During the night, Ukraine attacked one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, the Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis plant (Kinef), which caught fire. The attack and fire have been confirmed by the governor of the Leningrad region, who also said that 62 drones were shot down. The refinery is said to have a capacity of 20 million tons per year.
Ukraine also attacked an airbase in Yeisk in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, where eyewitnesses reported several powerful explosions.
Ukrainian drones were also reported in the Smolensk region according to eyewitnesses, and from the Bryansk region there are reports of explosions, but there is currently no further information on what has been hit and how extensive the damage is.
In the city of Donetsk and the village of Hvardiiske near Simferopol, Ukraine is said to have attacked Russian facilities used to store, prepare, and launch attack drones.
Russian losses
- 1400 KWIA
- 1 Tank
- 7 AFVs
- 59 Artillery systems
- 2 MLRS
- 1 Air defense systems
- 1963 UAVs
- 6 UGVs
- 394 Vehicles & fuel tanks
- 6 Special equipment
SLAVA UKRAINI
Ukrainian General Staff Morning Report
“Operational information as of 08:00 on August 30, 2026, regarding the Russian invasion
Glory to Ukraine!
The 1649th day of the Russian Federation’s full-scale armed aggression against Ukraine has begun.
During the past day, a total of 221 combat engagements were recorded.
Yesterday, the enemy carried out four missile attacks with a total of five missiles as well as 79 air strikes, during which 292 guided aerial bombs were dropped. Additionally, the attackers used 11,357 kamikaze drones and conducted 3,138 shellings against communities and our troops’ positions, of which 60 were with rocket artillery.
Enemy artillery shelling affected, among others, the communities of Neskuchne, Korenok, Potapivka, Mala Korchakivka, Volfyne, Atynske, Sopych, Bachivsk, and Tovstodubove in the Sumy region, as well as Liskivshchyna in the Chernihiv region.
During the past day, the defense forces’ aviation, missile units, and artillery struck 14 areas of enemy personnel concentration, seven artillery systems, six command posts for unmanned aerial vehicles, and three other important enemy targets.
In the northern Slobozhansky and Kursk sectors, five combat engagements were recorded during the past day. At the same time, the attacker conducted 167 shellings against our troops’ positions and communities. The enemy also carried out two air strikes with a total of five guided aerial bombs.
In the southern Slobozhansky sector, Ukrainian units repelled 10 enemy attacks. The attackers tried to advance towards the communities of Lyman, Hrafske, Chuhunivka, Ozerne, and Khatnie as well as in the area around Starytsia.
In the Kupiansk sector, the enemy conducted two offensive operations towards the communities of Radkivka and Podoly.
Attempts to break into our defense were repelled in the Lyman sector, where the occupiers carried out nine attacks in the areas around Novoselivka and Cherneshchyna as well as near Lyman and Dibrova.
In the Sloviansk sector, the enemy made eight assault attempts in the areas around Kryva Luka, Riznykivka, and Zakitne as well as towards Orikhuvatka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, the Russian attackers conducted no assault operations.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, 31 attacks were recorded. The attackers conducted assault operations in the areas around Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Novoselivka, Rusyn Yar, Toretske, and Sofiivka as well as towards Mykolaipillia and Kucheriv Yar.
In the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy carried out 30 attacks. The occupiers tried to advance towards the communities of Bilytske, Shevchenko, Novohrishyne, Vasylivka, Serhiivka, Novopidhorodne, and Novyi Donbas as well as in the areas around Udachne, Horikhove, and Novomykolaivka.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, the enemy conducted four attacks towards Berezove.
In the Huljajpole sector, the occupiers attacked our defenders’ positions 10 times. The enemy tried to advance towards the communities of Vozdvyzhivka, Huliaipilske, Charivne, Novoselivka, Kalynivske, Nove Zaporizhzhia, and Maliivka.
In the Orikhiv sector, our defenders stopped three enemy attempts to advance in the areas around Pavlivka and Mala Tokmachka.
In the Prydniprovsk sector, the enemy conducted no assault operations during the past day.
In the Volyn and Polissya sectors, no signs have been detected that the enemy is forming offensive force groupings.
