On 2 August 2025, the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted a precision strike against Russian military targets in the temporarily occupied territory of Zaporizhia Oblast. As a result of the operation, Ukrainian long-range fires assets destroyed a Russian S-300 air defense missile system.

The elimination of this target significantly degrades the enemy’s long-range firepower capabilities, reducing its ability to shell the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces and strike civilian infrastructure in the region.

This strike once again confirms the effectiveness and precision of Ukrainian units in detecting and neutralizing critical enemy assets, including those located within temporarily occupied territories.

The Ukrainian Defense Forces continue the systematic destruction of key components of Russia’s military capabilities, undermining the enemy’s ability to conduct combat operations, maintain control over illegally seized territories, and sustain the occupation.

Ukraine will continue its fight until all Russian occupation forces are withdrawn, the country’s territorial integrity is fully restored, and a just and lasting peace is achieved.

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The Security Service of Ukraine claims it successfully carried out a drone strike on the Russian Saky airfield in occupied Crimea last night damaging or destroying five Russian military aircraft as a result. One Su-30SM was reportedly destroyed, another damaged, as well as three Su-24s.

Locals reported a drone attack on Crimea overnight, but there are no visual confirmations yet.

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Russia is restoring Donetsk airport to use it for launching "Shaheds" at Ukraine — ISW

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In the swamps .... the wife of a probably already dead Russian soldier decides to helpfully send him a soap-on-a-rope kit.

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In the swamps some Trad Russians remember their dead ...

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TZD of the day ...

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The daily work of the Ukraine Airforce. The glare you see is not a camera failure. These are many kilometres of fibre optics that intertwine thousands of fields of their Неньки.

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Finally the Oompa Loompa elect seems to be taking action ...

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F-16 strikes with high-precision JDAMs on Russian troop deployments near the village of Kamianske, Zaporizhia region.

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The educational process in the Russian army in Sumy region, taken from the phone of a Russian occupier ...

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Ukraine's High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered lawmaker Oleksii Kuznetsov to be held in custody for the next 60 days with the option to be released on a Hr 8 million ($192,000) bail.

Kuznetsov, representing President Volodymyr Zelensky's Servant of the People party, is suspected of taking part in a high-level corruption scheme tied to military procurement, Suspilne reported from the courtroom on Aug. 4.

Kuznetsov is one of the six suspects accused of embezzling state funds during the purchase of drones and electronic warfare equipment.

Kuznetsov was among several officials detained in connection with an investigation by Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), who on Aug. 2 revealed a major bribery scheme involving inflated state contracts for drones and electronic warfare (EW) equipment.

According to investigators, officials involved in the scheme allegedly received up to 30% of contract funds as kickbacks. Among those detained are Kuznetsov and former Luhansk Oblast Governor Serhii Haidai.

According to NABU, the corruption network involved a current lawmaker, a former regional governor, leaders of city and district military administrations, a National Guard commander, and a drone supplier. Ukrainian media identified other suspects as Andrii Yurchenko, head of Luhansk's Rubizhne district, and several other officials.

Officials reportedly used a coordinated method of inflating government contracts and taking bribes in return. The pattern was repeated with both drone and EW system procurement during 2024–2025, the investigation found.

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