Week-ending 7 August 2026
Russia’s War against Ukraine
A Ukrainian drone attack targeted another Wildberries facility in Russia, this time in the southern city of Volgograd. (RFE/RL, 31/7/26)
Kyiv’s drones attacked a Wildberries warehouse in the Samara region, around 800 kilometers (500 miles) from Ukraine’s most advanced military positions. (The Moscow Times, 2/8/26)
An IED detonated at a restaurant in Moscow, killing at least three and wounding 21, reportedly targeted Colonel-General Aleksandr Chaiko, head of Russia’s Aerospace Forces. (RFE/RL, 2/8/26)
Russia’s Rosfinmonitoring added 14-year-old Viktor Kalinin, from St. Petersburg, to its registry of terrorists and extremists on July 30. (Meduza, 3/8/26)
Ukraine has launched another long-range drone strike targeting a Wildberries warehouse overnight on August 3 in the Vladimir region. (RFE/RL, 3/8/26)
Anti-war politician Boris Nadezhdin, who fled Russia for Paris, has been charged with participating in the activities of an “undesirable organization.” (Meduza, 4/8/26; The Guardian, 3/8/26)
Russian authorities claim Ukrainian drones hit multiple Wildberries warehouses on August 4 near St. Petersburg, and in the Tver and Moscow regions. (RFE/RL, 4/8/26)
A Russian soldier has been taken into custody after opening fire on fellow servicemen and launching a deadly shooting spree in annexed Crimea. (The Moscow Times, 4/8/26)
Ukrainian drones struck multiple warehouses across Russia overnight, including two run by online retailer Wildberries, killing at least five people. (The Moscow Times, 4/8/26)
Vladimir Tkachuk, founder and CEO of the Yekaterinburg-based firm Uraldronzavod, a Russian drone manufacturer, was seriously wounded in a car explosion. (The Moscow Times, 5/8/26)
The FSB said that it arrested a man suspected of plotting an arson attack against a military enlistment office in the central Kaluga region on orders from Ukraine. (The Moscow Times, 5/8/26)
Ukrainian drones struck a Wildberries sortation center in the Tula region, the online retailer and local officials said Wednesday morning, with at least one person injured. (The Moscow Times, 5/8/26)
Ukrainian drones hit two major oil refineries in Yaroslavl region and the republic of Bashkortostan, while a Wildberries warehouse in Tver was struck. (The Moscow Times, 6/8/26)
At least 640 Russian civilians were killed and 561 others were wounded during Ukraine’s occupation of the southwestern Kursk region, the Investigative Committee said . (The Moscow Times, 6/8/26)
A Ukrainian drone attack set fire to a logistics center belonging to online retailer Wildberries in the Urals city of Yekaterinburg. (The Moscow Times, 7/8/26)
The FSB detained more than 20 people working at crypto exchange offices in Moscow City allegedly used by fraudulent call centers in Ukraine to move money out of the country. (Meduza, 7/8/26)
Other news
Litres — the largest e-book and audiobook service on the Russian Internet — has pulled two volumes of Durov’s Code, a book by Nikolay Kononov about Pavel Durov, from sale. (Meduza, 31/7/26)
President Putin signed a law imposing sweeping financial, property and consular restrictions on Russians living abroad who have been convicted in absentia. (The Moscow Times, 4/8/26)
Russia said new HIV infection rates had reached a historic low. But experts say the official statistics conceal a public health crisis that has only worsened amid the war. (The Moscow Times, 5/8/26)
Under a new law signed by Putin, renewing a passport or notarizing a document will be prohibited for expatriate Russians convicted of an administrative misdemeanor or criminal felony. (RFE/RL, 6/8/26)
Microsoft announced it had identified a large-scale campaign by Russian hackers targeting the public Wi-Fi infrastructure of hotels, conference centers, and other venues worldwide. (Meduza, 6/8/26)
Justus Walker, an American farmer who lives on a farm in Russia’s Altai Krai, said Russian authorities plan to expel his family from the country. (Meduza, 7/8/26)
Russia’s Rodina party has filed a lawsuit with the country’s Supreme Court seeking to remove Yabloko from the upcoming ballot. (Meduza, 7/8/26)
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio pressed for the release of former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who has been convicted in Russia sources. (Meduza, 7/8/26)