In total, the Russian attackers’ losses during the past day amounted to 1,400 personnel. Additionally, one tank, seven armored fighting vehicles, 59 artillery systems, two rocket artillery systems, one air defense system, six ground-based missile systems, 1,963 unmanned aerial vehicles, 394 vehicles, and six units of special equipment were neutralized.”
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** Ukrainian drones reportedly struck the Kirishinefteorgsintez oil refinery in Russia’s Leningrad region. Russian authorities said more than 60 drones attacked the region. The refinery has a processing capacity of 20 million tons of oil per year. **
https://bsky.app/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mubu5l2ook2p
** A Russian shows the aftermath of last night’s strike on the Kirishi refinery in Leningrad region. Over 60 drones were reportedly active over the region overnight. **
https://bsky.app/profile/wartranslated.bsky.social/post/3mubuuyzpgk23
** 💥👌 Secondary detonation of ammunition in Russia’s Yeisk **
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mubu7w3qo22y
** 😢 A man filmed an explosion and detonation in the Kyiv region literally meters from its epicenter **
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3muburo53hs2y
** ❗️A swarm of 🇺🇦Ukrainian FPV drones attacks and destroys a rare 🇷🇺Russian 152-mm self-propelled howitzer 2S43 “Malva” at the exact moment it was shelling Ukrainian positions on the Kharkiv axis of the front. **
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mubuzn4yns2b
** ❗️Photos from 🇷🇺Yeysk, where a military airfield was attacked last night. After the strike, a prolonged secondary detonation was heard. **
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mubvbicbzc2b
Under his trip to Moscow earlier this week, CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a tripartite meeting between Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin, according to information obtained by Axios.
It is not clear from the information how his Russian counterpart, FSB Chief Aleksandr Bortnikov, received the proposal. However, it appears that Ratcliffe got the impression during the meeting that Bortnikov is a constructive party who could be helpful in future attempts to achieve a peace agreement in Ukraine.
Russian and Ukrainian delegations met in February under U.S. leadership. Russia claims it wants to find a diplomatic solution but has presented a totalitarian list of demands that essentially means Putin gets everything he wants in exchange for a ceasefire.
Kyiv is, according to Axios, very skeptical of the Kremlin’s intentions at the negotiating table and believes that Russia is planning an escalation of the war.
https://omni.se/kallor-foreslog-mote-mellan-trump-putin-och-zelenskyj/a/Wv3EQQ
MXT holds the line 💪
And not least, Ukraine stands against the Russian bastards.
Scott Lucas’s analysis of Ratcliffe’s Moscow visit:
https://youtu.be/I0IlM31Hzk0?is=moOoBmN7RNCdCngE
Adding it to my “to watch” list. 👍
It was worth listening to!
** At least 3 injured as Russia continues attacks on Kyiv. Russia continued its near-constant drone attacks on Ukraine’s capital for a third consecutive night on Aug. 29-30, with authorities repeatedly issuing air-raid alerts in Kyiv as fires were reported in the city. ** https://kyivindependent.com/russia-continues-attacks-on-kyiv-as-air-raids-sound-on-and-off-in-ukraines-capital/
** Belgium slams door on using Russian assets for Ukraine
Belgium is standing firm against using frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, as four EU countries push to resurrect the scheme.
“This is non-negotiable, the door is closed,” Theo Francken, the defence minister, told Terzaken, on Flemish TV channel VRT, on Friday night.
This week Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands and Spain called upon the European Commission to explore new ways to harness around €200 billion in immobilised Russian assets to support Ukraine. **
https://www.euractiv.com/news/belgium-slams-door-on-using-russian-assets-for-ukraine/
Transfer them to the EU centrally so the Belgians don’t have to worry about the Russian bastards taking them to court. If that’s where the shoe pinches.
Russia’s threats have probably had a strong effect on the Belgians.
The EU could make an offer to Russia that the money be repaid in installments over 10 years. The first installment is repaid the year after Russia withdraws from Ukraine, and the repayment is stopped if Russia acts aggressively towards Ukraine or any country in the EU.
** ⚡️ Stubb on Russia’s nuclear saber-rattling.
“China’s Foreign Minister told me, ‘We will never allow it to happen.’ I think that’s a pretty good deterrent.” **
https://bsky.app/profile/united24media.com/post/3mubxb6lqdy25
Sounds good, of course, but it might be a bit naive to rely entirely on China.
