‘This is where democracy beats totalitarianism’: Ukraine’s drone strike force takes the fight to Russia

Exclusive: At a launch site in the Ukrainian countryside, members of the elite ‘Magyar’s Birds’ brigade are turning Russia’s vast size into a weakness Sparrows were cheeping as the sun set over a field of tall yellow sunflowers when a moped-like growl suddenly disturbed the evening calm. The noise rose, dipped, and rose again. Lt Col Ray – a Ukrainian commander with the 414th aviation brigade – took cover in a leafy ditch. Seconds later a Ukrainian drone roared into a mauve sky. It jerked upw...

By Luke Harding in Ukraine; photographs and video by Alessio Mamo

Ukrainian farmers use temporary storage to revive grain exports

Russian attacks disrupt Black Sea exports, forcing Ukrainian farmers to use temporary grain storage.

Two killed and three injured in Russian attacks on Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Two people have been killed and three others injured in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as a result of Russian strikes on Sunday.

By KATERYNA TYSHCHENKO

Ukraine hits targets deep inside Russia, killing eight

Ukrainian drone strikes inside Russia killed eight people overnight in attacks that targeted military and civilian infrastructure. Russia said Moscow's forces downed 635 drones in the assault.

Ukrainian drone strikes kill 2 in Russia, hit another Wildberries warehouse

Ukrainian drone strikes killed at ⁠least two people in ⁠Russian regions along the ⁠Volga River overnight, hitting targets including a warehouse belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, regional officials said on Sunday. Russia’s Defence Ministry said it had downed ‌635 Ukrainian drones during the night. Kyiv’s drones attacked a Wildberries warehouse in the Samara region, around 800km (500 miles) from Ukraine’s most advanced military positions inside Ukrainian territory it...

By Reuters

Ukrainian drone strikes kill at least five in Russia, set another Wildberries warehouse ablaze

Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least five people across Russia overnight into Sunday, hitting industrial sites and another warehouse belonging to e-commerce giant Wildberries as Kyiv pressed its long-range campaign to disrupt Moscow's economy while Russia continued its own attacks on Ukraine.

By FRANCE 24

After Trump walks back pledge to give Ukraine Patriot license, Russian attacks kill nine people

Only one Russian ballistic missile was intercepted overnight on Friday, Zelensky said, “simply because there are no interceptors for the Patriot systems.”

Ukrainian drones kill two in Russia, strike Wildberries warehouse, governors say

Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least two people in regions along Russia’s Volga River overnight, hitting targets including a warehouse belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, regional officials said on Sunday. Russia’s Defence Ministry said it had downed 635 Ukrainian drones during the night. Kyiv’s drones attacked a Wildberries warehouse in the Samara region, […]

Огромен облак од чад над руските градови по новиот бран украински напади (ВИДЕО)

⚡️Drones attacked Engels and the Saratov Oil Refinery in russia💥 According to preliminary reports from OSINT channels, the local oil refinery was hit. Drones also targeted the military airbase near Engels. The Engels-2 airbase is used by russia’s military aviation to launch… pic.twitter.com/m6DvtM7py7 — BLYSKAVKA (@blyskavka_ua) August 2, 2026 Жителите на Саратов и Енгелс пријавиле […] The post Огромен облак од чад над руските градови по новиот бран украински напади (ВИДЕО) appeared first on...

By Dubravka

Russian attacks kill 6, injure over 80 in Ukraine over past day - The Kyiv Independent

Russian attacks kill 6, injure over 80 in Ukraine over past day  The Kyiv Independent

Russia Confirms It Has Attacked Over 80 Vessels In The Black Sea In July Alone

Russia Confirms It Has Attacked Over 80 Vessels In The Black Sea In July Alone We've been detailing the escalating 'southern front' war in the Black and Caspian Seas, as Russia and Ukraine take aim at each other's maritime and energy and cargo transit and trade. Ukraine's Black Sea ports, such as at Odessa, had by and large not been focus of large-scale Russian strikes in the opening years of the war, but it seems this is fast changing. Also, the cargo going in and out of pla...

By Tyler Durden

Hazardous chemical leak in Poltava region following Russian strike

A hazardous chemical leaked from damaged containers at a critical infrastructure facility in Poltava region following a Russian strike, and rescuers eliminated the threat.