The latest attack also comes against the backdrop of renewed diplomatic maneuvering by US President Donald Trump.
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>Russia launched a massive overnight attack on Ukraine’s capital early Thursday, Aug.28, striking Kyiv with ballistic and cruise missiles, Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and waves of Iranian-made Shahed drones. The assault left fires raging across the city, damaged residential buildings and infrastructure, and killed at least fourteen people, including 3 children, aged 2, 14 and 17 years old, officials said.<
The attack also damaged the EU mission building in Kyiv. As I see it, Donald Trump now owns a measure of blame for Putin's strikes on Ukraine.
Kyiv struck Russia’s Afipsky and Kuibyshev oil refineries and depots on Aug 28, sparking massive fires, while Russia shelled Ukrainian cities.
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>In the early hours of Thursday, Aug. 28, the Defense Forces of Ukraine carried out a series of strikes on strategic targets in Russia and in the temporarily occupied territories, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported. In particular, the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region, which supplies fuel to the Russian army, was attacked. “This refinery, whose main products are gasoline and diesel fuel, is engaged in supplying the occupiers’ army,” the General Staff wrote in its statement.<
Strike four military targets in Russia every day and strike four energy targets in Russia every night. This is a partial recipe for success.
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The Hungarian government is attempting to challenge in court the European Union's decision to use income from frozen Russian assets to finance aid to Ukraine. The G7 Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration for Ukraine (ERA) initiative provides for the allocation of $50 billion to Ukraine by the G7 countries, of which the EU's contribution is €18.1 billion ($20 billion). The funding is provided from frozen Russian assets — more precisely, from the income from Russian funds frozen in European banks. In July, Ukraine's state budget received €1 billion from the European Union under this program. The previous tranche of the same amount was received in June.<
Russia lover Viktor Orban can pound sand.
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>Olha Stefanishyna has officially become Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States. The formal procedures have been completed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says. According to the President, he has identified key tasks to revamp the work of the Ukrainian embassy in the US and implement all agreements with President Donald Trump. First and foremost, these are agreements in the defense sector. Olha Stefanishyna was born on October 29, 1985, in Odesa. In 2008, she graduated from the Institute of International Relations of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv with a Master's degree in International Law and a qualification as an English translator. In 2016, she obtained a second higher education degree from Odesa National Economic University, specializing in Finance (Economics). On July 17, 2025, she was appointed Special Representative of the President of Ukraine for the Development of Cooperation with the United States.<
I wish Ms. Stefanishyna all success!
Olha Stefanishyna, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States
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