Trump said he found Russia's latest attacks against Ukraine
"disgusting" and said the Kremlin has "about eight days" to make a deal
or face sanctions.
9:13 am
Russian forces launched 72 Shahed-type drones from Russia's Millerovo,
Kursk, and Primorsk-Akhtarsk airfields against Ukraine overnight,
according to Ukraine's Air Force.
12:19 pm (Updated: August 1, 2025 8:47 am)
"The situation in Chasiv Yar is the same as in recent months. Russia is
simply lying again, precisely so that the claim spreads through
refutations," said Viktor Tregubov, spokesperson of the Khortytsia
group of forces, in a comment for the RBK-Ukraine news agency.
8:19 am
The number includes 940 casualties Russian forces suffered just over
the past day.
12:12 am (Updated: August 1, 2025 7:59 am)
The death toll from Russia’s July 31 attack on Kyiv has risen to 27,
including three children, as the rescue operation enters its second
day.
7:15 am
The group is using an "adversary-in-the-middle" technique to deploy its
custom "ApolloShadow" malware for intelligence collection. This
campaign, active since at least 2024, poses a high risk to diplomatic
entities and sensitive organizations in Moscow, particularly those
relying on local internet providers.
4:59 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a new law significantly
expanding the grounds for revoking naturalized Russian citizenship, now
listing crimes such as extremism, murder, and collaboration against the
state.
Friday, August 1
12:55 am
A U.S. Senate committee approved a spending bill that includes $1
billion in support of Ukraine on July 31, despite the Trump
administration's previous pledge to reduce funding allocated for
military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget.
11:47 pm
"I believe Russia can be pushed to stop this war. It started it, and it
can be made to end it. But if the world doesn’t aim to change the
regime in Russia, that means even after the war ends, Moscow will still
try to destabilize neighboring countries," President Volodymyr Zelensky
said on July 31.
10:44 pm
Russia launched a massive attack on Kyiv overnight, killing at least 16
people and injuring 159 in one of the heaviest attacks in recent weeks.
A total of 12 children were injured, in what Kyiv Mayor Vitali
Klitschko said was the highest number of child casualties in the city
since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
6:21 pm (Updated: July 31, 2025 10:13 pm)
If formalized, Nicaragua could become the first country to officially
recognize Russia's annexation of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and
Kherson oblasts — territories Moscow declared part of Russia in 2022.
