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(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Iran is threatening to hit back after Ukraine struck its ships. Meanwhile, Ukrainian monitoring channels that help the Ukrainians track Russian drones and missiles carried information that soon Iran might attack Ukraine with ballistic missiles. The threat is real, but a ballistic strike on Ukraine is not confirmed. It follows Ukrainian long-range strikes on 25 and 26 July against vessels in the Caspian Sea, which President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy publicly confirmed , saying Ukraine hit ships used in military cargo shipments involving Iran, as well as a warship, according to Al Jazeera. Iran's Foreign Ministry accused Ukraine of attacking what it called a commercial vessel, said the strike killed one sailor and wounded others, called it an "act of aggression," and warned of "expanding the fire of war." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the attack "cannot go unanswered." But Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation, said there is no official data on any Iranian intent to strike Ukraine with ballistic missiles, while noting Tehran potentially has the weapons to do

Earlier in the day, Kiev claimed to have struck “military cargo shipments involving Iran” in the Caspian Sea At least one sailor was killed and another injured in a Ukrainian strike on a cargo vessel in the Caspian Sea, the Iranian Foreign Ministry has said, denouncing the attack as an act of aggression and warning of potential retaliation. The drone attack was publicized on Saturday by Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky, who bragged on X about achieving “very strong results with long‑range strikes in the Caspian Sea.” The strikes affected “vessels used in military cargo shipments involving Iran, as well as a warship,” Zelensky claimed on X. Tehran responded to the incident later in the day, confirming its commercial vessel came under the “Ukrainian regime’s attack” in the landlocked waterway. The strike killed one sailor aboard the vessel and wounded another one, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement without providing any details on the extent of the damage sustained by the ship. The ministry condemned the attack as an act of aggression that “risks further fueling and expanding the flames of war.” It urged other nations to t

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Ukraine's Defense Forces struck a major oil refinery, a strategic bomber airbase, a military fuel depot, and multiple drone-related facilities across Russia as part of an overnight campaign targeting the country's military and industrial infrastructure, Ukraine's General Staff reported on 2 August. The military said the operation was carried out overnight on 2 August as part of efforts to reduce Russia's military and economic potential to wage war against Ukraine. These long-range strikes are intended to disrupt fuel supplies, strategic aviation, drone operations, and logistics supporting Russia's invasion. The reported attacks are part of Ukraine's sustained campaign of deep strikes inside Russia, which has increasingly targeted oil refineries, fuel depots, airbases, ammunition storage sites, defense industry facilities, and drone infrastructure. These facilities directly support Russia's war effort and are therefore legitimate military targets. Saratov refinery and Engels airbase targeted According to the General Staff, Ukrainian forces struck the Saratov Oil Refinery in Russia's Saratov Oblast, causing a fir

The overnight barrage has also hit arms production and storage facilities, according to the Defense Ministry Russian forces carried out long-range strikes across Ukraine overnight, targeting airfields, defense industry facilities, telecommunications infrastructure and logistics hubs, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. The attacks struck targets in Kiev and Lviv, as well as in the regions of Ivano-Frankivsk, Zhitomir, Rovno, Vinnitsa and Dnepropetrovsk, the ministry announced on Thursday morning. According to Ukrainian media, around half of the Russian missiles and drones launched during the barrage were directed at western Ukraine. Metro stations in Kiev reportedly became overcrowded as residents sought shelter ahead of the expected attacks. The Russian military said the operation focused on facilities used to manufacture, store and deploy Ukrainian missiles and drones involved in long-range strikes against Russia. Three vessels suspected of transporting military cargo were also targeted, the ministry added. Read more Russian monk killed by US-made drone in Ukrainian attack – Russian Orthodox Church In a later update, the ministry listed the specific locations it had selected

The number of people injured in a Russian strike on the Novopillia hromada in the Kryvyi Rih district, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, has risen to nine, including two children. Six people have been confirmed dead. Source: Oleksandr Hanzha, Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "The number of people injured in the Russian attack on the Novopillia hromada in the Kryvyi Rih district has risen to nine." Details: According to Hanzha, six of those injured remain in hospital. Among those taken to hospital are boys aged 6 and 15, whose condition is assessed by doctors as moderate. Search and rescue operations are continuing at the strike site. Several people are still considered missing. Background: On the morning of 30 July, Russian forces launched a missile strike on the Novopillia hromada near Kryvyi Rih, destroying houses. The attack killed six people , including three children – a six-year-old girl and two boys aged 11 and 17. Earlier reports said eight people had been injured. Law enforcement officials also reported that several people are missing and that the identification of human remains found is underway. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon to help us

