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“At least five people were killed and 10 more injured in a Ukrainian drone strike on a warehouse close to Moscow overnight on Tuesday, the region's governor has said.”
“brought down or destroyed 320 Ukrainian drones overnight across 19 regions”
“Kirill claimed that God helped the Soviet Union to produce the weapon in 1949”
“Russian forces launched 381 missiles of all types over the course of the month—an average of just over 12 per day—the highest monthly total and daily rate recorded since Moscow's full-scale invasion began, according to the Ukrainian milita…”
“Russia's massive air assault against Ukraine before dawn on Saturday included 27 ballistic missiles, many pounding the capital Kyiv, killing nine people and wounding more than 30.”
“Twenty‑seven heads of government meet after NATO summit to weigh an 18th sanctions package on Moscow, fend off Trump trade threats, and navigate a deepening split over Israel’s war in Gaza.”
“Aerostar's Lightning balloon operates for up to three days at altitudes between 50,000 and 78,000 feet, carrying payloads of up to 45 pounds.”
“Russia's defence ministry said it had intercepted and destroyed 320 drones overnight.”
“a fire continued to burn in the bow of the cargo ship”
“68,000 former members of the Armed Forces are claiming Universal Credit across Britain.”
“During the daytime on August 2, Russia dropped eight powerful glide bombs in a span of 90 minutes on residential districts of the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, striking a multi-story apartment building, killing one person and in…”
“Only one ballistic missile was intercepted, simply because there are no interceptors for the Patriot systems," the Ukrainian leader wrote on social media.”
“Our larger Aerostar Thunderhead platform can serve as a mothership, carrying multiple Apollo-R's,”
“Moscow region governor Andrei Vorobyov said an industrial site in Novoselki, Chekhov - about 69km (43 miles) south of the Kremlin - was attacked, triggering a fire at a warehouse.”
“at least three drones”
“More than 70 UK companies are backing BAE in building a demonstrator aircraft.”
“Other Russian strikes on July 28 killed at least nine people and injured nearly 70 across Ukraine.”
“The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington said in July that the U.S. had more than 2,300 Patriots before President Trump launched the Iran war on Feb. 28. Today, the number is around 800.”
“Apollo-R flies under its own power after separation, reaching altitudes near 60,000 feet and remaining airborne for weeks.”
“He wrote on Telegram that seven of the 10 people injured were in a moderate condition, with one in a serious condition.”
“At least seven people, including three children, were killed”
“BAE has already invested millions in the Brontanax and is promoting it as delivering 70 to 80 per cent of a Typhoon's capability at a quarter of the cost.”
“Russia has knocked out every gas station along the roughly 90-mile stretch between Kharkiv and Poltava, according to Kharkiv Regional Council member Oleksandr Skoryk. He said Russia has destroyed more than 200 gas stations across Ukraine, …”
“Together they have been making fewer than 1,000 a year, which seemed to be enough until demand surged with the Russia-Ukraine and the U.S.-Iran wars.”
“Aerostar's balloons also carry mesh-networking radios that offer line-of-sight data links beyond 100 miles, with throughput up to 40 Mbps.”
“Ukraine's State Emergency Service said an 89-year-old woman was killed and two girls, aged two and 12, were among seven injured in a Russian strike on the southern port city of Mykolaiv overnight.”
“40 others injured”
“President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump at the White House on July 28 as Kyiv sought to lock in the U.S. president's increasingly favorable stance toward Ukraine.”
“The CSIS report said the U.S. stockpiles for THAAD missiles went from around 450 before the Iran war to about 250 today.”
“Apollo-R has already flown from a competing Urban Sky balloon during Exercise Valiant Shield 2026.”
“A woman and two girls, aged five and 10, were killed in a strike on a residential area in Sumy, and another four people were injured, it said.”
“21 injured people were taken to hospital, while another 19 were treated as outpatients.”
“Zelenskyy said the two leaders 'discussed licenses for Patriot production and several other ideas,' referring to Washington's recent decision to allow Ukraine to produce Patriot missiles rather than wait for U.S.-made systems.”
“The U.S. has only shared this system with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.”
“Ukraine could produce up to seven million small drones this year”
“Russian strikes also injured two people in the city of Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi, while a food warehouse was set on fire in Dnipro, according to the State Emergency Service.”
“advertisements offered 100,000 rubles, about $1,300, to anyone who brought a friend to a recruitment office.”
“Russia's spring-summer 2026 offensive has failed to produce any operationally significant gains more than two and a half months after it began, with the pace of Russian advances remaining slow, according to a new assessment by the Institut…”
“has killed more than 73,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry”
“Ukraine, on the other hand, has achieved success with budget drones, and it now plans to produce 20 million to 30 million drones annually.”
“Russia says seven killed and 40 injured by Ukrainian drone hitting busy beach.”
“estimated Russian casualties at around 30,000 to 40,000 killed and wounded a month”
“60% of Republicans said that they wanted to decrease or stop military aid to Ukraine.”
“Russia was preparing to receive an additional 30,000 North Korean troops to support its war against Ukraine.”
“Since April 2024, Swarmer's software has supported more than 100,000 real combat missions inside the Ukrainian war zone without interruption.”
“A drone hit a busy beach in southern Russia, killing seven people including three children, local authorities have said.”
“Captured by the US-trained Bolivian Army in 1967 while engaging in a military operation in Bolivia, Dr. Guevara, age 39, was imprisoned and summarily executed”
“now only 37% of Republicans want to decrease or stop military aid to Ukraine.”
