UA-RU | May 3rd/July 17th | Reports

[NuclearID]

Denmark’s mine clearance unit used a remotely operated maritime surface drone during mine countermeasure training. The system is used to scan the seabed and collect data around critical underwater infrastructure, including cables and pipelines.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073341103240089701

 

[RiffRaff]

Russia orders all "valuable documents" evacuated from Crimea by July 3. Personnel are also leaving under the pretense of "medical leave."

MSN

https://ukranews.com/en/news/1161004-occupation-administrations-in-kerch-and-feodosia-preparing-to-remove-documents-by-july-4-atesh

 

[Ben Dhyani]

Putin and Trump hold phone call – Kremlin

The US and Russian leaders spoke for nearly 1.5 hours on the 250th anniversary of American independence, according to Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have held a phone call, during which they discussed the Ukraine conflict, the situation...

ussanews.com

Putin and Trump hold phone call – Kremlin​

The US and Russian leaders spoke for nearly 1.5 hours on the 250th anniversary of American independence, according to Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov. Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump have held a phone call, during which they discussed the Ukraine conflict, the situation around Iran, and the prospects for restoring bilateral ties, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov has said.

The Russian president briefed Trump on what Ushakov described as the real situation on the ground in Ukraine, saying Russian forces were advancing along the entire line of contact and taking “one settlement after another.”

 

[Ben Dhyani]

Trump offers to help end Russia-Ukraine war in Putin call, Kremlin says

Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov says Trump made the offer during a nearly 90-minute phone call with the Russian president.

www.aljazeera.com

Trump offers to help end Russia-Ukraine war in Putin call, Kremlin says​

US President Donald Trump has offered to help Russian President Vladimir Putin find a solution to the Ukraine war, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said.

Ushakov said that Trump made the offer during a nearly 90-minute phone call on Saturday to discuss the war in Ukraine ahead of a NATO summit in Ankara.

 

[NuclearID]

NATO’s July 7th & 8th Ankara summit will include a Defence Industry Forum focused on turning the Alliance’s 5% defence investment plan into production, joint procurement and “industrial deterrence.” NATO says high level announcements are planned across drones, space/surveillance, strike capabilities, IAMD and defence critical raw materials.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073775628407406765

 

[NuclearID]

Finland authorized procurement of Saab RBS 70 NG short range ground based air defence systems. The €108M package will expand air defence coverage and improve capability against unmanned and manned aerial vehicles, with full operational capability expected by the end of the 2020s.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073776534054138034

 

[NuclearID]

Italy is testing NATO’s Task Force X Central Mediterranean under Italian leadership at Torre Veneri/Lecce. Italy says it is the first Task Force X led by a single Allied nation and the first to cover land, maritime, air, cyber and space domains, with underwater and electromagnetic spectrum data integration.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073776928977203424

 

[NuclearID]

U.S. Army Europe says the Eastern Flank Deterrence Initiative is being scaled as a warfighting concept to support NATO integrated defence plans using live data, a digital backbone and manned/unmanned systems. A U.S. air-defense battalion in Germany also fully fielded Sgt. Stout M-SHORAD and activated a testing battery for next generation counter UAS systems.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073777728910659992

 

[NuclearID]

EFE reports Spain will maintain its dispute over NATO’s 5% defence spending target at the Ankara summit, arguing it can meet Alliance commitments at around 2.1% of GDP.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073780321883971694

 

[Irag8er]

LIGHTS OUT: Night orbital images of Crimea show external lights in July of 2025 (left) and lights in July 2026 (right). Ukrainian attacks on the occupier’s power grid are now telling. Oh, and there’s no gas either.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073811826169536986

 

[Irag8er]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073924175882777086

 

[Irag8er]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073904215127097695

 

[william]

It is going to be a very difficult night in Ukraine;

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073886044047765690

 

[Irag8er]

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv came under attack by Russian ballistic missiles, the country’s air force said, on the eve of a critical NATO summit in Turkey that US President Donald Trump plans to attend.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073928703554240747

 

[william]

This is what a residential building in the Podolsky district of Kyiv looks like after being struck by a ballistic missile.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073914364596285584

 

[william]

The Operational Command of the Polish Armed Forces has announced that, due to the ongoing activity of Russian long-range aviation against Ukraine, NATO fighter and support aircraft have been scrambled while ground-based air defense systems and radar reconnaissance has been raised to a state of maximum readiness throughout Poland.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073916533294735600

 

[william]

The margin for error keeps getting thinner.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073929067041038582

 

[william]

As NATO prepares for its high-stakes summit, Berlin is signaling an unprecedented financial pivot that could cement Germany as Ukraine's most dominant military benefactor in Europe.

Germany is planning to deliver the largest single package of NATO-backed support to Ukraine, potentially totaling a staggering €70 billion, according to remarks made by German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius in an interview with Bild.

While Pistorius refrained from explicitly confirming the exact multi-year baseline figures during the interview, the immense scope of the new aid framework aims to dramatically accelerate Kyiv's defense capabilities.

He emphasized that European Union member states must aggressively sustain their financial and military pipelines to the Ukrainian government in order to decisively help it achieve success in the ongoing conflict against Russia.

This massive projected aid framework marks a profound geopolitical transition, establishing Germany as the primary anchor of European security and shifting the center of gravity for Ukraine's long-term defense funding away from Washington.

By floating a potential €70 billion commitment just ahead of the NATO summit, Berlin is aiming to set a commanding benchmark for other European allies, signaling that even as the financial toll rises, Europe is prepared to bear the economic burden of containing Russian expansion permanently.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073801385880047669

 

[william]

15,000–20,000 RUSSIAN TROOPS IN SOUTHERN UKRAINE FACING CAPTIVITY UNDER TOTAL FIRE CONTROL!

A monumental operational collapse is unfolding for the occupation forces in the south. Robert "Magyar" Brovdi, Commander of Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces, has announced that 15,000 to 20,000 Russian troops are currently trapped under absolute Ukrainian fire control.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073660254756225523

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073656517484556674

 

[william]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073811826169536986

STRATEGIC CHECKMATE – UKRAINE IS DISMANTLING CRIMEA PIECE BY PIECE!

While casual observers only see isolated drone strikes, what we are witnessing is a masterclass in progressive military doctrine. Ukraine is systematically deconstructing the Russian occupation of Crimea through four calculated phases:

Months ago, Russian air defenses across the peninsula were systematically neutralized.

Once the skies were cleared, deep-strike drones moved in to incinerate fuel depots and refineries

Next, they targeted highways, bridges, and transport fleets to choke off heavy military supply logistics.

Now, the target is the electrical grid infrastructure.

During the opening 48 hours of July alone, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces (USF) successfully crippled 12 vital electrical substations across the southern operational sector, directly impacting Crimea and the Sea of Azov region.

The Logistical Nightmare:

This campaign is doing far more than just turning off the lights. Knocking out these specific substations completely paralyzes the electric railway network—the primary logistics artery Moscow uses to transport heavy fuel and armor to the front lines.

The occupation forces are now forced to swap to diesel locomotives, which drastically exacerbates their nationwide fuel hemorrhage since these older trains consume immense amounts of diesel. OSINT mapping confirms the grid is in a state of cascading failure. Overnight, gas distribution nodes and substations were also neutralized deep in occupied Luhansk and Donetsk. Kyiv is suffocating Russian logistics to absolute zero.

The clock is ticking, the military trains are stranded, and darkness is enveloping Crimea!

https://twitter.com/x/status/2073014522776883450