🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🧐 ISW on 𝕏:

"NEW: Russian federal- and regional-level authorities organized the temporary deportation of teenagers from occupied Luhansk Oblast to Russia’s Penza Oblast to participate in a federally administered military-patriotic training course.

Other Key Takeaways:

Russia continues to deport female Ukrainian political prisoners from penal colonies in occupied Ukraine to Russia.

The Zaporizhia Oblast occupation administration continues efforts to consolidate a loyal staff cadre at the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) using youth training programs.

Occupation authorities are using the population of occupied areas to staff BARS (Combat Reserve) units to protect the Russian rear in occupied Ukraine.

The Kremlin has further cemented the Russian Unified Public Services portal (Gosuslugi) as a tool of digital governance control in occupied Ukraine.

Russian occupation officials continue to struggle to adequately respond to worsening water, food, and electricity shortages in occupied areas.

Russian law enforcement and occupation courts continue to harshly punish residents of occupied territories for perceived affiliation with Ukraine.

Russian officials are intensifying efforts to attract investment and economic activity in occupied Ukraine despite growing security risks from Ukraine’s intermediate-range strike campaign, while concurrently incentivizing relocation to occupied areas.

The Russian satellite TV project “Russkiy Mir” continues efforts to proliferate throughout occupied Ukraine."

🔗 Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🧐 ISW on 𝕏:

"Russian Occupation Update, August 6, 2026: https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-occupation-update-august-6-2026/"

🔗 Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🧐 ISW on 𝕏:

"Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 6, 2026: https://understandingwar.org/research/russia-ukraine/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-august-6-2026/"

🔗 Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)

🗺🇺🇸‼️🇾🇪🇾🇪🇮🇷 — 🧐 ISW on 𝕏:

"NEW: Iranian regime media claimed that the emerging Iran-Oman deal would enable Iran to maintain control of the Strait of Hormuz. Any agreement that grants Iran control over the strait would be detrimental to US and global commercial interests. Achieving international recognition of its control over the strait would enable Iran to use the strait as a deterrent against its adversaries in potential future conflicts.

Other Key Takeaways:

Iran continues to use force to consolidate its control of the strait. United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) reported on August 5 that a vessel’s crew heard two explosions while passing through Omani territorial waters.

Iran and its Axis of Resistance are likely attempting to deter the Syrian government from disrupting smuggling routes used to support Hezbollah.

Iran likely believes that continued Syrian government efforts to disrupt Hezbollah smuggling routes in Syria represent Syrian cooperation with Israel and the United States against Hezbollah when, in reality, Syria is exercising its sovereign right to secure its borders.

ISW-CTP is considering two possible courses of action for Iran in Syria.

The Syrian government has deployed an increased number of forces to the Syria-Iraq border to support border security in response to Iranian and Axis of Resistance threats and activity.

The activities of Iran and the Axis of Resistance across the region, including their reported actions in Syria, are likely causing an increasing alignment of interests between different regional states.

The Houthis conducted missile and drone attacks against the Republic of Yemen Government (ROYG) military camps in Marib and Hadramawt governorates on August 6, possibly in response to ROYG ground movements near Houthi frontlines."

🔗 Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)

🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"Operational information as of 08:00 07.08.2026 regarding the Russian invasion

The 1626th day of the large-scale armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine has begun.

In total, 233 combat clashes were recorded over the past day.

Yesterday, the enemy launched one missile strike, using one missile, carried out 91 air strikes, dropping 308 guided bombs. In addition, it used 10,621 kamikaze drones and carried out 3,176 attacks on settlements and positions of our troops.

Over the past day, aviation, missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces hit two UAV control points, six artillery systems and 18 areas of concentration of enemy manpower.

In the North-Slobozhansk and Kursk directions, one combat engagement with the enemy took place over the past day, the aggressor carried out two air strikes, dropping six air bombs, and carried out 55 shellings of the positions of our troops and settlements.

In the South-Slobozhansk direction, the enemy attacked the positions of our units 20 times in the areas of the settlements of Starytsia, Lyman, Vovchanski Khutory, Dvorichanske, Zapadne and towards the settlements of Izbitske, Hoptivka, Vilcha, Volokhivka, Shevyakivka, Khatne.

In the Kupyansk direction, two enemy attacks took place towards Kivsharivka and Boguslavka.

In the Lymansk direction, the enemy tried to penetrate our defenses eight times, attacking in the Yampol area and towards the settlements of Ozerne, Novoselivka, and Dibrova.

In the Slavyansk direction, the enemy stormed 16 times in the areas of the settlements of Zakitne, Kryva Luka, Riznykivka and towards Mykolaivka and Rai-Oleksandrivka.