“the country is currently estimated to possess 60 nuclear warheads and enough fissile material to produce at least 30 more.”
“Under the Pentagon's $1.1 billion drone programme, just under 200,000 units will have been ordered in total by February 2026.”
“The total number of injured reached 40, with 17 people hospitalised, said the governor of the Krasnodar region Veniamin Kondratyev.”
“Over the past three years, at least 16 police personnel, including three deputy superintendents of police (DSPs), have been killed while responding to attacks rather than during the initial assault.”
“in March 2025, Trump paused defense assistance to Ukraine.”
“North Korea's production capacity for weapons‑grade fissile material had more than doubled over the past five years.”
“The Gauntlet II trials at Fort Carson in Colorado in August 2026 will test drone systems from American and Ukrainian manufacturers under the Pentagon's programme.”
“He accused Ukraine of 'a deliberate strike on civilians'.”
“Nine police personnel, including DSP Diyar Khan, were killed and 28 others injured.”
“In August 2025, the United States and NATO countries established a program known as the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List.”
“could cost more than $3 million to move just the agency's information technology infrastructure to a new location”
“None of the 19 companies participating in those trials may use prohibited components sourced from Chinese suppliers under the new rules.”
“The crash occurred on a beach near the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka on the Black Sea.”
“DSP Sardar Hussain and two of his guards were killed in an IED blast while responding to an attack on the Sarband police station near Peshawar.”
“Following the meeting, Zelenskyy said the two discussed licensing Ukraine to produce Patriot missile interceptors domestically.”
“protect more than 80 miles along New York's coastline from flooding”
“The trials will require six Ukrainian companies to establish joint ventures with American manufacturers.”
“On several occasions these strikes have caused civilian deaths, with eight people in different Russian cities killed at the weekend.”
“at least 15 people, including 14 security personnel, were killed after Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants attacked a joint police checkpost in Tank district.”
“But a few days after the White House meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump said on July 31 that the U.S. “has not agreed” to grant Ukraine licenses to produce Patriot missile systems.”
“A revised supply chain strategy confirmed the government's goal of a fully domestic drone supply chain.”
“On Saturday, at least nine people were killed and dozens injured in Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.”
“Security forces said 15 militants were killed during the operation, while 12 soldiers, two policemen and a forest department official lost their lives.”
“On March 20, Iran fired two Khorramshahr-4 missiles at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, home to a strategic British base used by the United States to support Middle East operations. Neither reached their target.”
“New rules now require military drones to contain American-made components, a policy that has slowed the ramp-up over recent months.”
“The city's mayor said a residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district was partially destroyed, trapping people inside.”
“Data cited by Dawn from the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies showed that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa recorded 154 terrorism-related deaths in July, more than double the 75 fatalities reported in June.”
“the island is 2,350 miles from Tehran, while London is only a slightly more distant 2,750 miles away.”
“Metz explained that 'it's much harder to get from zero to 200,000' than to keep scaling once domestic capacity exists.”
“Last week a strike on a building in Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih area killed a family of 10.”
“killing at least 14 people, including police personnel, and injuring 18 others.”
“a Russian attack on Kyiv Saturday killed nine people after Ukraine was only able to intercept one of the 27 incoming ballistic missiles due to its chronic shortage of Patriot interceptors.”
“At least five members of same family killed in Russian missile attack, Zelensky says.”
“At least eight people were killed in overnight Ukrainian drone attacks across multiple Russian regions, authorities said on Sunday.”
“since of the two missiles Tehran launched, one failed while the other was shot down.”
“Farage left frontline politics in 2021 and embarked on a broadcasting career.”
“Russia's defence ministry said its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 635 Ukrainian drones overnight, as cited by Reuters.”
“In other words, two Middle Eastern powers were arming both sides of a European war.”
“Purja served in the British military for 16 years, 10 of which were spent in the special forces.”
“A Ukrainian drone struck an area near a playground in Russia's border region of Belgorod, killing a child and injuring two others, acting Governor Alexander Shuvayev said.”
“he was also the first Gurkha to climb Everest while serving in the British military.”
“In the neighbouring Saratov region, a drone strike on a residential building in the city of Engels killed two people, Governor Roman Busargin said.”
“an army of 4,000 volunteers - aged 16 to 96 - kept everything running smoothly.”
“Elsewhere, three people were killed and two injured in a drone strike on Russia's Udmurtia region, acting Governor Olga Abramova said.”
“Netanyahu was the only Israeli soldier killed in the raid, which rescued more than 100 hostages.”
“In Belgorod, local authorities reported that separate Ukrainian strikes killed three people and injured five others.”
“The hijackers and three accomplices who joined them in Uganda were also killed, as well as at least 45 Ugandan soldiers, in fighting with the Israelis.”
“He said one drone was shot down over the industrial district of the regional capital, Ufa, where emergency crews were working to extinguish a fire.”
“President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Engels airfield and the refinery, both in the Saratov region some 600km (373miles) from Ukraine's border, were hit.”
“Separately, Russia's defence ministry said its forces struck infrastructure and two vessels carrying military cargo at the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv, as well as another vessel transporting military supplies in the Black Sea.”
“Russia said eight people were killed in the Ukrainian strikes, and 635 drones shot down or intercepted.”
“In southeastern Ukraine, Russian glide bomb attacks killed one person and injured 21 others in the city of Zaporizhzhia, regional Governor Ivan Fedorov said.”
