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Last night, #Russia launched the largest drone attack on Kyiv of 2024 and the most significant attack on #Kyiv since the start of the #RussianFullScaleWar, said military authorities.

All 89 drones that were launched by #Russia were downed by air defense.

https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-downs-all-89-russian-drones/

Ukraine downs all 89 Russian attack drones launched in mass attack on Kyiv

Ukrainian air defense downed all 89 Shahed-type attack drones launched by Russia in a mass attack overnight, as well as one Kh-59 missile, the Ukrainian Air Force reported on July 31.

The Kyiv Independent
One of the most terrible disasters during the #RussianFullScaleWar invasion, not only for people but also for animals, was the #Russian attack on the #KakhovkaDam dam in June 2023, leading to water flooding vast areas in the #Kherson Region.
This year's #Europeanelections in #Belgium were won by Flemish Interest, a #farright anti-immigrant party. Prior to the #RussianFullScaleWar war, party members were quite pro-Russian, seeing Putin's Russia as an ally in the fight against #globalization and Islam.

#Mobilisation in #Russia and the need to manufacture weapons is creating workforce shortages in the #oil industry, Bloomberg reports.

The number of working age people in Russia has been declining for almost two decades - #Covid and the #RussianFullScaleWar have worsened the problem.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-06/russia-s-war-mobilization-starves-its-crucial-oil-and-gas-industry-of-manpower?embedded-checkout=true

She had spent a lot of time in #Ukraine and planned to move there, so she moved despite the #RussianFullScaleWar war. But she found all her friends had switched to #ukrainian The conversations quickly became awkward. She was forced to ask herself – why had she never learnt more Ukrainian?

#Russia launched the largest #tank war since the start of the #RussianFullScaleWar war in Ukraine and was forced to leave 1/3 of their tanks behind.

In the first two years of the war Russia lost 3,000 tanks, which is equal to the entire inventory pre-war, reports Reuters.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/03/31/the-russian-army-just-launched-the-biggest-tank-assault-of-the-war/?sh=432a6a66e67a

The Russian Army Just Launched The Biggest Tank Assault Of The War

'It is amazing the amount of stupid, mindless ... meat that dies in bundles,' the Ukrainian air-assault forces’ 25th Brigade mused after it wrecked the Russian column.

Forbes

#Ukraines economy is showing signs of recovery.

In March Ukraine exported almost 12 mln tonnes, which is $3.2 bln, says Ukraine's Economy Minister. This is the highest # of #exports since the start of the #RussianFullScaleWar.

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/04/1/7449197/

Ukraine exports almost 12 million tonnes of cargo in March

Ukrainska Pravda