Twelve people, including five children, were killed when drones struck a hotel in Zaporozhye Region last week RT has visited survivors undergoing treatment at a hospital in the aftermath of a Ukrainian drone strike on a seaside resort in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region that killed 12 people, including five children. At least six drones struck a hotel in the town of Kirillovka on the Sea of Azov at around 1:30am last Saturday, while at least 53 vacationers were asleep inside. The popular holiday destination was considered safe, as it is located more than 100km from the nearest front line, and there are no military facilities in the vicinity. The explosions were so powerful that a young girl was decapitated. Her head was found at least 60 meters from her body, according to rescuers. In addition to those killed, 19 people were injured, including several children, many of whom remain in intensive care. Read more RT reports from aftermath of Ukrainian strike on Russian tourist resort (VIDEO) RT correspondent Roman Kosarev visited a hospital in the city of Melitopol and spoke with survivors of the attack. Natalia, whose husband was killed in the strike, said she did not remember much be

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Ukraine burned down a seventh of Russia's largest online retailer in a month. Over July, Ukrainian drones destroyed eight Wildberries warehouses with a total area of about 860,000 square meters, the independent Russian outlet Verstka calculated . President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has explained the strikes on the "Russian AliExpress" by saying that Moscow uses the platform to bring in sanctioned drone and navigation components. Ukraine's military command lists Wildberries among its long-range targets as a retailer that also moves non-lethal military gear. The single largest loss for the company was the warehouse in Elektrostal near Moscow, where a 250,000-square-meter facility burned after the 18 July attack, and one marketplace employee was killed. The strikes are Ukraine's answer to a Russian campaign that has spent months hitting the sorting centers and branches of Ukraine's own delivery companies, Nova Poshta and Ukrposhta. The tally, warehouse by warehouse Overall, Ukraine destroyed roughly 15.4% of the marketplace's storage space, totaling 5.6 million square meters, Verstka says. The outlet has buil

Kiev has argued that attacks on Wildberries undermine army drone deliveries – but in reality, they have only killed civilians and ruined small businesses Ukraine has escalated drone strikes inside Russia this month, with Kiev’s military strategists taking aim at Wildberries, the country’s largest online retailer, often dubbed Russia’s answer to Amazon. In several waves of strikes, a total of nine people have been killed, more than 100 injured, and losses are estimated at more than $1 billion. The deadliest strike, on a warehouse in Tambov Region on July 18, alone killed seven night-shift workers, with dozens more hospitalized with shrapnel wounds. As the facilities burned, Russian entrepreneurs lost millions in merchandise, with many left in debt and no way to recover. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky confirmed that Kiev has been deliberately targeting the warehouses, claiming that the facilities were being used “to supply sanctioned components for drone production and navigation equipment.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov denied that Wildberries warehouses were used to support the Russian military. In addition, the Ukrainian leader has failed to prov

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Ukrainian forces struck a parking area for Russian military fuel trucks in occupied Luhansk, according to the pro-Ukrainian partisan movement ATESH, which said its agent inside the Russian military reported the attack. The strike reportedly took place overnight on 22–23 July in the city’s Leninskyi district, hitting a location where five military fuel trucks were stationed before being sent to support Russia’s 15th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade operating in the Donetsk direction. ATESH is a partisan network operating in Russian-occupied territories and inside Russia. Founded in 2022, the group says it consists of Ukrainians, Crimean Tatars, and anti-war Russians who conduct sabotage operations, gather intelligence on Russian military activity, and pass information to Ukrainian forces. The group has previously claimed responsibility for identifying Russian military positions, tracking troop movements, and reporting information used in Ukrainian strikes. Partisan group says strike disrupted fuel supplies According to ATESH , the fuel trucks were destroyed or damaged before they could reach their intended desti

Kiev’s forces have systematically hunted Russian-speaking residents of the Donbass city, witnesses previously said A Ukrainian FPV drone struck a group of civilians as they were being evacuated from the Donbass city of Konstantinovka, wounding at least two people, according to footage provided by Russian troops from the South Group of Forces. The group consisted of five adults and two teenagers who were leaving a dangerous area when they were attacked, according to Zvezda TV. Soldiers from Russia’s 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade administered first aid to the wounded and continued the evacuation. “The target of the strike was not Russian military positions, but the civilians of Konstantinovka themselves,” RT Arabic war correspondent Maxim Toury reported on Monday evening. Footage provided by the Russian soldiers shows seven people walking out of the city when an FPV drone strikes the ground directly behind them, forcing the group to scatter as two people collapse. Shortly afterward, the two wounded civilians were helped into nearby bushes, where they received immediate medical assistance. Read more Donbass civilians recount being hunted by Ukrainian drones (

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Russia struck two Ukrainian cities hundreds of kilometers apart in daytime attacks on 26 July, hitting a supermarket and residential areas and killing civilians including a child , according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and local officials in Chernihiv and Zaporizhzhia. The local authorities reported deaths and more than a dozen wounded. Zelenskyy called the strikes deliberate terror with no military purpose and renewed his push for tougher sanctions on Moscow. Russian missiles, attack drones, and glide bombs strike Ukrainian cities away from the front, while Russian attacks of several kinds continue every day. The small drones have become the weapons that kill the most Ukrainian civilians than any other weapon, according to UN monitors. Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram that Russian forces keep "defeating" ordinary civilian objects, calling the Chernihiv strike an absolutely cynical drone attack on an ordinary supermarket. Meanwhile, Zaporizhzhia was struck by aerial bombs. "They hit people directly, with no military sense at all," he said. "This is deliberate Russian terror that has no military justification wh

