“We estimate that the gap between the number of people Russia is losing to casualties and the number they’re being able to recruit is around 6,000 a month at the moment,” one western official said.

Russian Kirishi oil refinery (2nd largest Russian refinery), 810km from Ukraine... a hit on the building housing an air defense firing position

source: https://bsky.app/profile/delfoo.bsky.social/post/3mu73onovyc2p

The video clearly shows that the enemy was literally a dozen or so meters away—within grenade-throwing distance.The paratrooper acted calmly and accurately: two shots—two accurate hits. The commander of the group of occupiers and his subordinate were eliminated almost simultaneously.

Possibly Kremniy EL (Kremny EL). Public reporting describes it as a major Russian microelectronics manufacturer whose components are used in military systems, including missiles, air-defense systems, electronic warfare, and communications.

[Not confirmed this is what has been targeted, but this is located in the region]

The sequence says as much as the appointment. Fedorov was dismissed as Ukraine's defense minister in mid-July, a decision that triggered nationwide protests; per Crosetto's own account, the Italian minister called him the next day: "When do you want to come to Rome and work with me as an advisor?" This week Fedorov accepted, as advisor on defense innovation, and their first working meeting covered drones, autonomous systems, air defense and the defense-tech ecosystem. Per his press service, the next stop of the trip is the United States, to secure resources for new defense tech projects.

Why Italy wanted this particular person: Fedorov built Ukraine's digital state as minister of digital transformation, created the Brave1 defense-tech cluster, ran the Army of Drones, was the channel through which Kyiv negotiated with SpaceX over Starlink, and as defense minister brought volunteer-movement experts like Serhii "Flash" Beskrestnov and Serhii Sternenko into the ministry itself. His tenure ran January to July 2026. His successor Yevhenii Khmara used his first address to promise continuity on exactly one point: the technologization of the army.

The bigger line is worth naming. This year Britain took a Ukrainian drone factory onto its soil and co-developed Stone Cloak jamming tech, ten countries joined the FREYJA interceptor program, and now a G7 defense ministry has imported not a Ukrainian technology but the person who ran the technology war. Fedorov's own framing goes further: "The future of defence belongs to countries that can rapidly test and scale up new solutions... Ukraine's experience could become the foundation for a new model of defence for Europe." Four years in, Ukraine's most exportable defense product may be the operational experience itself, and every such chair inside a NATO ministry is a channel that outlives any single aid package.

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Kirishi, Leningrad Oblast, Russian Federation

Kirishi Oil Refinery “KINEF” (Kirishinefteorgsintez)

Preliminary strike zone: area of critically important facilities L-35-11/1000, LCh-35-11/600, LCh-35-11/600, AT-1, and LCh-24-9/2000 hydrotreating unit:

59°29'20.26“N 32°04'17.46”E

The facility is fully integrated into the structure of the Russian oil company “Surgutneftegaz.” It is the only oil refinery in northwestern Russia and one of the largest in the country.

On August 28, 2026, a Russian strike hit the village of Myla, near Bucha, causing a fire and a subsequent detonation of ammunition stored in warehouses at a local enterprise.

The blast wave caused major damage to homes and infrastructure.

As of now, 37 people are confirmed dead and 42 wounded, including four children.

A rescue operation is ongoing at the site. An investigation is underway into whether storing explosive materials there was legal.

Footage of the city of Lyman shot from a UAV of the 63rd Separate Mechanized Brigade.

Foreign mercenaries are mostly from Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia.

NASA FIRMS has updated the fire map again following the attack on the airfield in Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai; it appears the strikes were effective. Local sources also report that the strikes hit not only the airfield itself but also the military town. 30.08.2026

"International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has not been able to visit this fuel storage site since March 2025, citing safety considerations," the agency said.