❗️The US sold two seized tankers linked to Russia’s shadow fleet for scrap. Era, formerly Marinera and Bella 1, was detained in the North Atlantic on January 7 after the US said it carried sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran. Lileo, formerly Galileo and Veronica, was detained in the Caribbean and was under US sanctions over links to Russia. Dubai-based Global Marketing Systems bought both vesse...
Fighters from Ukraine’s HUR units BAT-13 and ARATTA successfully infiltrated Russian-held territory and captured a prisoner.
❗️Russia’s Zapsibneftekhim petrochemical complex in Tobolsk, western Siberia, was damaged in a drone attack and shut indefinitely while the impact is assessed, industry sources said. The facility is Russia’s largest LPG plant, producing around 6 million tonnes annually, or roughly 40% of national output. No LPG volumes from the Tobolsk loading point were offered for delivery on Tuesday, after arou...
❗️Europe is struggling to find more Patriot interceptors for Ukraine ahead of expected Russian winter attacks. Kyiv is seeking hundreds of missiles, but Germany says its stocks are reaching their limits and other European donors have few they can safely spare. US supplies are also strained, while new production will come too late. In July, Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 29 of 195 Russian balli...
Ukraine’s General Staff says its forces struck a Russian Buk-M3 air defense system near Topoli in Luhansk region, a command and observation post near Terebreno in Russia’s Belgorod region and logistics depots in Rovenky on August 11. A day earlier, Ukrainian forces struck six Russian UAV control points at locations in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions and Russia’s Kursk region. The General Staff sa...
❗️Poland and the Baltic states are tightening security around critical infrastructure amid concerns Russia could stage a false-flag attack using Ukrainian-made drones. Lithuania deployed military personnel to help secure its LNG terminal, oil products terminal, a key power link with Poland and a hydro plant, while Latvia increased security around all critical infrastructure. A Baltic intelligence ...
Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Orsknefteorgsintez refinery in Russia’s Orenburg region overnight on August 11. A fire was recorded at the facility, while the extent of damage is still being assessed. The refinery can process around 6 million tonnes of oil annually and produces gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, fuel oil, bitumen and other petroleum products.
Ukraine’s State Bureau of Investigation is searching for the black box of a MiG-29 lost in Odesa region yesterday. A criminal case was opened under Article 416, Part 2 of Ukraine’s Criminal Code, covering violations of flight, flight preparation or aircraft operation rules that resulted in a crash. Investigators examined the area, collected wreckage and are questioning witnesses and military perso...
Zelensky says Russia struck Zaporizhzhia with North Korean ballistic missiles, Zircons and guided aerial bombs, killing 6 people and injuring 19. A fire was still being extinguished at one impact site. In Kyiv, a missile strike damaged an infectious diseases hospital and businesses, while strikes on substations in Kherson and Kharkiv caused outages. More than 120 drones were launched across Ukrain...
Ukrainian forces reportedly also hit the Orsk Mechanical Plant, around 1,500 km from Ukraine, with footage showing fires in the industrial zone. The Rostec-linked plant supplies artillery cartridge cases and components for multiple-launch rocket systems.
Fire broke out at Rosneft’s Komsomolsk-on-Amur refinery in Khabarovsk Krai, around 6,500 km from Ukraine and far beyond demonstrated Ukrainian UAV strike ranges. Russia said auxiliary equipment ignited due to a technical failure and that the blaze was extinguished. No casualties were reported, fuel output continued at full volume, and there is no confirmation the incident resulted from a Ukrainian...
Zaporizhzhia under fire: 5 people were killed and at least 20 injured after Russia launched a combined strike with ballistic missiles and guided bombs. Four ballistic missiles hit Zaporizhzhia, while 6 struck Kyiv. Large fires and power outages were reported.
Kyiv Oblast and Zaporizhzhia were the main targets of Russia's overnight attack. Moscow launched Zircon and Iskander-M/KN-23 missiles plus 120 Shahed, Gerbera and decoy drones, most of them jet-powered. Ukraine's Air Force says 98 drones were downed or suppressed.
The 10/08/26 SitRep on Ukraine is ready: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/2087074784270000606.htmlNearly 700,000 people rely on our Ukraine war reporting across platforms, reaching over 800 million impressions per year. This reporting has no sponsors, no corporate backing, and no political funding. It exists because readers chose to support it.For nearly four years, we’ve delivered real-time, ve...
Canada imposed sanctions on defense manufacturer Streit Group under its Russia sanctions regime. Ottawa cited multiple credible reports confirming that Streit-made armored vehicles have been used by Rosgvardia, which is involved in Russia's war against Ukraine. Canada said the company has a history of supplying Russian entities with defense products and that the sanctions are intended to disrupt i...