# Narrative digest — 2026-08-02

Window: last 7 days · 278 on-topic items from openly state-affiliated outlets.

> Automated narrative matching is a hint for human interpretation — never a confirmed claim about any person or organisation.

## Narratives in circulation
- **Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians** — 190
- **‘Special military operation’ euphemism** — 35
- **War crimes & atrocities** — 25
- **donbas_liberation** — 15
- **‘Kyiv regime’ delegitimisation** — 12
- **Proxy-war / NATO-provocation framing** — 8
- **Manufactured doubt / both-sides** — 7
- **‘Nazi / denazification’ dehumanisation** — 6
- **Discrimination & hate** — 5
- **‘Collective West’ / Anglo-Saxon aggression** — 3
- **Mistreatment of Ukrainian refugees** — 1

## By outlet
- Euromaidan Press — 67
- RT — 52
- TASS — 43
- Ukrainska Pravda — 39
- Ukrinform — 38
- RIA — 18
- Ukrinform (UA) — 16
- Sputnik — 5

## Recent items
- [Russo-Ukrainian war, day 1621: Overnight strikes hit Russian airbase and refinery as a Russian drone crosses into NATO territory](https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/02/russo-ukrainian-war-day-1621) — Euromaidan Press · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [Teenage girl dies, two more children wounded after Ukraine drone attack in Belgorod Region](https://tass.com/defense/2168199) — TASS · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [Top stories that shaped the past week](https://www.rt.com/news/643772-top-stories-rt-weekly) — RT · Sun Aug 02 · _‘Nazi / denazification’ dehumanisation_
- [Number of people injured in repeated guided bomb strike on Zaporizhzhia rises to 21](https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4150392-number-of-people-injured-in-repeated-guided-bomb-strike-on-zaporizhzhia-rises-to-21.html) — Ukrinform · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [Daughter of Russian general may have been injured in Moscow restaurant explosion – media](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/02/8046943) — Ukrainska Pravda · Sun Aug 02 · _War crimes & atrocities_
- [Russian forces hit Zaporizhzhia with glide bombs, 11 injured](https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4150379-russian-forces-hit-zaporizhzhia-with-glide-bombs-11-injured.html) — Ukrinform · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [В Днепропетровской области ВС России нанесли удар по РЛС "Пеликан" ВСУ](https://ria.ru/20260802/minobrony-2108537358.html) — RIA · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [Russians attack Zaporizhzhia: one killed and 21 injured, high-rises damaged – photos, video](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/02/8046928) — Ukrainska Pravda · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [У Херсоні загарбники з дрона атакували автівку, є загибла та поранені](https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-regions/4150370-u-hersoni-zagarbniki-z-drona-atakuvali-avtivku-e-zagibla-ta-poraneni.html) — Ukrinform (UA) · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [На Полтавщині після російського обстрілу стався витік небезпечних хімікатів](https://www.ukrinform.ua/rubric-regions/4150367-na-poltavsini-pisla-rosijskogo-obstrilu-stavsa-vitik-nebezpecnih-himikativ.html) — Ukrinform (UA) · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [Russians strike Zaporizhzhia with glide bomb, two people killed](https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4150363-russians-strike-zaporizhzhia-with-glide-bomb-two-people-killed.html) — Ukrinform · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [Donbass Dome system thwarts nearly 140 Ukrainian drone attacks in past week](https://tass.com/defense/2168147) — TASS · Sun Aug 02 · _donbas_liberation, Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [Russian Shahed drones strike ports in Mykolaiv Oblast, damaging civilian vessels](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/02/8046927) — Ukrainska Pravda · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [15 civilians killed, 51 injured in Ukraine’s attacks on Energodar since late April](https://tass.com/emergencies/2168145) — TASS · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_
- [Nova Poshta hub destroyed in Russian strike on Kharkiv Oblast](https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/02/8046923) — Ukrainska Pravda · Sun Aug 02 · _Attacks on Ukrainians & civilians_