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(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Exclusives Ukraine’s Gen Z protested for their anti-corruption agencies last year. Now they’re protesting for one man . A leaderless crowd is reading the war more clearly than the command class that dismisses them—and letting one blogger tell them what it means. Russia’s weirdest armored vehicle was built to fight infantry. The infantry stopped coming . The Russians are building and restoring thousands of replacement tanks and fighting vehicles. But the unique BMP-T is fading away. In Kherson, the children still train under the drones . Russia has destroyed 221 of the city's sports venues. Its boxers, rowers, and chess players train in the basements beneath them—and still come home with medals. Individuals now drive nearly half of Ukraine’s bankruptcy cases . A “second chance” system Kyiv built for EU accession is reaching ordinary people—while Russia rewrites its own bankruptcy law to let the Kremlin choose who survives. An EU candidate’s port received 145 ships from occupied Ukraine in six months . As Tbilisi tilts toward Moscow, a would-be EU member is becoming a gateway for looted grain and goods the EU has

Two more girls, of seven and nine years of age, received shrapnel wounds and were taken to a hospital, the region’s acting governor, Alexander Shuvayev said

RT looks back at the week’s key topics, including the deepening FIFA crisis and the migrant invasion of Ceuta RT showcases its top five stories of the week and dives deeper into the topics that shaped the news over the past seven days. FIFA crisis as testament to US decline Read more Soccer’s crisis is really an end of the American world order In an opinion piece, foreign policy expert and historian Aleksandr Bobrov reflected on the ongoing FIFA crisis triggered by its controversial handling of the World Cup in the US. The tournament was marred by a series of scandals, including harsh treatment of national teams by immigration authorities, and the lifting of a ban on a US player following a call between President Donald Trump and FIFA President Gianni Infantino. Bobrov views the debacle as a manifestation of a broader US decline and Washington’s weakening grip on global institutions it can no longer fully control. The FIFA scandal has been further aggravated by Infantino’s botched attempt to sell to private investors stakes in a $20 billion subsidiary to run the World Cup. The plan met with an overwhelmingly negative reaction and was opposed by UEFA’s national ass

The number of people injured in a second Russian guided bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia has risen to 21.

Maria Chayko, daughter of Russian General Aleksandr Chayko, may have been injured in an explosion at the Balzi Rossi restaurant in central Moscow, according to Russian news outlet Verstka. Source: Verstka , a Russian media outlet Details: A source close to the restaurant's management told Verstka that Chayko was among those injured in the explosion. Details: Lists of those injured in the attack which were published by REN TV and 112 – Telegram channels linked to the Russian security services – include one "Maria P.", 25. She reportedly sustained an open traumatic brain injury. Verstka found that Maria Chayko, who is also 25, appears in leaked databases under the surname Peredriy. The entries for Chayko and Peredriy contain the same date of birth and address. Phone directories identify her as "fiancée" and "Maria Chayko". Peredriy is likely the surname of the general's son-in-law. The list of those injured also names a 27-year-old identified as "Danylo P.". According to leaked databases, he is likely Danylo Peredriy, who is also 27. One of Maria Chayko's accounts is among his friends on VK, a Russian social media platform. Verstka also reports, citing the latest information, that fi

Russian forces have carried out another strike on Zaporizhzhia using guided aerial bombs. Eleven people have been reported injured.

Two people have been killed and 21 injured as a result of two Russian guided aerial bomb strikes on Zaporizhzhia on the afternoon of 2 August. Apartment blocks and a residential area have been damaged. Source: Ivan Fedorov , Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration Quote: "One person has been killed and another is believed to be trapped under the rubble, according to early reports on the aftermath of the Russian attack on Zaporizhzhia. A Russian guided aerial bomb struck a residential area in the regional centre. The necessary emergency services are working at the scene." Details: Fedorov later reported that two people are receiving medical treatment for shock. At 17:16, he said that one person has been pulled from under the rubble and is being taken to hospital. Rescue workers later recovered the body of a person from under the rubble. Smoke after one of the Russian strikes on 2 August Photo: Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration At 17:53, Fedorov reported that Russian forces have launched yet another strike on Zaporizhzhia. Two people were injured. Apartment buildings, vehicles and warehouses were damaged as a result of the attack. The aftermath of the attack on

Вдень у неділю, 2 серпня, у Дніпровському районі Херсона російські війська з дрона атакували цивільне авто.

