitment machine and Ukraine's manpower crisis - Glide bombs, drone factories and the industrial war - The shift in US policy, Europe's rearmament and the search for a ceasefire Book 6 of the Modern Warfare Explained series. The most recent volume on the course of the war.