Twelve kilometers from the war, a drone blast set a Moldovan field alight
Farther south, Bulgaria's defense ministry judged a separate drone that exploded near its gas network to be a Ukrainian decoy that strayed off course.
A wiring maker for Volkswagen and Škoda takes a Russian hit in Zhytomyr Oblast
The blow fell on a fully German-owned manufacturer that officials count among the region's budget-forming businesses.
Winter aid, a free-trade target, and a food-safety pact: what Ukraine and Serbia agreed in Belgrade
Beyond the symbolism, the two sides put concrete cooperation on paper across health, energy, and trade.
Third one down: Ukraine keeps destroying Russia’s $1.8 million Starlink jammers
Satellite imagery places the latest confirmed hit at an FSB border base in Gelendzhik on Russia’s Black Sea coast.
Russia parked an S-400 on a Black Sea shore. Ukraine’s drones knew exactly where
The coastal position of the anti-air missile system, sitting in plain view near a Russian resort town, burned for hours after the overnight strike.
Russia’s morning strike on a Kharkiv high-rise kills two men and wounds 21
Regional and city officials watched the toll climb through the day, with a young child among the many people hurt in the residential tower.
Five Russian defense bosses lose their EU assets and travel rights over Iskander and Sarmat missile production
The listed individuals run plants that produce precision components for the Iskander-M ballistic missile and the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental rocket. Three others head Russian companies building drone software, military radios, and space-based weapons technology.
Russia calls them “volunteers.” They’re Ukrainian prisoners of war forced into a new combat brigade
Moscow's Defense Ministry merged several POW-based battalions and detachments into a single formation, escalating a practice ISW has tracked since late 2022.
Russia covered its Pantsir-S1 in camouflage. Ukraine’s naval platforms delivered the drones that burned it
Separately, overnight strikes swept occupied Crimea from Kerch to Sevastopol, setting fire to the Hvardiiske airfield fuel depot, hitting a military equipment cluster in Feodosia, and forcing the Crimean Bridge to close.
The wreckage Russia collects from Ukrainian drone strikes may have a second life—aimed at NATO, Lithuania warns
Military intelligence gathered data showing Moscow may use captured drone parts for strikes on critical infrastructure in the region, aiming to obscure responsibility and shift blame to Kyiv.
Latvia just moved from “Russia might attack” to “here’s where you report if it does”
Four call-up centers will rehearse crisis conscription procedures on 8 August, as the Baltic country translates years of intelligence warnings into physical mobilization infrastructure.
Reuters: The Patriot deal Trump denied is quietly still alive
Washington kept working to let Ukraine build the interceptors even after the US President's doubts, four sources told Reuters.
Ex-top general Zaluzhnyi explains his “Ukraine will never join NATO” remark: I back the Alliance, but it must transform first
He says the bloc is stuck in Cold War thinking and needs a new doctrine before Kyiv could ever fit in.
A slice of Estonia’s new EU billions will buy drones—for Ukraine, not itself
The money is a 45-year loan drawn from Brussels' new joint defense fund, which lets member states borrow cheaply.