У Полтавській області унаслідок російського обстрілу на об’єкті критичної інфраструктури стався витік небезпечної хімічної речовини, рятувальники ліквідували загрозу

Two people were killed and two others were injured as a result of a Russian guided aerial bomb (KAB) strike on Zaporizhzhia on August 2.

Ukrainian troops tried to attack a power substation in Donetsk with the use of a FP-2 fixed-wing drone equipped, the Federal Security Service’s department for the Donetsk People’s Republic said

Russian forces launched two Shahed drone attacks on port infrastructure facilities in Mykolaiv Oblast on Sunday afternoon, damaging two civilian vessels. Source: Heorhii Reshetilov , acting Head of Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration Quote: "This afternoon, the enemy carried out two Shahed drone attacks on the port infrastructure in the Mykolaiv district. Two civilian vessels have been damaged. Early reports indicate that there were no casualties." Subscribe on Patreon to back our journalism long-term.

Five apartments were destroyed by fire, CEO of Russia’s state nuclear corporation Rosatom Alexey Likhachev said

A Nova Poshta postal hub in Kharkiv Oblast has been destroyed after being hit twice by Russian forces. Nova Poshta is Ukraine's largest private postal operator. Source: Nova Poshta press service Quote: "Sadly, an employee of our transport company has been killed in the enemy attack. We are in constant contact with the victim's family and are providing all the necessary assistance and support." Details: Nova Poshta's press service said the company has reorganised its logistics operations. Additional information about shipments is available through the tracking feature in the company's app. Background: On the night of 1-2 August, two Russian Shahed drones struck the largest warehouse operated by Ukrainian online retailer Rozetka in the city of Brovary, marking the second attack on the facility in less than 24 hours . Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon to help us keep reporting!

One person has been killed in a Russian strike on the outskirts of Kharkiv, which caused a fire at a postal hub. Source: Oleh Syniehubov , Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration Details: Containers and equipment at the postal hub caught fire. The fire has been contained. Law enforcement officers, medics and emergency services are continuing to search the site for possible casualties. Emergency services are continuing to deal with the aftermath of the attack. Background: Russian forces struck a warehouse used by the Ranok publishing house and the KnyhoLand bookstore chain in Kharkiv. Subscribe on Patreon to back our journalism long-term.

An airstrike on Sloviansk in the Donetsk region caused the destruction of about a dozen private houses and an administrative building. One person is known to have been injured.

(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

Wildberries CEO Tatyana Kim has been added to the Mirotvorets database amid Kiev’s claims her online retailer is aiding the Russian military Russia’s richest woman, Wildberries CEO Tatyana Kim, has been added to Ukraine’s notorious Mirotvorets ‘kill list’ amid Kiev’s claims that her company is aiding the Russian military. Kim is the founder, CEO and largest shareholder of Wildberries, Russia’s biggest online retailer, often dubbed the country’s Amazon. She launched the company from her Moscow apartment while on maternity leave, building it into a business operating in ten countries with gross merchandise turnover of about $77.3 billion in 2025. With an estimated net worth of more than $8 billion, Kim is Russia’s richest woman, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, and one of the country’s most influential business leaders. Kim’s entry appeared in the Mirotvorets database on Saturday, citing “public support for Russian malice.” The listing also describes her as “an accomplice in crimes against Ukraine and its citizens,” an “organizer of logistical support for Russian military units,&rd

