Russia’s Defense Ministry posted a message showing Shahed-type drones with the message “Like a bolt from the blue,” adding: “This winter, you’ll get a ‘freeze.’” A threat of attacks during the coming winter.
Ukraine’s General Staff also confirmed a strike on the NOVATEK-Ust-Luga production and transshipment complex in Russia’s Leningrad region overnight. A fire was recorded and, according to preliminary information, two processing units were hit. The facility is used to fractionate and process stable gas condensate and has capacity of nearly 8 million tonnes of feedstock per year. The General Staff sa...
Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed strikes on seven Russian UAV-related targets on August 13 and overnight into August 14. Two ground relay stations used to control Geran/Gerbera attack drones were hit near Zaliznyi Port in Kherson region. Five UAV control points were also struck near Chasiv Yar, Zaliznyi Port, Volfinsky and Hordiivka in Kursk region, and Luhove in Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukraine’s SBU Alpha says its operators destroyed or damaged nearly 2,400 Russian vehicles, command-and-staff vehicles and special equipment over the past month. The unit says it systematically targets Russian transport on and far behind the front line to disrupt the movement of fuel, ammunition and personnel to occupation forces.
Exilenova+ satellite analysis indicates Ukraine’s August 10 strike disabled the CGFU-1 central gas fractionation unit at the Tobolsk-Neftekhim/SIBUR petrochemical complex. The unit processes around 3.8 million tonnes of feedstock annually, representing 51% of the plant’s capacity, and supplies material for downstream polymer production. The analysis assesses CGFU-1 as out of service for an indefin...
Ukraine will transfer destroyed Russian T-72 tanks to museums in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Denmark and the Netherlands. The government approved free transfers of captured and destroyed Russian equipment so it can be preserved abroad as evidence of Russia’s war against Ukraine.
Ukraine’s first jet-powered interceptor drones are undergoing combat testing as Russia gradually replaces conventional Shaheds with faster jet-powered variants, former Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov says. Several Ukrainian manufacturers have developed solutions. One interceptor uses a jet engine to reach more than 600 km/h and is now being tested in combat conditions, with Ukraine awaiting its ...
Zelensky said Russian attacks killed three people overnight, including a child. In Kramatorsk, an aerial bomb collapsed part of a 10-story building, killing one and injuring 16. A Shahed struck a home in Stepanivka, killing two, including a child, while five people were injured when a drone hit a nine-story building in Smila. Zelensky said Russia uses around 220 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine...
❗️Ukrainian serviceman and political commentator Kyrylo Sazonov claims HUR destroyed a Russian military train carrying North Korean KN-23/KN-24 ballistic missiles and ammunition on the Trans-Siberian Railway, more than 6,000 km from Ukraine. Sazonov says remotely controlled explosives were used against the tracks and train, triggering secondary detonations that destroyed the echelon and damaged th...
Russia’s Defense Ministry posted a message showing Shahed-type drones with the message “Like a bolt from the blue,” adding: “This winter, you’ll get a ‘freeze.’” A threat of attacks during the coming winter.
Ukrainian drones are attacking the Salavat oil refinery in Bashkortostan, Russia. Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat is a major refining and petrochemical complex with capacity of around 10 million tonnes of crude annually.
Exilenova+ analysis of Ukraine’s August 8 strike on the Syzran refinery says multiple stages of the plant’s refining chain were hit: AVT-5 and AVT-6 primary processing units, the 43-102 catalytic cracking unit, PGI-DIG/280 high-octane gasoline production, L-35/11-600 catalytic reforming and the KAS hydrocarbon-processing unit. A smokestack also collapsed onto L-35/11-600 after a drone hit, causing...
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces say Operation “Crimean Switch Off” has hit 240 energy nodes across occupied southern territories between July 1 and August 13, including 29 more in the latest wave. Targets included Balaklava Thermal Power Plant in Sevastopol, multiple 110 kV and 150 kV substations in occupied Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions, additional substations in Luhansk, and a gas distribut...
Fuel queues are again appearing across Russia. Footage from recent days shows lines at gas stations in Moscow, Tula, Orsk, Gelendzhik, Sochi and Adler, as well as occupied Crimea. Reports from the Moscow region say 95-octane gasoline is in short supply, after a brief period of stability.
Ukraine’s air defenses downed or suppressed 90 of 112 Russian drones launched overnight, including Shaheds, jet-powered variants, Gerberas, Banderol loitering munitions and Parodiya decoys. Strikes were recorded at 11 locations, with debris falling at 6 more. The attack remains ongoing.