According to the SBU claims, long-range drones destroyed a Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber at the Engels military airbase in Saratov region, Russia. According to preliminary data, the aircraft suffered critical damage, with its tail section completely torn off.

Massive protests hit Ukraine today over the decision to dismiss Defense Minister Fedorov. Demonstrations are happening in Lviv, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Cherkasy, and Kryvyi Rih.

Dear readers, our team has temporarily paused publication as our journalists, editors, producers, and social media team take part in protests following the dismissal of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

Tausende Ukrainerinnen und Ukrainer protestieren in der Nähe des Präsidialamts gegen die Entlassung von Verteidigungsminister Fedorov. Er ist für viele ein Hoffnungsträger, steht für Veränderung, Innovation und klare Kante gegen Vetternwirtschaft und Korruption.

⚡️ Ukraine's Air Force Deputy Commander announces resignation over Fedorov's dismissal. Colonel Pavlo Yelizarov warned in his resignation letter that the dismissal would cause more casualties and destruction in Ukraine from Russian missile and drone attacks.

Peaceful protests against the resignation of Mykhailo Fedorov as Minister of Defense of Ukraine are taking place today in many cities across Ukraine, specifically in Kyiv, Lviv, Ternopil, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zhytomyr, and Chernihiv. Video: Yan Dobronosov, "Telegraf"

Rather enigmatic decision

The nationalist and extreme right currently polling at over 50% combined in Poland

It is astonishing that @TheEconomist expects us to believe this interview wasn’t pre-approved by the Kremlin. Also, “Russia’s most enigmatic oligarch”? Really? Melnichenko is a key member of the Kremlin-linked business elite, not some mysterious outsider. Stop romanticizing him.

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And a couple of great papers on “Jewish urbanism - ghettos, squares and shtetls” with @guesnet.bsky.social on the urban experience of Eastern European Jews and Laura Vaughan on mapping the special character of the ghetto @uclhjs.bsky.social

Russian oil refining continues to under perform as scheduled.

Here's the situation at Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat in Russia's Bashkortostan this morning. It is one of Ru's largest oil refining complexes, w/ the capacity to process up to 10 ml tons of crude oil/year. The facility combines an oil refinery, a major petrochemical complex, and a gas chemical plant.

🔥The Armed Forces of Ukraine breached the defense 25 km deep into the occupied territories, – Army Inform. The "Skelya" Regiment liberated six villages in the Dnipropetrovsk region: Ternove, Zaporizhzhia, Novogeorgiyivka, Vorone, Sichneve, and Malivka.

Every so often the Earth produces a signal that is impossible to ignore. It shows sea-surface temperatures in the Niño 3.4 region of the equatorial Pacific, one of the most important parts of the Earth's climate system. #climatecrisis #auspol www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/the-gra...

Ukrainian forces continue to decimate the Russian fleet in the Azov Sea. 14 more ships were successfully struck last night, 10 tankers and 4 ferries. This makes 90 ships being struck the last 6 days.

Ich habe rund eine halbe Stunde gebraucht und immer wieder gesucht in der Hoffnung einen anderen Bericht zu finden ist, es kein anderer Bericht/Artikel zu finden. Bezeichnend, oder? 😒 Motto: If it isn't reported, it didn't happen.

New day, new strikes: 12 more Russian tankers were hit today, according to USF statistics. 48 vessels in the last five days.

This is a campaign to lift Western sanctions on this particular oligarch, no more, no less. It should really carry a paid promotion label. P.S. Absolutely adore the blend between a Stalinist suit and a serf kosovorotka, very postmodern, wonder where they sell these in Dubai.

accelerating attacks against Russian tankers

Vyshneve, a town just outside Kyiv, after one of the most massive Russian attacks. The death toll has increased to 9, and 18 more people are in the hospital. 280 residential buildings have been damaged, including 91 completely destroyed.

It will only get worse and worse. Fuel shortages in Novorossiysk led residents to block a tanker truck and demand that its fuel be given to civilians who have been without gasoline for a week. #Russia

❗️ Ukraine’s Air Force confirmed it shot down a Russian Su-35 multirole fighter on the eastern front on July 8. #Ukraine

Ukraine is expanding highway maintenance to waterway maintenance

200 km from the nearest city. Three days in line. For fuel. In Russia. This is the Transbaikal region - thousands of kilometers from Ukraine, thousands from the war Russia started. Queues forming from three directions. The crisis has reached Siberia.

