https://www.politico.eu/newsletter/brussels-playbook/sunlight-is-the-best-disinfectant/

https://www.rand.org/blog/2023/08/it-should-not-have-been-a-surprise-the-threat-from.html

https://twitter.com/tweetforAnna/status/1686792908194668608
The head of the Trubmann company, Igor Maisuradze, beat up a taxi driver from Kyrgyzstan in #Moscow. The police refused to prosecute.


https://www.barchart.com/story/news/19012729/why-are-gas-prices-rising-experts-point-to-extreme-heat-and-oil-production-cuts

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https://finance.yahoo.com/news/why-bidens-in-a-bind-on-russian-oil-profits-162026381.html

https://twitter.com/DevanaUkraine/status/1686970443226374144
A little girl in Lviv sings a song about the war, from which it is difficult to hold back tears. English Subtitles.


https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/novatek-surpass-gazprom-eus-largest-russian-gas-supplier-highlighting-continued-reliance-lng

https://life.pravda.com.ua/society/2023/08/2/255694/
In Sumy Oblast, 66 engravings dedicated to the Holodomor were found from under the rubble. VIDEO

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/biden-administration-cancels-offer-for-6m-barrels-to-refill-strategic-petroleum-reserve/ar-AA1eH9cb

https://twitter.com/NatalkaKyiv/status/1686896629767454720
Russian man in Georgia. Presumably hiding from mobilization.

Be careful who you let into your country.


https://charter97.org/en/news/2023/8/2/558231/
AFU Colonel: We Have Wonderful Weapon Against Russian Fleet


https://charter97.org/en/news/2023/8/2/558203/

Erdogan Going To Turn Putin Over?


ISW: Ukraine continues offensives in three sectors
https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/08/03/isw-ukraine-continues-offensives-in-three-sectors/


https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/02/us/politics/ukraine-troops-counteroffensive-training.html

https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/08/02/bloomberg-us-banks-profit-from-ruble-trading-amid-sanctions-and-russian-market-exodus/

https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/08/02/frontline-report-ukrainian-himars-strikes-hit-five-russian-camps-on-dzharylhach-island-inflicting-heavy-losses/

https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/08/03/frontline-report-ukraine-strikes-crimea-seventh-russian-military-base-targeted-in-month/

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20133
Russia Destroys 40,000 Tons of Grain, France Accuses Kremlin of Putting Global Food Security at Risk
Since pulling out of the landmark Black Sea grain export deal in July, Russia has intensified attacks on facilities vital for Ukrainian grain shipments.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20120

Ukrainian HIMARS Strike ?Takes Out 200 Russian Troops? Gathered on a Beach

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20118

Russians Are Being Tricked Into Setting Fire to Enlistment Offices


https://kyivindependent.com/isw-44/

ISW: Kremlin may be demanding silence over military failures in Ukraine


https://www.kyivpost.com/post/20110
Earn Extra Bucks by Treating Russian Soldiers With ?Ukraine Syndrome?
A leading Russian pro-war Telegram channel carried an ad for trainee psychologists ? and provided a view of the ?ticking social time-bomb? in Russian culture.

https://english.nv.ua/business/ukraine-imposes-duties-on-metal-imports-from-china-news-50343501.html

https://english.nv.ua/nation/turkmenistan-airlines-cancels-moscow-bound-flights-cites-moscow-s-inability-to-protect-air-space-50343442.html

https://english.nv.ua/nation/putin-remained-transfixed-by-ukraine-during-russia-africa-summit-expert-50343481.html

https://english.nv.ua/nation/grain-elevators-damaged-port-facilities-burning-in-odesa-after-russian-drone-attack-50343354.html


https://ukrainetoday.org/2023/08/02/putin-created-a-secret-royal-village-for-his-family-the-media-disclosed-the-details/

This injustice has scorched us? Kirill Radchenko was killed in Central African Republic while making a film about Wagner Group. Five years later, his father speaks about the struggle to bring the Russian justice system into motion. ? Meduza

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2023/08/01/this-injustice-has-scorched-us

https://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/20049

Opinion: Putin Weaker? Nyet

https://risu.ua/en/the-history-of-ukraine-from-herodotus-to-hitler_n77721/amp

https://theconversation.com/how-the-soviet-century-wrote-itself-into-the-moscow-cityscape-204329

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