Ukraine can now strike targets more than 2,000 km away, HUR chief Oleh Ivashchenko said. He described Ukrainian strikes on Russia as "very critical," saying they force production shutdowns, repairs, logistics changes and air defense redeployments. Ivashchenko said Ukraine targets energy infrastructure supplying Russian forces, logistics hubs and facilities supporting Russia's defense industry, wit...
Zelensky confirmed Ukrainian long-range strikes on oil refineries in Russia's Ryazan and Perm regions and Tatarstan, describing them as a response to Russian strikes on Ukraine. Ukrainian forces also hit a storage and launch site for attack drones in the Kursk region and another target in the Black Sea.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Putin proposed in 2024 that the war should end in a way that ensures there is "no more Nazism in Europe," claiming it has again spread its "metastases." Lavrov accused Ukraine's government of honoring the remains of "Nazi criminals" and argued that leaving it in power would mean "betraying those who defeated Nazism in 1945," repeating Moscow's rhetoric a...
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❗️Ukrainian special services eliminated Oleg Shutov in Russian-occupied Donetsk on July 27, sources told LB. Shutov was identified as the operative who planted the bomb that killed HUR Major General Maksym Shapoval in Kyiv in 2017 and was also linked to the killing of SBU Colonel Oleksandr Kharaberiush in Mariupol. Ukrainian operatives planted an explosive device in Shutov's Subaru and detonated i...
❗️China asked Ukraine to refrain from launching attacks on Vladivostok while Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang attended the Eastern Economic Forum, sources familiar with the matter told Kyodo. Beijing's request was intended to ensure the safety of the Chinese delegation led by Ding, the No. 6-ranked member of the Communist Party's Politburo Standing Committee. Ukraine reportedly promised not to a...
Brigadier General Andrii Biletskyi rejected Putin's claim about Sviatohirsk, recording a video from the city center with the Sviatohirsk Lavra behind him. Biletskyi said the 60th Mechanized Brigade of Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps fully controls the city and described Sviatohirsk as effectively a Ukrainian rear area. Addressing Russia's military and political leadership, he told them to stop "looking l...
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright blamed Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries as the "single biggest" factor behind record US diesel prices of $5.85 per gallon. He said Russia, once a major diesel exporter, has banned diesel exports and is now importing gasoline. Wright also blamed lower Chinese diesel exports, refinery closures and Democratic policies, while saying the Trump administration is w...
Former Epicentr, now called Galaktika, hypermarket in occupied Mariupol is on fire. The cause of the fire is unclear.
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Ukraine says air defenses downed or suppressed 71 of 92 Russian drones launched overnight, including Shahed, Gerbera, Parodiya decoys and S8000 Banderol systems. Hits were recorded at 12 locations, with debris falling at one. As of 09:00, Russian drones remained in Ukrainian airspace.
Damage confirmation from the Adler oil depot in Sochi shows storage tanks that burned for two days following the strike. The same damaged tanks are now believed to have likely triggered the renewed fire at the facility.
Ukrainian drones are operating over Perm, Russia. One video shows Russian air defenses failing to intercept a drone. Separate footage shows another Ukrainian drone, apparently affected by electronic warfare, losing control and crashing into a nearby building.
The oil depot in Sochi was hit again overnight. The same facility had already been targeted by Ukrainian drones in an earlier attack that inflicted significant damage on the site.
❗️Ukraine has received and deployed its first RCH 155 self-propelled howitzer, according to an independent confirmation by GAU after years of delivery delays. Germany has ordered 54 RCH 155s for Ukraine in three batches of 18, worth EUR890 million. The highly automated 155mm/L52 system carries 30 rounds, can engage targets at ranges of up to about 70 km depending on ammunition and is capable of fi...