Oil refinery, strategic airbase, and drone facilities: Overnight strikes hit key pillars of Russia’s war effort

The reported strikes hit the Engels airbase, the Saratov oil refinery, and other military infrastructure supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/02/engels-and-saratov-hit-in-latest-deep-strike-campaign/

#WarOfAggression #Ukraine #drone #OilRefinery #Saratov #airbase #Engels #sanctions #occupied #warfare #army #war #Russia #DeepStrike #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
#перемогаYкраїни

#Trump backtracked on Friday from a promise to let #Ukraine make Patriot missiles, a sorely needed #defense interceptor against #Russia’s deadly ballistic missile attacks.

On July 8, Trump had unexpectedly assented to sharing technology behind the missiles to allow Ukraine to build them, saying that “we’ll give them the right to make Patriots” during a meeting with President #Zelensky on the sidelines of the #NATO summit. He added: “We’ll show them how to do it.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/us/politics/trump-ukraine-patriot-missiles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

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Another Wildberries Hub Destroyed! Novosemeykino in Samara. One of Russia's Biggest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp-EY4P52IE

#Suchomimus #Video
#WarOfAggression #Ukraine #drone #Samara #Novosemeykino #sanctions #occupied #warfare #army #war #Russia #DeepStrike #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
#перемогаYкраїни

Since the Ukrainian army now has the capability to carry out such attacks, this winter will likely hit not only Moscow but also St. Petersburg and other major cities in Russia hard.

I’m hoping for the best and wish Ukraine every success!

The Kremlin Is Secretly Preparing For A Major Blackout In Moscow

https://charter97.org/en/news/2026/8/2/693292/

#WarOfAggression #Ukraine #drone #AirDefense #Radar #Blackout #Moscow #sanctions #occupied #warfare #army #war #Russia #DeepStrike #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
#перемогаYкраїни

At least 3 dead & 21 injured in #bomb attack at upscale #Moscow restaurant

A homemade bomb exploded at a restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday, killing 2 people & the woman suspected of carrying the device, & injuring 21 others, acc/to state news agency RIA Novosti, which cited #Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/01/europe/moscow-explosion-restaurant-latam-intl

Ukrainian Drones Destroy 8 Russian Radar and Air Defense Sites

In brief: The 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) of Ukraine reported executing pinpoint strikes more than 270 kilometers deep into the Russian Krasnodar Krai, destroying eight critical aerial surveillance and defense assets. The targets included a TOR-M2 surface-to-air missile system and various radar stations, including Nebo, Gamma, and Kasta systems, located across Yeysk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Kamyshevatskaya, Pryhybskyy, and Shabelskoye

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/81567

#WarOfAggression #Ukraine #drone #AirDefense #Radar #Krasnodar #sanctions #occupied #warfare #army #war #Russia #DeepStrike #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
#перемогаYкраїни

Ukrainian drones hit 13 more energy facilities, causing a blackout for Russian forces

The operation has been ongoing for more than a month, with the number of targets hit continuing to rise

https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukrainian-drones-hit-13-more-energy-facilities-1785674069.html

#WarOfAggression #Ukraine #drone #blackout #energy #Crimea #Donetsk #Zaporizhzhia #Kherson #Mariupol #occupied #warfare #army #war #Russia #DeepStrike #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
#перемогаYкраїни

Oil refinery, strategic airbase, and drone facilities: Overnight strikes hit key pillars of Russia’s war effort

The reported strikes hit the Engels airbase, the Saratov oil refinery, and other military infrastructure supporting Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/02/engels-and-saratov-hit-in-latest-deep-strike-campaign/

#WarOfAggression #Ukraine #drone #OilRefinery #Saratov #airbase #Engels #sanctions #occupied #warfare #army #war #Russia #DeepStrike #WarCriminal #invaders #occupiers
#перемогаYкраїни

An unidentified woman attempted to enter Balzi Rossi restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square carrying what authorities believe was an IED, the committee said. A security guard stopped her from entering before the device exploded, killing the woman & the guard. A restaurant customer was also killed.

#Russia #Moscow #bomb

At least 3 dead & 21 injured in #bomb attack at upscale #Moscow restaurant

A homemade bomb exploded at a restaurant in central Moscow on Saturday, killing 2 people & the woman suspected of carrying the device, & injuring 21 others, acc/to state news agency RIA Novosti, which cited #Russia’s National Anti-Terrorism Committee.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/01/europe/moscow-explosion-restaurant-latam-intl

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pitched President Donald Trump and other American officials on helping Ukraine win permission from tech titan Elon Musk to use his Starlink satellite communications system to guide strikes inside Russia.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ukraine-zelenskyy-starlink-musk-778ba3f2917298cd3b1af169d1427efc

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #Musk #Starlink

Hours after #Trump spoke, the latest wave of #Russia’s ballistic missiles struck #Kyiv, killing at least 9 people & injuring 28, Ukrainian officials said.

…An agreement to allow #Ukraine to build the Patriot missiles would require the US government to share its defense technology & for the defense firms that build the systems, including Raytheon & Lockheed Martin, to work with the Ukrainians to manufacture the weapons. Such a project could take months or years….

#geopolitics #StandWithUkraine

When asked about the agreement during a meeting with his cabinet Friday, #Trump said “we have not agreed to that,” suggesting that he had changed his mind because “it is a hard thing to give away that kind of technology” & because of the risk that “those people you give the technology, they could someday turn on you.”

“You look at war, it has happened a couple of times over the years,” Trump said. “So we have to be very careful. We guard that.”

#Ukraine #Russia #geopolitics #StandWithUkraine

#Trump backtracked on Friday from a promise to let #Ukraine make Patriot missiles, a sorely needed #defense interceptor against #Russia’s deadly ballistic missile attacks.

On July 8, Trump had unexpectedly assented to sharing technology behind the missiles to allow Ukraine to build them, saying that “we’ll give them the right to make Patriots” during a meeting with President #Zelensky on the sidelines of the #NATO summit. He added: “We’ll show them how to do it.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/us/politics/trump-ukraine-patriot-missiles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

#EUCOM is central to this mission, as it coordinates #military operations in the Mediterranean. At the same time, its forces must remain ready for any Russian incursion into territory protected by the #NATO military alliance. #Russia also poses a ballistic missile threat to the United States, with missiles capable of reaching the US mainland.

#idiocracy #kakistocracy #MilitaryReadiness #Trump #Hegseth #NationalSecurity #geopolitics #USpol

@randahl it's #Putin's #CrimeOfAggression and a test of the resolve of #EU & #NATO.
#Russia|n propagandists already made it clear that even if they got #Kiyv on a silver platter they'd not stop at #Ukraine, but aim their neo-czarist ambitions straight against #Finland, #Estonia, #Lithuania and #Latvia…
- And that's not even accountng for Ultranationalistic Demands like "From Dublin to the Yukon"…

#Europe must decide whether it wants to be bossed around or decide it's own fate and stick with it!

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pitched President Donald Trump and other American officials on helping Ukraine win permission from tech titan Elon Musk to use his Starlink satellite communications system to guide strikes inside Russia.

https://apnews.com/article/trump-ukraine-zelenskyy-starlink-musk-778ba3f2917298cd3b1af169d1427efc

#Ukraine #Russia #US #Trump #Musk #Starlink

“I am calling for guns and weapons for #Ukraine, so you can’t say I’m a hippie.” #Russia #Putin #PussyRiot #MariaAlyokhina #Ireland #Politics https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/07/31/lara-marlowe-pussy-riots-maria-alyokhina-has-warning-for-europe/

Here’s what The #Counteroffensive is reading today:

#Russia attacked #Ukraine with what appears to be N. #Korean missiles. This will be the 1st time Russia has used these missiles on Ukraine in a year, indicating Russia likely received a new batch of weapons from its allies.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/russia-likely-used-nkorean-missile-deadly-ukraine-strike-first-time-this-year-2026-07-30/

Steve #Witkoff and Jared #Kushner will arrive in Kyiv in the coming weeks. The officials aim to find ways to resume peace talks. This will be their 1st trip to Kyiv since they started leading #U.S. efforts to end the war, although they have visited #Russia multiple times.

https://www.radiosvoboda.org/a/rosiya-ukrayina-zahroza-viyny/31703318.html