Russian-Ukrainian war

Russian drone strike on Odesa Oblast business kills one and wounds eight

A Russian drone strike on a business in Odesa district killed one person and wounded eight, Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said on Aug. 5.

5 August, 05:10 PM

Ammonia leak contained after Russian strike hits business in Kyiv district

An ammonia leak in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi district was contained after a large-scale Russian attack, and officials reported no risk of another leak, the State Environmental Inspectorate said on Aug. 5.

5 August, 02:20 PM

Kazakhstan bypasses Russia with Tengiz oil exports after Black Sea terminal attack

The Tengizchevroil consortium, or TCO, which operates Kazakhstan’s largest oil field, Tengiz, plans to ship 100,000 metric tons of oil through the Georgian port of Batumi in August, The Moscow Times reported.

5 August, 02:12 PM

Zaluzhnyi warns ‘war against cities’ will spread unless world responds

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, urged Ukraine’s partners to act after an overnight Russian attack killed 17 people in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, he wrote on social media on Aug. 5.

5 August, 12:53 PM

Russia escalates gas station attacks in Ukraine, damaging or destroying 200

Russia began deliberately targeting Ukrainian gas stations in October 2025, and by July 2026 it was damaging about 20 a week, an NV infographic shows.

5 August, 11:31 AM

Zelenskyy urges partners to send interceptors after Russian attack kills 17

Seventeen people were killed and 44 wounded in Russia’s overnight ballistic missile attack on Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Aug. 5.

5 August, 11:24 AM

Ukraine appears to strike Russian supermarket warehouse for first time

The Ukrainian military appears to have struck a Russian food distribution center for the first time after previously targeting oil refineries and Wildberries and Ozon logistics hubs, The Moscow Times reported on Aug. 4.

4 August, 06:31 PM

Escalation threatens Ukraine peace opening as Trump remains focused on Iran

U.S. President Donald Trump risks missing an opening to broker an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine as he focuses on Iran, Thomas Graham wrote in The New York Times.

4 August, 05:42 PM

Umerov appointment will not break Russia-Ukraine talks deadlock, analyst warns

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is “wrecking the Russian economy” while refusing to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, and Rustem Umerov’s appointment as head of Ukraine’s Foreign Intelligence Service will not change the situation, said Vadym Denysenko, a former Ukrainian lawmaker.

4 August, 04:52 PM

Up to 15,000 Russian companies close monthly as business conditions worsen

Between 12,000 and 15,000 companies have shut down in Russia each month for economic reasons since the start of 2026, roughly three times the monthly total in previous years, Kommersant reported.

4 August, 02:28 PM

Wildberries expands in Kazakhstan as drone attacks batter Russian warehouses

Russia’s largest online marketplace, Wildberries, is building two warehouse complexes in Kazakhstan covering a combined 260,000 square meters and plans to open them in the first quarter of 2027, The Moscow Times reported.

4 August, 12:42 PM

Ukrainian strikes drive Russian oil refining to lowest level since 2002

Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian oil facilities drove the country’s refinery throughput down to 3.6 million barrels a day in July, its lowest level since May 2002, Bloomberg reported on Aug. 3.

4 August, 10:19 AM

Russia strikes Kharkiv publisher, setting textbooks ablaze at warehouse

Russian forces attacked the Ranok publishing house in Kharkiv on Aug. 1, causing a warehouse fire that set textbooks ablaze, publishing house CEO Viktor Kruhlov said.

1 August, 05:32 PM

SBU drones strike three Russian refineries nearly 1,000 miles from Ukraine

Long-range drones operated by Ukraine’s SBU Security Service struck infrastructure at three oil refineries in Ufa, Russia, on Aug. 1, the agency reported.

1 August, 04:04 PM

Ukraine sinks sanctioned Rosatom container ship with sea drones, Zelenskyy confirms

The FESCO container ship Yanina sank in the Black Sea after an attack by Ukrainian sea drones, Rosatom CEO Alexey Likhachev said in a statement released by the Russian state corporation’s press service.

1 August, 02:39 PM

Ukraine braces for new Russian strikes as Drapatyi first briefs Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s new commander-in-chief, Mykhailo Drapatyi, gave his first battlefield briefing at a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief’s Staff, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on social media on July 31.

31 July, 05:54 PM

Russian forces advance as pressure builds on Slovyansk and Kramatorsk

Russian forces have advanced near Kalenyky in Kramatorsk district, Donetsk Oblast, the DeepState monitoring project reported on July 31.

31 July, 04:13 PM

Zelenskyy vows response after assassination attempt on Khartiia commander

Khartiia commander Ihor Obolienskyi was targeted in an assassination attempt, and the attacker and his accomplice were detained, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on July 31.

31 July, 04:01 PM

Kremlin plans to oust longtime Russian-installed Crimea chief Aksyonov — ATESH

Officials in Moscow have made a final decision to remove Sergei Aksyonov, the Russian-installed head of occupied Crimea who has held the post since 2014, and plan to blame him for a looming humanitarian catastrophe and failures to keep the peninsula supplied, the ATESH partisan movement reported on July 31.

31 July, 01:39 PM

Zelenskyy unveils asymmetric measures to counter Russian ballistic missile attacks

Ukraine has agreed on a set of decisions, technological steps and asymmetric measures intended to strengthen its defenses against Russian ballistic missiles, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on July 30.

30 July, 04:19 PM

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