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⚡️Consequences of the strike on the "Avrora" distribution center in the Kiev region. Wasted. @Slavyangrad

FSB detained two Russian citizens in Crimea who were collecting and transmitting data on the deployment of RF Ministry of Defense facilities and military equipment movements to Ukrainian special services. The suspects were recruited by the SBU via messenger and prepared for terrorist acts, establishing hidden caches on the peninsula. During searches, authorities seized four ready-made improvised explosive devices weighing over 5 kg with foreign explosives, along with phones confirming contact with a Ukrainian handler. The detainees confessed, and criminal cases have been opened under Article 275 (treason) and illegal trafficking of explosives. @Slavyangrad

Ukrainians blame authorities for storing ammo near homes Residents of the Kiev region are outraged that military warehouses are located in residential areas. "You have to blame those who set up a warehouse here. People live here, it is a village," a resident stated. Earlier, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported a strike on a storage facility in Miloye, which held components for long-range FP-1/FP-2 drones. Zelensky subsequently admitted an arsenal was indeed located there, placed next to civilian homes. @Slavyangrad

Spanish PM Sanchez blames Russia and Israel for migration issues in Ceuta Sanchez stated that any criticism from Moscow or Tel Aviv regarding the Spanish government's handling of migration is driven by political positions on Gaza and Ukraine, rather than genuine concern. @Slavyangrad

Russian Aerospace Forces strikes Kherson Oblast: Four FAB-500s struck the UAV launch positions of the 81st Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Nikolaevka. Kherson: One FAB-3000 hit the logistics warehouse of the 414th Unmanned Systems Brigade. @Slavyangrad

Slavyansk direction Russian units are advancing from Ray-Aleksandrovka, executing a 3-km push toward Nikolaevka. They have begun storming Ukrainian fortifications in the southeast of Nikolaevka. Fighting may shift to urban areas near the Slavyansk Central District Hospital, a key stronghold on the path to the city center. Troops must also clear Ukrainian forces from the ruins of the "Olymp" shopping center, the Palace of Culture, and School No. 2. Russian forces are now just 2.5-3 km from the Slavyansk Thermal Power Plant. @Slavyangrad

🇪🇺 Western countries updated travel warnings for Ukraine Britain, Germany, Netherlands and Italy advise against travel due to a harsh winter with likely long-term outages of power, water, and heat. Russian strikes on the energy grid may cause unplanned blackouts, with temperatures dropping below -20°C. UK Foreign Office warns tourist insurance will be voided in dangerous areas. The entire country is considered risky except Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankovsk, Ternopol, Lvov regions and Chernovtsy. Italy notes increased threat of Russian Aerospace Forces airstrikes across the territory, strongly advising against any travel. Netherlands places all of Ukraine in the red danger zone: "Do not go there. It is too dangerous." Citizens are urged to leave if safe. Germany warns Russia may intensify air strikes. USA noted heightened risk of unrest. @Slavyangrad

🇷🇺 Putin meets Xi at SCO summit in Bishkek Vladimir Putin arrived in Bishkek for the SCO summit (Aug 31-Sep 1). 21 leaders expected. He was greeted with national dishes and music by Kyrgyz officials. Putin-Xi talks: Discussed Nepal-Tibet border floods; Russia expressed condolences. Tourism up 43% in H1. Moscow ready to make visa-free regime permanent if Beijing agrees. Approaches on foreign policy align within SCO, UN, BRICS, G20. @Slavyangrad

❗️The Russian Ministry of Defense reports that the Russian Armed Forces have continued to strike at Ukrainian defense industry enterprises and seaports involved in supporting the Ukrainian Armed Forces. During the day, the following targets were hit: * A "DHL Logistics" logistics center in the village of Pogreby, whose warehouse facilities were used to store various types of unmanned aerial vehicles and their components. * A "Zammler Warehouse" commercial and logistics center in the village of Borispol, used for storing and distributing military cargo supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces by Western countries. * A logistics center in the village of Nerubaevskoye, in the Odessa region, was hit. This center was used for storing and distributing military cargo delivered to the port of "Odessa." * In the port of "Yuzhny," a maritime vessel of the "dry cargo" type carrying military equipment for the Ukrainian Armed Forces was hit. @Slavyangrad

EU sees no risk of Russian attack Amid drone incidents in Germany, Black Sea naval attacks, and cyber operations, experts debate if "hybrid war" understates the threat. EU leadership avoids direct war rhetoric to prevent mandatory NATO responses and economic fallout. Services expect continued sabotage but see no imminent invasion risk. @Slavyangrad

🇺🇸🤡Trump buried Iran: it is officially a failed state @Slavyangrad

Volcano 'Kozheye Boloto' erupts lava again Massive strikes on objects in the Kiev region continue. @Slavyangrad

