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Russian stuff blowing up: Russian terror blitz on Kyiv leaves at least 11 dead [1]
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Date: 2025-07-31
It was a night of terror in Kyiv as Russia sent hundreds of Shahed drones, including eight jet-powered drones, to terrorize the population. At least 11 are dead and more than 100 injured.
Meanwhile, Trump is giving Putin until Aug. 8 to make a peace deal. Or maybe he’ll extend the deadline by a Scaramucci or two. Or 12.
x ⚡️ Update: 8 killed, 124 injured in mass Russian strike on Kyiv. The death toll from a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight on July 31 has increased to eight, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city's military administration. Some 124 people were injured, including 10 children.
[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) July 31, 2025 at 6:49 AM
The attack included cluster munitions. Add this to the pile of Russian war crimes.
x Russia attacked the main mosque of the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine "Ummah"& the building of the Islamic Cultural Center in #Kyiv last night Preliminary reports indicate the use of a cluster munition with shrapnel.Thankfully,no one was injured
[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 5:09 AM
x A father clutching his child, sprinting for shelter.
Two elderly persons doubled over in grief on a shattered Kyiv street. This is Russia’s war on civilians—deliberate, relentless, and criminal.
Homes reduced to rubble, lives erased in seconds. It is terror, not war. Photo: Yan Dobronosov
[image or embed] — Euromaidan Press (@euromaidanpress.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
x 🔴 Rescuers in Kyiv have successfully freed a man trapped beneath the rubble of a collapsed apartment block entrance following a complex three-hour operation.
[image or embed] — UNITED24 Media (@united24media.com) July 31, 2025 at 7:21 AM
x ❗️A young woman Veronica in 🇺🇦Kyiv survived after being thrown from a 9th-floor apartment during an attack on the city. She believes her bed cushioned the fall
[image or embed] — 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@militarynewsua.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
x His name was Matviy, and he was only 6 years old. Russia killed him last night. The boy was a karate student, dreamed of winning competitions and surpassing his older brother. Russia brutally killed him in his own home in Kyiv as he slept.
[image or embed] — Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Ukraine sent its drones to the Russian city of Penza, which is southeast of Moscow and about 700 km from Ukraine, to bomb a radio electronics plant.
x SBU drones struck a radio electronics plant in Penza that produces automated combat control systems and communication equipment for the terrorist army of the RF. At least 11 explosions and a fire were recorded at the Rostec-owned JSC "Radiozavod," which is under international sanctions.
[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 5:58 AM
x 💥🔥 At least two hits were recorded on the territory of Penza Radio Plant. One of them: Batyar type UAV, - CyberBoroshno ▪️One of the main suppliers of radio equipment for the Russian army; ▪️It produces equipment for systems that actively used in command vehicles and APCs.
[image or embed] — MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 (@maks23.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Ukraine continues to find new battlefield uses for drones.
x A soldier who had been holding the line for 5 days at position 360, unable to evacuate on his own, was delivered a 40 kg electric bike directly to his position.
[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
When you can’t take a city, pretend that you did.
x Deep State reports Russians haven’t captured Chasiv Yar but staged another flag-planting stunt behind Ukrainian lines. Flags were raised in Shevchenko and Tsekh No. 2 districts, but the city isn’t under Russian control. Most “flag-planters” were eliminated in this one-way mission.
[image or embed] — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A smart move after a self-inflicted wound.
My view on this is that Zelenskyy and his staff freaked out after a Russian spy was exposed in the anti-graft agency and thought Russia was trying to use the agency to attack the government.
This thing looks like it just drove through a barbed wire factory.
Russians tell Ukrainians in occupied territory to either get a Russian passport or their children could be kidnapped.
x ⚡️'They are instruments of terror' — Parents in occupied Kherson Oblast who refuse Russian passports threatened with losing parental rights.
[image or embed] — The Kyiv Independent (@kyivindependent.com) July 31, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Trump threatens Drunk Dmitry. Say what?
x Medvedev's latest dose of courage must be from his breakfast vodka, because he's awfully brave attacking Trump on telegram, a place where Trump will not see it.
[image or embed] — Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 3:32 AM
But India apparently is sober.
x India’s state-owned companies have stopped buying Russian oil following Trump’s harsh tariffs.
Some private firms continue purchases, but likely not for long. India is the world’s third-largest oil importer and the top buyer of Russian seaborne oil.
www.reuters.com/business/ene... — WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Another 1,070 Russians.
Russia ponders what to do with the creaky old Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier.
I think it would make a great coral reef.
x Meanwhile in Russia… Navy veterans were trying to figure out what to with Russia’s last aircraft carrier. I though you my be entertained by the bounty the journey and the final conclusions 😂 www.mk.ru/politics/202...
[image or embed] — Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Even if North Korea wanted it, how would they get it there without it either sinking or catching fire?
Russia is definitely cursed — or they have really pissed off God.
The towering geyser of sewage was bad enough. And the military cemetery flooded by sewage.
And the drought that has devastated Russian crops. And the combo of 8.8 earthquake, tsunami and erupting volcano.
But now Russia faces its biggest calamity — horny dolphins.
Things are about to get interesting at Russian defense facilities.
x Ukraine’s president has confirmed the country will have its own ballistic missiles. “We are very close to this,” said Defense Minister Shmyhal, noting that’s all he can share publicly at this time.
[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) July 30, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Russian crews are working overtime to repair the damage to the rail hub at Salsk.
x Photos from the railway station in Salsk, Rostov region, show the aftermath of yesterday’s Ukrainian drone strike. Russian crews are rushing to repair the damaged line, highlighting its strategic importance.
[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) July 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Another Russian railyard is burning.
x 💥 A fire broke out near the railway station in the Russian city of Kotelnikovo, Volgograd region, following an overnight drone strike. militarnyi.com/en/news/uavs...
[image or embed] — Militarnyi (@militarnyi.com) July 31, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Poland’s new national motto — Russia delenda est.
x Poland has submitted a request for €45 billion in soft loans from the European Union to fund its defense procurement plans. 🔗Read more: militarnyi.com/en/news/pola...
[image or embed] — Militarnyi (@militarnyi.com) July 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
I was wondering how long it would be before some Russian blamed the U.S. for the earthquake.
x Russian Media… “Experts in a conversation with MK suggested that the earthquake could have been triggered by a seismic weapon and that the United States was behind it.” 🤦♀️ 🇷🇺: There’s an American trace! www.mk.ru/politics/202...
[image or embed] — Prune60 (@prune602.bsky.social) July 30, 2025 at 10:38 PM
So … how are things going over at Aeroflot?
x 1/ Aeroflot has come in for ridicule after it was reported that pro-Ukrainian hackers found its CEO had not changed his password for three years. However, it's been reported that password management was the responsibility of a specialist FSB unit, which is now being blamed. ⬇️
[image or embed] — ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) July 30, 2025 at 4:12 AM
4/ "This is not being discussed publicly, but behind the scenes there is talk that this area will once again be subject to a purge, as happened after the blowing up of the Crimean Bridge [in 2022]. 5/ "Then the deputy minister (an attached employee of the FSB's Department of Transport) Alexander Sukhanov, the management of the department and many others lost their "cushy" seats. 6/ "According to the source, the security of the country's main airline is the responsibility of the supervising department (Department 5, located at Aeroflot's "home" airport, Sheremetyevo) and the indecently inflated staff of the apparatus of attached FSB employees. 7/ "For a long time, generals retired there (you don't have to go far, at the time of the blowing up of the Crimean Bridge, Department T was headed by Gavrilov, a former member of the airline's board of directors), who had long since lost touch with operational realities,… 8/ …as well as employees who provided security only nominally in reports and certificates. In fact, individual FSB employees are assigned to change passwords (this vulnerability was noticed by hackers who took responsibility for the Aeroflot attack),… 9/ …information hygiene, updates and anti-virus work are overseen by separate FSB employees who are supposed to keep special logs and monitor the internal infrastructure.But according to the source, whatever attitude the management had towards the service, so too did the subordinates." /end
But surely things are going well for the Russian auto industry with the big demand for vehicles at the front, right?
x 1/ Even as Russian troops struggle for lack of vehicles, forcing them to rely on donations and home-made contraptions, Russia's vehicle manufacturers have cut back production due to economic difficulties. Russian warbloggers can't understand why they're not helping the army. ⬇️
[image or embed] — ChrisO_wiki (@chriso-wiki.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
2/ AvtoVAZ, the makers of the iconic Lada and its military variants, has announced that it will cut salaries by at least 20% and will switch employees to a four-day week starting in September. Russia's slumping economy has led to a sharp decline in demand and sales. 3/ In February 2025 alone, AvtoVAZ had about 100,000 unsold cars, with the norm being 60,000, according to company president Maxim Sokolov. Truck manufacturers GAZ and KAMAZ are likewise switching to a four-day week. 4/ The news has made Russian warbloggers very unhappy, for as they point out, troops fighting in Ukraine are critically short of vehicles. 'Two Majors' writes:"Nivas and Larisas are very much needed at the front and in the rear." 5/ "But the beauty of capitalism and effective management is that due to the imperfections of federal agencies, front-line soldiers, volunteers, rear units and agencies are forced to turn to public assistance to ensure logistics. To be honest, this is some damn nonsense."
Laos sends two elephants to Russia and Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega goes full frontal fascist fan boy.
x Today in #Kyiv, Russia killed nine and injured 135 civilians, 12 of whom are children. Meanwhile, Laos presented two elephants to murderer and war criminal Putin. "We'll find some use for them," Putin said.
[image or embed] — Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at 9:00 AM
x Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega has declared that his government recognizes the Russian annexation of Ukraine’s Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson regions. Ortega expressed his support, claiming to back Moscow’s fight against what he called “Ukrainian neo-Nazism” supported by NATO.
[image or embed] — NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) July 31, 2025 at 9:33 AM
A Ukrainian couple comfort each other in the aftermath of Russia’s attack on Kyiv.
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