Russia's Ministry of Defence claims that its air defence shot down 1,158 fixed-wing Ukrainian drones over the past day. Source: RBC , citing Russia's Ministry of Defence Details: The Russian ministry also claimed to have destroyed six guided aerial bombs and one HIMARS rocket. Background: On the night of 1-2 August, Ukraine's defence forces struck the Saratov oil refinery, the Engels airfield, a fuel depot in Kaluga Oblast and a number of other Russian military facilities. A fire broke out at a Wildberries logistics centre in the settlement of Novosemeikino in Russia's Samara Oblast following a drone attack. The company confirmed the fire and redirected the receiving and shipping of goods to other facilities. Your support on Patreon helps us keep the news free and accessible.

The US president said the outlines of a deal had been agreed that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and end what he called Iran’s nuclear threat US President Donald Trump has canceled a planned attack on Iran after saying the outlines of an agreement had been reached that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz and address what he described as Tehran’s “nuclear threat.” CBS News reported that the US and Israel had been preparing a major bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic’s energy infrastructure that could begin as early as the weekend. The network said the proposed operation, which it described as potentially one of the harshest campaigns against Iran to date, was expected to target power plants and oil refineries, while military officials also reportedly discussed cutting electricity across Tehran. In a post on Truth Social on Saturday, Trump wrote that despite the US being “locked and loaded” to strike Iran at “levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II,” he had agreed to requests from Tehran and Middle Eastern nations to hold off on the attack because the “parameters” of a deal had b

According to TV Channel 12, the compromise proposal implies that vessels entering the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz will stay in Iran’s territorial waters while vessels exiting the waterway will pass through Oman’s territorial waters

Two people were killed and four others were injured as a result of Russian shelling in the Donetsk region. The attacks also damaged infrastructure facilities, residential buildings, a hotel, and a shopping center.

Attack helicopters have come a long way during the Russia-Ukraine war. They have carried out daring supply missions to Ukrainian troops defending the Azovstal Steelworks, conducted the first strike on a Russian oil depot in Belgorod and gradually withdrawn from the front line before taking on a new role as an air defence asset against drones. Read this Ukrainska Pravda story to find out how drone warfare has transformed the role of attack helicopters and how the Ukrainian military and global defence companies envisage the future of military aviation. The twilight of the " flying tank " era: from Hostomel to tactical impasse In March 2026, the crew of a Ukrainian Navy Mi-8 destroyed 12 Russian Shahed loitering munitions over the sea in just three hours. Four years earlier, Russian Mi-8 helicopters had skimmed treetops on their way to Hostomel, just outside Kyiv, carrying paratroopers to establish an air bridge for the assault on the Ukrainian capital. Continue reading on Patreon

Russian drones hit two industrial facilities and a critical infrastructure site in the Poltava district on the morning of 2 August. Source: Vitalii Diakivnych , Head of Poltava Oblast Military Administration Details: The Russian attack caused temporary emergency power and gas outages. Experts are working to resume the supplies. As of 11:00, there was no information on any casualties. Background: One person was killed and another was injured in Russian drone attacks on settlements in the Zaporizhzhia district . Subscribe on Patreon to back our journalism long-term.

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

Donald Trump also stressed that the US is ready "to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran, at levels of Military Terror, Strength, and Power not seen since World War II"

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"); Exclusives Ukraine's Gen Z protested for their anti-corruption agencies last year. Now they're protesting for one man . A leaderless crowd is reading the war more clearly than the command class that dismisses them—and letting one blogger tell them what it means. Russia's weirdest armored vehicle was built to fight infantry. The infantry stopped coming . The Russians are building and restoring thousands of replacement tanks and fighting vehicles. But the unique BMP-T is fading away. In Kherson, the children still train under the drones . Russia has destroyed 221 of the city's sports venues. Its boxers, rowers, and chess players train in the basements beneath them—and still come home with medals. Individuals now drive nearly half of Ukraine's bankruptcy cases . A "second chance" system Kyiv built for EU accession is reaching ordinary people—while Russia rewrites its own bankruptcy law to let the Kremlin choose who survives. An EU candidate's port received 145 ships from occupied Ukraine in six months . As Tbilisi tilts toward Moscow, a would-be EU member is becoming a gateway for looted grain and goods the EU has

