The US Senate voted 86-11 on August 7 to pass sweeping Russia energy sanctions named after the late Lindsey Graham, authorising 100% tariffs on countries buying Russian oil.
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Ukraine Strikes Iranian Vessels in the Caspian, Opening a New Battlefront
Ukraine attacked Iranian vessels in the Caspian Sea on July 25, killing one sailor and drawing a retaliation warning from Tehran as Kyiv extends its campaign to cut the Iran-Russia supply corridor.
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Ukraine Strikes Russian Refineries 1,300km Inside Russia as Strikes Kill Six
Ukraine struck oil refineries in Bashkortostan and Yaroslavl on 6 August, over 1,300km from the front, as Russian attacks killed six people in eastern Ukraine.
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North Korea Deploys Missile Unit to Russia Armed with 120 Ballistic Missiles
Ukraine’s military intelligence says a North Korean unit carrying six launchers and 120 KN-23 and KN-24 ballistic missiles is deploying to Russia’s Voronezh region for use against Ukraine.
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Ukraine Fires Over 400 Drones at Moscow in the War’s Largest Single Blitz
Ukraine launched more than 400 drones toward Moscow in an overnight strike in early August, the largest single drone blitz of the war, injuring ten people and igniting a fire at a major logistics hub south of the capital.
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Ukraine Hits Engels Bomber Base and Saratov Refinery in Deepest Overnight Raids
Ukrainian drones set fires at Russia’s Engels airbase and Saratov refinery overnight August 2, striking key military and energy infrastructure roughly 600 kilometres inside Russian territory.
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Russia Fires 35 Missiles and 185 Drones at Kyiv, Killing Nine
Russia launched 35 missiles and 185 attack drones at Kyiv on August 1, killing nine people and exposing the near-total depletion of Ukraine’s Patriot air-defence interceptors.
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Ukraine Strikes 176 Shadow Fleet Vessels in July Drone Blitz
Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed 11 more shadow fleet vessels and hit 20 Crimean energy facilities across two nights, pushing the July campaign total to 176 ships struck.
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Russia Fires 41 Ballistic Missiles at Kyiv in War’s Largest Such Barrage
Russia fired 41 ballistic missiles at Kyiv overnight on July 18-19, the war’s largest such barrage, as Ukraine’s interceptor stockpiles ran critically short.
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Ukraine Drones Knock Out Russia’s Last Untouched Refinery in Bashkortostan
Ukrainian drones flew 1,500 km into Russia overnight to disable both primary distillation units at Gazprom’s Salavat petrochemical complex, which processes 2.7% of Russia’s total oil refining capacity.