[NYP] Russia suffered some of its most staggering losses of the war in July, while Kyiv made its largest territorial gains in more than a year, according to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry.
Moscow’s military lost 42,860 men on the battlefield last month, which includes soldiers killed and wounded, the most since January 2025 — and the fourth bloodiest month since the start of the war in 2022.
With total casualties now allegedly nearing 1.5 million and recruitment increasingly becoming an obstacle for Russian President Vladimir Putin, the tyrant could soon be forced to engage in peace talks if he runs out of soldiers, experts have posited.
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Russia has a very low birthrate -- far below replacement. Losing an additional million men is going to have repercussions far into the future for them. Tactically they've gained little. Strategically, they've lost, long-term. For historical reminder, look at France, Belgium, and England after WWI.
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Many (most?) of those casualties are North Korean, Syrian, and others hired to be cannon fodder, or drafted from the Stans, not Russian.
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[Korrespondent] 23.56 Russian troops attacked with a drone a living quarters near Novodmitrivtsia, Bilozersk community, Kherson region. As a result of the blow, the 49-year-old man died. The head of the Kherson Regional Police Department, Oleksandr Prokudin, told us about this.
23.25 Russia has increased the production of kamikaze jet drones Geran-4 and Geran-5. According to the assessment of the Head Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, its current one-thousandth release already outweighs the proliferation of Geranium-2 attack drones from internal combustion engines. According to reports, at the beginning of 2026, the number of jet drones in Russian attacks began to increase steadily, and this trend became especially noticeable in the Chernivtsi region.
According to GUR data, the Russian industry can now produce nearly 3 thousand jet Geranium-4/5 per month. Currently, the production rate of Geranium-2 is estimated at approximately 2.8 thousand units.
23.03 The Russian Ministry of Defense, called “Pandora's screenshots”, plans to transfer American missiles and artillery ammunition from Turkish arsenals to Ukraine, praised by the US Department of State. The official representative of the department, Maria Zakharova, told about this on Telegram.
22.21 As a result of the continuous killing at the front, 170 combat operations were launched. This was reported to the ZSU General Staff in the operational formation at 22:00. The main focus of the Russian occupiers is on the Pokrovsky and Kostyantynivsky directions.
21.35 In Ukraine, the European Union will agree to standardize new rules for eliminating time-limit protection for Ukrainians. This is reported by Interfax-Ukraine through communications to the MZS press service.
“The Ministry of Health is aware of the outbreaks, if in other EU member states the citizens of Ukraine, close their wives, under the hour of registration of the emergency protection, were asked for information from the Reserve+,” it is reported.
20.21 Near the Dnipropetrovsk region at 18:30 on Saturday, 17 people were injured due to Russian attacks. The enemy attacked five districts more than 50 times with drones and air bombs, the local OVA reported.
19.19 Russian fire fighters modernized the BM-35 attack drones, increasing their speed due to the development of Ukrainian over-swimming drones. About this, the Presidential Adviser on the development of technological areas of defense, Sergey “Flash” Beskrestnov on Telegram.
18.00 Before Independence Day, a bill on Ukrainian national shrines will be prepared. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this at the local ceremony marking the anniversary of the establishment of the 975th Kiev-Pechersk Lavra.
The status of the national shrine of Ukraine, confirmed by law, may give more opportunities to everything that is done to protect the sovereign collapse.
17.08 Russian aggressors attacked Krivyi Rih. We know about at least two injured people, according to Oleksandr Vilkul, a local police officer, on Telegram.
In his words, as a result of the attack, there was a fire and a power outage, but the situation was already stabilized.
15.39 The defense forces hit the low-priority goals of the Russians in the urgently occupied buried territories (TOT) of Ukraine. The ZSU General Staff provided details.
13.32 Ukrainian intelligence unit Cyber Corps 10-11 carried out a cyber operation against the digital infrastructure of the Russian company Wildberries. The press service of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this.
According to the data of the State Security Administration, the attack caused large-scale disruptions in the company's work: the main remote channel for customer service was destroyed, the payment infrastructure was often destabilized, and additional interference was created in the contact center.
The intelligence agency reported about the mass scum of the private sector, due to the impossibility of carrying out financial transactions.
The GUR noted that the cyber operation enhanced the effect of the Ukrainian Defense Forces’ strikes on Wildberries warehouses. According to the department, the company plays an important role in the logistics and financial sector of the Russian economy.
