In the city of Volgograd, the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka refinery, one of Russia's largest oil refineries, with an annual crude oil processing capacity of 15 million metric tons, was targeted.

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Russia has lost around 1,449,120 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Aug. 2. The figure includes 1,500 casualties Russian forces suffered over the past day.

Russian forces adopted new tactics to launch a company-sized mechanized assault, their largest in months. Ukrainian drones successfully countered the attack.

Ukraine's overnight strikes on Russian and occupied territory come as Kyiv's battlefield momentum appears to be reshaping its standing in Washington

Russian occupation forces have advanced near Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast and inside Zaliznychne in Zaporizhzhya Oblast, Ukrainian battlefield monitoring project DeepState reported on Aug. 1.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have launched another series of long-range strikes against the russian federation’s military and economic infrastructure. Targets

However, the absence of other settlements shielding Kramatorsk from the east provides Ukraine with the opportunity to make greater use of unmanned aerial vehicles, thereby significantly hindering the covert movement of Russian troops.