Live Conflict Ukraine-Russia War

[Spitfire9]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2082547045529764022

The Russians apparently shot down one F-16 yesterday on the Ukrainian front line. Their Telegram announcement mentions an interception mission targeting enemy air targets. The Russians may have taken revenge for the downing of their Su-35 fighter jet.

Ground air defence responsible or an A2A missile?

 

[Soldier30]

Footage shows a heavy Ukrainian drone being hit by a Russian Igla-V missile fired from a Ka-52 "Alligator" helicopter. The video was filmed by the pilots; the location has not been disclosed. The Igla-V missile is based on the 9M39 surface-to-air missile from the 9K38 "Igla" man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS).

 

[Bogeyman]

Ground air defence responsible or an A2A missile?

There aren't many details.

 

[Soldier30]

The Russian army launched missile strikes against the Ukrainian Lviv Aviation Repair Plant (LDARZ), which manufactures electronics for "Flamingo" missiles. A strike was also carried out against the Ukrainian LORTA plant, which produces electronics for "Neptune" missiles. According to local media reports—shown at the end of the video—one Russian Kh-101 cruise missile veered off course and landed in Poland's Lublin Voivodeship.

 

[Relic]

Today the European Union released a $4 Billion usd tranche of military aid for Ukraine. The funds will purchase the following:

- 16 Gripen-E Fighter Jets
- Gripen-E Weapons Including Meteor
- Unamed Long Range Strike Missiles
- Jet Powered Attack Drones

Commission disburses another €3.47 billion to Ukraine for drones, missiles, air defence and fighter jets

The European Commission has today disbursed €3.47 billion to Ukraine, under the defence window of the €90 billion Ukraine Support Loan.

ec.europa.eu

 

[Relic]

Ukraine has struck and caused enormous fires at 3 more Wildberries logistics depot and wearhouses over the last two days. They've now eliminated 20% of the company's storage in less than two weeks.

Volgograd

The hedgehog (@the-hedgehog.bsky.social)

The Wildberries warehouse in Russia’s Volgograd region has been bit. It is burning

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Sarapul

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social)

🔥👀 Wildberries in Sarapul, Update!

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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social)

Update from WB in Sarapul 🔥

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Penza

MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social)

Wildberries in Penza… WOW 😎🔥

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[Soldier30]

Ukrainian media have released footage showing the first attempt by a Ukrainian drone to strike the warehouses of the Russian online marketplace OZON in Zelenodolsk. Ukrainian drones had previously attacked warehouses belonging to the company Wildberries as well. It remains unclear why Ukrainian drones are targeting these facilities; OZON and Wildberries are e-commerce companies. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the strikes on Wildberries were a response to the company supplying the Russian army. It is worth noting, however, that there is currently no evidence of such supplies being provided to the troops. According to media reports, these attacks are being carried out either due to Ukraine's lack of success on the battlefield or as an attempt to inflict economic damage.

 

[Soldier30]

Footage shows a Russian "Geran" drone striking a "Nova Poshta" terminal in the suburbs of Dnepropetrovsk. It is worth noting that "Nova Poshta" has been involved in the logistics of military cargo since 2022. The video shows "Nova Poshta" trucks—previously observed carrying military equipment—at the site. The drone strike ignited a fire at the terminal.

 

[Fatman17]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2082547045529764022

The Russians apparently shot down one F-16 yesterday on the Ukrainian front line. Their Telegram announcement mentions an interception mission targeting enemy air targets. The Russians may have taken revenge for the downing of their Su-35 fighter jet.

July 30, 2026 (by Lieven Dewitte) - Ukraine’s Air Force has confirmed the loss of an F-16 during a combat mission on 29 July 2026, after an in-flight emergency forced the pilot to eject around 18:45h. The aircraft was tasked with intercepting Russian aerial targets when the malfunction occurred, but the pilot was safely recovered and is currently under medical observation with no life-threatening injuries.

PS ZSU F-16AM's #80-3596 and #80-3599 are flying overhead during the inauguration of the first F-16s delivered to Ukraine held on August 4th, 2024. [PS ZSU photo]


The F-16AM block 20 was on a combat mission.

 

[Spitfire9]

Medvedev:

'There is only one way to save our country. Through victory in the special military operation.'

3m20s into video

Save Russia? According to Putin, all is well - albeit with some temporary problems.

Whatever, whether Russia needs saving or just needs to overcome some temporary problems, the intention appears to be to continue with the war. I hope that is what Russia does. 'Victory' is a long way away and there is a good probability that Russia will bankrupt itself before it can reach 'victory'. A future broken, bankrupt Russia will be less of a threat to other countries.

 

[Spitfire9]

How important was Wildberries to Russia (before the warehouse attacks started)?

