Summer in Crimea Kiev was this the plan? 😁

Ropcke, the armchair general.

A drone factory in Kyiv destroyed by a Russian ballistic missile on Friday was owned by a US corporation registered in Delaware, in what appears to be the first time Moscow has targeted a US company in the conflict.

Terminal Autonomy makes precision “deep-strike” drones with guidance systems that are resistant to Russian jamming signals, according to a person familiar with the company.

The company did not reply to an emailed request for comment. The Ukrainian defence ministry also did not respond to an email.

Anthony Vinci, a former senior US intelligence officer, said: “The Russians don’t care who owns the manufacturing facility. It’s still a target. They don’t care if it’s American or someone else’s.”

He added: “I do think if Patriot missiles or any American system was manufactured in Ukraine, I think the Russians would target that manufacturing facility.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/30/us-firm-drone-factory-terminal-autonomy-ukraine-russia

Russian MoD has a funny new admin 😁

"Just a reminder – two people on a scooter can be dangerous."

https://t.me/mod_russia/66056

Last night and this morning, Russia launched another large-scale, combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine.

Missiles launched:

~8 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles launched from OTRK installations near Klintsy, Bryansk Oblast.

~6 Kn-23 ballistic missiles launched from 3 Hwasong-11A launchers near Liski, Voronezh Oblast.

~4 modified S-300 ballistic missiles launched from Kursk Oblast.

~2 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles launched from ground-based installations near Belgorod City, Belgorod Oblast.

~1 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile launched from ground-based installations near Manturovo, Kursk Oblast.

~30 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from 6 Tu-95MS strategic bombers at their launch lines near the city of Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast.

~18 Kh-101 cruise missiles launched from 3 Tu-160M strategic bombers at their launch lines near the city of Cherepovets, Vologda Oblast.

~8 Kalibr cruise missiles launched from a Buyan-M corvette at Novorossiysk Naval Base, Krasnodar Krai.

~1 Kalibr cruise missile launched from a vessel of an unknown type at Novorossiysk Naval Base, Krasnodar Krai.

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Total missiles launched:

~48 Kh-101 cruise missiles.
~9 Kalibr cruise missiles.
~8 Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles.
~6 Kn-23 ballistic missiles
~4 modified S-300 ballistic missiles
~3 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles.

~78 missiles in total.

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Ukrainian air defence work:

As of the time of writing, it appears that Ukrainian air defence was able to intercept a *minimum* of 25 Kh-101s, 6 Kalibrs, and 1 Iskander-M/S-400,

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The main targets for this strike was Ukrainian military targets in western Ukraine, central Ukraine, and Kyiv. The following was targeted:

- Mayak Defence Plant in northern Kyiv (50.487948, 30.490509) by ~2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles.

- Vicinity of Nova Poshta Warehouse #12 in western Kyiv (50.416879, 30.406535) by ~2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles.

- Industrial zone in western Kyiv (50.424845, 30.400269) by ~2 Iskander-M ballistic missiles.

- Lviv State Aviation Repair Plant in Lviv City (49.817646, 23.955727) by ~4 Kh-101 cruise missiles.

- Unknown target southeast of Lviv City by Kh-101 cruise missiles.

- Unknown target in the city of Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast by Kh-101 cruise missiles.

- Unknown target southeast of Khmelnytskyi City by Kh-101 cruise missiles.

- Unknown target on the outskirts of Vinnytsia City by ~1 Zircon hypersonic cruise missile.

- Unknown target in the city of Orativ, Vinnytsia Oblast by ~2 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles.

- Unknown target in Haisyn, Vinnytsia Oblast by ~3 Kalibr cruise missiles.

- Unknown target in Kropyvnytskyi City by ~2 Kn-23 ballistic missiles.

- Unknown target and nearby residential building in the town of Radushne, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, by ~4 Kn-23 ballistic missiles.

- Unknown target (possibly Nova Poshta warehouse) near Poltava City by Kh-101 cruise missiles.

- Unknown target in Sumy City by ~4 modified S-300 ballistic missiles.

- Possible impact near the Polish village of Otrocz, eastern Poland, by 1-2 Kh-101 cruise missiles.

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Keep in mind, the numbers of missiles launched may be slightly higher than what I've listed, as the number of missiles detected is sometimes lower than actual launches. These numbers may be adjusted in the coming hours as more information comes available.

Clarifications on tonight's missile figures:

52 Kh-101 cruise missiles were launched, not 48.
4 Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles were launched, not 3.

Therefore, we have an updated total of 83 missiles launched.

Last night Russia launched a total of 52 Kh-101 cruise missiles at Ukraine, using 6 Tu-95MS strategic bombers and 3 modernised Tu-160M strategic bombers.

This is the largest number of Kh-101 missiles launched in a single night since December 13, 2024, and by far the largest since Ukraine's Operation Spiderweb attacks on Russian strategic aviation on June 1, 2025.

President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios in an interview on Tuesday, that he asked US President Donald Trump for an emergency “winter package” of Patriot air defense interceptors to help thwart Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.

“We needed the Patriots yesterday,” Zelensky said, seeking 300 of them by winter.

According to Axios, Ukraine’s stockpiles of the interceptors have been almost depleted, and without them the country cannot defend itself against Russian ballistic missiles – the reason Ukraine could not stop recent Russian attacks on Kyiv, Zelensky said.

If the problem is not solved by winter, Russian missile attacks could destroy Ukraine’s power plants, shutting off heating for millions of Ukrainians and creating a humanitarian crisis.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/81331

We have a new record

Remember when this was considered Russian propaganda? Remember how so-called pro-Ukrainians doxxed me for saying EXACTLY THIS?

I've been saying this for years.

This is a war of attrition, where you prioritise destroying your enemy's capability to fight over forcing advances on the frontline.

For the record, it's been a war of attrition since the battle of Severodonetsk in June 2022.

The current Russian high-intensity offensive across the entire front began on October 10, 2023 with their storming of the Avdiivka direction, and has not stopped since.

What looks like 2 Flamingo missile interceptions over Rostov

No impacts in Rostov so far. 2/2 missiles shot down.

The next missiles will reach the city in the next several minutes.

2 other missiles (from the first wave) were shot down over Donetsk Oblast.

The remaining 2-4 Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles were shot down over Donetsk/Rostov Oblast.

Ukraine attempted to attack the city of Rostov-on-Don with up to 8 FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles.

However, all of the missiles were shot down. They flew through Donetsk and Rostov Oblasts - regions with a much higher density of Russian air defence systems compared to areas further east.

Out of the last five Flamingo missile attacks, three resulted in every single missile being intercepted, while two (both on the Avitek military plant in Kirov) saw one impact each.

Russia has clearly adapted their approach to countering Flamingo cruise missiles, achieving a much higher interception rate compared to the initial attacks earlier this year.