Ukraine is under russian missile attack right now ‼️ Explosions reported in Kyiv.

US Army Secretary Driscoll: 10-12 weeks ago I was in Germany on training with Ukrainians and I asked them, "Do you all have trouble syncing your sensors?" The look that they gave me was like 13-year-old looking at their 85-year-old great-grandparent who can't zoom in on a phone.

HODGES: When families in Moscow or St. Petersburg start seeing their little Ivan sent off to an army after mass mobilization, on top of gas shortages throughout Russia, on top of seeing smoke from burning refineries, then Russians will know that war has come to their front door.

Rep. Moulton: Although Russians losing the war, they're learning drone warfare, pioneered by Ukrainians. We're not doing that in United States, not training much with drones nor rapidly acquiring them. So Russians are now second to Ukraine in drones, but ahead of United States.

Rep. Moulton: This illegal war begun by a war criminal Putin is a gift to NATO. Russian army is being decimated. They've proven themselves way less effective than we thought, and not nearly as capable as we expected, on top of the fact that they're being decimated by Ukrainians.

3rd day of protests in Kharkiv. It is a very dangerous city to gather in crowds like this, since Russia bombs us all the time. ​Citizens gather near the metro station, hiding inside whenever an air raid alert starts, then heading back out to continue protesting.

Michael McFaul: Putin underestimated Ukrainians from the start thinking they would one day just capitulate. He's dead wrong about that. He's made biggest mistake of his entire political career by invading Ukraine. And he just keeps digging and making it worse, but won't succeed.

SIKORSKI: What Russians do routinely is stage false flag operations as provocations. So, we suspect Putin is planning to put together some Ukrainian drones and set them against a NATO country or even against Russia itself, and then respond because he's desperate and he's losing.

SIKORSKI: I'm sure, there'll be a lot of scope for US in modernizing our electricity grid and energy system. You know, we used to buy gas from Russia, now we import it as LNG. We no longer buy energy from Russia, which is Russia's loss as a result of this criminal and cruel war.

SIKORSKI: With neighbors, we have issues from past. But more important to overcome them in order to choose better future. We want to be allies with Ukraine because they're defending not only themselves. If Putin succeeded in conquering Ukraine, all of Europe would be in trouble.

Michael McFaul: I want to emphasize that it's in America's interest to help Ukraine win. This is not just out of goodness of our hearts that we should support Ukraine. It's in America's core national security interest to do so.

2 people have been killed and another injured after Russian forces dropped three aerial bombs on Kramatorsk, Donetsk Regional Governor Vadym Filashkin reported‼️

Moscow region🔥 WOW! 🤩

Vesuvio of Moscow 🌋🔥

Freshly cooked batch! 🔥 13 shadow fleet vessels were hunted down in the Black and Azov Seas on July 18 by Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine: 8 cargo ships, 1 tanker, 1 LNG carrier, 1 tugboat, and 2 floating cranes.

There is yet again a flood of Russians online asking "why us?" with sad faces because a Wildberries marketplace warehouse burned down. ​After years of bombing Ukrainians, killing people in their homes, workplaces, roads, and hospitals, burying families under rubble,

Moscow. Fresh air after the Wildberries warehouse fire 😶‍🌫️

HOLY SMOKES! Mordo..., i mean Moscow region is on fire 🔥

Moscow region, the Wildberries warehouse in Elektrostal is on fire, by which I mean that it looks like a fresh supervolcano.🌋

CIA Director, Ratcliffe: "Right now, Russia occupies 20% of Ukraine. When I came in as CIA Director 18 months ago, Russia occupied 19% of Ukraine. So, pace of their advance has stopped, because Ukraine’s mastery of drone warfare and asymmetric warfare is such a great equalizer."

CIA Director, Ratcliffe: “Average life expectancy of Russian recruit arriving now on battlefield in Ukraine is estimated to be between 20 and 30 minutes. These AI-powered drones have become specialized low-cost killing machines. Technology is as important as military strength.”

Keir Starmer: "I believe Ukraine will win this war. What they've shown is that it's not just the size of your army, it's how you fight modern conflict. And they are probably the most effective fighting machine in Europe. So they will win this conflict and they will get justice."

Kharkiv is ❤️

A 40-year-old man was killed in his car during a Russian missile attack on Kharkiv - Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Administration reported‼️ Seven people were injured and hospitalized.

Today, people in Kharkiv protested underground in metro stations because our city is under russian attack.

A baby owl tangled in an anti-drone net was rescued by fighters from the "Khizhak" National Police Brigade 🦉 How cute! And how unfair it is that animals must suffer because of Russian invasion. They do not understand the danger and can't help themselves.

VOLKER: Putin is losing in Ukraine, so the last thing he can afford to do is take on NATO. That's not going to happen. On the other hand, very limited incursion or land grab by Russia, something you could do in less than a day, just take something, stop, and see how NATO reacts.

