08/21/2026 A second wave of fuel shortages is hitting Moscow and St Petersburg hard this week as ordinary Russians fail to comprehend what is happening to their country. Ukraine successfully struck another two oil refineries in Tatarstan and Perm. Russia continues their ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv targeting as many civilians as possible. https://www.youtube.com/@JakeBroe
Aug 21, 2026 American actor and screenwriter Liev Schreiber, a UNITED24 ambassador, visited the aftermath of a deadly Russian strike in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district after spending the night of August 19–20 in the Ukrainian capital during another large-scale Russian attack, the UNITED24 fundraising platform reported on August 21. Schreiber visited the site where a nine-story residential building…
08/21/2026 In 2025 russian banks had to close 1370 offices, among them 40% belonged to Sberbank. Other russian banks “compete” in problems, with Gazprom and Alfa banks suffering from most cash withdrawals, and Rosneft bank reporting bad loans growth 1700%. Every time kremlin`s oligarchs and deputies offer to nationalize people`s deposits, this only speeds up […]
Aug 21, 2026 Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian S-300 transport-loading vehicle while it was carrying surface-to-air missiles, triggering a powerful secondary detonation that completely burned out the vehicle, the 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade “Black Forest” reported on August 21. The brigade released footage of the strike, showing the destruction of the missile-loaded support…
08/21/2026 Ukraine’s targeted strikes on Russian railway chokepoints are exposing a fatal flaw in Vladimir Putin’s war machine. Western satellite intelligence and signal intercepts have leaked secret military movements, allowing Ukrainian forces to anticipate heavy transport rotations and strike key supply routes before equipment reaches the front line. Critical transit corridors are falling into…
08/21/2026 Ukraine is turning combat experience into a technological edge. The new long-range drone Dolbush T-40 is capable of covering more than 2,000 km, while dozens of AI-powered systems are already helping Ukrainian forces operate even without GPS and under heavy electronic warfare (EW). Fiber-optic FPV drones, interceptors and joint production with European partners are […]
08/21/2026 On the night of August 20, 2026, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Akhtubinsk airfield near the settlement of the same name in the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation. The attack damaged a Su-34 front-line bomber, which, based on camouflage analysis, may be an export version of the Su-34E. Satellite images showed at least two impact points on the […]
Aleksandr Shokhin, president of the russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP), confirmed media reports that Ukraine’s strikes had disabled about one-third of the aggressor country russia’s oil refining capacity. According to the online publication “Agentstvo,” Shokhin made these remarks in an interview with the propaganda outlet RBC. According to him, Ukrainian attacks have led […]
Ivan Boyko17:44, 21.08.26 According to Ukrainian intelligence, Dmitry Shabayev held the position of commander of the 64th Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Ground Forces of the Russian Armed Forces. Fighters of the 423rd separate unmanned systems regiment “Scythian Griffins” tracked and struck Russian Colonel Dmitry Shabaev, media outlets and the regiment’s official media resource…
08/21/2026 I analyze Ukraine’s overnight drone strikes on the Perm refinery, Russian airfields, Crimea power infrastructure, and logistics routes, alongside Russia’s attacks on civilian areas in Kharkiv, Sumy, Kherson, and Ukraine’s air-defense and battlefield updates. Facts over noise. Context over headlines. Truth over talking points. Principle over partisanship.…
Svitlana Makrynska17:16, 21.08.26 The enemy attacked a crowded place in the middle of the day. Russian military personnel attacked a shopping mall in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, with drones, resulting in one death and many injuries. Updated at 17:15 . According to the head of the Dnipropetrovsk OVA, Oleksandr Ganzha, two people were killed and 15 were injured as a […]
Australian Federal Police have charged a 27-year-old Australian citizen, who also holds Russian citizenship, with foreign interference. According to investigators, Volodymyr Teslov joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces to obtain information about the Ukrainian military and its units, and then tried to pass this information on to people he believed were connected to Russian intelligence. As Censor.NET…
Exclusive 21.08.2026 13:30 Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has claimed that he was the first world leader in modern history to order troops to open fire on Russian soldiers. He said in an interview with Ukrinform that the order was given during the 2003 crisis over Tuzla Island. “Let me remind you: during the crisis […]
