Ukraine has asked President Trump to persuade Elon Musk to allow Starlink to guide Ukrainian drone strikes inside Russia.
Zelensky argued the move would help target Russian missile launchers as Kyiv faces dwindling supplies of Patriot interceptors.
— @KyivPost Jul 31, 2026
Month: July 2026
🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump refuted Zelensky’s claim that Ukraine will be licensed to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, saying he wasn’t sure if they would do it:
“It’s a very extraordinary weapon, and . . . we have to be a little bit careful of who we license to. We don’t really license equipment.
Very simply put, we want the war in Ukraine with Russia ended.
I’m not looking for missiles. We’re looking for peace.”
Source: FT / Writer: Ian
— @MarioNawfal Jul 31, 2026
🛢️ The Gulf’s pipeline escape routes are far smaller than they appear.
Al Jazeera estimates the Hormuz disruption has removed more than 14 million barrels per day from regional production, costing over $15 billion in the war’s opening weeks.
Saudi Arabia and the UAE can redirect some crude through Yanbu and Fujairah, but the EIA puts their combined bypass capacity at roughly 4.7 million bpd. Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar have virtually no alternative export route.
The result: more than 70% of Gulf oil remains trapped behind a single maritime chokepoint. Hormuz is not merely a shipping lane. It is the region’s economic pressure valve.
— @AlexiaNoel94927 Jul 31, 2026
Logistical carnage: Russian forces suffer massive supply and artillery losses in past 24 hours
The latest update from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reveals a brutal day for Moscow’s logistics. As the Kremlin continues to press the front line, their supply chains are being completely hammered behind the scenes.
Here are the key figures from the past 24 hours
Personnel and logistics Troops: ~1,360 soldiers killed or wounded.Total Russian combat losses since 2022 are now approaching a staggering 1.45 million.
Vehicles and fuel tanks: 440 units destroyed! This is an exceptionally high daily figure, indicating heavy Ukrainian attacks on Russian logistical axes and supply routes.
Heavy armor and artillery Artillery systems: 41 units taken out.
Ukraine’s focus on counter-battery warfare continues to yield massive results. Armored Fighting Vehicles (APV): 5 units destroyed.
Tanks: 3 units. Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS): 3 units. Air Defense Assets: 1 unit
Drones and High-Tech Assets Drones: 1,362 units neutralized.
Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV): 8 units destroyed (showing the increasing use of land-based robotics on the front lines
Special Equipment (EW/Radar): 2 units.
Analytical Insight: The most telling numbers here are the 440 supply vehicles and 41 artillery systems.
Ukraine is not just waiting for Russian armored vehicles to show up at the trenches anymore; they are starving the beast. By dismantling logistics and strangling fuel supplies, Russian offensive capabilities are being brought to a painful halt, no matter how many men Moscow throws into the meat grinder.
— @jalle51 Jul 31, 2026
Russia destroyed a factory belonging to an American drone manufacturer in Kyiv with ballistic missiles – The Guardian.
Russian forces launched a missile attack on a factory owned by the American company Terminal Autonomy.
This is the first known instance since the start of the full-scale invasion in which Moscow has deliberately targeted a US company.
No matter what, Trump will come up with an excuse for his friend Putin.
— @jurgen_nauditt Jul 31, 2026
JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇷🇺 The Superpower Race Is Over, Russian strategic think tank admits the U.S. has pulled too far ahead.
A reported assessment says post Soviet Russia can no longer match the United States economically, technologically, or militarily.
It reportedly points to America’s massive economic advantage, leadership in advanced technologies, and military edge with the F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II, B-2 Spirit, and the next generation B-21 Raider.
If authentic, the assessment would mark one of the strongest reported acknowledgments yet from within Russia’s strategic community that Moscow is no longer able to compete with the United States on equal terms.
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— @War_Radar2 Jul 31, 2026
Trump ‘not sure’ he will let Ukraine build Patriot missiles ft.trib.al/uxvD4jl
— @FT Jul 30, 2026
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— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Jul 30, 2026
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x.com/mikenov/status/2082917…Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) #Russia-n drone and missile strikes hit targets across #Ukraine. A heavy wave of new U.S. airstrikes in #Iran today. thenewsandtimes.blogspot.com…— https://x.com/mikenov/status/2082917120174686271— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Jul 30, 2026
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x.com/mikenov/status/2082917…Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) #Russia-n drone and missile strikes hit targets across #Ukraine. A heavy wave of new U.S. airstrikes in #Iran today. thenewsandtimes.blogspot.com…— https://x.com/mikenov/status/2082917120174686271— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Jul 30, 2026