When journalist Irina Snegovskaya posted a poem on social media about a Russian mother telling her son to join a mercenary formation to pay off his debts, she meant for it to be satirical.Meduza
Colonel Ants Kiviselg, Head of the Military Intelligence Centre of Estonia, believes that despite significant losses on the battlefield in Ukraine, Russia has enough resources to continue fighting in 2025 and beyond.European Pravda
"We have a very high percentage of high-quality rehabilitation and return to service. Our Western partners, those countries that have never had such experience, such a war, also point this out," she added during a briefing on the sidelines of the ConโฆKateryna Denisova (The Kyiv Independent)
In contrast, the EU has allocated โฌ1.5 billion from frozen Russian asset profits to support Ukraine's defense and reconstruction efforts.Yevheniia Martyniuk (Euromaidan Press)
Russia blamed the U.S. and U.K. for blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines connecting Russia and Germany in September 2022. Investigations have so far failed to find conclusive evidence, and both Denmark and Sweden dropped the case in February 2024.Dominic Culverwell (The Kyiv Independent)
A Russian Air Force Su-34 bomber plane crashed during a training exercise in Volgograd Oblast, Russian state media Ria Novosti reported on July 27.Dominic Culverwell (The Kyiv Independent)
Ukrainian reconnaissance drones struck a TU-22M3 long-range strategic bomber, a missile carrier, at the Olenya airfield in Russia on Saturday, 27 July.Ukrainska Pravda
The operations damaged a Mi-8, Mi-28, and Ka-226 helicopters in Moscow and Samara region, a source in Ukraine's military intelligence agency told the Kyiv Independent on July 27.Dominic Culverwell (The Kyiv Independent)
Ukrainian forces reportedly conducted successful drone strikes against an oil refinery and Russian military airfields in Saratov, Ryazan, and Murmansk oblasts on the night of July 26 to 27.ย Sources with Ukrainian special services told UkrainianInstitute for the Study of War
Russia used multiple launch rocket systems against downtown Hlukhiv, damaging high-rise buildings, houses, vehicles and an educational institution, according to the prosecutors. A total of 12 explosions were recorded.Kateryna Denisova (The Kyiv Independent)
The operations damaged a Mi-8, Mi-28, and Ka-226 helicopters in Moscow and Samara region, a source in Ukraine's military intelligence agency told the Kyiv Independent on July 27.Dominic Culverwell (The Kyiv Independent)
Ukrainian intelligence drones attacked an oil refinery and three military airfields in Russia. A Tu-22M3 bomber was damaged at the Olenya air base, according to RBC-Ukraineย sources in the special services.Uliana Bezpalko (RBC-Ukraine)
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., independent challenger for president and anti-vaccine activist, has a cockamamie solution for drug addicts and people who use medication for depression or ADHD: strip people of their tech gadgets and send them to government-funded "wellness farms" to grow organic food.
Doesn't that sound suspiciously like... a labor camp?!
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., independent challenger for president and anti-vaccine activist, has a cockamamie solution for drug addicts and people who use...Sharon Adarlo (Yahoo News)
Internet commentators have been nosing into whether Mr. Trump habitually snorts Adderall, a stimulant medication prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Derisive and joking commentary [โฆ]John Kruse (Dr. John Kruse)