Ukraine Updates

Last night, Kazan issued its first air alert, warning locals of possible strikes. The distance from Ukraine to Kazan is approximately 1200–1500 km.

⚡️⚡️Allies are asking Ukraine to limit strikes on Russian oil refineries — Budanov According to him, requests are coming from several countries, but he did not name specific states. Whether Ukraine will change its strike tactics, he also did not specify.

⚡️An Su-30 fighter jet crashed in Crimea — Russian Defense Ministry The aircraft crashed during a planned training flight. The fighter jet was flying without ammunition. The crew ejected, and the pilots were evacuated by a search and rescue team.

⚡️A Russian An-26 plane crashed into in Crimea, 29 people were killed — Russian Defense Ministry The cause of the air crash is cited as a technical malfunction. 🔥 Yesterday, the Russians also lost a Su-34.

Ukrainian FP-5 Flamingo cruise missiles struck the Promsintez explosives plant in Chapayevsk, over 1,000 km from the front line, with confirmed hits in the production area. The site manufactures explosives for munitions, bombs and missiles.

⚡️The Ust-Luga port in Russia, after three days of Ukrainian attacks

⚡️Ukraine and Saudi Arabia have concluded an agreement on defense cooperation — Zelensky

The agreement lays the foundation for further contracts, technological cooperation and investments, and strengthens Ukraine's international role as a security donor.

Fresh strikes hit Russia’s main oil and gas export hub at Ust-Luga near St Petersburg. The site is burning for another day.

A drone strike hit the Apatit plant in Cherepovets, one of Russia's largest producers of phosphate fertilizers, sulfuric and phosphoric acids, and a key supplier of ammonium nitrate used in explosives.

⚡️Ukraine and Saudi Arabia will sign an agreement on cooperation in the military sphere — Bloomberg Zelensky wants to exchange Ukrainian experience for support in obtaining expensive and scarce American-made missiles, which are the only effective weapon against ballistics.

⚡️Ukrainian drones killing Russian troops faster than Moscow can replace them, drone commander says. "We need to keep milking this cow, the Russian army, for everything it’s worth, exhausting it beyond its maximum capacity,” Robert "Madyar" Brovdi told the Economist.

Ukraine’s deep strikes make Russians feel the war Ukraine has increasingly pursued a strategy of “bringing the war back to Russia” — aiming to erode the perception that the full-scale invasion is distant and cost-free for Russian society. An internal analysis by the Ukrainian NGO Join Ukraine, shared with the Kyiv Independent, suggests that strategy is beginning to reshape how the war is felt across Russia. The organization monitors social media discourse and public reactions across Russian regions and occupied territories, and found that Russians are increasingly confronting the war through casualties, drone attacks, internet blackouts, and economic disruption. Photo: Exilenova+/Telegram.

⚡️A Russian fuel truck was involved in a traffic accident, with 5 cars getting burned and three people killed

⚡️In occupied Sevastopol, a building of the military concern "Almaz-Antey" was destroyed by drones At least 5 UAVs hit the target. The enterprise is a service center that maintains and repairs air defense systems, including for the needs of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.