Kiev has also launched another strike on e-commerce giant Wildberries A civilian woman was killed and a man injured after debris from an incoming Ukrainian missile struck an apartment building in the city of Taganrog, Rostov Region Governor Yury Slyusar has said. Kiev has intensified its long-range attacks on Russian cities as part of Vladimir Zelensky’s 40-day “pressure campaign,” which he announced last month. The latest strikes coincided with the Ukrainian leader’s visit to the US, where he met US President Donald Trump and attended the funeral of the late Senator Lindsey Graham, a vocal war hawk. Russian authorities ordered the evacuation of the damaged building in Taganrog, Slyusar said in an update on Wednesday morning. He added that the threat of further attacks remained in place. Earlier this week, a Ukrainian drone strike on a residential building in Rostov-on-Don killed five civilians, including a child. Read more Lindsey Graham’s Ukrainian birthday-gift drone meant ‘to kill Russians’ – Laura Loomer Overnight, Ukrainian forces also carried out their latest attack on Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries. The company said its fulfillment center in Ry

One person has been killed and eleven others injured, including several children, as a result of a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia on the morning of 25 July. Source : Ivan Fedorov, Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote : "As of now, nine people require medical assistance, including three children. Sadly, one woman has been killed." The aftermath of the Russian attack Photo: Ivan Fedorov on Telegram Details : Fedorov said one woman was rescued from under the rubble. The aftermath of the Russian attack Photo: Ivan Fedorov on Telegram At around 11:00, Fedorov reported a threat of guided aerial bomb strikes and potential ballistic missile attacks on Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding region. The aftermath of the Russian attack Photo: Ivan Fedorov on Telegram Shortly afterwards he added that the Russians had struck Zaporizhzhia. The aftermath of the Russian attack Photo: Ivan Fedorov on Telegram Fires broke out in the city and damage has been reported. Update: Fedorov later reported that the number of people injured has risen to 11. "People with blast injuries have been taken to medical facilities across the region. Medics are currently assessing each patie

UAVs damaged a multi-story apartment block in Engels and sparked a fire at a Wildberries hub in Samara Region, officials have said Two civilians have been killed and several wounded after a wave of Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Saratov Region in the central part of the country, local Governor Roman Busargin has said. In a post on Telegram on Sunday, Busargin said the UAVs targeted facilities in both Saratov and Engels, with drone wreckage claiming two lives as it tore into a multi-story apartment block in the latter city. He added that several people were injured in Saratov, with strikes also damaging “civilian infrastructure facilities.” The governor assured that the affected families would be given “all necessary assistance” and temporary housing while engineers assess the damage. Read more Why Ukraine’s strikes on Russia’s Amazon reek of war crimes Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that air defenses had intercepted and destroyed a total of 635 Ukrainian drones overnight across 16 regions — including Belgorod, Bryansk, Rostov, and Saratov, as well as Crimea and Moscow Region. Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said in the early morning th

Almost 30 houses and over 40 vehicles have been damaged in a Russian missile strike on a training ground in Kyiv Oblast, where an exhibition attended by weapons manufacturers was taking place. Source: Ruslan Oliinyk , acting Head of Kyiv Oblast Military Administration Quote: "As a result of the attack in the Bucha district, 27 houses and 44 vehicles were damaged." The aftermath of the Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine Details: Oliinyk added that efforts to deal with the aftermath of the Russian ballistic strike are ongoing. "All emergency services are working at the scene. All those injured are receiving the necessary medical assistance," he said. Background: It was previously reported that Russian forces struck Kyiv Oblast with missiles on the afternoon of 24 July. A training ground where a weapons exhibition was taking place was hit in the attack. Early reports indicated six deaths and dozens injured. Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko later reported that 10 people were killed and around 100 were injured . Two criminal proceedings have been opened over the attack: under Article 438 (violation of the laws and customs of war) and Article 367.

Four children were among the victims in what officials described as an attack deliberately targeting civilians during high season Twelve people have been killed as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on tourist resorts in Russia’s Zaporozhye Region. The strikes targeted bases in the village of Kirilovka in the Melitopol urban district. Among the dead were four children, according to Governor Evgeny Balitsky. In addition, 19 people have been injured, the governor added, including five children. Emergency services are working at the scene, and rescue operations are ongoing. “The enemy knew exactly who they were targeting and deliberately struck civilians,” Balitsky said in a statement on Max. “This is a blatant crime and a hallmark of the Ukrainian regime. Unable to confront us on equal terms, they instead target civilians – women and children.” He expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and pledged that “every possible form of assistance” would be provided to those injured in the attack, as well as to the victims’ relatives. Read more Six dead and dozens injured in Ukrainian strike on Russian industrial plant Ru