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IllustrationIn occupied Crimea, petrol is rationed by QR code, food prices have jumped and whole towns spend hours without electricity. This is what Ukraine's pressure on every route into the peninsula looks like at the other end – in the shops, petrol stations, homes and hotels.
IllustrationOn the night of 23 October, the lights went out across occupied Crimea after a strike on a substation on the Russian mainland. It was the latest blow in a year-long campaign against every line into the peninsula: power, fuel, rail and ferries.
IllustrationIn October the United States agreed to buy Russian diesel, waived a new sanctions law aimed at Russia and asked Kyiv to stop striking Russian refineries. Here is what Washington agreed to, who gains from it, and what it means for Ukraine's strategy.
IllustrationUkraine says its strikes have disabled 51% of Russia's oil refining capacity, while Putin says they cost Russia about 1% of its GDP. Independent figures from the International Energy Agency confirm a very large drop in refining, but not Ukraine's highest numbers.
IllustrationOn 16 October Vladimir Putin said Russian forces had taken about 6,500 square kilometres of Ukraine this year. The Institute for the Study of War counts about 100 for the same period – here is how two counts of one front can differ so much.
IllustrationBetween 8 and 11 October, drones reached three of the largest data centres of Yandex, often called Russia's Google, taking down apps, payments and cloud services used by millions. The buildings can be rebuilt, but the supercomputers inside them may be very hard for Russia to replace under sanctions.
IllustrationOn 10 October, drones damaged a railway drawbridge over the Don between Rostov-on-Don and Bataysk, halting traffic on both tracks and delaying dozens of trains. The bridge did not fall, but it sits at the start of the supply chain that feeds Russia's southern front and occupied Crimea.
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