Huge hole observed on Russian Sig oil tanker attacked by a Ukrainian kamikaze USV on August 5.

Top U.S. General Milley:

For Ukraine, this is an existential fight. It’s a fight for survival.

If the ultimate goal is a free, independent sovereign Ukraine with an integral territory, then this will require even more significant efforts.

These goals can be achieved by military means. It will take a lot of time, but these goals can also be achieved through diplomacy.

Josep Borrell, the European Union's outspoken foreign policy chief:

Russia is “a gas station with an atomic bomb.”

China is a real geopolitical player, while Russia is an economic dwarf, it's like a gas station whose owner has an atomic bomb.

Russian missile strike on right in the center of Chernihiv.

There are several dead & wounded.

OPSEC failure plays a role in Russian missile strike in Chernihiv.

There was a presentation of Ukrainian UAV manufacturers at the Drama Theater in the center of Chernihiv & it was known that it’ll take place there 4 hours before the event.

Video footage of Russian missile attack on the exhibition of Ukrainian UAVs in Chernihiv Drama Theater from one of the surveillance cameras.

About 200 Ukrainian soldiers have almost completed training on M1 Abrams tanks in Germany.

At Ukraine’s request, the soldiers will remain at the training ground and maintain their skills until the tanks are ready to be sent to Ukraine.

Zelensky:

Test trials of Ukrainian pilots on Swedish Saab JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets have begun.

ECOWAS delegation arrives in Niger in a last-ditch diplomatic effort to reach a peaceful solution.

Ukrainian Defence Minister Reznikov:

A certain number of Ukrainian pilots, engineers and technicians have started training on F-16s.

German Rheinmetall will start repairing tanks in Ukraine.

At the moment 12 Ukrainian specialists are being trained in Germany, and 12 others will arrive later.

CEO Papperger also confirmed plans to start production of tanks in Ukraine.

Ukrainian assault on the M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA IFV in the Robotyne area from the inside.

Ukrainian SU-24M and M142 HIMARS.

Two American-supplied Ukrainian M2A2 Bradley ODS-SA IFVs working on the outskirts of Robotyne.

Her name is Sofia. She will forever be 6 years old. Yesterday she was killed by a Russian missile in #Chernihiv.

Her father is defending Ukraine on the frontlines, and her mother is now at the hospital due to injuries.