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Zelensky on CNN:

"This year we have two and a half times less interceptors than we had in 2025.

Russia has two times more ballistic missiles per month than they had before.

If the U.S. sells us 5%, we will go through the winter and save people’s lives. If they can sell us 10%, we will destroy all the Russian ballistic missiles.

For today, I have 1%."

A trash-bin IED killed defector Robert Shageev in occupied Sevastopol today. He once commanded Ukraine's only submarine before switching to Russia in 2014. A woman was reportedly detained. No claim of responsibility.

A Ukrainian drone strike sparked a large fire at a Wildberries logistics hub in Bashkortostan, Russia.

Putins mobilization is beginning to reach ordinary households.

Russian civilians are receiving military summonses, with those who fail to report facing travel bans and restrictions on driver’s licenses. This man asks: “Who needs this?”

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov: The United States has not transmitted any proposals from Zelensky regarding a resolution of the conflict to Russia through diplomatic channels.

NEW: The Houthis are using Russian satellites to guide attacks on Saudi Arabia and Saudi-backed forces in Yemen, a southern Yemeni anti-Houthi source tells Kan News. The source says Riyadh is aware, and the intelligence was passed to the U.S.

Video reportedly shows Russian air defenses firing heavily as they attempt to intercept Ukrainian drones targeting Novorossiysk last night.

Novorossiysk is Russia’s primary Black Sea Fleet base and a major oil and grain export hub.

Russian air defense engaging a massive Ukrainian strike on Novorossiysk.

Putin warned Russia could seize European vessels in response to EU plans to sell cargo confiscated from Russian “shadow fleet” ships.

Moscow is turning up the heat.

Putin on Japan:

Japan, under the pretext of events in Ukraine, without delving into the causes of this conflict, imposed sanctions against Russia that were unprovoked on our part.

Putin: Russia will respond in kind to attempts by Western countries to seize Russian merchant vessels.

Putin: Several countries are attempting to restrict the movement of Russian vessels. If Western nations seize Russian commercial ships, Moscow will respond in kind.

Wild footage shows a Russian mobile fire team unsuccessfully trying to intercept a passing kamikaze drone.

I wouldn’t want to be a driver behind that crew.

Zelensky: Ukraine gave U.S. negotiators its proposals to end the war with Russia.

Ukrainian President Zelensky:

There was a report from the Foreign Intelligence Service of Ukraine regarding the preparations for Russian mobilization.

They are preparing it for the autumn, right after the imitation of parliamentary elections.

Putin's plan is not particularly complex: he wants to portray that Russians allegedly support the war.

All the parties allowed so far are, in one way or another, against peace.

Marco Rubio: Robert Gilman is on his way home after more than four years detained in Russia, released through Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.

He joins over 100 Americans freed under Trump's second term. The U.S. is still seeking the return of all other detained Americans, including Stephen Hubbard.

Russia believes it reached a deal with the Syrian government securing continued operation of its Tartus naval base and Hmeimim air base going forward, Bloomberg reports.

Sweden's security service announced it detected and neutralized an espionage operation attributed to Russia's foreign intelligence service on Swedish soil. According to the agency, the operation was designed to collect intelligence on important decision-making processes and to lay the groundwork for future influence operations inside Sweden.

Two Russian-flagged oil tankers seized by the U.S. in January have been sold to a Dubai-based ship recycler and will be scrapped in India. The vessels were targeted over sanctions tied to Russia, Venezuela and Iran, per Reuters.

Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Wildberries logistics center in Voronezh, Russia.

Russia is replacing slow Shaheds with jet-powered drones hitting 350–600 km/h, harder to intercept and already cutting Ukraine's shoot-down rates. Ukraine is developing jet-powered autonomous interceptors in response. - BBC

Ukrainian drones hit an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk, Russia.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić:

"I don't know how you can win against Russia because I believe it's not going to happen easily. At the end, Russia is a nuclear power and it cannot be attacked by anyone easily. We need a compromising solution, not a defeat of any side."

Ukrainian drones hit Russia and occupied territory overnight. The Nizhnekamsk refinery was struck, the Galaktika mall in Makiivka set ablaze. Russia says 15 drones downed near Moscow. Outages in Melitopol, Berdyansk, Donetsk. Fires in Sevastopol and Kerch.