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Ukraine's drone force is killing most of its targets close to the front, not in the deep strikes that make headlines. In July, fighters of the Unmanned Systems Forces (SBS) struck 53,755 unique Russian targets, including 11,609 Russian personnel, SBS commander Major Robert "Madiar" Brovdi said on 1 August. The force killed a Russian soldier roughly every four minutes all month. "We destroyed 374 occupiers every day, a full assault complement of an enemy battalion every 24 hours, or one enemy every four minutes," Madiar said, per his own count of the month's work. The famous deep strikes are a small share The operations that make news are the smallest part of the total. Madiar noted that while the SBS is best known for deep strikes on Russian oil infrastructure (51 targets), the shadow fleet (206 targets), power nodes (166 targets), air defenses (35 targets), the blockade of Crimea (2,008 targets), and logistics centers (13 targets), the largest share of strikes falls on the line of contact. Almost all the work is at the front Some 95.1% of the targets hit were in the tactical depth, an average of 3.73 kilometer

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Russia is losing men faster than at any point this year. Russian occupation forces lost 42,860 personnel in July 2026, the highest monthly figure since the start of the year, Ukraine's General Staff reported on 1 August. The toll works out to roughly 1,380 Russian soldiers killed or wounded every day in July. Across the first seven months of 2026, Russian personnel losses reached 238,650, per the General Staff, the running cost of an offensive that has gained little ground. The monthly toll has climbed almost without pause The figures show a steady rise throughout the year. Russia's monthly losses ran from about 31,700 in January down to 26,100 in February, then climbed through the spring: roughly 32,000 in March, 33,000 in April, 33,800 in May, 39,300 in June, and 42,860 in July. After February, the line only goes up. Each month from March onward costs Russia more men than the one before, and July's total is more than a third higher than June's was just two months into that climb. The losses buy little ground The rising toll reflects how Russia fights, not how much it gains. Russia has spent 2026 pressing cost

Laura Loomer confronted infamous Azov Battalion founder Andrey Biletsky about its members “wearing a swastika” The commander of the notorious Ukrainian neo-Nazi Azov unit, Andrey ‘White Leader’ Biletsky, struggled to explain its SS-style insignia in an interview with American influencer Laura Loomer, eventually resorting to a comparison between Adolf Hitler and eating with a fork. This week, Loomer, who has cultivated close ties to US President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, was on a PR tour of Ukraine, which she insists doesn’t have a neo-Nazi problem. However, she confronted Biletsky about his unit members “wearing a swastika, carrying swastika flags, doing Hitler salutes” in what she described as a “bizarre” practice. She also pointed to Azov’s insignia, describing it as “identical to the Nazi Germany logos worn by SS agents.” The emblem is the exact copy of the Wolfsangel rune used by several Nazi military formations, including the 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich. Biletsky acknowledged that the insignia was “rather controversial” because of its resemblance to Nazi symbols, but insisted it was a histor

As the US steps back from Europe, the Russian threat offers Brussels a unifying cause – and Ukraine the army needed to sustain confrontation The term 'collective West', widely used in Russia, is rarely employed in the West itself, except perhaps when discussing Russian political thinking. What’s commonly heard, however, is the long-running debate over what the West actually is and that discussion has continued in philosophy and politics since at least the 18th century. The concept has never had a fixed definition, even among those who are supposedly part of it so instead, the West has usually been defined in opposition to something else. At different times, that “other” has been Byzantium and Eastern Orthodoxy, the Ottoman Empire and the Islamic world, or even Germany, which was once regarded by some as alien to the European spirit. Russia has frequently occupied the same role, albeit there have been periods when Russia was considered part of the Western community, but this generally happened when Western Europe’s great powers needed the support of a major ally against one of their own rivals, and once that purpose had been served, Russia was once again trea

У центрі Москви на Кудринській площі пролунав вибух у ресторані Balzi Rossi, який був закритий для проведення приватного банкету, ймовірно для святкування дня народження російського генерала.

