Russia's Patriarch Kirill said God created the Soviet nuclear bomb through prayers of St. Seraphim of Sarov. The weapons center was built in 1946 in Sarov on monastery grounds the Bolsheviks shut down. Kirill called the bomb and the saint "parts of one whole." 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/08/05/s...

🇺🇸🇮🇷👀 Reuters: The US has ‌removed counterterrorism sanctions from two aircraft ⁠and three airlines with links to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard ‌Corps, ⁠according to details posted to the ⁠U.S. Treasury Department's website.

Russian channels are reporting that in Bolshoy Istok, Russia, Vladimir Tkachuk, director of an enterprise manufacturing "Upyr" FPV drones, was blown up.

🇺🇦 Zelensky: Today, National Security and Defense Council held a meeting on the implementation of the specified resilience plans for regions. There are three priorities for getting through the winter now: protection of critical infrastructure, shelters, and increasing anti-ballistic capabilities.

considering how well things are going in new york, the lesson here is clear: fuck these people

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 16h ago

New York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.

🚀❗️🇺🇦 We will destroy ballistic missile launchers on the territory of the Russian Federation, — Zelensky at NSDC meeting

💥🔥 St. Petersburg, nearly completed corvette, supposed to be launched in a couple of weeks, is on fire at the northern shipyard, - Supernova

🔥🚫 Saratov oil refinery has suspended oil refining since August 2 due to damage to production facilities and fires caused by UAV attack, - Reuters. The only primary oil distillation unit, AVT-6, at the refinery, with a capacity of 7 million tons per year, has been shut down.

​Russians destroyed the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin in Darivka, Kherson Oblast. The local community built the church themselves along the Beryslav highway to honor fallen Ukrainian soldiers from their village. "Defenders of Christianity" strike again.

North Korea started deploying a missile unit of around 90 personnel&is preparing to transfer 120 ballistic missiles to be launched at Ukraine- Reuters Russia plans to integrate the unit into its 112th Missile Brigade&equip it with up to 120 ballistic missiles&six launchers for attacks on #Ukraine.

🤔 Allies can give Ukraine less anti-ballistic missiles to make it more compliant, — Zelensky

#TeamYuri ✔️ We purchased 15 boxes of shotgun ammunition for protection against enemy drones—101,400 UAH!!! ⬇️ That is 3750 rounds urgently needed on the front, & they have already been sent to 2 of the hottest sectors!!! Endless thanks to everyone who supports us during these difficult days!!! 1/7

.better than they do themselves. It is also necessary to deny our buffer states any agency of their own and assign to them the status as mere pawns of organizational like NATO who *force* them into NATO whereas what they really desire is to be defenseless against russia which got so big peacefully.

NATO’s popularity with the people we did this to remains a complete mystery. What they really need is rich westerners like @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social, @hackneyabbott.bsky.social or Nigel Farage who know zero of their language, history or culture to tell them that *they* know what's best for Latvia...

OTD in 1940, USSR formally annexed Latvia. Soviets troops had been "invited in" (in accordance with absolutely nothing to do with our treaty with Nazis) & then held "elections" where 99%+ voted to join USSR. None of this should sound familiar to you.

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.

53,800 of these bad boys are landing in Clacton. Ain’t they beauts? #VoteBinface

A little nose, big frightened eyes, and a soft, barely audible whimper in the middle of a burned-out forest. That's how Ukrainian rescuers found this tiny fawn while fighting wildfires in France. For Ukrainian firefighters, every life is worth saving. Thank you to each and every one!

According to preliminary data, up to 28% of Wildberries' logistics infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.

☠️ Daniil Peredriy, 27, son-in-law of Russian Aerospace Forces chief Col. Gen. Aleksandr Chayko, died from injuries in the Aug 1, 2026 bombing at the Balzi Rossi restaurant in central Moscow, - Russian media

A Black man on Threads wrote about how proud he is of his choice. It's not certain he's still alive, but people in the comments are already giving him a piece of their minds about it.

❗️🇺🇦 NABU and SAPO handed over a new suspicion to the former ambassador of Ukraine to the US Olha Stefanishyna, - RBC-Ukraine Currently, the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court is choosing a preventive measure for her.

Arkan at the highest point of Ukraine - Hoverla🇺🇦 The energy is truly incredible. With love from Ukraine💙💛 🎥 kocherhadana

Russia’s terror must not become normal, but Moscow’s forces continued spreading violence far beyond the battlefield A Russian FPV drone struck a food delivery truck in Kherson, setting it on fire while it was supplying a local supermarket 🎥 State Emergency Service of Ukraine

👀 Seems like scores are getting settled in Muscovy. There must be many more waiting to be "resolved".

🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦@specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 8h ago

⚡️❗️BREAKING: Vladimir Tkachuk, head of Ural Drone Factory, developer of the Russian Upyr FPV drone and founder of the pro-war channel Povyorotnye na Voyne, has been critically wounded in a car bombing near Yekaterinburg.

⚡️ Son-in-law of Russian aerospace forces chief killed in Moscow blast, journalists say. Agentstvo cited Russia’s register of legal entities, according to which Daniil Perediry’s sole proprietorship was terminated due to his death on Aug. 1.

Son-in-law of Russian aerospace forces chief killed in Moscow blast, journalists say

Agentstvo cited Russia’s register of legal entities, according to which Daniil Perediry’s sole proprietorship was terminated due to his death on Aug. 1.

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Some of the missiles Russia used during its overnight attack were Iskander-M ballistic missiles equipped with cluster warheads. The use of cluster munitions is intended to maximize destruction and increase the number of casualties by dispersing dozens of submunitions around the impact site.

Vantés sur les réseaux sociaux, des compléments alimentaires en vitamine D pour bébés peuvent faire courir des dangers d’atteintes rénales en cas de surdosage. Un produit de la marque Nateos, estampillée naturelle, a fait l'objet d'un rappel. Lire l'article ➡️ https://l.reporterre.net/zZ7

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8 ordinary civilians were standing on a train platform, waiting for their ride home. Moments later, a Russian ballistic missile killed every single one of them...