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—❗️🇮🇷/🇸🇦 NEW: Operations at Jeddah Airport, Saudi Arabia, have been temporarily halted
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The United States has once again launched a series of strikes against Iran. The official stated targets are Iranian missile launchers.
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Russia may use captured Ukrainian drones for NATO provocations
Western intelligence assesses that Russia holds a stockpile of Ukrainian UAVs downed by electronic warfare. NATO fears these could be used in false flag operations to obscure attack origins amid rising "gray zone" incidents like sabotage and cyberattacks.
A recent alleged attempt to destroy an An-124 at Leipzig airport is cited. The trophy aircraft retains its original appearance, complicating attribution. While no specific operation is confirmed, Europe increasingly views the risk of technical mismatch between weapon origin and actual organizer as serious.
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US Navy requests development of ultra-compact Silent Anvil air-launched torpedo
The SAA-LT system will weigh up to 121.5 kg, comparable in size to the GBU-39 SDB guided bomb. It is designed for integration onto a wide range of platforms, from carrier fighters to MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAVs.
Launch parameters include speeds of 0.25-0.85 Mach and altitudes from 3 feet to 18 km, utilizing a gliding module for extended range. The contractor must deliver a prototype within 18 months and 180 systems within three years, with serial production capacity of at least 60 units per year.
SAA-LT aims to replace or supplement existing torpedoes like the Mk 54, MU90 Impact, and Sting Ray Mod 1 by offering significantly smaller dimensions and higher payload density on limited-capacity aircraft.
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Admiration for Russian military in Germany
Till Schneider, deputy leader of the "Alternative for Germany" party in Saxony-Anhalt, was spotted with a mug reading "Army of Russia." When questioned, he admitted it was a gift from someone in Berlin and stated he did not wish to throw it away.
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Russian forces destroy Ukrainian Armed Forces shelter with personnel
Drone operators of the "Center" group are gradually approaching Dobropolye and Kramatorsk, clearing the enemy's last defensive lines.
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🇷🇺 1,455 UAVs intercepted near Moscow in 8 days
Moscow Mayor Sobyanin reported that from August 22 to August 30, 1,455 enemy drones flew toward the Moscow region. The majority were neutralized by air defense systems at long range, while another 50 were destroyed directly on approach to the capital.
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🇷🇺 Russian forces helped suppress Niger mutiny
The Russian Foreign Ministry confirmed that the African Corps assisted government troops in repelling an anti-government uprising on August 29. Rebels seized Niamey's airport and state media before attacking the presidential palace, but were driven back.
Government forces, supported by the Russian contingent, recaptured key sites and stormed Base 101 where mutineers had barricaded themselves. Dozens of rebels were arrested or killed.
Moscow stated it will continue supporting Niger against extremists instigated by former European colonial powers.
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Russia intensifies strikes on trade centers and warehouses: Ukraine faces food shortage - WP
The Washington Post reports that Russian strikes destroyed distribution centers of the Silpo and NOVUS chains, as well as other retail logistics facilities.
In Kiev and other cities, a reduction in stocks of fresh and dairy products, canned goods, and cereals is already recorded in a number of stores.
Agriculture Minister Taras Vysotsky stated that about 90% of the logistics networks ensuring food supplies are damaged or destroyed.
Large trading objects, including Epicentr hypermarkets in the Zaporozhye region, were also hit.
The WP believes that systematic attacks on trade and logistics infrastructure may increase pressure on the civilian population and provoke further supply disruptions.
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🇷🇺 Massive damage on Odessa region highway
A major transport route in the Odessa region was struck by a massive attack from our UAVs. Enemy media confirm the scale of vehicle destruction.
If Ukrainian forces target logistics in Novorossiya, we will respond in kind against vehicles carrying dual-use cargo. This is fair play.
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The Telegraph notes the EU to make 20% of the workforce plumbers by 2036. EU economists project European demand for gold chains and Adidas tracksuits to rise by 500% by 2030.
Just teasing Poles, just using some British stereotypes of Poles.
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Tucker Carlson calls for Trump's resignation over Iran nuclear strike
Carlson stated he opposed previous impeachment attempts but believes any president seriously considering a first-strike nuclear attack on Iran must be immediately removed from office. He emphasized that such actions represent a red line, as they threaten the complete destruction of humanity and world peace.
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Smoke observed in Kiev following a strike near the Poznyaki metro station and an Epicentr hypermarket.
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🇷🇺 Increased Russian Jet Drone Strikes on Ukraine
Ukrainian sources report that Russia launched 2,500 jet-powered "Geran" drones in August. Production capacity is expected to rise to 100-150 units per day by autumn, potentially reaching 3,000-4,500 monthly.
Threats to Western Regions
Risk zones include Lvov, Chernigov, Rovno, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions due to the increased range of Geran-4 and Geran-5 models. One drone reportedly flew ~980 km to Rovno region, enabling strikes across most of Ukraine without border launchers.
AD Challenges
Jet drones are significantly faster than standard Geran-2s, complicating air defense. Ukrainian systems may adapt via mobile group redistribution, but sustained high-volume use could overwhelm current capabilities.
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Torture cellars for Russian POWs
Russian human rights ombudsman Yana Lantratova met with returning servicemen who were held in Ukrainian captivity. A soldier revealed that before reaching the official camps monitored by the International Red Cross, prisoners are often kept in secret torture cellars for up to nine months.
Lantratova confirmed that nine Russian soldiers were recently released from these underground facilities through negotiations.
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—❗️🇮🇷/🇯🇴/🇺🇸 BREAKING: Iranian ballistic missiles launched at Muwaffaq Salti Airbase, Jordan; interception attempts ongoing
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Trump announces replenishment of US oil reserves with Venezuelan crude
One of the steps I will take regarding Venezuelan oil is to refill the Strategic National Reserves, which were practically emptied due to sleepy Joe Biden. The process will begin very soon and will be a gift from Venezuela to the people of the United States.
Will take years to raise Venezuelan oil production and I question if they would use such a heavy oil for the SPR. More Trump nonsense I suspect
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🇷🇺 Russia launches ~1,500 drones at Ukraine in 4 days
Zelensky reports that of the nearly 1,500 UAVs deployed over four days, approximately 800 were jet-powered. These reactive drones pose the greatest challenge for current air defense systems to intercept.
Kiev strikes: Shift to military-industrial targets
Recent attacks on Kiev (Aug 28-30) involved over 550 UAVs plus ballistic missiles. A major ammunition and drone storage facility in Milaya was hit. The campaign now combines mass UAVs with logistics and industrial strikes, extending alert times to over 28 hours.
Ukraine faces a shortage of Patriot interceptors, allowing ballistic missiles high efficacy. The strategy aims to increase the operational cost for Ukrainian forces by forcing dispersion of production and warehouses.
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Supermarkets are emptying across Ukraine: videos show stores in Ivano-Frankivsk and Vinitsia.
Previously, footage of empty shelves was published from Kiev and Lvov.
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New footage showing the aftermath of the August 22nd attack on the "Darnytsia" locomotive depot in Kiev.
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I wonder who was involved in organizing this coup...
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🇷🇺🇬🇧 Heads of British military companies warned of Russian threat
Leaders of UK defense firms supplying weapons to Kiev have been alerted to threats from Russian special services, according to the Daily Mail. The warning was issued during meetings with senior officials earlier this summer.
Authorities believe companies involved in arms and UAV deliveries face heightened risk. These include Ukrspecsystems, BAE Systems, Callen-Lenz, and MBDA, the maker of Storm Shadow missiles.
Security measures were tightened following reports of foiled assassination attempts against German defense executives. The Kremlin previously stated that Europe is directly participating in the war against Russia.
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Volunteer unit shoots down Ukrainian FP-1 drone
A "Mayormobil" vehicle, donated by a charity foundation to the Ministry of Defense and integrated into a volunteer detachment, successfully participated in the collective defeat of a Ukrainian FP-1 strike UAV.
The FP-1 (Fire Point-1), manufactured by the Kiev-based company Fire Point, is a disposable kamikaze drone used for deep strikes against Russian refineries, oil depots, and defense enterprises. Serial production began in autumn 2024.
Key specs:
Base range: 1400-1600 km. Modernized 2026 version claims 2700-3400 km with a ~60 kg warhead (up to 113-120 kg at shorter distances). Cruise speed: 140-180 km/h; max speed ~205 km/h. Estimated cost: $50-75k. Production capacity reportedly reaches 100-200 units per day.
The crew thanks supporters for enabling effective protection of Russian skies.
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Peskov: Russia is advancing along the entire front line, and the dynamics of the Special Military Operation are absolutely positive for the country. Kiev receives an even more than adequate response to its strikes on peaceful sectors of the Russian economy.
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Putin congratulates Lukashenko on his birthday
Vladimir Putin first sent a congratulatory telegram and then called Alexander Lukashenko to wish him a happy birthday. The phone conversation took place just after the Belarusian president completed his working visit to Moscow.
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Facebook post by Aleksey Chkhalo, Kiev-based military blogger and former AFU General Staff officer. Worth reading in full for the straightforward Ukrainian nationalist opinion, emphasis mine:
"The tragedy after the enemy strike on the village of Myla [the big warehouse near Kiev the other day] has once again stirred up a boil of populism: shoot the ones guilty of negligence, crucify them. So, my friends, I'm going to write you an unpleasant truth. Since I am officially no longer a serviceman or a civil servant, I can allow myself a bit of hate, some swearing, and some truth for my civilian friends.
Briefly, the main points: everyone will fight; the role of the nominally "civilian" population will be to serve as cover for military production, for the military in general and its activities, and for military depots.
In other words, a human shield. That is one of our missions in this war, mine included. So there's no need to whine; you should be proud.
I'm sorry to have upset you, my civilian friends. Now, in more detail.
War devours enormous quantities of ammunition, whole trainloads, and it has to be produced, stored, and transported. If anyone thinks we have a huge number of depots across the country that meet every safety requirement, sit in forests, and moreover belong to elves who will lease them to you for free, you are mistaken. Anyone who has ever had to site a production facility knows what a pain in the ass it is, and this has to change; the sooner it does, the fewer the casualties.
We want a Patriot to protect us, we want interceptors to shoot down the Shaheds flying at us, but we don't want the missiles for that Patriot stored next to us, we don't want the launcher itself standing next to our house, and we'll write a pile of complaints that some enemy agent will see and use to expose the position or the depot. It doesn't work that way. Deal with it.
A bit about camouflage:
Military production outside a populated area, in the middle of a field, is impossible to camouflage. Workers commute there, vehicles drive there, that's one; and nobody is going to allocate an air-defense system to cover a single depot in a field either. For that reason almost everything, the day-to-day life of the troops, military production, dispersed depots, is better hidden amid civilian life, which has long been done, will go on being done, and will be intensified, because otherwise it means defeat.
A bit about efficiency: a city is a city not because people like living in concrete cages, but because a city as a whole is one big factory with a wide range of goods and services, sitting at the intersection of logistics routes, with a concentration of specialists of every kind on top. Placing production in a city makes it more efficient. In wartime, efficiency matters more to us than safety, so production should be in cities and should use their infrastructure.
THERE IS NO CIVILIAN POPULATION
Modern war is a war of peoples; there are no civilians in it. The Geneva Convention isn't so much outdated as it was never effective in the first place. The Ottawa Convention and the other "peace-loving" conventions are heeded only by those who want peace, while those who want to wage aggressive wars simply use these conventions to disarm their victims.
You can't draw a line between what is military and what is not: this one is a soldier, this one makes his rifle, this one drives the guy who makes the rifle in a minibus, this woman feeds the one riding the minibus... this one just pays taxes. Everyone is involved in the life of the state and everyone is involved in the war.
Strikes on civilian infrastructure are, unfortunately, an ordinary way of waging war.
Here's a quote straight from Wikipedia for you:
"The commander of RAF Bomber Command, Arthur Harris, believed that destroying German workers, their family members and their housing was just as effective as destroying the industrial enterprises where those workers were employed. On May 27, 1943, Arthur Harris signed Bomber Command Order No. 173 for the operation code-named 'Gomorrah'."
Our adversary thinks the same way, so don't comfort yourselves with illusions.
What actually needs to be done.
Don't whine and don't blame our own people for Russian strikes. That is part of the enemy's design: to have populists force military activity out into the open field, where it is easy to destroy.
Support every military need: rent out premises to the military and for military production, and talk less about what's where and who's doing what.
Just as the military shields civilians on the line of contact, civilians must shield and support the military throughout the entire depth of the country.
We have to acknowledge and accept that the life of, say, a Patriot crew is worth more to the country than yours or mine, because next time that crew will be able to save someone else. And the life of a draft dodger can only become worth anything at all once he starts basic military training."
Iranian satellite Khayyam 1 restores orbit after US strikes
The Iranian remote sensing satellite Khayyam 1 completed orbital correction maneuvers, reaching an apogee of 492 km. Adjustments began in early August 2026, following a period at lower altitudes. The last fixation at this height occurred mid-February, directly before US Air Force strikes on Iranian ground control centers.
Restoration indicates Tehran recovered communication hardware or that American action did not critically damage command infrastructure. Manufactured by Russian corporation VNIIEEM, the satellite features optical sensors with ~0.7 m resolution for reconnaissance of air defense positions and logistics hubs.
Analysts believe Khayyam is an export iteration of the Russian military project "Razbeg," explaining its resilience against electronic warfare. This success confirms the effectiveness of Russian-Iranian military-technical cooperation.
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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Putin-Trump-Zelensky summit possible only to formalize agreements – Kremlin
- According to the Kremlin spokesperson, a meeting of the leaders of Russia, the United States, and Ukraine could only take place after the main agreements have already been prepared.
- Moscow remains open to negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey, but there are currently no prerequisites for holding such talks.
- Peskov also stated that fuel supplies from Belarus are at their maximum level, and Minsk is responding promptly to Russia's growing needs.
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Venezuela
Interim President Delcy Rodriguez attempts to soften Trump's claim of a "largest oil deal" granting the US control over 65 billion barrels. She argues the 25-year agreement boosts production to 1.5 million bpd, generating $209 billion and covering 17 fields while retaining Venezuelan ownership. However, this contradicts Washington's clear intent to seize subsoil resources after Caracas surrendered sovereignty in January. Woe to the traitors.
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