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Early this morning, Russian forces shelled the town of Bilozerka in the Kherson region, injuring two civilians.

In Kharkiv, 179 buildings were damaged by Russian shelling in July, and nearly 4,700 windows were shattered.

The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine is introducing an additional mechanism to help communities more quickly restore housing damaged by Russian attacks.

A Russian drone strike in Ukraine's Sumy region has killed a 12-year-old boy and injured two other teenagers.

A six-year-old girl was injured when a Russian FPV drone struck a civilian car in the village of Ivano-Shyichyne, Bohodukhiv district, Kharkiv region.

Russian forces shelled the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region with cannon artillery, killing one civilian and damaging residential buildings and vehicles.

The Kherson Regional Military Administration has released video footage showing the aftermath of Russian shelling in Kherson’s Korabelnyi district on August 2. The attack left two men wounded and caused damage to residential buildings, including shattered windows, damaged facades, and destroyed rooftops.

On August 2, Russian forces launched a drone strike on the town of Druzhkivka in the Donetsk region, injuring five people and damaging residential buildings, a market, and a shop.

Indian officials have said they would keep purchasing oil from Russia despite the threat of penalties that United States President Donald Trump said he would impose, the New York Times reported on Saturday. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The White House, India’s Ministry of External Affairs and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Trump on Wednesday imposed a 25 per cent tariff on goods imported from India starting August 1 along with additional penalties, potentially straining relations with the world’s most populous democracy. Trump indicated in a Truth Social post that India would face additional penalties for the purchase of Russian arms and oil. However, he later said that he did not care what India does with Russia. On Friday, Trump told reporters that he had heard that India would no longer be buying oil from Russia. Two senior Indian officials said there had been no change in policy, according to the NYT report, which added th...

On August 1, in the Donetsk region, Ihor Samofalov, a district officer with the Pokrovsk District Police Department, was killed in the line of duty during a Russian drone strike.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has detained a Russian agent who was preparing to facilitate the infiltration of Russian sabotage and reconnaissance groups in the direction of Sumy.

One more person has sought medical attention following the strike of a Russian UAV in Kharkiv.

On the evening of August 1, ten people were injured in the Kyivskyi District of Kharkiv as a result of a Russian drone strike, three of them were children.

Russian invaders launched an attack on Kharkiv using a Molniya drone, resulting in one person being injured.

United States President Donald Trump on Friday said he had ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in regions near Russia in response to threats from former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev. “I have ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions, just in case these foolish and inflammatory statements are more than just that,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social. “Words are very important, and can often lead to unintended consequences. I hope this will not be one of those instances.” Trump did not say whether he meant nuclear-powered or nuclear-armed submarines. He also did not elaborate on the locations, which are kept secret by the US military. The United States and Russia control the vast majority of the world’s nuclear weaponry, and Washington keeps nuclear-armed submarines on patrol as part of its so-called nuclear triad of land, sea and air-launched weapons. Trump and Medvedev, who is deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, traded taunts in recent days after Tr...

Russian forces carried out eight drone strikes on Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, throughout the day. Injuries have been reported.

Russian forces launched a drone attack on the Sumy railway station on August 1, damaging a passenger train and targeting civilian infrastructure.

A Russian drone strike hit the city of Sumy, damaging a garage and a vehicle. Local police are documenting the aftermath of the attack.

In Kyiv, the number of people killed as a result of the Russian combined attack has risen to 16, with 159 people wounded.

The Russian hacker group Turla, posing as a well-known cybersecurity company and using Russian internet providers, spied on foreign embassies in Moscow.