In the Kramatorsk direction, the Russian invaders carried out four attacks in the areas of Pryvillya, Nikyforivka and towards Malynivka and Tykhonivka.

In the Kostyantynivka direction, the enemy carried out 25 attacks in the areas of the settlements of Kostyantynivka, Ivanopillya, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar and towards the settlements of Dovga Balka, Stepanivka.

In the Pokrovsky direction, our defenders stopped 26 assault actions of the aggressor in the areas of the settlements of Shakhove, Udachne and towards the settlements of Toretske, Kucheriv Yar, Bilytske, Novyi Donbas, Shevchenko, Matyashevo, Novopidhorodne.

In the Oleksandrivka direction, the enemy carried out two attacks towards the settlement of Yehorivka.

In the Hulyaipil direction, the invaders carried out ten attacks towards the settlements of Rivne, Hulyaipilske, Staroukrainka, Charivne.

In the Orikhiv direction, our defenders stopped one attempt by the enemy to advance towards Pavlivka.

In the Prydniprovske direction, the enemy did not conduct offensive operations in the past day.

In the Volyn and Polissya directions, no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groups were detected.

Ukrainian defenders continue the systematic destruction of the enemy, putting up effective resistance on all sections of the front.

In total, the losses of the Russian invaders in the past day amounted to 1,210 people. Also neutralized were one tank, 11 armored combat vehicles, 67 artillery systems, two multiple launch rocket systems, three air defense systems, 14 ground robotic complexes, 1,589 unmanned aerial vehicles, 386 units of automobiles and six units of special enemy equipment."

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From 1 to 7 August, the Russian Armed Forces carried out two massive and 12 group strikes using precision weapons and drones to hit defence industry enterprises, logistics centres, fuel, energy and transport infrastructure facilities used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), as well as production and storage facilities for unmanned aerial vehicles and their accessories, and temporary deployment areas of Ukrainian armed groups and foreign mercenaries.

▪️ In addition, strikes were launched to engage infrastructure of Ukrainian seaports used for stockpiling and repairing military hardware, storing military cargo and POL for the needs of AFU.
 
▪️ During the week, 34 vessels operating in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit, including 31 dry cargo ships and three tugboats.
 
🚩 Last week, units of the Sever Group of Forces took control over Bely Kolodez, Ustinovka, and Baksheyevka (Kharkov region), and Ryzhevka (Sumy region), and yesterday, control was established over Aniskino (Kharkov region).
 
💥 Russian troops inflicted fire damage on manpower and hardware of five mechanised brigades, a motorised infantry brigade, an airmobile brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, four territorial defence brigades, a national guard brigade, and a border detachment of the Ukrainian border service.
 
▪️ In total, the enemy lost up to 1,640 troops, two tanks, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 105 motor vehicles, 16 field artillery guns, 14 electronic warfare and counter-fire stations in the area of responsibility of the Sever Group of Forces.
 
🚩 Over the past week, units of the Zapad Group of Forces established control over Olgovka (Kharkov region) as a result of resolute actions.
 
💥 Strikes were launched at formations of three mechanised brigades, an assault brigade, a security brigade of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, and a territorial defence brigade.
 
▪️ The enemy losses in this direction amounted to more than 1,495 troops, a tank, 17 armoured fighting vehicles, 131 motor vehicles, 15 field artillery guns, and 10 EW and counter-fire stations.
 
↗️ The Yuzhnaya Group of Forces last week advanced to the depths of the enemy's defence. The Group's elements hit five mechanised brigades, an airmobile brigade, a mountain assault brigade, one an assault regiment of the AFU, a marine brigade, a national guard brigade, and a territorial defence brigade.
 
▪️ In total during the past week, in the area of responsibility of the Yuzhnaya Group of Forces, the AFU troops lost more than 1,335 troops, a tank, 18 armoured fighting vehicles, 166 motor vehicles, and 16 field artillery guns.
 
↗️ The Tsentr Group's units improved the tactical situation. They inflicted fire damage on units of three mechanised brigades, a jaeger brigade, an assault brigade, an assault regiment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a marine brigade, four National Guard brigades, and the Azov Special Forces Brigade.

👉 See Part 2

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🎖🎖 by Russian Defence Ministry on progress of special military operation from 1 to 7 August 2026

Part 2 (👉 See Part 1)

▪️ The enemy's losses in this direction amounted to more than 2,375 troops, 16 armoured fighting vehicles, 63 motor vehicles, 12 field artillery guns, and seven EW and counter-fire stations.
 
