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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 2, 2026
2026-08-03
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[Korrespondent] 23.12 The number of victims of the Russian shelling of Zaporizhzhya per week, 2 sickles, has grown to 31 people. We know about the death of one person. Residential buildings were destroyed, and many areas suffered fires. The head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Administration, Ivan Fedorov, told us about this.

21.57 Regardless of the defects of missiles up to Patriot systems, Ukraine has a solution to combat the massive attacks of Russian ballistics. A radio technology expert and adviser to the President of Ukraine, Serhiy “Flash” Beskrestnov, wrote about this on Facebook.

In my opinion, the most realistic way to achieve defense immediately is to remove PAC-3 missiles from the allied stockpiles.

21.34 Russian troops on the 2nd sickle day attacked the port infrastructure of the Mykolayiv district of Mykolayiv region with attack UAVs of the Shahed type. This was reported by Georgy Reshetilov, the final officer of the Mykolayiv Regional Military Administration.

21.10 In Odessa, an unknown person started a fire on the TCC security personnel and injured four military personnel, local Telegram channels report.

As it turns out, the 25-year-old TCC specialist recovered from a fire wound in the back and was hospitalized. Three more soldiers independently went for medical help with fire-related wounds. Their condition is rated as medium severity.

20.55 On the evening of the 2nd Serp, Russian troops struck with ceramic aerial bombs on residential areas of the regional center, reporting one death and 21 wounded, the National Police reports.

20.19 Ukrainian drones attacked several oil refineries and a marine terminal on Russian territory. The commander of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, reported this.

In his words, the greatest expenses were discovered at the sea terminal of Taman near the village of Volna, Krasnodar region. Ukrainian drones destroyed 12 tanks there with a capacity of 5 thousand tons of leather.

19.59 The United States is negotiating with Ukraine to transfer its technology for the production of supersurvival missiles for Patriot. Member of the House of Representatives Mike Turner told Congress about this on CBS Face the Nation.

19.18 In the evening of the 2nd sickle, the Russians suddenly attacked Zaporizhzhya with CABs. A lot of overhead booths, trucks, and storage areas were damaged, reported the head of the Zaporizhzhya Regional Administration, Ivan Fedorov.

18.55 The warriors of the army continue offensive operations on several front lines, but do not achieve confirmed successes. This is discussed by the new American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Analysts say that the Kremlin has been optimizing Russian troops for a number of years to wage a positional war, not a maneuver one, and the successes of the Ukrainian troops have consequently increased the strength of the army The Russian Federation in 2026 is aligned with the forward rocks.

The Russian military launched a number of mechanized attacks on the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the isolated areas of the theater of military operations near Lipny 2026, but these attacks did not lead to complete success.

18.15 The legacy of the Russian shelling of a critical infrastructure facility in the Poltava region 2 sickles became a round of unsafe chemical speech. The threat was completely eliminated by the operational and professional activities of chemical agents. This is reported by the State Service on the urgent situation in Ukraine.

18.00 Russia hit the private sector of Zaporizhzhya, causing destruction and fire, reported the head of the regional military administration Ivan Fedorov.

A private sector of the place is burning, people are dying.

17.35 As a result of the fire in a restaurant near Moscow, five people died. Russian propaganda Telegram channels report this. The private party was carefully buried, write RosZMI. The bomb, filled with metal balls, was detonated remotely.

17.16 Radars of the Ministry of National Defense of Romania (MApN) with 2 sickles detected an overhead target near the river cordon with Ukraine. Through this, the residents of the Tulcea district were deafened by the advance of the RO-Alert.

17.00 The Russian army attacked the positions of the Ukrainian Defense Forces 52 times. The greatest activity is observed on Pokrovsky and Slovyansky. About this, having informed the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at 16:00 2 sickles.

16.35 Belarus has begun to form a new airborne assault brigade, which will be based near Gomel - approximately 40 kilometers from the Ukrainian cordon. The commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Belarus, Oleksandr Ilyukevich, informed about this.

16.15 The forces of unmanned systems over the course of 72 years brought out 13 more energy facilities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. About this per week, 2 sickles, according to SBS commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi.

He noted that the operation “Crimean switch off” will continue and this time it has “locked down” the Donetsk, Kherson and Zaporizhzka regions, where previously Madyar’s Birds had already attacked the base of boats, tankers and PPO facilities of the enemy.