A Russian woman has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to smuggle at least 32 marine iguanas from the Galapagos Islands. This was reported by the police in Ecuador according to AP.
The lizards were in eight plastic containers inside a suitcase, the police wrote in a post on X. They were weak and dehydrated and were taken to a conservation center where they will stay until they recover.
The woman was reportedly on her way to Iceland. She faces up to three years in prison for the iguana heist.
https://omni.se/rysk-kvinna-grips-pa-flygplats-i-ecuador-med-32-leguaner/a/7pQevV
Regardless of the nationality of the lady, what do you need 32 marine iguanas for? I assume they are going to be sold as pets, but then the question remains what do you need 1 marine iguana for.
There seems to be plenty of strange people who prefer to have animals that are illegal. Preferably rare, and ideally it should be the last specimen of an extinct species.
**During his covert visit to Moscow, CIA Director John Ratcliffe proposed a trilateral meeting between President Trump, Putin and President Zelenskyy – Axios The Trump administration had raised the idea before. President Zelenskyy supported the proposal, but Putin rejected it.
Ratcliffe’s visit was partly aimed at determining whether Russia’s heads of intelligence services could help convince Putin to move toward resuming U.S.-mediated negotiations with Ukraine, the outlet’s sources say.Ratcliffe reportedly concluded that FSB director Bortnikov is “a constructive player who could help restart diplomatic efforts.” Ukrainian officials remain deeply skeptical of the Kremlin’s intentions and say they have intelligence indicating that Russia is planning a major escalation of the war. **
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3mucctcnhfs2w
Hopefully Ratcliffe has planted a seed in the FSB chief that things are going to hell and that it is Putin who stands in the way of a solution that can save Russia from destruction.
** 🇺🇦❗️ Auchan and Aurora logistics centers in Boryspil were damaged after Russian strike, according to media reports. **
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mucciesuts2l
** Kyiv endures as drawn-out Russian attack carries over into 4th day
Drones have been flying toward the capital for hours at a time, with explosions and the sound of air defense fire rocking the city throughout the morning and afternoon. **
https://kyivindependent.com/fires-in-kyiv-during-fourth-day-of-attacks/
Someone has smoked again..
“Sevastopol 🔥👀” Video:
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mubzvirv4225
Magyar’s Electric update: You beat the lights at the thermal power plant in Kherson, you fuckers? From now on, you’ll be sitting without power across all the temporarily occupied territories. A little something to kick things off — 21 energy nodes and the Luhansk Thermal Power Plant were struck by USF Birds over three days, August 26–28. USF Operation “Crimean Power Switch Off” has opened a new branch — “East-Vyo.” Get used to blackouts, worms. Turns out, two can play this game. Winter will come early and dark. In Crimea too.
During USF Operation “Crimean Power Switch Off” (July 1–August 28), the Birds have struck 315 energy nodes in Crimea and other occupied territories. We will stand. Moscow will fall. USF online scoreboard “PIDRAKHUYKA” https://sbs-group.army MAGYAR
28.08.26 Video:
https://x.com/414magyarbirds/status/2093318058009866344
Ukrainians are used to power outages, Russians are not. Maybe we will see films with crying Russians this winter. “Why is it like this, we don’t understand what’s happening, sniff”
Yes. The Russian bastards are slow-witted despite repeated lessons in FAFO.
** In the morning, Russian FPV drones struck civilians in Zaporizhzhia region. A 73-year-old woman was killed. Five more people were injured. In Zaporizhzhia, Russian forces struck warehouse facilities. Three people were killed and 17 more were injured in Kherson region. 📹 Zaporizhzhia **
https://bsky.app/profile/antongerashchenko.bsky.social/post/3muce4uel5k2w
** ❗️Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces report that overnight strikes were carried out near the Yeysk and Millerovo airfields, destroying a Pantsir-S1 air-defense system and four radar systems: Sopka-2, Kasta-2E2, RSP-27 and Nebo-SV.