🚩 During the week, units of the Vostok Group of Forces liberated Lyubitskoye and Zarnitsa (Zaporozhye region).
 
💥 They hit manpower and hardware of four air assault brigades, an assault brigade, four assault regiments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and a marine brigade.
 
▪️ The AFU losses in the area of responsibility of the Vostok Group of Forces amounted to more than 2,505 troops, a tank, 29 armoured fighting vehicles, 79 motor vehicles, 14 field artillery guns, and four electronic warfare and counter-fire stations.
 
💥 The Dnepr Group's units inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two mechanised brigades, a mountain assault brigade, a UAV brigade of the AFU, and a marine brigade.
 
▪️ Over the past week, the AFU has lost up to 250 troops, 124 motor vehicles, four field artillery guns, and 19 electronic warfare stations.
 
🎯 Air defence systems shot down 91 guided aerial bombs, 11 U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS projectiles, and 6,575 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles.
 
💥 Five AFU uncrewed surface vehicles were neutralised by the Black Sea Fleet.

📊 In total, since the beginning of the special military operation the enemy has lost:

▫️673 aircraft,
▫️284 helicopters,
▫️200,093 unmanned aerial vehicles,
▫️669 anti-aircraft missile systems,
▫️30,478 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles,
▫️1,768 MLRS combat vehicles,
▫️36,076 field artillery guns and mortars,
▫️68,607 units of support military vehicles.

🔹 Russian Defence Ministry

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — ✍️ ARKHANGEL SPETSNAZA:

"Attack on Yekaterinburg

✍️ The Ukrainian terrorist campaign against Wildberries continued on the night of August 7th, with Ukrainian drones now detected near Yekaterinburg.

On the night of August 7th, air defense units destroyed at least 203 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). During the day on August 6th, they were even more active, shooting down 281 drones.

▪️ As mentioned above, the target of this attack was Yekaterinburg. Currently, all Ukrainian media attention is focused on the Wildberries warehouse in the Sverdlovsk region.

Air defense units were shooting down "Lutyi" type UAVs, but as a result of one of them crashing, a fire broke out, which firefighters are currently trying to extinguish.

In addition, UAVs were also shot down in the Perm region, as well as in the Republics of Tatarstan and Bashkortostan, and in the Tver region, likely on a route to northern regions of Russia.

❗️ Regarding the attack on Yekaterinburg, the UAVs flew along a route through the Saratov and Nizhny Novgorod regions, and it is also possible that along the border with Kazakhstan."

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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — 🇺🇦 General Staff of the Armed Forces:

"⚡️⚡️Early detection radar, UAV repeaters and other enemy facilities hit

On the night of August 7, 2026, as part of reducing the offensive potential of the Russian aggressor, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit an early detection radar station near Olenivka and a place of storage, preparation and launch of strike UAVs in the Gvardiyske area. Both facilities are located in the temporarily occupied Ukrainian Crimea.

⚡️It was also confirmed that two ground repeaters for controlling strike UAVs of the "Geran"/"Gerbera" type were hit - in Olenivka (AR Crimea) and Zalizny Port (Kherson region).
ℹ️ Ground repeaters provide stable communication and transmission of commands between operators and strike unmanned aerial vehicles, increasing the range and effectiveness of their use.

⚡️In addition, our soldiers struck the enemy's fuel and lubricants warehouse in the Melitopol area and the repair unit of the occupation forces near Yakymovka, Zaporizhia region."

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🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — ⭐️ Rybar:

"Wildberries Logistics Under Fire

Since mid-July, Ukrainian forces have launched a new campaign of attacks on targets within Russia. This time, the targets are civilian enterprises; warehouses belonging to the Wildberries company, which accounts for a significant portion of online sales in the country.

The attacks span cities in the European part of the country, as well as settlements as far east as the Ural region. In some cases, the operations of these centers have been temporarily suspended, while in others, they have been completely paralyzed.

➡️The most significant material damage has been reported in Alekseevo, Volgograd, and Sarapul, where the operations of sorting centers had to be completely shut down. Facilities in Penza and Shushary also suffered serious damage, and in Novosaratovka and Khryastovo, warehouse employees were injured.

➡️There have been instances where personnel were evacuated due to the threat of drone attacks, and the warehouses themselves were not significantly damaged; for example, in Voronezh and Zelenodolsk, the centers quickly resumed operations. However, even these incidents cause disruptions and force the restructuring of logistics chains.

Large Wildberries warehouse complexes remain within the reach of the enemy and are likely to remain priority targets for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The enemy will continue to target them in order to disrupt logistics and slow down the delivery of goods, which will directly impact the entire supply chain.