An estimated 500,000 to 800,000 sellers are involved with Wildberries, said Sergei Semko of Data Insight, a Moscow-based company that analyzes online retail in Russia.

Wildberries accounts for 52% of all online orders in Russia, he told The Associated Press.

Ukraine hits more outlets of Russia's largest online marketplace to bring the war home

Ukraine's attacks on the sprawling Russian warehouses have produced stark images, with massive pillars of smoke rising above fires that raged at facilities of Wildberries, the country’s biggest online retailer and its equivalent of Amazon.

www.pbs.org

Small enterprises are good at reacting quickly to changes in the trading environment but a lot have lost goods for which they will receive no compensation. If not wiped out financially, it may be some time before they are able to resume their trading activities. Not good for Russian GDP.

 

[blackjack]

This is some important information I have found; you can ignore it or keep it in the back of your minds. I will lay out some points from all this info. To quote both Zelensky and Putin, "technology and warfare keeps changing every month."

First half of 2026 saw around 200,000 people sign contracts with Russian army — Medvedev

"Contracts for military service in the first six months of this year were signed by about 200,000 people", he noted

tass.com

MOSCOW, July 27. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed an executive order to set the size of the Russian armed forces at 2,426,130 people, including 1,535,000 service members.

The executive order instructs to "establish the staff number of the Russian armed forces at 2,426,130 people, including 1,535,000 service members."

Therefore, the overall number grew by 27,000 people, including 25,000 service members.

The decree comes into force on August 1.


Also, the decree sets the maximum number of the Russian Defense Ministry’s central office personnel at 13,400, not including security guards and other auxiliary workers. Of them, 4,930 are to be civil servants.

Медведев заявил о заключении около 200 тыс. контрактов с ВС РФ за полгода

В России за полгода приблизительно 200 тыс. человек заключили контракты о прохождении военной службы в рядах Вооруженных сил Российской Федерации. Об этом 28 июля заявил заместитель председателя Совета безопасности России Дмитрий Медведев.«Контракты о прохождении военной службы за первые шесть...

iz-ru.translate.goog

In Russia, approximately 200,000 people signed contracts to serve in the Russian Armed Forces over the past six months. This was announced on July 28 by Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev.

"About 200,000 people signed military service contracts in the first six months of this year," he said during a meeting of the interdepartmental commission on recruiting contract soldiers for the armed forces. Medvedev posted the video on the Max messenger app.

The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council emphasized that more than 16,000 citizens have joined volunteer units and deployed to the special military operation zone. Additionally, approximately 40,000 personnel have enlisted in the Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) forces. Medvedev noted that the corresponding recruitment rate has been maintained in July of this year.

"Based on the results of the first half of the year, the armed forces' personnel requirements have been fully met. We will continue to improve the effectiveness of this work," Medvedev concluded.

1.They are making their way to get 24/7 coverage with rassvet meaning their troops will know, their artillery soldiers will know, their airforce will know, their navy will know, their UAV operators will know where and when ukrainian troops are at. They will operate like a hivemind like if one UAV flies somewhere and spots some ukrainian troops or air defense all of that information will be known digitally to all their forces in choosing how they will eliminate the threat.

2. to add to that Russia wants to continue increasing their UAV operator size for their military. This will further amplify digital coverage everywhere across Ukraine giving Ukraine less and less options to hide their military, military stockpiles of missiles or even UAVs.

3. The Arena-M has proven some effectiveness by dealing with 15-20 FPV UAVs giving longer life to armored vehicles like tanks. This technology can improve like better millimeter wave radar technology, longer projectile distance or more projectile capacity with the ability to reload. This would cost Ukraine to use more and more FPV UAVs stockpiles.

4. Russia has consistently proven they are good at heavy lift UAV technology. They are now beginning testing of producing UAVs that can carry 300kg of weight. If you have all seen countless footage from both sides dropping grenades on soldiers, now try to visually imagine one side dropping 250 kg bombs instead of grenades at long distances instead........Missiles need sensors and fuel to carry heavy explosives, dropping a heavy bomb with uav is just a cheaper option.patriots or any air defense are better at shooting down aircrafts then missiles and aircrafts still need a good amount of fuel to drop heavy bomb but dropping a heavy bomb with UAV is just a cheaper option. And uavs can fly at lower altitudes with less detection from SAMs.

Putin has consistently talked about giving parts of ukraine to poland, hungary and romania. depending how small ukraine becomes after the war Russia will have like millions of veterans that have fought a country supplied with intel/equipment from 40 + countries with alot of equipment. They can turn the entire african continent and middle east into their own Rhodesia if they want to. Then they will watch a less white population/ poorer western Europe disintegrate itself before they cast their control over them. Unless anyone has any other ideas to get out of this bad ending?