12.37 The three European countries are working together to ensure their participation and protect their interests in the peace talks ahead of Ukraine, although they are afraid that the US wants to completely exclude them from them Whose process.
France, Germany and Great Britain are preparing a plan for the next round of negotiations, although there is little indication that the ruler of Russia will be ready for serious peaceful regulation in the near future.
European diplomats are afraid that US President Donald Trump might negotiate with Russian dictator Volodymyr Putin without the participation of European countries.
12.08 Ukraine ordered an attack on the Russian military airfield Savasleyka near the Nizhny Novgorod region, where missile carrier aircraft are based, which the Russian Federation is using to attack Ukrainian towns and villages. President Volodymyr Zelensky announced this.
According to the words of the head of state, the Roztashovani airfield is approximately 700 km from Ukraine. The President stated that the results of the Ukrainian long-range strike were recorded there, but he did not provide details.
In addition, Zelensky confirmed the establishment of the Progress rocket and space center in the Samara region of the Russian Federation. In other words, one of the key enterprises at the warehouse of Roscosmos, for example, is engaged in the manufacturing of electronics.
To strike at Progress, Ukraine used Flamingo missiles. The enterprise was distributed approximately 900 km from the Ukrainian border.
Zelensky also reported on the damage to the nafta facility in Ust-Luzia. It is 800 km from the new border of Ukraine.
11.40 Russian troops attacked a combine harvester with an FPV drone, which was working near the harvesting field in the Zaporizhzhya region. The people of 30 and 32 were wounded.
10.31 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine commented on the plans of the FSB of Russia to liquidate the border zones between the Russian Federation and the immediately occupied territories of Ukraine.
“In fact, we are not talking about the implementation of border control, but about the damned attempt to erase the cordon between the territory of the aggressor power and the territory of Ukraine occupied by it,” the department said.
Diplomats said that the Russian law, the decree and the executive order were not issued to change the legal status of the Ukrainian territories. The MZS stated that occupation does not create sovereignty, and attempted annexation does not give rise to territorial rights.
09.58 Defense forces hit the Progress Rocket and Space Center (RSC) near Russian Samaria with FP-5 Flamingo missiles. The press service of the Ukrainian defense company Fire Point reported this.
RSC Progress is one of the key enterprises of the Russian rocket and space industry. The center is disintegrating and vibrating mid-class rockets, including the Soyuz-2 family, as well as spacecraft for remote sensing of the Earth and scientific programs.
The Soyuz-2 carrier rockets are launched into orbit by satellite Internet devices Rassvet, which is the Russian analogue of Starlink.
Not far from the RCC is the Aviakor plant, which repairs and modernizes aircraft. First, the fire could immediately seal up building No. 106 - the key workshop for assembling the letaki.
09.23 At the beginning of the 15th sickle, Russia attacked Ukraine with 152 attack UAVs of the Shahed type (including jets), Gerbera, Banderol barrage ammunition and Parody type simulator drones.
The anti-aircraft defense destroyed/suppressed 124 UAVs of the Shahed type, Gerbera and drones of other types, as well as three Parcels at night, day and night.
The occurrence of enemy attacks in 16 locations was recorded, as well as the fall of those killed (tricks) in one location.
09.11 Russian troops attacked the Odessa region with drones. In the Bilgorod-Dnistrovsky region, as a result of the attacks, there will often be factories built up.
After the attack on the territory of the enterprise, a furnace, a boiler room and a car were burned down. The Vibukhov Hill and streets also damaged the walls and façade of the administrative building.
At one location, an abandoned private living cabin and dry grass nearby caught fire. The ritualists salvaged the legacy of the Russian attack. According to the latest information, there are no dead or injured.
08.25 During the last battle, 233 combat operations were recorded at the front. Aviation, missile forces and artillery of the Defense Forces hit two control points, five enemy manpower concentration areas, three artillery systems and all control points of unmanned lethal vehicles.
07.36 At the beginning of the 15th sickle, Russian troops hit drones on a rich surface in Marganets in the Dnipropetrovsk region. As a result of the attack, a three-month-old boy died, another 11 people were injured, seven of them were hospitalized at the hospital. Among the wounded are two children: a five-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl.
