'Everything just kept detonating' — Devastating Russian attack hits quiet Kyiv suburb of Vyshneve

"Residents of the small town of Vyshneve, on Kyiv's western edge, have described scenes of terror amid Russia's latest devastating missile and drone attack on the capital, as they found themselves fleeing a series of massive explosions after a strike on the town.

"A huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky. Burning fragments kept flying behind us. They were so high, but it felt like everything was on fire," Diana Liashchuk, 21, told the Kyiv Independent.
"I called my mom just to tell her not to worry, that I was alive. Then another huge explosion happened. I was terrified she would hear me die over the phone."
According to Ukraine's State Emergency Service, seven people were killed and 29 were injured in the town as a result of the Russian attack, which damaged a warehouse and set off secondary explosions.
Liashchuk was in her apartment during the initial strike and was blown over by the shockwave. She then joined dozens of others fleeing the secondary explosions, running through fields and a cemetery on the outskirts of Vyshneve in the darkness around 4 a.m. as debris continued to fall around them." KI

183 clashes on frontline over past day

"Ukrainian Defense Forces were involved in 183 combat clashes with Russian invaders.
In the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, nine combat clashes occurred. The enemy carried out nine airstrikes, dropping 18 guided bombs, and conducted 188 shelling attacks, including four with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS).
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, the Russians carried out five clashes near Vovchansk, Vovchansky Khutory, and Lyptsi.

In the Kupiansk sector, seven Russian attacks were recorded. Ukrainian Defense Forces repelled assault actions toward Kupiansk, Petropavlivka, Borivska Andriivka, and Pishchane.
In the Lyman sector, Russian forces attacked 14 times, attempting to advance toward the settlements of Shyikivka, Shandryholove, Stavky, and near Kolodiazi, Novomykhailivka, Hrekivka, Serednie, and Torske.
In the Siversk sector, Ukrainian forces repelled 23 Russian attacks. The enemy attempted to advance near Serebrianka, Hryhorivka, Fedorivka, and toward the settlements of Vyimka, Yampil, and Dronivka.
In the Kramatorsk sector, five combat clashes were recorded in the areas of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Chasiv Yar, and Stupochky.
In the Toretsk sector, Russian forces carried out 17 attacks in the areas of Shcherbynivka, Katerynivka, Poltavka, Rusyn Yar, and toward Ivanopillia and Pleshchiivka.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 60 assault and offensive actions by Russian forces in the areas of Volodymyrivka, Vilne, Zolotyi Kolodiaz, Nykonorivka, Nove Shakhove, Shakhove, Myroliubivka, Rodynske, Chervonyi Lyman, Novoekonomichne, Promin, Lysivka, Zvirove, Kotlyne, Udachne, Molodetske, Dachne, and Novoukrainka." Ukrin

Zelensky-Rutte meeting to focus on preparing Kyiv for peace talks

"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Brussels aims to strengthen Ukraine militarily and politically before ceasefire negotiations with Russia can begin, NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said." NV

Kim Jong Un Oversees "Nuclear Counterattack" Drill

"North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw salvo launches of the country’s "super-large" multiple rocket launchers in what state media presented as simulation drills of a nuclear counterattack against enemy targets." ZeroHedge

Commander-in-Chief of Sweden's Armed Forces visits Ukrainian brigade on front line

"General Micael Bydén, Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces, visited units of the 45th Separate Artillery Brigade carrying out military objectives on the Eastern front in Ukraine." Pravada

Over 100 Ukrainian citizens ask Ukraine's Embassy in Israel for help

"Over 100 Ukrainian citizens have asked Ukraine’s Embassy in Israel for help. The

whereabouts of five Ukrainians in southern Israel have been confirmed.
Source: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an evening address
Quote: "The Ukrainian Embassy and the Israeli police are working together in every way possible to find out what is happening to Ukrainians who found themselves in the areas of hostilities and shelling. Unfortunately, the deaths of two Ukrainian citizens have been confirmed. My condolences to their families and friends.
The Embassy of Ukraine in Israel, all our diplomats in this region, and the intelligence service are working around the clock to help all [Ukrainians] who need help. The Embassy has received more than 100 appeals from our citizens. The whereabouts of five [Ukrainians] in southern Israel have been confirmed." Pravada

Lukashenko Confirms Russian Tactical Nukes Already Being Transferred To Belarus

"Moscow is moving forward with plans to station tactical nuclear weapons in neighboring
Belarus. The two longtime allies which form what they call a 'union state' signed a deal Thursday to formalize deployment of Russian nukes on Belarusian soil. All of this comes dangerously as Ukraine's cross-border sabotage attacks on Russian territory have clearly escalated." ZeroHedge

Ukraine's Top General Doesn't Rule Out "Limited" Nuclear War

"Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Gen. Valery Zaluzhny stated "There is a direct threat of the use, under certain circumstances, of tactical nuclear weapons by the Russian armed forces." He wrote this in an op-ed published by state run outlet Ukrinform, with the alarming words being picked up by The Washington Post and others." ZH

Russia Suspends US Inspections Of Its Nuclear Arsenal Under New START Treaty

"On August 8, 2022, the Russian Federation officially informed the United States via diplomatic channels that our country is temporarily exempting its facilities from inspection activities under the New START Treaty," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement, adding it also covers "facilities that can be used for demonstrations under the treaty.” ZH

Iran brags it has the ‘technical means’ to produce nuclear bomb’

"Iran can make nuclear bombs but has not yet chosen whether to build one, a senior official
bragged. Kamal Kharrazi, a senior adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, gave the warning Sunday, a day after President Biden ended his Middle East trip in which he vowed to stop Iran from “acquiring a nuclear weapon.” NYP

Russia To Transfer Nuclear-Capable Missiles To Belarus "Within Months"

