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Ukraine Invasion

• Ukrainian Drones Strike Targets Across Russia As Trump Orders US Nuclear Subs To Region RFE/RL 02 Aug 2025 -- Explosions and fires were reported across several Russian regions following a wave of Ukrainian drone attacks as US President Donald Trump said he was deploying nuclear submarines "closer to Russia" days ahead of a deadline he gave Moscow to make a peace deal with Kyiv.
• SSU drones attack Shahed storage airbase in Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Elektroprylad military factory Security Service of Ukraine 02 Aug 2025 -- At night, SSU drones hit russian military targets in enemy territory. The first target of the long-range UAVs was the Primorsko-Akhtarsk military airbase (Krasnodar Krai). Storage and launch sites for Shahed drones attacking Ukraine were hit. The first drone attack caused a fire to break out.
• No One But Us: How Russian Paratroopers Smash The Enemy on the Front Line Sputnik 02 Aug 2025 -- Since their foundation on August 2, 1930, Russian paratroopers have been successfully involved in operations in various conflicts.
• Russian Army Liberates Alexandro-Kalinovo Settlement in Donetsk People's Republic Sputnik 02 Aug 2025 -- The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that units of the Yug Battlegroup have liberated the settlement of Aleksandro-Kalinovo in the Donetsk People's Republic (DNR) through decisive actions.
• Russian Air Defense Systems Down 112 Ukrainian Drones Overnight Sputnik 02 Aug 2025 -- Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed more than 100 Ukrainian drones overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday morning.

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Foreign Policy

• Trump says US 'prepared' to respond to alleged nuclear threat by Russia Press TV 02 Aug 2025 -- United States President Donald Trump has announced the US military is "prepared" to respond to an alleged nuclear threat by Russia.

News Reports

• Russia's Lukoil Under Pressure in Bulgaria, Considering Selling Assets - Ambassador Sputnik 02 Aug 2025 -- Russian energy giant Lukoil's subsidiaries in Bulgaria are under unprecedented pressure from local authorities, and the company is considering selling assets in the country, Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova told Sputnik.
• Bulgaria Incapable of Replacing All Russian Units at Kozloduy Nuclear Plant - Russian Envoy Sputnik 02 Aug 2025 -- Bulgaria will not be able to replace all Russian units and assemblies at the Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP), despite attempts to find an alternative to Russian equipment, Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria Eleonora Mitrofanova told Sputnik.
• Crew Dragon Spacecraft With Russian Cosmonaut Aboard Docks to ISS - NASA Sputnik 02 Aug 2025 -- Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, Japanese astronaut Kimiya Yui and Russian cosmonaut Oleg Platonov has docked to the International Space Station (ISS), according to the NASA live broadcast.