The plant that makes Russia's missile rubber is on fire. Again. This is the story behind the strikes. Your support keeps us telling it. ㅤ patreon.com/meanwhileinukraine or paypal.me/meaninua

unsurprisingly, the world of sports is a cesspit of corruption

fingers crossed

More footage of the Nizhnekamsk Refinery after the attack, filmed by the entirety of Tatarstan! #russianLosses #UkraineNews

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2/ This Israeli soldier didn’t hesitate. Every movement was calm and deliberate. The most horrifying part isn’t only the violence itself, but the complete indifference with which it was carried out, the ease of someone who has done this before.

The Commander of the Systems of Unmanned Systems, Madyar, reported that two Russian shadow fleet tankers delivering gasoline to annexed Crimea - each carrying 7,000 tons of fuel - were attacked in the Sea of Azov. t.me/c/1680956281...

The death toll from the Russian strike on Kyiv has risen to 21‼️ A permanent member of the UN Security Council bombed a European capital overnight, collapsing an apartment building onto sleeping families.

Ukraine just reached Russia’s biggest refinery in Siberia. ㅤ Omsk is almost 2,500 km from Ukraine’s border. Ukraine’s General Staff said Special Operations Forces struck the refinery — a key fuel hub for Russia’s war machine. ㅤ Distance is no longer protection. Support link is in our Bio.

This is the result of one of the latest Russian attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine. Russia is a terrorist state and will always be a country of terrorists. Revoke ALL VISAS granted to Russian citizens and kick them out! @ec.europa.eu @europarl.europa.eu #EU

Just three days after a previous massive attack, russia murdered ten people and injured 46 others in Kyiv last night again. Extensive destruction is reported in residential areas. It's despicable how russia just gets away with all these crimes. But make no mistake. Unpunished evil always grows.

Wow - excellent if confirmed

Kyiv’s death toll from Russia’s mass attack has risen to 25, city authorities said. In Darnytskyi district, rescuers are still working at one of the destroyed sites, where 5 bodies have already been recovered and 8 people remain missing. Search and rescue operations continue without pause. #Ukraine

And this is a hospital in Kherson, which was also hit by Russian shelling. A doctor was killed there.

More from Kyiv... Missiles and drones hit apartment buildings, a clinic near Taryan Towers, the MOYO warehouse, and other civilian sites. Seven people were reportedly rescued alive from a collapsed nine-story building. #Ukraine

Terror is all that’s left to Russia‘s war strategy

❗️A substation caught fire in Lyubertsy, Moscow Oblast, leaving parts of the city without electricity. The cause of the incident has not yet been officially confirmed. #Russia

Russians launched three KAB guided bomb strikes on Zaporizhzhia today. One person is reported dead, and at least nine others are injured. The attack destroyed private homes and damaged a kindergarten.

continuing to support highway maintenance in southern ukraine

Looking forward to meeting colleagues, presenting, chairing - what a great topic for the @biajs.bsky.social conference next month in London

Is this Putin's Portaloo?

Occupation authorities are introducing a state of emergency in Crimea and Sevastopol from 13:00, Sergey Aksyonov said. He said the move is intended to streamline financial, credit, contractual and damage recovery issues amid the worsening situation. #Ukraine

/3. Petropavlovsk Project CNF22 cargo-passenger ferry Laid down in 2020, the 120-meter vessel can carry 150 passengers and 28 trucks or 78 cars. Construction is (was) nearly complete. The project is estimated to have cost about 4.5 billion rubles (roughly $57 million).

Defending Ukraine in July 2022: a UAV operator from Precarpathia died in Kharkiv region Defending Ukraine, the UAV operator from Ivano-Frankivsk, Vitaliy Matukhno, died. He went to war in July 2022.

❗️Jackpot: Reuters reports the Moscow oil refinery is unlikely to resume production this year after suffering extensive damage in Ukrainian drone strikes. Repairs are expected to take at least six months, worsening fuel shortages and pressure on Russia’s energy sector. #Russia