📌Under these conditions, it is essential to integrate all means of counteraction and detection into a single system. Despite the fact that Wildberries management is already installing anti-drone nets and other protective measures, continued coordination with law enforcement agencies is necessary to minimize the consequences of further attacks.

High-resolution map"

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🇩🇪🕵️‍♂️💥⁉️ — 🇩🇪 BILD:

"German Security Council Holds Secret Meeting Due to Drone with Explosives in Leipzig

According to Steffen Cornelius, spokesperson for the German government, the National Security Council held a meeting at the Chancellery. The meeting was chaired by Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who participated via video link from his vacation. The agenda included the incident involving a drone that carried a bomb at Leipzig Airport. Investigators suspect that this was a hybrid attack by foreign powers. The Federal Prosecutor's Office is conducting an investigation into suspected state terrorism.

In addition to Scholz, the meeting was attended by the head of the Chancellery, Nina Warven, senior government officials, as well as the heads of the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The main question for the government now is how to protect Germany from such attacks.

💬 Thomas Röwekamp, Chairman of the Defense Committee, told Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland that there is a need for centralization within the Ministry of the Interior:

"We need centralized responsibility instead of numerous federal aviation security agencies, and equipment that can reliably counter the variety of threats."

💬 Marcel Emmerich, the Green Party's expert on domestic policy, also criticizes the weaknesses of the drone defense system:

"We cannot rely on the fact that a bus driver or another airport employee will accidentally spot a drone in the sky."

💬 Terrorism expert Peter Neumann also believes that Germany is poorly prepared:

"We have been talking about this for years, but in reality, essentially nothing has changed"

— he said on the ZDF program "Heute Journal."

Was the Drone Sent by Russia? If So, It's an "Act of War"

Suspicion of involvement in the drone incident falls on Russian intelligence services, but there is currently no evidence to support this. Sebastian Fiedler, the SPD's expert on domestic policy, told ZDF:

"Either it was Russia, or someone wanted it to look like it was Russia."

If suspicions about Russia are confirmed, "then we are talking about an act of war," added Fiedler."

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🇩🇪❌🇷🇺🥷‼️👨🏼‍💼 — 🇩🇪 BILD:

"Attempt on the Life of a German Drone Supplier Planned for Ukraine

According to an investigation by the German newspaper Die Zeit, German entrepreneur Stefan Tuman was the target of an assassination attempt planned by individuals linked to Russian intelligence services. Tuman's startup, Donaustahl, supplies Ukraine with reconnaissance and attack drones.

According to Zeit, a Ukrainian citizen, Sergei N., had been conducting surveillance on Tuman's residence in Straßkirchen, Lower Bavaria, as early as December 2025. Bavarian investigators arrested him after receiving a tip from a foreign intelligence agency, but the man was eventually released due to a lack of evidence. Only after investigators analyzed his phone data did they realize that N. had been monitoring not only Tuman but also his father, and they found evidence of his contacts with a Russian intelligence agency. However, by that time, N. had already left Germany.

Sergei N. was eventually apprehended – in March, in Spain. His alleged accomplice from Romania was also later located. Since then, according to Zeit, Tuman has been under increased protection.

In the photo: Stefan Tuman

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🇷🇺⚡️⚡️⛴‼️💥🇺🇦 — 🇩🇪 BILD:

"Russia is equipping its submarines with anti-drone nets. An investigation by Business Insider reporter Jake Epstein:

New satellite images taken by the American space intelligence firm Vantor and analyzed by Business Insider have revealed submarines at the Rybachiy base in Kamchatka covered with anti-drone nets. In May, the images showed only two submarines covered with nets at this base. Now, there are more than half a dozen.

The Rybachiy base is a key hub of the Russian Pacific Fleet and services, among other things, nuclear submarines carrying ballistic missiles. Rybachiy is located more than 7,000 km east of Ukraine. The appearance of anti-drone nets so far from the combat zone indicates that Russia believes it is vulnerable to drone attacks even in the Far East.

Previously, Ukraine has carried out strikes on targets deep within Russia, launching drones not from its own territory, but from within Russia. As part of the "Web" operation in June 2025, swarms of drones attacked Russian air bases in the Arctic, Siberia, and even the Far East.

Vantor's June images also show that Russia has equipped at least three submarines in Novorossiysk with anti-drone cages, which protect the control rooms."

