As I reported last night during the attack, Russia used cluster munitions, probably from the North Korean ballistics they used to hit Kyiv. Here's video of them hitting the capital city. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Video showing simultaneous launch of six Russian ballistic missiles from area in fascist Russia close to Ukraine's border. The missiles are launched from mobile carriers, which can set up in minutes, then quickly retreat to hiding places. Hard to detect and destroy.
A drone carrying an explosive package and detonator was found near a parked Ukrainian Antonov cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport.
⚡️Update: Russian ballistic missile attack kills 15, injures 51 in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue. A massive Russian attack killed 15 people and injured 51 others in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported Aug. 5.
Russian ballistic missile attack kills 15, injures 51 in Kyiv and surrounding area as rescue efforts continue
A massive Russian ballistic missile and drone attack killed 15 people and injured 51 others in Ukraine's capital and Kyiv Oblast as fires engulfed Kyiv and its suburbs, authorities reported overnight ...
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Six explosions (five close, one far off) just heard in western Kyiv. More explosions: Seven and eight close, then distant nine, then ten, eleven (close), 12 (not so close). 13 (far off). 14 (far), 15 (further).
Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv - 8 missiles reported incoming so far. Tsirkon hypersonic cruise missiles also said incoming. Explosions in Kyiv. More launches - now 10 missiles incoming.
💥 Explosions heard in Kyiv along with air raid sirens. Russia is attacking the Ukrainian capital with ballistic missiles.
❗️Russians dropped two air bombs on the center of Kramatorsk, - Donetsk OVA High-rise buildings were damaged, 9 people were injured. Local authorities note that it is dangerous to stay in the region.
The Ro-Ro cargo ship NADEZHDA burns at sea off Russia’s port of Novorossiysk following today’s drone attack.
🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 2d agoThe vessel attacked by drones today near Russia’s port of Novorossiysk has been identified as the Ro-Ro cargo ship NADEZHDA, IMO 7702657.
❗️Estonia has completed the construction of a new radar post “Kipu” on the island of Hiiumaa. It is equipped with a long-range French radar Ground Master 400 Alpha, capable of detecting targets at distances of up to 515 km and altitudes of up to 30 km.
"Ukrainians are winning. And, importantly, they know that." Leslie Shedd - Atlantic Council www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/u...
Ukraine is winning. Here’s what it needs to finish the job.
A recent trip to Kyiv, Dnipro, and Pavlohrad reveals that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is reaching a turning point.
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Opinion: 'The world is walking a path toward a world war, and no one — including the president of the United States — seems to be in command of events.' www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o... 🎁
Opinion | World War Two-and-a-Half Is Breaking Out (Gift Article)
Whatever is happening in Iran, it isn’t working.
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Poles, Ukrainians and Belarusians have taken to the streets in four Polish cities to declare that hate will not divide them.
Polish- Ukrainian anti-hate speech rallies held across Poland
The protests were organized by Poles, Ukrainians, and Belarusians.
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Polish firefighters have landed in Spain and are already working side by side with Spanish crews in the smouldering forests of Castilla-La Mancha.
Polish firefighters arrive in Spain to battle raging wildfires
More than 100 Polish firefighters will be deployed to Spain in August.
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2/2 No fewer than EIGHT aerial bombs hit central and residential areas of Zaporizhzhia in 90 minutes of hell. This is not even close to war. This is terrorism. #RussiaIsATerroristState
Moroccan Intelligence Officers Infiltrated Ceuta Disguised as Migrants militarnyi.com/en/news/moro...
Moroccan Intelligence Officers Infiltrated Ceuta Disguised as Migrants
Spanish law enforcement officials identified Moroccan intelligence officers among migrants who breached the border into Ceuta.
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Russians also apparently caught a UFO on camera during today's drone attack.
❗️On the night of August 1, Ukraine’s Defense Forces attacked the 475th electronic warfare center (military unit 60135) of the Russian Black Sea Fleet at Cape Fiolent in occupied Crimea; local residents also reported explosions there.
Belarusian national charged with plotting an act of sabotage on behalf of a foreign intelligence service.
Magazyn Militarny MILMAG@milmagpl.bsky.social · 4d agoObywatel Białorusi oskarżony o planowanie aktu dywersji na zlecenie obcego wywiadu milmag.pl/obywatel-bia...
Ukraine's General Staff confirmed overnight strikes on a naval drone depot near Chornomorske, the Syvash and Vladyslavivka railway bridges in occupied Crimea, and a Russian Black Sea Fleet signals intelligence unit in Sevastopol. Additional logistics and drone storage sites were also hit. #Ukraine
'Death toll from Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv rises to nine, over 20 injured' www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/202... Trump: "We have to be very careful about letting somebody build them [Patriot missiles]. We haven't agreed to that. They could turn on you."
Death toll from Russian ballistic missile strike on Kyiv rises to nine, over 20 injured – photos, video
Nine people have been killed and 27 injured, including four children, after Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv overnight.
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Morocco appears to be deliberately transporting thousands of migrants toward the Spanish border, facilitating an invasion of Spain.
Evidence of the great benefits of AI: it used to take a huge amount of time and effort to make yourself look this stupid; now AI allows you to humiliate yourself almost instantly.
PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d agoThe State Department said it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.
🇪🇸 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has criticised a sudden arrival of around 40,000 migrants from Morocco to the north African enclave Ceuta as "an attack, a violation" of Spain's national territory.
2/2 Some officials are saying this was a planned, controlled, detonation of explosives. It looks anything but. A 10km exclusion zone is in effect according to some (unconfirmed) and public transport is re-routed. There was no air raid warning and no enemy attack on radars.
Ukraine reports that the ballistic missile fired by Russia that killed six people, including three children, in Ukraine’s Kryvyi Rih earlier today was manufactured in North Korea.
The rescue operation in Lviv continued throughout the day, and is still not over. There may still be one person under the rubble. #RussiaIsATerroristState