A cartoon by Ron Cobb (1975), showing a shadow of US B-52 bomber above cratered landscape. Two people who look like Vietnamese peasants look up; one says “they’re having problems with their economy again.”
This is from 1975.
MACRON: The G7 agreed that recent events in no way justify lifting sanctions on Russia. They must continue, and this must not weaken our focus on supporting Ukraine or our clear stance on sanctions against Russia.
Yesterday only 4 hours of electricity just SW of Kyiv, but today already 8 hours.
So much respect for the heroes/magicians who keep the power on.
💙💛
A woman clears snow with a broom from portraits of Ukrainian and foreign fighters at a memorial on Independence Square in Kyiv on January 21, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Belgium sits on one of the biggest sticks, but he's afraid to use it.
Kostiantynivka destroyed by russia. Does this looks like a success?
Yesterday's grid data from our house just SW of Kyiv. Nearly 12 hours without power.
💪🏻 Air defense soldiers of the 47th OMB with STING interceptor drones from the "Wild Hornets" repelled a massive attack by Russian drones in Sumy region: 22 targets were shot down in 6 hours.
“Just one more thing, Ms Bondi…
… If The Epstein Files are a hoax, why the redactions?”
With all this talk of how to end Russias war against Ukraine, and a cease fire, keep this in mind:
If Ukraine ceases firing, Ukraine will cease to exist.
If Russia ceases firing. the war will cease to exist.
Pretty clear
Kharkiv today ❄️
In Bila Tserkva, a shahed drone crashed into a bus stop.
t.me/c/2020082249...
💡DTEK power engineers restored power to 347,000 families in Kyiv region after massive Russian attack
More than 10,000 families in Vyshhorod district remain without power.
The situation is also difficult in Boryspil and Brovary districts, where the usual schedules do not apply.
Promising Ukraine security guarantees only after a ceasefire is like promising water to someone dying of thirst in the Sahara only after it rains.
Vandaag in onze tv-serie de heftige evacuatie van 5 oorlogsslachtoffers uit Pokrovsk! Zie hoe deze zwaar geshockeerde mensen gered worden uit hun hachelijke en levensgevaarlijke situatie.
Dit en meer zie je vandaag in afl 4 van onze serie Patatje Hoop, om 17:30 op RTL4. Herhaling: zondag om 15:00
Where is the other half of the parts from? Bet there's
many Western parts without which the Chinese parts might be of no use.
This is where it goes wrong every time.
Send them now, and the war will end as peace enforcers (without having to fight) will become peace keepers. They can stay on the right bank of the Dnipro and free up Ukrainian troops.
Russia attacked an ambulance in the Kharkiv region near Kupyansk with an FPV drone.
Two people were injured.
Checkpoint Zoo premiered in the US, telling how Feldman Ecopark staff and volunteers braved Russian fire in 2022 to save over 5,000 animals in Kharkiv.
🔴 On the morning of August 9, a Russian drone struck a minibus in a suburb of Kherson, killing two civilians and wounding 16 others, local authorities reported.
All of the victims were inside the vehicle when it was hit.
Estonian outlet Delfi has an article on the Russian GPS/GNSS jamming, confirming whereabouts in Kaliningrad (very close to my previous localizations) and adding technical details.
forte.delfi.ee/artikkel/120...
If someone has a liberated non-paywalled version I'd be most grateful.
Back in 2023 when we first dove into ADS-b data to hunt what later was shown to be the Kaliningrad jammer @signalseta.bsky.social was integral to both data collection and ideas on analysis.
Looking forward to their coming posts!
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The clean up has begun in Dnipro and relief agencies are helping those who have nowhere to go or need any other assistance.
A school was among the many buildings damaged in the drone-swarm attack.
The US is debating how best to hit Russia. Lowest hanging fruit - and most impactful - is to sanction the 359 ships sanctioned by the EU and UK that are not yet sanctioned by the US. Oil tankers are Russia's Achilles heel. This will get Putin's attention...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/more-us-sh...
Today, Russia bombed the train station in Lozova, where I spent time in eastern Ukraine. This is what remains of the warming center/wifi spot we helped setup a couple years ago. Children were injured. There is no justification for this—just yet another evil attack on civilians.
🔴 Zelenskyy honors 31 killed in Russian strike on Kyiv—including five children.
31 people were killed by the Russian Federation in Kyiv, including five children, the youngest child was 2 years old, President Zelensky reported the completion of search and rescue operations.
159 people were injured. Among those wounded and injured, 16 were children.
#RussiaIsATerroristState
⚡️UPDATE: Death toll rises to 26 in Russia’s July 31 attack on Kyiv.
Three children are among the 26 people killed, local officials said.