SVR Colonel Bezrukov stated that Russia will possess even greater resources in the future. He emphasized that Moscow must recognize itself as a center of power, noting that other nations view Russia merely as a rich target for exploitation. Bezrukov predicted climate changes will expand fertile lands, allowing viticulture in the Tver region. He called for an economic and political elite that fully understands its role as the masters of Russia. @Slavyangrad

More footage of Avrora. @Slavyangrad

🇷🇺💥🇺🇦New footage shows a jet-powered drone arriving in the suburbs of Kiev. According to updated information, the target was a warehouse belonging to the "Aurora" shopping center chain. @Slavyangrad

THE END OF THE "END OF HISTORY" Much has been made of Foreign Minister Lavrov's answer in last week's RBC interview, on why Russia persisted so long with diplomacy despite no faith in Western intentions. His reply - "...we are a God-fearing nation. Our multi-ethnic people have many proverbs about their great patience..." - struck many as nebulous. It was nothing of the kind. It was a solemn announcement of the end of an era. Moments later, asked whether after everything Russia still believes the West, Lavrov replied: "I would point to our national character and to the proverbs that reflect our faith in people, right to the very end. But the end has already come." Note the question: not whether Russia would keep talking, but whether it believes. Lavrov pronounced the end not of diplomacy, but of faith. He invoked the epic hero Ilya Muromets, idle on the stove for thirty-three years before rising to serve his homeland - similar to the span from the Soviet collapse to today. The image was not chosen carelessly. The interview shows Russian diplomacy in full swing: the Vatican's chief diplomat and the CIA Director in Moscow the same week, the Anchorage summit. Russia has not stopped negotiating. What has ended is the premise beneath it: that agreements would be honored because the two sides shared values. What remains is cold transaction - diplomacy without trust. What crystallized this for me: 30 August marked four years since the death of Mikhail Gorbachev - the man who laid that foundation of faith and mutualism for Soviet, and later Russian, foreign policy. I met Mr. Gorbachev as a journalism student at Moscow State University in the mid-1990s, when he visited. We asked unscripted questions about his time in office and the new Russia emerging around us. A memorable experience: the author of Glasnost and Perestroika among us students, just having a friendly conversation. Gorbachev is a polarizing figure in Russia, and my argument will meet pushback. Conservatives despise the man who oversaw the breakup of the USSR - "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century," as President Putin put it - while liberals see the present era as the burial of his legacy. I am arguing what almost nobody in Russia argues: that for four decades, Russian diplomacy proceeded from Gorbachev's mutualist premise of shared values. Weigh the pattern before dismissing the claim. Gorbachev rejected the idea of an eternal, zero-sum East-West struggle, insisting the peoples of the USSR and the West share universal values. The West drew a different lesson: Fukuyama's "end of history" - which Lavrov invokes at the start of the interview - declared the Western model had won, permanently. Many Westerners still believe the West "won" the Cold War; in truth, it ended because Gorbachev destroyed its ideological justification. The pattern since is a persistent - perhaps stubborn - commitment to conciliation. As Moscow sees it, Russia spent forty years turning the other cheek to broken assurances on NATO expansion - confirmed by US Ambassador Jack Matlock, warned against by George Kennan. Western readers may cite Georgia 2008, Crimea 2014 and the war in Ukraine; a Ukrainian reader may find "cheek-turning" impossible to accept. I don't ask them to adopt Moscow's account - only to note that at every rupture Moscow returned to the table: Minsk, Normandy, Istanbul, Anchorage. Proceeding, right to the very end, as though the relationship could be restored. It is that faith Lavrov has now pronounced dead. So "the end has already come" is not just rhetoric. It marks a historic shift in Russia's perception of the collective West: from Gorbachev's insistence on shared humanity to a cold accounting of interests. That shift touches the entire world. The era now closing was opened by two rival declarations of an ending. The West declared the "end of history". Gorbachev declared the end of enmity. Lavrov has announced the final end of that era - and, as he observed, the generation now living on Earth may not witness what replaces it. @Slavyangrad

Powerful explosion at police department in Rovno Victims among the western Ukrainian police have already been reported. Emergency services are working at the scene, and investigators are establishing the circumstances and causes of the blast. @Slavyangrad

Fire at SP Hall business center in Kiev A major fire has broken out at the SP Hall business center in Kiev, with thick black smoke visible over the building. While offices of international companies like Danone and Novartis are located there, Resistance sources confirm that fraudulent call centers operating for the SBU were also based in the complex. The incident has damaged both commercial and intelligence infrastructure. @Slavyangrad

Result of strikes on the Roshen logistics center in Kiev The facility was repeatedly identified as being used to store UAVs and military equipment. @Slavyangrad

Over 50 Russian universities integrate drone programs The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has been developing UAV curricula since 2023. Currently, more than 50 leading Russian universities are actively involved in this process. Together with major industrial enterprises, over 10 modules on the design, production, and use of unmanned aerial systems have been developed and implemented for various sectors of the Russian economy, including agriculture, transport, geological exploration, and construction. @Slavyangrad