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🇺🇸🇺🇦📰🥇❌🏆🔫🇷🇺 — 📰 ZeroHedge | The West Is Winning The Information War While Russia Prevails On The Battlefield | August 6, 2026:

"I stumbled across something pretty bizarre today when I queried one of the AI-search engines about Russia’s capture of territory in Ukraine in 2026. Here is what the Chinese KIMI claimed:

The evidence from multiple sources — including Ukrainian official claims, Western think tanks, and Ukrainian independent trackers — suggests that Ukraine recaptured substantially more territory than Russia captured during the first half of 2026, driven by the southern counteroffensive. However, the pace of Ukrainian gains has slowed since spring, and Russia has made small net gains in recent months (June–July). The overall net for the full year so far appears to still favor Ukraine, but the margin and the exact numbers depend heavily on whose methodology you use.

There you have it… Ukraine is winning the war on the ground according to AI. Let me emphasize that you will find this same propaganda on GROK or Claude. The Western propaganda effort is paying dividends on the information operation side of the house. Even the Chinese-coders who created KIMI are pushing Western propaganda.

So let me give you the actual rundown for 2026. Russia started 2026 with Gerasimov’s report to Putin announcing the liberation of Pokrovsk (Krasnoarmeysk) — the Donetsk logistics hub under siege for nearly two years — and of Vovchansk in Kharkiv. Through November of 2025 the MoD had reported a steady run of captures, including Petrovskoye in the DPR and Tikhoye and Otradnoye in Dnepropetrovsk.

Moving into the spring of 2026, TASS reported that Russian forces liberated 63 settlements from March through May 2026 — 20 in March, 16 in April, and 27 in May, the strongest month. The regional breakdown was 21 in Kharkiv Region, 19 in the DPR, 14 in Sumy, six in Zaporozhye, and three in Dnepropetrovsk. The Sumy and Kharkiv gains are framed by Moscow as building a “security zone” along the Russian border.

By early summer (June), Gerasimov reported that Russian forces were continuing the liberation of “Donbass and Novorossiya,” advancing on all fronts. The 3rd Army was advancing toward Slavyansk and Kramatorsk — liberating Piskunovka, reaching the outskirts of Nikolayevka, and reported to be less than 5 km from the eastern edge of Kramatorsk, with the capture of Krasny Liman (Lyman) said to be due soon.

Battlegroup West advanced on a broad front; in the Kupyansk area, having repelled Ukrainian attempts to break through to western Kupyansk, with assault units pushing west toward Shevchenkovo. In the Dobropolye area north of Krasnoarmeysk, fighting in Dobropolye and Annovka, with Lenina (Ukrainian name Mirnoye) taken and Shevchenko, Krasnoyarskoye, and Svetloye reported as liberated.

In July TASS counted 32 settlements liberated, with 22 of them — over 68 percent — in Kharkiv Region and the DPR. By battlegroup: North took ten, Center eight, West six, East five, and South three, and the month’s most significant developments were the liberation of Konstantinovka in the DPR by Battlegroup East and the capture of Belitskoye by Battlegroup Center. Konstantinovka is one of the four Donetsk fortress belt cities.

At present the Russians are driving on the last major Ukrainian-held Donetsk agglomeration — the Konstantinovka–Druzhkovka–Kramatorsk–Slavyansk belt — alongside the Sumy/Kharkiv border zone and consolidation in Zaporozhye and Dnepropetrovsk.

Along with the ground operations in eastern Ukraine, Russia has ended Ukraine's ability to conduct maritime and trade operations from Odessa and Nikolaev since July 22nd."

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📂 Archive on Telegraph:

🇺🇦🇺🇦🤱🇺🇸 — 📰 ZeroHedge | Investigators Unveil Charges Against Dismissed Ukrainian Ambassador To The US | August 6, 2026:

"Another top level Ukrainian official has been booted from office over significant corruption allegations, which comes at a moment of a broad shake-up of military and cabinet leadership initiated by President Zelensky.

Olha Stefanishyna was dismissed as Ukraine's ambassador to the United States earlier this week, both local media as as Reuters have confirmed.

(...)

Much of her additional properties and other assets were registered under the names of Stefanishyna's friends and family members. Kyiv Post reports Thursday:

The High Anti-Corruption Court on Aug. 6 set Hr 6 million ($130,000) bail for Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's former ambassador to the U.S., in a corruption case.

She has been charged with illicit enrichment amounting to Hr 13.9 million ($310,000) and lying in her asset declarations. An anti-corruption prosecutor earlier proposed setting bail for Stefanishyna at Hr 13 million ($290,000).

Stefanishyna failed to declare two apartments, worth nearly Hr 11 million ($250,000), that were registered in the name of a friend, according to the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU).

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📂 Archive on Telegraph: