Aug 28, 2026
Vladyslav Klochkov
12 years in Armed Forces of Ukraine
Major-General, PhD, Commander of the 93rd Mechanized Brigade, Deputy Commander of Operational Command East 2021-24
The National Defense University of Ukraine
This isn’t the filming of an apocalyptic movie. On the contrary, these are the consequences of an attack by Russian killers. And the people were saved, thanks to the shelter, despite all the criminal efforts of the Russians.
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And remember the Budapest agreement USA and Russia : give up your Nukes and we guarantee your security ! Any other country in similar circumstances remember these guarantees are worthless not even the cost of the paper.
Alena Butkevica, MD., DMD., Ph.D
It’s a horror! And now he/P/Rus shoots drones to Latvia 🇱🇻, which is supposedly part of the NATO!!! I just got back from that region shipping my humanitarian aid to Ukraine 🇺🇦. Feels good, but also feels like a drop of water, where one needs a power hose of water to help these fantastic people to stand and defend freedom of entire Europe!
This is Russia’s most prolific export – devastation.
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The Russians plan to manufacture 10,000 new “Dan-T” missiles in 2027. The missile has a range of 500 km and carries a 135-kg warhead, according to “Military,” citing an analyst named kriegsforscher in a post on X.
As of August, the “Dan-T” cruise missile can be launched from both ground-based and airborne platforms. Launches can be carried out from Su-25SM3, Su-30SM, Su-34, and Su-57 aircraft, as well as from the Mi-28 helicopter.
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Trump said he is “not at all concerned” about a possible Russian attack on NATO, according to Axios.
He also denied reports that CIA Director Ratcliffe had traveled to Moscow to warn Russia that an attack on NATO countries would be unacceptable. According to Trump, it was a “routine working trip” with no particular message for Moscow.
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Russia used its upgraded “Iskander-1000” ballistic missiles for the first time: this occurred during one of the recent combined strikes on Kyiv, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR).
This is an upgraded version of the missile with a range of up to 550 km. By comparison, the previous “Iskander-M” had a range of approximately 390 km.
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The Kremlin has ordered the destruction of offices, car dealerships, and gas stations in Kyiv, according to Russian media.
According to Russian media reports, the Kremlin has made a “final decision” to strike the capital’s civilian and economic infrastructure, declaring its intention to paralyze Kyiv’s daily life and economy as much as possible.
Large warehouses, hypermarkets, and shopping centers may be the first targets, followed by office complexes, the Kyiv Metro infrastructure, car dealerships, gas stations, and power distribution centers.
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This isn’t just about destruction; it’s psychological warfare. Targeting civilian infrastructure aims to instill fear and break morale. But resilience often grows in adversity.
Get the criminals, all of them.
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The Ukrainian government has approved a resolution on a pilot project for the underground storage of minimum reserves of crude oil and petroleum products during martial law.
Starting in 2027, operators will be required to store underground at least 20% of the total volume of diesel fuel from the minimum reserves.
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Russia has destroyed about 90% of retail chains’ logistics centers.
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Petr Tolstoy, deputy speaker of the Russian State Duma, proposed launching strikes against Ukrainian cities to demoralize the population and force it to surrender.
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That plan has never succeeded. Not WWII each way, Vietnam or Iran. It will just kill more innocent civilians. It SHOULD cause NATO to intervene in the airspace over Ukraine to stop as many incoming missiles as it can, supplementing Ukrainian efforts. It is particularly important for heating facilities as it gets cold.
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Russia is preparing to intensify its attacks on Ukraine, as the Kremlin believes that negotiations to end the war have reached an impasse. Moscow is currently considering the possibility of intensifying powerful ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv, as well as on infrastructure targets in other Ukrainian cities. Amid the escalation of attacks, an increasing number of Russian officials are suggesting that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin may ultimately resort to the use of tactical nuclear weapons.
Bloomberg reports this. The publication cites sources close to the Kremlin who spoke on condition of anonymity.
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That would be a major mistake on Putin’s part and a historic red line to cross. As no nation has used a nuclear weapon of any size in war since the bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end WW II. I don’t know how Trump will deal with it, but when the U.S. abandon it’s small short lived stockpile of tactical nuclear weapons it assisted its policy to say it would treat any detonation of any nuclear weapon the same whether it was tactical or an ICBM. Detention if a tactical nuke close to a NATO border could be seen as an intentional infliction of a harm through fallout and radiation from that detention on a NATO member. That could trigger Article 5. Would Trump launch ICBM’s on Russia for using a tactical nuclear weapon? That was always supposed to be the deterrent to prevent Moscow from using them.
🔴► The answer to nuclear blackmail cannot be fear, silence or the abandonment of Ukraine. If Moscow is indeed considering intensified ballistic-missile strikes against Ukrainian cities while once again raising the spectre of tactical nuclear weapons, we must understand what this represents: not strength, but coercion through terror and nuclear intimidation. ⚫️►
Reports based on anonymous Kremlin-linked sources require caution. But Russia’s ☢️nuclear threats are real, repeated and profoundly serious. They must neither be dismissed nor allowed to dictate our actions.
Ukraine needs stronger air and missile defences. Europe needs credible deterrence. And Moscow must understand one fundamental principle: Nuclear weapons cannot become a licence to invade a sovereign nation, terrorize its population and redraw borders by force.
Too many Ukrainians have already died. Too many families have already buried their children. We must not allow fear to finish what Russian force has failed to achieve.
. ►Stand firm. Stand with Ukraine.
► Стійте твердо. Стійте з Україною. 🇺🇦
The person who directed the strikes on Mykolaiv was sentenced to 15 years in prison :
https://intent.press/en/news/crime/2026/the-person-who-directed-the-strikes-on-mykolaiv-was-sentenced-to-15-years-in-prison/
“remember the Budapest agreement USA and Russia : give up your Nukes and we guarantee your security”
How easily the meme zombies forget that the UK signed Budapest too. But, let’s not let some facts get in the way or realize it was Obama that broke Budapest in 2014. Carry on…
Why are you yet again trying to trash a distinguished Ukrainian contributor? Most of them are published authors and most published authors use LI.
You are inserting the term “social media” as a pejorative, to devalue the content. Which part of the actual content do you dispute?
Why aren’t you also inserting “social media” into posts originating from YouTube, since YouTube is social media?
Since WP is itself social media, why don’t you put the “social media” tag on everything that goes out?
The quote is not from the article, it is simply a comment from one person who read it and I took the trouble to add it to the copy for interest of readers. I put in a wide range of differing views.
Does it ever occur to you to thank people for their contributions, rather than constantly sniping and sneering?
“And remember the Budapest agreement USA and Russia : give up your Nukes and we guarantee your security ! Any other country in similar circumstances remember these guarantees are worthless not even the cost of the paper.”
It is entirely factually correct. He wasn’t allocating blame, he was simply highlighting the two prime instigators.
Thank you Sir Scradgel, thank you