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Russia killed a warehouse worker at Ukraine's largest online retailer with a guided jet-powered drone. On the morning of 1 August, Russia struck a Rozetka building where 270 people were working at the time with a jet-powered Shahed, targeting company employee Volodymyr Melnychenko and hospitalizing seven others, co-owner Iryna Chechotkina said . Hitting Rozetka extends a Russian pattern of striking the retail and delivery infrastructure that Ukrainians depend on. Russia has repeatedly struck the sorting centers of Nova Poshta and Ukrposhta, and now the warehouses of Ukraine's largest online store. The operator aimed at the parking lot The strike was guided and deliberate, not a stray. Presidential adviser Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov said the target was minibusses parked at the warehouse, which were hit by a jet-powered Geran-4 drone whose operator clearly saw where he was aiming, so there was no error in the strike. Beskrestnov says the warehouse itself was not the point The warehouse held nothing worth a missile, and Russia knew it, Beskrestnov stated. The expert, who has tracked Russia's drone tactics througho

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Russia killed a warehouse worker at Ukraine's largest online retailer with a guided jet-powered drone. On the morning of 1 August, Russia struck a Rozetka building where 270 people were working at the time with a jet-powered Shahed, targeting company employee Volodymyr Melnychenko and hospitalizing seven others, co-owner Iryna Chechotkina said . Hitting Rozetka extends a Russian pattern of striking the retail and delivery infrastructure that Ukrainians depend on. Russia has repeatedly struck the sorting centers of Nova Poshta and Ukrposhta, and now the warehouses of Ukraine's largest online store. The operator aimed at the parking lot The strike was guided and deliberate, not a stray. Presidential adviser Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov said the target was minibusses parked at the warehouse, which were hit by a jet-powered Geran-4 drone whose operator clearly saw where he was aiming, so there was no error in the strike. Beskrestnov says the warehouse itself was not the point The warehouse held nothing worth a missile, and Russia knew it, Beskrestnov stated. The expert, who has tracked Russia's drone tactics througho

In the Mykolaiv region, as a result of a Russian attack on a gas station, three people were injured, including one child.

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Ukraine's military intelligence destroyed a Russian patrol boat built from a design Russia stole from Ukraine . Overnight from 29 to 30 July 2026, drone operators of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) struck three high-value targets of the Russian occupation army in the south, the agency reported . The three strikes cost Russia more than $20 million in one night. HUR hit a Pantsir-S1 air-defense system in occupied Kherson Oblast, a Project 1100M "Sargan" patrol boat in Kerch, and a "Forpost" drone control station in Yevpatoria in occupied Crimea. Three targets, over $20 million The losses were expensive. The Pantsir-S1 is worth about $15 million, and the Sargan boat is worth about $6 million, according to HUR. The three targets share a purpose: they are the sensors, shooters, and patrol assets that let Russia hold occupied Crimea and the coast, a Pantsir to defend against air attack, a Forpost station to fly the drones that watch the sea, and the Sargan to patrol the waters around Kerch. The boat is a stolen Ukrainian design The Sargan carries a particular irony. It is a Ukrainian design: when Russia

In Vyshneve, Kyiv region, as a result of a Russian missile strike on a logistics center on the night of August 1, the warehouse of one of the largest board game publishers in Ukraine, Rozum — board games and educational products, which is part of the Factor Group of Companies — was completely destroyed.