Marta Gichko12:24, 21.08.26 83-year-old Igor Laptev was found dead in his apartment on Verkhnaya Krasnosilskaya Street. Russian media claim that the former security officer committed suicide. Retired FSB Major General Igor Laptev, 83, was found dead in Moscow on August 20. Russian propaganda media claims that the former high-ranking security official committed suicide. Laptev’s body, according to…
Exclusive 21.08.2026 11:14 Former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma has identified the removal of Ukraine’s tactical nuclear weapons, the decision not to sign an EU Association Agreement in Vilnius, and the failure to prevent Russia’s seizure of Crimea in 2014 as three fatal mistakes during Ukraine’s years of independence. Kuchma, Ukraine’s second president, expressed this view […]
Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzia assures that the Kremlin does not plan to announce mobilization after the elections in the fall. He stated this to journalists, Censor.NET reports . Details “Don’t worry about mobilization in Russia . It has been officially stated many times that we don’t need a mass mobilization at the moment , and it is not planned […]
Aug 20, 2026 Major Jason Watson, the airman who called for Trump’s impeachment, was arrested again after his exclusive interview with OutFront. His attorney Chris Mutimer talks to CNN’s Erin Burnett. And Major Jason Watson on why he is speaking out against Trump now. 0:00 Detained airman’s attorney shares details on why the airman was […]
20 August 2026 Several major Russian oil companies have restricted gasoline sales at St. Petersburg gas stations, Bumaga reports . Gazprom Neft, in particular, reinstated the 60-liter limit per receipt after it was lifted on August 4, according to a hotline. The chain’s gas stations also restrict filling up more than one canister. Tatneft has imposed a […]
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that for a significant part of the day on August 20, work continued in Kyiv and the region — in Boryspil, Brovary — after the Russian strike. He said this in an evening address, Censor.NET reports . About the Russian strike itself According to the president, the strike was a combination: a lot of ballistics, cruise missiles, […]
20 August 2026 Around 500 Belarusian agricultural workers deemed dishonest by the country’s authorities have been sent to a two-month military training camp, according to the Belarusian television channel STV. This order was issued by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. In July, the presidential administration announced that “careless, guilty workers, scroungers, drunkards, loafers, and…
August 20, 2026 Ukrainian forces struck airfields in the southern Russian city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Russian-occupied Donetsk overnight on Aug. 20, targeting sites used by Moscow to launch long-range drones, Ukraine’s Military Intelligence (HUR) said on Telegram. HUR operators struck Russian drone storage and launch sites, as well as two radar systems — the 55Zh6U Nebo-U and […]
August 20, 2026 A massive fire broke out at the offshore oil terminal that supplies the Russian military On the night of August 20, Ukraine’s intelligence operators, together with the Defense Forces, struck several important military facilities in Russia, including two airfields from which attack drones were launched at Ukraine, according to the Defense Intelligence. Strikes […]
20 August 2026 The Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Russian military airbase at Akhtubinsk in Russia’s Astrakhan region, damaging a Su-34 fighter-bomber. The strike took place in the early hours of August 20, between 12:30 and 1:00 a.m., near the town of Akhtubinsk, according to the Absolutely Reliable Source Telegram channel, which also published a satellite image […]
08/20/2026 Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces are already using more than 70 systems based on artificial intelligence and computer vision to perform combat missions. The technologies help with navigation, detection and recognition of objects, as well as guiding drones to targets. This was reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. The department noted that today more than 200 Ukrainian […]
Yuri Kobzar20:58, 20.08.26 There are great concerns about the plan due to the potential risks of civilian casualties. In early 2026, the Ukrainian leadership was considering the possibility of conducting a large-scale operation using drones with artificial intelligence to block the operation of Moscow airports . The Atlantic writes about this with reference to informed interlocutors. The…
Aug 20, 2026 Ukrainian forces have advanced in northern Kharkiv region while also disrupting a Russian operation intended to create the appearance of new territorial gains, according to an Institute for the Study of War (ISW) assessment published on August 19. The US-based analysts said Ukrainian troops recently moved forward north of Bilyi Kolodiaz, north of the city of Kharkiv. Geolocated…