According to Magyar, an aviation weapons depot at Yeysk was also destroyed, along with an ammunition storage site and a technical maintenance facility at Millerovo; the primary target was the DRL-27 module of the RSP-27 aircraft landing radar system at Millerovo airfield. **
https://bsky.app/profile/militarynewsua.bsky.social/post/3mucc3npfws22
saw that you laughed out loud a bit yesterday MXT but Putin probably has nuclear weapons against UA and/or something in the Baltics on the list against us.
Then there are other things as well but not aimed at UA and Europe so for me less interesting.
Exactly what is less interesting than that he is considering it.
Putin is under extreme pressure and is starting to function poorly.
Russians today do as they are told or else they fly out the window.
Have we seen this before?
As I said in yesterday’s last comment:
Nuclear weapons are better as psychological weapons than as actual weapons. LW has established how much better it is to precision bomb many small conventional targets than a few large ones.
It also costs to keep nuclear weapons functional since half-lives make them unusable after a reasonably long time. Which risk-taking general faced with the choice of new tritium or a new yacht would choose the former? The day they might need to be used, falling out the window is unlikely to be their biggest problem.
The laughing emoji yesterday ended up in the wrong place (maybe I also suffered from not being able to comment under others’ comments on the phone).
It should have been under Pehr’s post that started with: “Freudian slip?”
But I think there is a very low probability that he will resort to nuclear weapons, roughly at the level of a full-scale attack on the Baltics.
I believe a marked increase in hybrid warfare will come first. Maybe we will also see a number of murders, e.g. of CEOs of defense companies, people within aid organizations supporting Ukraine, politicians, etc.
Maybe also several terrorist attacks. Things where all traces will point to Russia but nothing can be proven.
Continued influence operations will of course also happen. Both France and Germany now have far-right parties that are pro-Putin and have gained strength during the war. They want nothing more than to throw Ukraine under the bus and that probably certainly depends on them receiving money from Putin.
Maybe this madman was promised that a large sum of rubles would be paid to the family?
Putin is probably not so pleased with Hungary’s changed direction.
“🇭🇺 Update: In Hungary, a drunk pilot hijacked a plane and flew it towards the country’s nuclear power plant. The military raised two fighter jets into the air, but the pilot managed to do it himself and crashed somewhere in the field.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mucnrnwgxs2j
Sitting and reading about what it was like to work in the Soviet Union, a capitalist business owner’s dream, I must say.
Hästsko is real.
Damn, Magyar knocked out above MXT 😳
Yamal cross still left as well but then complete.
Operation turn off the light this year too
Yes, and they have been at it for quite some time now.
In the end, Krym is probably completely powerless along with the occupied territories.
When the cold sets in, it is probably an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth that applies.
Ukraine should announce that they now have the capacity to shut off gas and electricity for many tens of millions of Russians, and that it is Putin’s choice.
There have been quite few attacks with ballistic missiles lately, Ukraine has probably managed to take out some launch sites and ships, etc. But I am afraid they are stockpiling for a major attack before Ukraine gets more Patriots or similar, and probably then when it starts to get cold.
Nooo, my order of iguanas just got a text saying it was canceled
😂
Can only apologize. You should invest in unicorns instead? I have one for sale, payable in putin-coins.
It WAS the Russians, in my opinion.
A Russian vessel for bottom works was lying over both explosion sites in the days before.
We KNOW that because we discussed it at the time with vessel tracker evidence.
I also find it hard to believe that it would be Ukraine. Now it could be possible, but so early in the war I am more inclined to believe that it is the Russians who tried to make it look like Ukraine.
They didn’t happen to have any copies of the game Sims on board?
Much misinformation about Radcliffe now, what we heard first is probably correct
Belgarjävlar 😡😡😡
Interesting technology
https://x.com/socraticscribe/status/2093863925762621649?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
👍 I have seen that people have started trying to use this technology, for example, for cooling computers to avoid fans and save space.
It’s fun to see a more large-scale application area; I wouldn’t have thought it could be scaled up that much. It would be interesting to know how high the consumption is.
Cool.
Off-Topic, the war in Iran.
This is probably the reason why the USA will no longer bomb Iran back to the Stone Age but has now switched to economic warfare with sanctions. Their military resources run out too quickly.
“US military leaders warn Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that continued, large-scale operations against Iran are unsustainable and risk weakening the military’s ability to meet other threats, according to sources to the Washington Post.