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Ukraine is trying to win back the soldiers who walked away by giving them the choice of where to fight. The voluntary return program for service members who went absent without leave is expanding, and those who qualify can now choose from more than 70 units in the Armed Forces, the National Guard, or the State Special Transport Service, the Defense Ministry announce s. The expansion widens a program that answers Ukraine's deepest manpower problem. Soldiers can file a report to return through 20 September 2026, and the simplified program is open to service members whose unauthorized absence, known in Ukraine as SZCh, was recorded on or before 12 June 2026. The program is a response to a desertion crisis that has grown throughout the war. Some 51,000 Ukrainian soldiers left their units without leave in 2024, more than double the year before, with fatigue cited as a primary cause, bringing the cumulative total to more than 100,000. The root is a service without an end date: soldiers mobilized in 2022 have had no legal pathway home, and exhausted men have left anyway, chaotically, when the state would not release t

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); On 1 August, Russia burned the vehicles that rushed to Ukrainian civilians after its terrorist attacks. Russian forces hit the territory of Kyivmedspetstrans twice during their massive strike on Kyiv, and while the workers fortunately escaped injury, five ambulances burned down completely, the Kyiv City State Administration reported . The strike crippled part of the fleet that responds to exactly these attacks. The double strike on the ambulance depot was part of a combined attack that killed at least nine people across Kyiv. Kyivmedspetstrans is the municipal organization that operates the capital's ambulances and specialized emergency medical transport. The Russian strike partially destroyed four of its buildings while damaging several more premises. "Twenty vehicles that served the capital's healthcare facilities sustained significant damage," the Ukrainian authorities said. The barrage that hit the ambulances The strike on the medical depot came during one of the heaviest ballistic attacks on the capital of the summer. On the night of 1 August, Russian forces launched a combined strike using 35 missiles and

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); On 1 August, Russia burned the vehicles that rushed to Ukrainian civilians after its terrorist attacks. Russian forces hit the territory of Kyivmedspetstrans twice during their massive strike on Kyiv, and while the workers fortunately escaped injury, five ambulances burned down completely, the Kyiv City State Administration reported . The strike crippled part of the fleet that responds to exactly these attacks. The double strike on the ambulance depot was part of a combined attack that killed at least nine people across Kyiv. Kyivmedspetstrans is the municipal organization that operates the capital's ambulances and specialized emergency medical transport. The Russian strike partially destroyed four of its buildings while damaging several more premises. "Twenty vehicles that served the capital's healthcare facilities sustained significant damage," the Ukrainian authorities said. The barrage that hit the ambulances The strike on the medical depot came during one of the heaviest ballistic attacks on the capital of the summer. On the night of 1 August, Russian forces launched a combined strike using 35 missiles and

In Kherson, a woman was killed and seven other people were injured as a result of a Russian airstrike on the Central District.

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, two people were killed and 12 others were injured as a result of Russian attacks throughout the day on August 1.

The number of victims of a drone attack on a car in the Graivoronsky district increased to two

Emergency services in Kyiv have completed efforts to deal with the aftermath of Russia's overnight attack, with final figures confirming nine people killed and 33 injured. Source: State Emergency Service of Ukraine Aftermath of the attack on Kyiv Photo: State Emergency Service Quote: "Cleanup operations following the Russian attack on Kyiv have been completed. Sadly, nine people were killed. Another 33 were injured, including four children. A total of 105 people were rescued." Details: A total of 206 rescue workers and 42 pieces of equipment were involved in dealing with the aftermath of the attack. Background: On the night of 31 July-1 August, Russian forces launched a large-scale ballistic missile attack on Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, causing fires and destruction in five districts of the capital. Earlier reports confirmed nine were killed and more than 30 were injured. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that due to a shortage of Patriot interceptors, Ukraine's air defence managed to shoot down only one of 27 Russian ballistic missiles , and urged partners to provide additional anti-ballistic systems. Your support on Patreon helps us keep the news free and accessible.