14.23 A bill to strengthen sanctions against Russia, which was pushed through by the late Senator Lindsey Graham, reaching the support of Congress through provisions on President Donald Trump’s new reform. About this write Reuters.

The document imposes sanctions against Russian landowners, as well as the possibility of introducing 100% measures to the countries, such as buying up valuable obligations of Russian oil and gas or helping Moscow to circumvent sanctions.

Among the potential targets of such approaches may be China, India, as well as other European countries and Japan, although the bill does not have any specific transfer of powers.

The very least part of the document attracted criticism from democrats, some Republicans and business representatives. Opponents claim that the new developments could trigger price increases in the United States and create further trade conflicts.

13.59 Russian troops hit the warehouses of the Rozetka marketplace near Brovary with drones. The founder of the company, Irina Chechotkina, told about this.

“At night, our warehouse was attacked by the Russians again. This time they captured two Shahedi,” Chechotkina said.

How many times were there no casualties.

13.36 Soldiers of the State border service stopped the attempts of the Russian troops to infiltrate the Pivnichno-Slobozhansky direct. The occupiers began to attack in small assault groups. The DPSU was informed about this.

“On the Pivnichno-Slobozhanskyi direct line, the enemy does not hesitate to try to push forward, rushing into small assault groups. However, such an exit will end, however, in losses even before reaching the desired milestones,” the source said.

12.53 President Volodymyr Zelensky informed that over the past year, Russian troops attacked 16 regions of Ukraine, leaving about 1,900 attack drones, and perhaps 1,600 aircraft bombs and 144 missiles of various types, including ballistic ones.

11.21 The Ukrainian defense forces hit the lower military and fire targets of Russia. Among the protection targets are the Saratov oil refinery, the Engels airfield, a petroleum depot in the Kaluz region and a place for preserving attack drones. The General Staff publicized the details of successful attacks.

09.37 Russia changed the design of the Geran-4 Siker jet strike drone by installing an optical-electronic guidance system in the nose of the device. This is reported by Militarny, who sent for the analysis of public photographs of drones.

One of the main changes in the new version is the addition of a nose piece with a compact optical module and a guidance system. Vaughn, obviously, allows you to correct the flight and more accurately hit the target once you get in touch with the operator before the final stage of the attack.

09.22 The 1621st round of large-scale aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine began. Over the past year, 234 combat actions have been recorded. Please contact the rank of the General Staff.

08.59 In Ukraine they celebrate the Day of the Insurgent Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For this holy day, the Commander-in-Chief of the ZSU, Mikhailo Drapatiy, greeted the heavens with a professional saint.

This means that the rebel forces themselves were able to disrupt the plans of the Russian armies to gain superiority in the sky, they survived the first strikes and continued to strengthen their capabilities.

08.47 As a result of the night attack by Russian drones in the Kharkiv region, five people were injured, two children were killed. The State Tax Service was informed about this.

Tim an hour the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov informed about the ten wounded.

08.29 The anti-aircraft defense destroyed 109 Russian drones of various types from the 133 that Russian troops launched across Ukraine. The Command of the Air Defense Forces of the ZSU informed about this.

07.46 In Sumy region, as a result of attacks by Russian drones, several civilians were injured, including a 12-year-old boy. The press service of the National Police reported this.

07.09 Defense forces liquidated 1,500 Russian occupiers during the harvest. Thus, the total waste of the war in the war is about 1,449,120 people. I informed the ZSU General Staff about this.

05.27 Russian drones attacked Kharkiv several times throughout the night. In the Industrial area there were a dozen strikes by enemy UAVs. There is also an increase in recordings in the Kiev region. Three people, two of them children, were injured.

05.00 Drones attacked the Saratov oil refinery plant and the military airfield near Engels, in the Saratov region. In both places, watch out for fires. This is already the 15th attack on the Saratov Oil Refinery since the beginning of the war. Less than a month ago, it was reported that the work had slowed down after the front impact.

00.12 The United Arab Emirates can help Ukraine with the security of maritime routes in the Black Sea. About Saturday, September 1, President Volodymyr Zelensky said after a telephone conversation with OAU President Muhammad bin Zayed Al Nagayan.

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