The warning was given on August 14 in a secret document prepared every two weeks by the chiefs of the Army, Navy, and Air Force, together with the commanders of overseas forces, for the Defense Secretary.
The document contains reports on the number of warships, combat aircraft, soldiers, and weapons systems available, as well as the defense leaders’ reflections on the military situation.
After six months of war, ‘too much and for too long’ is the general opinion about the Iran war in the US military high command, according to one of the sources.”
“After six months, the USA has replaced a military war against Iran with an economic one. However, the result is unlikely to be different, according to experts – the USA lacks credibility, strategy, and an end goal, writes Steven Erlanger in the New York Times.
The only constant factor is that ordinary Iranians pay the price, he continues.
‘The Iranian leadership, increasingly dominated by military figures, sees its own survival as the nation’s survival and the sacrifice of ordinary Iranians as necessary patriotism and even martyrdom.’
Claiming that Iran is winning the war is also not correct, writes Brett H McGurk for CNN.
Since mid-July, the USA has reinstated the blockade against Iranian ports, while continuously working to keep the shipping lanes through the Strait of Hormuz open and protect commercial vessels. The volumes of oil passing through the strait are now two-thirds of what they were before the war, according to Bloomberg.
‘This means that the pressure is now increasing on Iran, and not on the USA. And if Iran loses the ability to hold the Strait of Hormuz hostage, their advantage disappears quickly,’ writes McGurk.”
https://omni.se/analyser-ingen-vinner-vanliga-iranier-forlorar/a/V6p0Xp
Then we have the scandal with the USS Abraham Lincoln and the poor conditions onboard, including a lack of fresh food, terrible hygiene conditions, etc., as they have not been to port in over 9 months. Three people are suspected of having attempted suicide.
The solution? To dismiss three people (not everyone as I wrote) according to the independent newspaper Stars and Stripes, which writes about and for military personnel and their families after the newspaper reported on the incidents.
By the way, I recommend listening to Jake Broe’s latest episode, where he has invited retired General Leela Gray, who now intends to run as a Democrat. Of course, it is somewhat biased but still interesting regardless of which party you support in the USA. The picture you get is that competence is no longer decisive in the US military but that it becomes an extension of the White House.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjM6c002njU
👍
Jakes added to the playlist for tomorrow’s car ride to work.
** Belgorod is reportedly under a large-scale attack, according to local media. Attacks have been reported near a thermal power plant and transformer stations. #Russia**
https://wsocial.eu/profile/noelreports.com/post/3mucla3zzlc2p
👍 I was second on that so you get:🥇
💪
💥🔥 Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod!
“BAVOVNA in Belgorod 💥”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3mucklcn6ic2c
“💥 Belgorod, strikes on CHP and substations” Video:
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3muckykdqj22c
“🔥 Estate Logistics warehouses caught fire in Belgorod after explosions.”
https://bsky.app/profile/maks23.bsky.social/post/3muclcfueck2c
“In Belgorod, the thermal power plant is reported to have been hit (unconfirmed)” Video:
https://bsky.app/profile/twmcltd.bsky.social/post/3muclxagkpk2w
It’s a shame that Iceland did not choose to try to join the EU. Of course, it wasn’t a very large proportion of no-voters, and on the other hand, they seem to be more fond of the EEA.
“Iceland will continue to strengthen cooperation within the European Economic Area (EEA),” says Prime Minister Kristrún Frostadóttir at a press conference according to Icelandic media.
53 percent of Icelanders voted no to resumed talks on EU membership in yesterday’s referendum.
– But 47 percent were interested in it, and I think it is important that we keep that perspective in mind in the coming weeks and months, says Frostadóttir according to Rúv.
Many of those who voted no to EU membership also expressed positive views about the EEA cooperation, she notes.
The Prime Minister adds that she is very pleased with the high voter turnout, 81 percent, and that so many Icelanders engaged in the issue.”
https://omni.se/islands-premiarminister-fortsatter-starka-ees/a/vrba1V
The question is what exactly he will be helping them with. It feels a bit uncertain whether he will personally get paid for conveying technical information or in-depth strategic info about drones, when it is something Ukraine could otherwise have exported or traded for other things they need.
Risk that more will follow and take away from Ukraine because they see that they can make money.
