🇺🇦 Four more HIMARS have arrived in UA
🇺🇦 Austria has reduced it’s oil supply from Russia by 50%
🇺🇦 Ukraine appeals to Meta (Facebook) to stop blocking Ukrainians posting about Russian war crimes.
🇺🇦 Resistance subplot: Partisans set fire to a field with grain near Mariupol so that the invaders would not have time to steal it. The fire spread to the repair base of the Russian Federation, located on the outskirts of the village of Bezymennoye
🇺🇦 UK will hand over 2 mine countermeasures ships to Ukraine's naval force.
🇺🇦 Two girls dropped off sunflowers at the Russian embassy in Washington DC. A Russian diplomat got out of his car and stomped on them.
🇺🇦 Pictured: a tough Russian diplomat heroically stomping on scary flowers delivered by two menacing little girls.
🇺🇦 Russia imposed sanctions against 39 UK nationals. These 39 UK politicians, businesspeople, and journalists will no longer be able to travel to Russia get the off-brand Russian McDonalds who’s slogan is “Delicious, that’s all”
🇺🇦 The UN says 5,327 civilians have been killed and 7,257 injured in Ukraine since start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
🇺🇦 UA’s Prosecutor General says the explosion that killed 50 UA POWs in Olenivka was a vacuum bomb, and not a rocket. This comes after a a preliminary investigation by Ukraine and several international explosive experts indicate that the bomb exploded inside the camp.
🇺🇦 The US will provide 75,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition and an undisclosed amount of ammunition for the HIMARS.
🇺🇦 Ukraine earned nearly $20 million in first month of selling electricity to EU.
🇺🇦 The newly appointed UA Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin is seeking international tribunal
🇺🇦 the Russian base in Pervomaisk has been completely destroyed by American supplied Ukrainian HIMARS rockets
🇺🇦 Russian forces transfer troops to southern Ukraine and may pause the Sloviansk campaign.
🇺🇦 ….Russian forces did not conduct any offensive operations north of Slovyansk or around Siversk.
🇺🇦 A Russian ammo and equipment depot was destroyed near Skadovsk
🇺🇦 Russian forces conducted unsuccessful ground assaults on settlements south and southeast of Bakhmut.
🇺🇦 Ukraine Operational Command South reported that three reconnaissance efforts by Russian forces in the Kherson Oblast were repelled. The operation killed 32 Russian troops and destroyed a howitzer, a surface-to-air missile system, and four armored vehicles.
🇺🇦 Russia shelled an evacuation bus in Kherson.
🇺🇦 In Kharkiv Oblast, the Russian military attacked the city of Kharkiv and shelled 35 settlements. These aren’t military targets, just Russia trying to break a population.
🇺🇦 Russian occupation forces are likely increasing efforts to deter and suppress partisan movements in occupied territories as partisan attacks on Russian officials and Ukrainian collaborators continue.
🇺🇦 The Kremlin is staffing fake humanitarian aid distribution and participating in sham protests as they prioritize propaganda in occupied Ukrainian territories.
📢 Countries apply to be in NATO. NATO is a defense alliance that has never, and does not, consider offensive operations. Saying NATO is encroaching on Russia is Kremlin messaging. Russia has three primary propaganda efforts directed at the West, and that’s the first.
📢 Yes, Ukraine has a nazi problem, but it’s a very small percentage of the country, and not representative of the whole. Using a small group to smear the entire group is called “guilt by association.” Russia has three primary propaganda efforts directed at the West, and that’s the second.
📢 If you ever hear anyone say “What about this thing America did…” in an effort to redirect attention away from Ukraine and onto the west, that is called “Competitive victimhood” and the associated meme is *always* created by Russian-backed media. Russia has three primary propaganda efforts directed at the West, and that’s the third.
⚠️ Sorry about the typos or awkward sentences!!!! This is the inevitable result of putting out a finalized research product once every 24 hours, with no staff. If anyone feels like giving me staff, we can polish this b right up!
⚠️ I got lazy with my citations and I apologize. My top sources are: Current and former military planners, singularly-focused pundits, and all manner of vetted open-source intelligence. Top cited open source pundits and sources include: CP Scott, Institute for the Study of War, Kyiv Independent, and mainstream news with high levels of journalistic integrity and track records. Sadly I can’t source private individuals, of course.
⚠️ Speaking of sources, thanks to all of you who have forwarded me tips or given me data from the front line. You’re the private individuals I wish I could source publicly
⚠️ Though my awesome employer taught me everything I know about OSINT, these posts are not affiliated with my employer, nor done during my employer’s time. Every item I report is from my own research, my own opinion, and written during my own time.
⚠️ Note: War happens fast and even high fidelity news needs a ton of corrections after the dust settles.
🇺🇦 Sorry to my Substack readers who get this weird “ua” symbol instead of a flag emoji!
Monday, August 1
I hope leaving sunflowers at Orc embassies will become a trend now.