Three missile strikes reportedly hit the Titan-Barrikady defense plant in Volgograd today, with images showing the aftermath at the military-industrial facility. The site is a key producer for Russia’s defense sector.
Ukraine struck at least 13 Russian defense industry facilities in June, the highest monthly total of 2026. Targets included missile, ammunition, and electronics plants in Volgograd, Ryazan, Cheboksary, Michurinsk, Novomoskovsk, and occupied Crimea.
❗️Turkey offered to host renewed diplomacy between Ukraine and Russia, with Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan saying Ankara has passed proposals to both sides and is ready to again serve as a venue for negotiations.
❗️Russian State Duma lawmaker Aleksey Zhuravlyov threatened Finland with military force after Helsinki approved a Lockheed Martin rocket systems maintenance center in Tampere. He said Russia would strengthen its defenses on the Finnish border and claimed Finland was becoming "a second Ukraine."
Satellite imagery from Voronezh shows aftermath damage at JSC VZPP-S, Russia’s Voronezh Semiconductor Devices Plant, after cruise missile strikes. The main building shows three breach holes, with damage also visible in two areas of an accompanying workshop.
A Ukrainian drone strike critically damaged a bridge somewhere in Russia’s occupied rear, causing part of the structure to collapse. Claims that it is the Henichesk-Arabat Spit bridge do not match the visible structure and support design.
Long queues formed in Ramenskoye near Moscow as complaints grow among Russia’s population about the ongoing fuel crisis. And it is likely only getting worse for them.
Ukraine has secured the release of seven civilians illegally held by Russia since 2022 after being detained in occupied Mariupol and parts of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Luhansk regions. The released Ukrainians, aged 35 to 66, include a volunteer from the Angels of Taira brigade detained alongside Taira in 2022, as well as civilians seized from their homes or on their way to work.
❗️Baltic states urged Brussels to accelerate delayed EU plans to ban Russian oil imports, saying fears of an energy crisis after the US-Iran war did not materialize. EU energy commissioner Dan Jørgensen did not comment during a closed meeting, while the European Commission pledged to bring a proposal forward for review.
Ukraine lost not one, but two MiG-29 fighters in separate incidents. Russian footage shows a Shahed-238 striking a MiG-29 during refueling at Voznesensk airfield, while a second drone hit a hardened aircraft shelter, with the aircraft inside preliminarily reported to have survived. Ukrainian military sources confirm the additional loss.
❗️Ukraine lost a MiG-29 fighter overnight on June 27 while it was carrying out a combat mission in Poltava region, the Air Force said. The pilot ejected successfully, contacted the search-and-rescue team and was quickly taken to a medical facility for examination…
Fire Point showed one of its production sites for Ukraine’s FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles and FP-1/2 drones, with journalist Serhii Peichev filming the manufacturing process. Chief designer Shtilerman said Flamingo output depends on orders, engine export bureaucracy with Europe and the US is gradually being resolved, and the key breakthrough was tactics: “now they reach targets.”He also said Fire ...
❗️Ukraine lost a MiG-29 fighter overnight on June 27 while it was carrying out a combat mission in Poltava region, the Air Force said. The pilot ejected successfully, contacted the search-and-rescue team and was quickly taken to a medical facility for examination and assistance. The causes and circumstances are being established.
Ukraine confiscated cryptocurrency from hackers for the first time and transferred it to state revenue, Prosecutor General Kravchenko said. More than 8.3 million USDT, worth over 372 million hryvnias, was sent to ARMA from international hackers. Four suspects were detained, while the total value of seized assets exceeds $11.1 million.
A Ukrainian drone strike critically damaged a bridge somewhere in Russia’s occupied rear, causing part of the structure to collapse. Claims that it is the Henichesk-Arabat Spit bridge do not match the visible structure and support design.