Reminder about Power Up Ukraine:
https://www.powerupukraine.se/en/donera-pengar
“Russia’s Ministry of Defense has begun preparing massive attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, they write on Telegram according to independent Meduza. According to the Russians, it is a response to the “Kyiv regime’s ongoing attacks on Russia’s civilian infrastructure and fuel and energy facilities.” Ukraine has in recent months heavily pressured the Russian fuel sector with attacks on oil refineries. At the same time, Russia continues with increasingly deadly ballistic missile attacks on civilian targets in Ukraine, which is lacking air defense missiles to defend itself with. The shortage of air defense has led Ukrainian politicians and military leaders to warn of a very difficult winter.”
https://omni.se/a/Pdq7Q0
The Russian bastards are under pressure.
As if they hadn’t planned to do this anyway.
Of course not. They would neeeever have attacked the energy infrastructure, that would be barbaric.
What? Have they already done that in the past four years? It must have been misprogrammed robots. They would of course target kindergartens, where the new Ukrainian soldiers are trained.
Off-Topic
“The tourism industry in several American cities is doing everything in its power not to miss out on their northern neighbors’ travel budgets during the trade war, writes the Financial Times. In New York, businesses offer ‘Northern neighbor deals’ with heavily discounted prices on hotels, flights, restaurants, and attractions. ‘New York loves Canada. We are lucky to have neighbors like you!’ says the state’s official tourism website. In Las Vegas, Canadians are offered to exchange a Canadian dollar for an American one, despite the exchange rate being 72 cents. The ski resort Jay Peak Resort in Vermont has written an open letter to Canadians. ‘We don’t want to tell people what to think about tariffs, trade, and politics, but we have an opinion about anything that increases the distance between good neighbors. We don’t like it,’ writes the manager Steve Wright.”
https://omni.se/a/wrbaGL
Canada mobilizes, with humor, on several fronts.
https://youtu.be/M2nHqBWndh0?is=O6V3AMXZ3MMc2jLk
Nice build!
Now I haven’t shared many like this, but there are many videos of Russian farmers who are desperate because they cannot sell their harvests, so their fields remain untouched. One I saw was standing by a large sunflower field and he said they are now being eaten by larvae.
That made me wonder if it could cause problems later on. There should be a big explosion of pests if they get free access to food and have time to develop undisturbed.
It turned out that several of the pests are perennial and some of them are worst only after the third cycle. Already next year this could cause trouble, but when I looked further, problems have actually already started.
In Russia, they are now warning about the problems and have begun to implement control measures:
“Warning message #36 from 2026-08-24 Cotton bollworm in sunflower and corn crops
The Plant Protection Department of the Nizhny Novgorod region branch of the federal state budget institution “Rosselkhoztsentr” reports that during phytosanitary monitoring of corn crops (Bolshemurashkinsky, Gaginsky, Lukoyanovsky municipal districts) and sunflower crops (Sergachsky municipal district), larvae of the cotton bollworm in the second and third stages were recorded.
Attention! We recommend that all agricultural producers regularly inspect their fields for pests and take protective measures when the Economic Threshold Population (ETP) is reached. When choosing a product, please refer to the “Register of pesticides and agrochemicals” approved for use in the Russian Federation in 2026.
Important! The use of pesticides and agrochemicals in agricultural production is only allowed after a preliminary inspection of agricultural land (crops, production facilities). Strict compliance with application instructions, personal hygiene, and safety measures is essential.”
https://rosselhoscenter.ru/ob-uchrezhdenii/filialy/privolzhskiy/nizhegorodskaya-oblast/signalizatsionnoe-soobshchenie-36-ot-24-08-2026-g-khlopkovaya-sovka-na-posevakh-podsolnechnika-i-kuk/
(That link was not allowed through on Cornucopia, but not because it goes to a .ru address… 😆)
Pressed farmers who cannot afford to harvest probably will not afford to spray either, and even if they do, it will of course be an increased cost. It will be interesting to see if many will give up this year.
FAFO.
we can stop guessing now
Yes exactly mxt, fedorov probably went to zero in Ukraine now.
guessing now – he was thinking of getting the US more involved, musk et al and zelensky did not like that.
