Zelensky said Ukraine will prioritize destroying Russian ballistic missile launchers to reduce the number of strikes on the country. He called this strategically important and said Ukrainian forces know which enemy launchers must be targeted. Kyiv is also developing its own air defense system and working with partners to increase supplies of anti-ballistic interceptors. #Ukraine
Zelensky added that reduced deliveries of anti-ballistic missiles may be intended to pressure Ukraine into being more accommodating. He said partners officially attributed the cuts to fighting in the Middle East, but argued that political motives may also be involved. #Ukraine
❗️Bloomberg reports that former European and Russian officials held informal talks in Vienna last month on possible terms for peace in Ukraine. Participants included former UK national security adviser Tim Barrow, former German state secretary Markus Ederer and French diplomat Pierre Vimont. The Swiss-based Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue organized the meeting. Germany said the talks were not held on Berlin's behalf. #Ukraine
❗️Russia is increasingly using S-300/S-400 air defense missiles in ground-attack roles, creating fast ballistic-like threats that are difficult to intercept. According to Ukrainian intelligence cited in the analysis, Russia produced around 200 converted RM-48U missiles in 2025 and plans to manufacture more than 480 in 2026. The missiles are less accurate than Iskanders but increase the number of high-speed targets Ukraine must defend against. #Ukraine
Valerii Markus, reportedly under consideration to become chief sergeant of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, is a combat veteran and former chief master sergeant of the 47th Mechanized Brigade. He was closely involved in recruitment, unit culture, training standards and efforts to give NCOs greater authority. Markus left the brigade’s senior sergeant post in 2023 after publicly citing command and reform disagreements, and has since remained a vocal critic of Soviet-style military management. #Ukraine
Sweden's Supreme Court upheld the transfer to Ukraine of Caffa, a Russian shadow-fleet vessel accused of transporting grain from occupied Ukrainian territory. Swedish authorities detained the ship on March 6. In June, a court seized it at Ukraine's request as part of a Russian war-crimes investigation, a first for Sweden. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry called the ruling an important accountability precedent. #Ukraine
Russian sources indicate the officer buried under secrecy in Moscow was Lt. Gen. Igor Feliksovich Yerusalimov. A neighborhood notice announcing his funeral has circulated online. Yerusalimov may have been among those affected during an incident at a Moscow restaurant attended by Russian Aerospace Forces commander Alexander Chaiko. #Russia
❗️Fire Point co-owner and chief designer Denys Shtilierman says the first international integration track for Freyja is complete. Freyja is a European missile-defense project centered on the FP-7.x interceptor, intended as a lower-cost Patriot alternative for scalable production. #Ukraine
Listening to a youtube show on war.
"Recently Ukrainian president Zelensky sacked his defence minister AND his Chief of the Army. For more on what this means for Ukraine, I spoke to a Russia expert (insert name here)".
It's so subtle no one in the comments even noticed it.
Drone Attack in Leipzig & Assassination Attempt on Donaustahl CEO.
Chancellor, what now?
On August 5, 2026, police at Leipzig/Halle Airport discovered a drone equipped with an explosive device and a faulty detonator in the immediate vicinity of Ukrainian Antonov cargo planes. Air traffic was temporarily halted. Authorities are classifying the incident as a potential politically motivated attack and have not ruled out Russian involvement.
At the same time, it was revealed that Russian intelligence services had plotted an assassination attempt against Stefan Thumann, CEO of the drone manufacturer Donaustahl (a supplier to Ukraine). Two recruited agents had been monitoring him for months; the attack was thwarted just in time.
Despite these clear attacks on German soil, Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s response has so far been inconsequential. There have been no tangible countermeasures.
He is the wrong Chancellor for wartime—already the second one following the Scholz disaster.
It’s remarkable how easily they slip between “it’s not cancel culture, it’s holding others accountable” and “I can’t be held accountable for the people I decide to associate with.”
🇸🇪🇺🇦 Sweden's Supreme Court has ruled to hand over the Russian shadow fleet vessel Caffa to Ukraine.
The ship was used to illegally export grain out of occupied Sevastopol.
Thank you Sweden!
Michael Clarke: Last night, Ukraine attacked a Wildberries warehouse in Tula region. This was 14th of 15 biggest Wildberries warehouses.
Wildberries now suffered attacks, destruction, or damage to 60% of its warehousing capacity.
It's cost them $3 billion worth of stock so far. Wildberries is also most indebted company in whole of Russia.
It's carrying about $10 billion worth of debt. Most of that debt is held by state-sponsored, state-directed VTB Bank.
Thinking in Kyiv seems to be that if they can bring down Wildberries, maybe they can bring down VTB Bank.
To start crisis throughout banking sector in Russia, and make Russian economy even more fragile.
And also to make it difficult for Putin to draw from it the war material that he wants.
It was 20 years ago when I was first asked if Putin would be a good chess player. No, is still my reply, but he's good at poker. He excels at reading weakness and bluffing weak people, and he's found no shortage of such opponents in Europe. My latest: https://t.co/zY4fn8Qttr
Q: Is there any chance of Trump administration giving Ukraine PAC-3 missiles?
SEN. COONS: Chance? Yes. Am I confident they will? No. Because every time Trump suddenly becomes persuaded that maybe we should side with Ukraine, he has a call with Putin, and changes his mind again.
Brig. Gen. Serhii Sobko has reportedly become acting deputy commander-in-chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, with final approval still pending. Several sources confirmed the appointment. Sobko previously served as chief of staff of the Territorial Defense Forces and studied at the US Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. #Ukraine
German intelligence services disrupted a Russian assassination plot on Stefan Thumann the CEO of Donaustahl a large drone manufacturing company which supplies Ukraine with vast amounts of drones he has been placed under increased protection.
What...
The barbarity is on a different level. They hunted Syrians for sport in Aleppo. They hunt Ukrainians for sport in Kherson. They treat human beings like video game targets. Like animals.
There's no path of redemption for Moscow. It is spiritually dead.