У Дніпропетровській області упродовж дня 1 серпня внаслідок російських атак двоє людей загинули, ще 12 постраждали.

In Kherson, a woman was killed and five other people were injured as a result of a Russian airstrike on the Central District.

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Ukraine sank a Russian ship and set three refineries on fire deep inside Russia. Ukrainian midstrikes hit targets in the Black and Azov seas, sinking the sanctioned Russian container ship Yanina, and struck the refineries in Bashkortostan nearly 1,600 kilometers away, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on 1 August. Yanina is a Russian-flagged container ship with a capacity of more than 100,000 tons, which, "thanks to the accuracy of our Defense Forces, went to the bottom," Zelenskyy stated. The three Russian oil refineries process millions of tons of oil per year. "We continue our just pressure. The plan of long-range sanctions is being carried out step by step," he said, framing the strikes as the deliberate targeting of the objects that sustain Russia's war. The strikes answer the Kyiv barrage in kind Zelenskyy tied the counterstrikes directly to attacks on Ukraine, such as the Kyiv ballistic strike hours earlier, casting them as returning the war to Russia. Ukraine's soldiers "return the war to Russia and respond to its strikes against life," he said, thanking them for their accuracy, and describi

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Russia fired 27 ballistic missiles at Kyiv on 1 August, and Ukraine could stop only one. A massive overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed at least nine people, damaged the Lithuanian embassy, and destroyed part of the city's ambulance fleet, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko . President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine has run out of interceptors for its Patriot systems. Meanwhile, Russia continues to target Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Poltava oblasts. The interceptor shortage is now measured in bodies During the attack, Ukraine's air defenders could engage the drones and the eight non-ballistic missiles, but against 27 ballistic missiles, the weapons, except for the Patriot, could not reliably stop them; they had almost nothing to fire. "Every package of ballistic missile interceptors saves the lives of our people . Every night without them results in more casualties ," Zelenskyy said. This is the concrete form of a shortage that has run through Ukraine's diplomacy all summer, the 40% ballistic-interception rate in June now fallen closer to zero as stocks

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Russia fired 27 ballistic missiles at Kyiv on 1 August, and Ukraine could stop only one. A massive overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv killed at least nine people, damaged the Lithuanian embassy, and destroyed part of the city's ambulance fleet, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko . President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Ukraine has run out of interceptors for its Patriot systems. Meanwhile, Russia continues to target Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Poltava oblasts. The interceptor shortage is now measured in bodies During the attack, Ukraine's air defenders could engage the drones and the eight non-ballistic missiles, but against 27 ballistic missiles, the weapons, except for the Patriot, could not reliably stop them; they had almost nothing to fire. "Every package of ballistic missile interceptors saves the lives of our people . Every night without them results in more casualties ," Zelenskyy said. This is the concrete form of a shortage that has run through Ukraine's diplomacy all summer, the 40% ballistic-interception rate in June now fallen closer to zero as stocks

Local officials in Lower Saxony are blocking AfD candidates from running, using intelligence reports instead of courts or due process. Today’s Germany is a grim, unhappy place. Thirty-six years after West Germany’s take-over of the former East Germany (polite term: re-unification), which was supposed to herald a golden age of national fulfilment, citizens are in a very foul mood. According to Ipsos, one of Germany’s go-to pollsters, their morale is at a “ historic nadir ,” and they are “losing confidence about the country’s future.” As of last month, fear of poverty and inequality was “ clearly increasing ,” with 37 percent of all respondents picking it as their number-one angst, followed by “migration” (31 percent), “inflation” (30 percent), worries over the healthcare system (26 percent) and “criminality and violence” (25 percent). Note that all top five anxieties focus on what is going wrong at home. That doesn’t mean, though, that Germans are optimistic about the world or Germany’s place in it: 24 percent of the Ipsos poll respondents fear “military conflicts betwee