"Putin just issued what's possibly the most alarming and escalatory statement thus far in the four-month long Ukraine war. Putin for the first time informed his close ally Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko that he has approved supplying Belarus with nuclear capable long-range missiles. Minsk has long offered to host Russian nukes as a 'deterrent' against the West - a prospect which Lukashenko had very provocatively offered even in the months leading up to the Feb.24 invasion of Ukraine." ZeroHedge

Putin propagandist and State TV host threatens UK with ‘underwater nuclear strike’

“A single launch, Boris, and there is no England anymore. Once and for all. Why do they play
games?” That eerie message came from a Russian state television host who threatened that Britain could be “plunged into the sea” by an underwater nuclear strike. Dmitry Kiselyov used his television show to make the threat. Kiselyov said the weapon would trigger a radioactive tidal wave and plunge Britain “to the depths of the ocean”." SaraCarter

Russia Threatens to Nuke Britain, France, and Germany

"Russia threatened a dramatic escalation of its war in Ukraine Thursday when Russia’s
Channel One featured a video depicting Russian missiles reaching Berlin, Paris, and London. Channel One’s 60 Minutes program, one of the most popular TV shows in Russia, featured “the chairman of the nationalist Rodina party, Aleksey Zhuravlyov,” who “suggested Russia could launch a Sarmatmissile attack on the UK.” This was not, however, Zhuravlyov’s eccentric view: “Producers then cut to a map of Kaliningrad and seemed to suggest that missiles could be launched from the Russian enclave between Poland, Lithuania and the Baltic Sea.” The show’s other host, Popov’s wife Olga Skabeyeva, then added: “Sarmats are not in Kaliningrad yet. From Kaliningrad to Berlin is 106 seconds, from Kaliningrad to Paris is 200 seconds. You’re interested in London, 202 seconds to London.” Zhuravlyov responded happily: “They need to be shown this picture. ‘Guys, look at this picture — count the seconds, can you make it? Hello, it’s already here.’ That’s the way. Let them think about it. Get a stopwatch, count [to] 220 seconds. That’s how you talk to them, they don’t understand anything else.” PJMedia

North Korea's Kim Jong Un warns of 'preemptive' use of nuclear force

"North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has repeated his warning that Pyongyang could
"preemptively" use its nuclear weaponry to counter hostile forces... Kim told top military officers that to "maintain the absolute superiority" of North Korea's armed forces, the country should be able to "preemptively and thoroughly contain and frustrate all dangerous attempts and threatening moves... if necessary," the official KCNA news agency reported." France24

White House admits Iran ‘few weeks or less’ from nuclear breakout

"Press Secretary Jen Psaki was forced to admit Iran’s “breakout period” for a nuclear weapon
“is down from about a year…to just a few weeks or less.”

The Times of Israel notes that the breakout period refers to the amount of time “it will take Iran to amass enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon, if its chooses to do so.”

The Times of Israel notes that a distinction must be made: “having enough nuclear material for a bomb is not he same as having the capabilities to build the core of the weapon and to attach it to the warhead of a missile, which would likely take more time.”

Psaki told reporters at Tuesday’s press conference that Iran’s nuclear development “definitely worries us.” MichaelSavage

Russia successfully test fires ‘unique’ missile

"Russia’s new RS-28 Sarmat Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile was launched successfully

from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in the north of the country, the military reported on Wednesday. The test launch was the first in a series of trials required for the adoption of the new weapon by Russia’s strategic forces.

The missile flew across the whole country, touching down at a test site in Russia’s Far East. “Inert warheads touched down in a designated area at the Kura training ground on the Kamchatka Peninsula,” the military said. Compared to its predecessor, the Sarmat can carry more weapons, as well as be fitted with new types of warheads, including “hypersonic glider units”, the military noted." RT

Russia Tests Nuclear-Capable ICBM As Putin Warns Enemies It's "Food For Thought"

"In a new 'message' aimed at the West, Russia on Wednesday test launched a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the Sarmat, according to Interfax citing the Russian defense ministry.President Vladimir Putin said in a statement which accompanied the announcement that the new Sarmat missile will provide "food for thought for those who try to threaten Russia." ZH

BROKEN ARROW INCIDENT

"Russia’s Black Sea flagship which sank yesterday after an explosion on board may have been carrying nuclear warheads, analysts and experts have warned today, as a Russian politician said more than 400 sailors could have gone down with the ship. The Moskva, a Soviet-era guided missile cruiser, sank near the port of Sevastopol on Thursday after Ukraine said it hit the ship with two cruise missiles." PP

Biden CANCELS test of Minuteman III nuclear missiles to 'demonstrate restraint' and avoid angering Putin after his apocalyptic threat: Air Force puts on a show of force in Japan to deter China

"The Pentagon announced Wednesday it will delay its test of intercontinental Minuteman III
ballistic missiles scheduled for this weekend in the midst of Russian President Vladimir Putin's attack on Ukraine so he does not 'misunderstand' the move. Defense Department Spokesperson John Kirby said the move is a show of 'restraint' after the Russian leader put his country's nuclear forces on high alert and continues his assault on Ukraine.

The delay of missile testing comes after the U.S. Air Force flexed its military muscles Tuesday at one of its airbases in Japan, showcasing a fleet of more than two dozen warplanes in an apparent effort to deter Chinese forces from invading the self-governing island of Taiwan.

The display of military might at Kadena Air Base, which officials called a 'routine wing readiness exercise,' comes two days after President Joe Biden dispatched several former senior defense staffers to the island nation in a show of support, as many wonder whether Russia's invasion of Ukraine could trigger a Chinese invasion of the country." DM

Putin puts Russia’s nuclear forces on alert

"In a dramatic escalation of East-West tensions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President
Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers." AP