** Ukrainian drones destroy Russian air defense, radar systems at Yeysk, Millerovo airfields.
Unmanned Systems Forces Commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi said Ukrainian drones targeted the Yeysk airfield in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai and the Millerovo airfield in Rostov Oblast. **
https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-drones-destroy-russian-air-defense-radar-systems-at-yeysk-millerovo-airfields/
Off-Topic
If this guy doesn’t end up as a bus driver when he’s old enough, I’ll be surprised! 😂
“When a bus pulled into a stop in Oslo, the boarding passengers were met by a 14-year-old in the driver’s seat, reports NRK.
The boy had reached the E18 when the police found and stopped him.
– We take the fact that a 14-year-old is driving a bus in central Oslo very seriously, says incident commander Alexander Østerhaug.
This is the fourth time the same boy is suspected of stealing a bus. In November, he drove around in a stolen bus for three hours in Stavanger before returning it. In April last year, he drove all the way to Sweden during a bus hijacking, and just over a month later, he drove a bus 300 kilometers from Oslo to Kristiansand.”
https://omni.se/14-aring-hamtade-passagerare-i-stulen-buss-igen/a/wrbaaM
Forward, guy. Probably trained in a simulator and likely drives better than many of the rest of us. It’s a shame about the general age limits.
Is this real?
https://x.com/arjancgoxr/status/2093846325196464486?s=46&t=Vah3JXV31B9lXwZOK5gF7w
Yes, I can confirm that. I often tend to show up early in the morning after a proper Friday night binge!
💯🎶
” Ukraine’s dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has established a defense technology fund for which he is now seeking American investors, he tells the Financial Times.
– It is not a classic venture capital fund. We are rewriting the history of war, he says.
The fund has three focus areas: war robots that can replace human soldiers on the front lines, fast and cheap air defense drones that can shoot down Russia’s new jet-powered attack drones, and inexpensive AI-controlled robots.
Fedorov also says that he is happy to help the US build a “drone army” in exchange for Patriot air defense missiles so that Ukraine can protect itself against Russian ballistic missile attacks.”
https://omni.se/a/n1b8A5
**Ukraine has found four ways to stop the Russian devils’ jet drones, officials say.**
https://ukrainetoday.org/ukraine-may-have-found-4-ways-to-stop-russias-jet-drones-officials-say/
** Kiev and many other regions in Ukraine are on air threat alert as Russian terrorists and North Koreans carry out attacks on civilian infrastructure with drones, guided bombs, and missiles.**
https://wsocial.eu/profile/michaelmackay.wsocial.eu/post/3muczn2omr227
**Who are the Russians fighting for Ukraine?
Sky’s Michael Drummond speaks with Russian defectors who are now serving in the Russian Freedom Legion, a specialized Ukrainian military unit partly made up of former Russian army and navy personnel.
Three legion members speak under their call signs and tell Sky News what it means to fight against their own homeland.**
https://youtu.be/Al_i8fjvM7g?is=IirMFxgbOJJD-BSY
Thanks, one more to add to the list.
Ukraine’s dismissed Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has established a defense technology fund for which he is now seeking American investors, he tells the Financial Times. – It is not a classic venture capital fund. We are rewriting the history of war, he says. The fund has three focus areas: war robots that can replace human soldiers on the front line, fast and cheap air defense drones that can shoot down Russia’s new jet-powered attack drones, and inexpensive AI-controlled robots. Fedorov also says he is happy to help the US build a “drone army” in exchange for Patriot air defense missiles so that Ukraine can protect itself against Russian ballistic missile attacks.
https://omni.se/a/n1b8A5
Two for the second time today. 🫠
23:30 | 30/08
Approximate flight routes of our UAVs:
🔴 Red arrows — directions of attack UAVs;
🔵 Blue arrows — directions of jet-powered UAVs.
According to Russian sources, around 400 drones were reported. However, both this estimate and the routes shown are highly approximate.
https://bsky.app/profile/dronebomber.bsky.social/post/3mudadynpq22q
Good morning!
1600 KWIA
5 Tanks
7 AFVs
50 Artillery systems
7 MLRS
3 Air defense systems
2055 UAVs
7 UGVs
467 Vehicles and Fuel tanks
7 Special equipment
Glory to Ukraine
Good morning.
Oh, what losses for the Russian bastards.