Russian forces have attacked a warehouse used by the Ranok publishing house and the KnyhoLend chain of bookshops in Kharkiv. Source: Viktor Kruhlov , General Director of Ranok; Ihor Zarudko, Director of KnyhoLend , on social media; book media outlet Chytomo Details: The strike on the warehouse caused a fire, and Ranok's textbooks caught fire, Kruhlov said. Chytomo reports that the warehouse also stored books from other publishers within the RNK-Ranok group of companies: Fabula, Zhorzh, Shche Odnu Storinku, Readberry, Korali Books, Varvar and others. Books destroyed in the Russian attack on a warehouse Photo: Chytomo Following the strike on the warehouse, KnyhoLend has temporarily stopped accepting orders on its website. The chain used this warehouse to store books and dispatch online orders. KnyhoLend's physical bookshops continue to operate. Background: In 2025, Ukraine registered 117 new companies and sole proprietors whose main activity is book publishing – the highest number recorded in the past five years. Subscribe on Patreon to back our journalism long-term.

Russian forces attacked a minibus in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, injuring seven people, including a 16-year-old teenager. Two people are in a serious condition. Source: Ivan Vyhivskyi, Minister of Internal Affairs, reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs ; Oleksandr Hanzha , Head of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration Quote from Vyhivskyi: "An hour ago, a Russian FPV drone struck a minibus carrying passengers. A deliberate and cynical strike on civilians. As of now, seven people are known to have been injured, including a 16-year-old young man." Details: Emergency workers and police evacuated the injured from the danger zone and took them to a medical facility. Early reports indicate that two people are in a serious condition. Oleksandr Hanzha added that the incident took place in the Chervonohryhorivka hromada in the Nikopol district. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.] Subscribe on Patreon to back our journalism long-term.

Two young children, a 12-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother, were injured in a Russian drone attack in the Odesa region.

Three people have been reported injured in a Russian drone attack on an apartment block in central Odes a. Two children have also been injured in Odesa Oblast as a result of a Russian strike. Source: Oleh Kiper , Head of Odesa Oblast Military Administration The apartment block attacked in Odesa Photo: Odesa Oblast Military Administration Details: At around midday, Kiper said that based on early report s, one of the Russian drones hit an apartment block in central Odesa. He later reported that three people have been injured: a 28-year-old man and an 18-year-old man, who were taken to hospital, and a 30-year-old man, who was treated at the scene. In the Podilsk district of Odesa Oblast, two young children were injured in a Russian drone attack: a 12-year-old girl and her six-year-old brother. Both children were taken to the regional children's hospital with shrapnel injuries. Doctors describe the girl's condition as serious and the boy's as moderate. Subscribe on Patreon to back our journalism long-term.

(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push(["_mgc.load"])})(window,"_mgq"); Friday evening, 19:00, they met again. The crowd wasn't uniform: students, pensioners, whole families who'd come with small children, couples. A five-year-old girl in fluffy earmuffs held her own cardboard protest sign. A few soldiers among them. Several hundred people, loose across the steps beneath the Shevchenko monument, the poet's bronze hand open above them. The mood was quiet, more communion than fury, people just standing together in the fading light. The signs were as diverse as the attendees. One sign, in green marker with a row of red hearts, read "Mykhailo Vasyliovych, we believe in you!!!" Another, block letters on brown card: "Fedorov is our Minister of Defense." A third, held high near the scaffolding: "Fedorov, minister of victory." The child's placard read simply: "My first placard." "Fedorov is our defense minister!" Protesters demand Mykhailo Fedorov is reinstated as defense minister in Lviv. Photo: Solomia Stanovych Protests like this have been ongoing in cities across Ukraine since 16 July, amid President Zelenskyy's Cabinet shakeup that had the popular defense minister fired . Participants

The number of people injured in the Russian attack on Kyiv overnight has risen to 33, while nine people were killed.