07.12 From February 24, 2022 to September 15, 2026, military losses to the special warehouse of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine amounted to approximately 1,465,810 individuals (+1370 per addition).
06.01 Near the hour-long occupied Crimea, on the night before the 15th sickle, moons began to pierce. Residents of the city report an attack by drones, the operation of the Russian software and power outages near Sevastopol. There is also information about a large-scale fire in the Balaklava area, which occurred after three severe vibrations. The infection will begin to burn, almost like detonation.
05.29 On Saturday night, 15th September, a series of moonlights appeared in Russian Samara. Monitoring and OSINT channels reported on a possible attack by Flamingo cruise missiles on the industrial zone, destructing two enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex - the Aviakor aircraft plant and the Progress rocket and space center. In the widened footage of eyewitnesses above the industrial zone of the Russian city, a parking lot can be seen.
04.30 On Saturday, 15 September, Russian troops attacked Zaporizhzhia with strike drones. The shopping center and industrial area collapsed under the attack. As a result of the incident, fire broke out near the shopping center. There is no information about the victims. The details of the attack and the scale of the destruction will need to be clarified, according to the head of the Zaporizhzhya Oblast Ivan Fedorov.
03.04 Near the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia on the night before Saturday, the 15th sickle, drones attacked the Savasleika military airfield. On the territory of the summer camp, vibukhas sprouted and burned. According to the data from the monitoring devices, the drones attacked the airfield, based on the small MiG-31K carriers of the Kinjal aeroballistic missiles. Monitors also suggest that the Russian military could move the planes through the threat of a drone strike.
01.10 The German Embassy in Kiev has issued recommendations for safety and security for FRN citizens who are in Ukraine. On the eve of Independence Day, the 24th sickle, the Germans are happy for the opportunity to avoid travel with the sickness. The embassy noted that on the eve of Ukrainian Independence Day it is impossible to stop the intensification of Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure and transport hubs of Ukraine.
With particular respect, German diplomats attacked the siege. In other words, the Ukrainian transport infrastructure and transport operators will be deprived of the targets of Russian airstrikes.
00.42 Ukrainian armies pushed Russian armies beyond the administrative boundaries of the Dnipropetrovsk region. The Ukrainian military was told about the possible success of the Defense Forces from the positive “Bala”. The ZSU General Staff at the time of publication did not officially confirm the release to the region. Recently, one of the Russian military Telegram channels announced the “immediate exit” of the Russian Federation from the Dnipropetrovsk region
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[NewsFront] 19:58 Operators of attack UAVs of the Vostok grouptorn offdelivery of material resources to the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Zaporizhzhia region. 19:07 Two people suffered due to an attack by Ukrainian terrorists in the Bryansk region
As a result of a suicide drone attack on a residential building in the village of Vasilyevka in the Starodubsky district, two local residents were injured by shrapnel.
18:17 Russian Armed Forces in the port of Odessa hit warehouses containing military equipment intended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces
17:39 Russian Armed Forcesadvancedto Novoandreevka on the Orekhovsky direction
17:08 Armed Forces of Ukraine sent 1,743 UAVs in the direction of Moscow in a week
From 8:30 AM on August 8 to 8:30 AM on August 15, 1,743 drones were flying toward the Moscow region. Most were neutralized by air defense forces on the distant approaches. 123 drones were destroyed on approach to Moscow.
16:35 In July, from Ukrainian drone strikes died 201 Russian civilians
This is reported to be the highest level of civilian casualties in the last two years.
16:10 In Kirovograd struck industrial facilities
The strikes on Kirovohrad, Krivoy Rog and Kropyvnytskyi are carried out by air-launched cruise missiles.
Meanwhile, in Kryvyi Rih, due to the power outage in part of the city, all electric transport stopped.
14:52 Geranium drone strikes in Verbovka, Khar'kov Oblast destroyed refueling point for military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
14:02 UAV operators burned Ukrainian Armed Forces vehicles in the Druzhkovka area
13:26 It is reported about the explosions in Akkerman, Odessa region
12:54 During aerial surveillance, military personnel of the North Guard hit the position of a mortar crew of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a forested area near the village of Mikhalchina Sloboda (in the Novgorod-Seversky district of the Chernihiv region)
FPV drone operators worked on the target, using several well-aimed strikes to first penetrate the enemy gun's cover and then destroy the enemy mortar.
