A new prisoner exchange has brought home more than 100 Ukrainians.

The Russian refinery at Ufa in Bashkortostan has been hit again.

A Russian logistics convoy goes up in flames.

Ukraine tracked Russian fuel tankers in Donetsk, then blasted 67 of them in one fell swoop.

Parts of Moscow were plunged into darkness.

Resistance is futile.

Bavovna

Unfortunately the planes had been moved out.

Savasleyka, ~660 km from Ukraine, is a key Kinzhal strike base. Its 44th regiment can field up to 24 MiG-31K/I jets; 11 were spotted there in Aug 2024. The exact 2026 count is unclear, as aircraft are often dispersed.

Shaheds get trashed.

A Russian drone base gets droned.

A tour of what remains of Wildberries’ largest warehouse in Koledino near Moscow.

Putin has ordered new warehouses for Wildberries.

Russia murdered 10 Ukrainians near Kharkiv.

Russia also murdered four people on a bus in Kherson.

Update: the driver drove the damaged bus with 4 bodies and 5 injured to the hospital.

An eyewitness: “I saw a bus passing by with dead people in the seats, heads hanging, blood all over. Like a horror film.”

Russia also attacked a police station in Zhytomyr.

Ukraine’s Parliament approved the appointment of Evgeniy Khmara as defense minister. Former defense minister Fedorov yesterday called for the country to hold elections despite the war.

How’s the fuel situation in Russia these days?

It will be interesting to see if Russia has anything that can intercept this ballistic missile.

Ukraine just showed the ballistic missile built to reach Moscow.ㅤFire Point’s FP-9 is designed for 850 km with an 800 kg warhead. Flight tests are planned this summer, with battlefield trials expected in autumn.ㅤUkraine spent years asking partners for range. Now it is building 850 km of its own.

— Meanwhile in Ukraine (@meanwhileua.bsky.social) 2026-08-18T21:31:51.122Z

Russia wastes another 1,190 lives, plus 50 artillery systems.

Adios.

Would this possibility be an effective deterrent to Russia using nuclear weapons?

Is this the work of Flatman and Robin?

Twenty kilometers in the open sea is pretty damned impressive.

I’ll take a large with extra anchovies.

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