BROWDER: Russia is like North Korea. Putin will starve his people, send hundreds of thousands die in battle, and destroy his economy to make a point. My prediction, Putin will remain in power, Russia will continue moving toward North Korean model of isolation and self-sacrifice.

BROWDER: Putin avoided mass mobilization because he understands the moment he does that people going to be very angry. This is Putin's worst nightmare. He could never have imagined situation getting so bad. Russians weren't angry when it was called 'special military operation',

HODGES: We should stop being deterred by threats, and remind Putin that we have thousands of nuclear weapons, too. And every time he threatens to use nuclear weapons, or Medvedev mumbles about nuclear strike against Warsaw, that’s another shipload of ammunition going to Ukraine.

HODGES: Zero chance Russia would use nuclear weapon. There is no benefit for Russia in using nuclear weapon anywhere. Actually, what happens is Russians see that United States and other governments are worried this might happen. So, only benefit Russians have is from the threat.

Former CIA Director, General David Petraeus: "Look, Ukraine is now using 10,000 or more drones per day. This is just staggering. Last year, they produced 3.5 million drones. We in the United States produced 300,000. We have nothing like what they have."

Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber destroyed in overnight Ukrainian strike on Engels. It was an ​SBU operation, President Zelenskyy reported. ​Rest in pieces, tincan. 💥

Ukraine's Special Operations Forces hunted down 12 shadow fleet vessels in the Black Sea on July 17: 9 cargo ships, 1 tanker, 1 LNG carrier, and 1 tugboat. ​That makes 159 vessels in 12 days. Our titans! 😍

This is Odesa this morning ‼️ Russia attacked the city again.

Russian missile attack on Odesa killed at least 2 dead and injured 7‼️ A three-story residential building and multiple cars have been damaged.

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VOLKER: Trump always assumed Russia was stronger party here, Ukraine was weaker party, so Ukraine was going to have to give up something. It's looking more and more like that's not the case. Russia is very weak, can't defend own airspace, losing oil refining and export capacity.

APPLEBAUM: There's now a clear gap between Russian regime propaganda, "We're winning the war, we're defeating NATO, Ukraine's not a real nation, Ukrainians will fold any minute," and the reality, where situation for Russians is getting worse, not better.

🇳🇱 PM Jetten: It's very important that we support Ukraine so they can keep the momentum now with deeper strikes into Russia, with more pressure on Russian economy and Putin, who's definitely losing this war. We have to make sure Ukraine gets more support in air defense to protect Ukrainian civilians

Odesa right now ‼️ Bodies on the sidewalk, fires, and shattered glass. Yet another Russian terrorist attack on the city, killing people simply for being Ukrainian and living in their own country.

UPD on Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia: ​3 people have been killed and 3 others injured, including two children‼️

🇳🇱 PM Jetten: We support Ukraine’s ambition to become EU member as soon as possible, and we’ve all promised as NATO countries that future of Ukraine is as a NATO member. So, as soon as this war is over, we should make it very clear to Moscow that Ukraine is part of this alliance.

🇨🇦 PM Carney: "Canada is stepping up to protect ourselves and our allies. And if we're going to deter Russian aggression in the Baltic states and across Europe, if we're going to ensure a just and lasting peace in Ukraine, if we're to assert our full sovereignty in the Arctic,

BROWDER: The fact that Putin is acknowledging problems, even talking about fuel crisis and all this kind of stuff, is unprecedented. In all time Putin has been in power, I’ve never seen him show this kind of weakness. It's significant and shows he's backed himself into a corner.

HODGES: Momentum of this war has changed. Kremlin sees it, and now looking at what their options are. How do they change narrative and momentum? Peskov acknowledged that Russia is at war, so they are preparing Russian population for something else, like full-scale mobilization.

BROWDER: Ukrainians are hitting oil refineries all over Russia. As a result, Russians are running out of gasoline, and trying to reposition gasoline. Then Ukrainians are hitting ships transporting that gasoline, including shadow tankers. This is a truly remarkable military move.

BROWDER: What's really significant is that Ukraine has found fundamental weakness of Russia. Because it's such a vast country, they don't have air defense to protect everything. In fact, they don't have air defense to protect anything, other than Kremlin and Putin's residences.

I’d like to point out that protests are also happening in Kharkiv, and the protesters are still out there even now, late into the evening. In a city that is constantly bombed, where explosions often strike before the air raid alerts can even sound, and that in fact was just attacked half an

HODGES: I'm having a hard time believing that Trump changed his mind about Russia and Ukraine. When he says Putin really wants peace, I doubt it, unless it's on Putin's terms. If Russia really wants peace, all Putin has to do is say, "Everybody, back on our side of the border."