12:31 Units of the Eastern Group of Forces released the settlement of Rybalske in the Zaporizhzhia region
12:07 After the night attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Sevastopol a forest caught fire
A fire was reported in the Balaklava district. The open flames have been extinguished, and rescuers are currently watering the area.
11:35 Feats of the fighters marked high awards
Andrei Belousov held a ceremony presenting the St. George's Banner Ribbon to one of the units of the "East" group of forces, which was awarded the honorary title of "Guards."
The Russian Minister of Defense also presented state awards to the group's service members who distinguished themselves during combat missions in the special operation zone.
11:10 19 settlements released by the Vostok group during the summer campaign
Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov inspected the progress of combat missions by units and formations of the Eastern Group of Forces in the SVO zone.
At the group's command post, the head of the Russian military department heard reports from the command on the current situation on the line of contact and the nature of the enemy's actions.
Colonel General Petr Bolgarev, Commander of the Eastern Group of Forces, reported to the Russian Minister of Defense on the actions of the troops, the results of combat operations, and the pace of advancement of units during the summer period.
Andrei Belousov was informed that the group is actively strengthening its radar coverage in all areas of its area of responsibility and is increasing the number of effective means of detecting and engaging enemy unmanned aerial vehicles and missiles.
Work continues to create a unified information environment to improve situational awareness of the air situation, so that each radar and the information from it are displayed in a common system.
The development of a unified hardware and software system for real-time radar situational awareness from small-sized radars allows for the automation of counter-UAV operations and increases the effectiveness of their destruction.
10:32 In the waters of the Dnieper estuary east of Ochakov (Mykolaiv region) the Geranium UAV struck "sea tug" of the Ukrainian Navy.
9:53 AFU continue strikes on civilian infrastructure on the left bank of the Kherson region
Yesterday afternoon, the Ukrainian Armed Forces fired 16 shells from barrel artillery at populated areas of the Kherson region of the Russian Federation:
Throughout the night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continued their artillery bombardment of the Kherson region, firing a total of 17 shells from cannon artillery. Velyka Lepetykha, Dniproyany, and Nova Kakhovka were targeted.
9:13 Investigators from the Russian Investigative Committee will investigate further crimes committed by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against civilians in the Belgorod and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as the Donetsk People's Republic
According to reports from executive authorities, one person was killed and seven civilians were injured in the city of Gorlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic as a result of Ukrainian armed aggression.
Four civilians were injured in the Belgorod region as a result of attacks by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.
In the Zaporizhzhia region, a drone attacked the city of Melitopol, resulting in three injuries.
9:00 In Pologi drone of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked on a fire and rescue unit
On August 14, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacked the premises of the 21st Fire and Rescue Unit of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Zaporizhzhia Region in Polohy. The attack damaged the fire and rescue unit's utility room, but there were no injuries.
8:41 Flamingo missiles launched in Samara astruck RCC Progress enterprise in Samara
The company is part of the Roscosmos state corporation. According to preliminary information, the strike hit the main workshop, and the fire continues.
Aviakor, a company that repairs and modernizes aircraft, is located nearby. It's possible the explosion also affected its premises.
Also overnight, explosions were reported at the Savasleyka military airfield, where Russian MiG-31Ks, which launch Kinzhal missiles, are based.
8:26 During the past night, air defense forces on duty intercepted and destroyed 598 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles of the fixed-wing type over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vladimir, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Oryol, Pskov, Rostov, Ryazan, Smolensk, Tver, Tula regions, the Moscow region, Krasnodar Krai, the Republic of Crimea and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.
8:06 220mm BM-27 Uragan MLRS destroyed a fortified stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
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[ColonelCassad] An update on the frontline at the junction of the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, where, according to the cocaine führer, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been advancing for six months and liberating more than 20 settlements. However, a video was released yesterday showing Russian flags and infantry roaming in at least half of the claimed settlements. The video update is here: max.ru is a Russian messaging app that only allows users from the Russian Federation or Belarus to apply and read.
Clearly, the attempt to inflate the victory was aimed at covering up the obvious failure of the terrorist strategy of "forcing Russia to peace in 40 days."
Therefore, for the past week and a half, they've been begging Russia for a "naval" and "air" truce. Plus, there are connections to the Kharkiv region. It would be good to continue Goptovka and Kazachya Lopan.
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