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Ukraine has hit over 50 Russian vessels in the last four days, including military vessels, patrol boats, fuel tankers and cargo ships.

The Moscow Oil Refinery is on fire again. Doesn't look like a hit, but damage from the last attack suddenly blew up. The fuel terminal is Azov overnight was hit and is on fire.

Ukrainian F-16s have stepped up glide bomb attacks on the Russian main lines in Donetsk Oblast, destroying a Russian forward drone position.

Polish-Ukrainian talks on transferring MiG-29s have resumed. Some claims that Ukraine has now lost more MiGs than it had at the start of the war and has been kept going in that weight class by donations from other countries, making the acquisition of the Polish MiG-29s desirable.

Ukraine has designed Freya, a cheaper Patriot substitute. It is in talks with European partners on mass production.

Russian blogger Golman has said that the Russian economy is "fked" and is "flying into the abyss."

Ukrainian soldiers - presumably in quieter moments - have been rescuing cats and arranging for them to be transported out of the warzone.

One Moscow resident confirming he has spent two full days sleeping in his car in the queue for the gas station and is now well into his third.

Ukraine has confirmed it has entered final testing on its ballistic missile engine systems. Once tested, they will begin using them against Russian targets, maybe in September or October. Ukraine has noted that Russia does not have sufficient anti-ballistic missile systems to protect key targets like refineries. S-400 and S-500 can theoretically engage ballistic missiles, but the S-400 is not optimised for it and there are maybe two S-500 systems in existence, both tasked to protect Moscow. 

Kazakhstan has set up police checkpoints near the Russian border to ensure no fuel is being smuggled out of the country.

Germany has just given up on exploring giving Taurus to Ukraine. Instead it is co-developing Kryla and Ruta-2 missiles for Ukraine, the first with a range of 800km and the latter of 700km. Ukraine and other European nations are supporting the programme, with the first missiles expected to be delivered later this year.

Ukraine has liberated Novokhatske, Donetsk, east of Zelenyi Hai, almost exactly a year after Russia captured it.

Ukraine has shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter using a Patriot battery. The aircraft was lured forwards by three Ukrainian aircraft apparently "straying" into the Russian fighter's engagement zone and then retreating towards the Patriot. The Russians took the bait.

Crimea's harvest is under threat, with Crimean farmers no longer able to operate heavy farming equipment due to fuel shortages.

Russia has started a diesel export ban, as all diesel production is required for inside Russia.

The USA has agreed to provide Ukraine a licence to start domestic production of Patriot missiles. Trump confirmed that his relationship with Zelensky has improved, and was amused when Zelensky said he couldn't go to Moscow for peace talks due to there being too many dangerous Ukrainian drones around. Expect Putin to attempt some sort of propaganda exercise soon.

In Novorossiysk, angry drivers halted a fuel tanker on the road and demanded its fuel be given over to the waiting motorists. In Volgograd, Russian drivers are camping out at petrol stations to wait for gasoline.

Ukraine has destroyed the Cherkasy Cherkasy oil pumping station in Bashkortostan, 1500km from the border. Civilians watched nonplussed as a Ukrainian drone lazily maneuvered above a terminal in Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan and then dive-bombed the facility.

Erdogan has confirmed that Turkey is continuing to attempt mediation efforts, but Putin does not seem interested. Turkey is stepping up industrial support for Ukraine in return for drone expertise.

Ukraine destroyed over 600 supply trucks and tanker trucks in the occupied territories in June. For the first week of July alone they destroyed over 250. They seem to be hoping to hit 1,000 destroyed vehicles this month, and more in every subsequent months. This is a major problem for Russia.

Russian civilians queuing at a petrol station outside a fuel depot outside Mikhailovsk had the disquieting experience of watching a Ukrainian drone fly right into the refinery and explode, perhaps illustrating why there are petrol shortages.

Laurence Fox is standing, which should split the far right dickhead vote with Farage.

Binface reiterating his promise to bring back Ceefax, built 1 council house in the next 5 years and to ensure that 99 ice creams cost 99p. Ironically these should play well in Clacton.

Also, it looks like Farage's possibly sole opposition will be a man who wears a bin on his head.

Nigel Farage has resigned!

Crowd goes wild, cheering, sobs of joy.

He'll stand again in the Clacton by-election!

Screams of frustration.

If he stands and wins it changes nothing and he can still be fired, suspended and arrested for misconduct!

Confused ostrich noises.