Ukraine's intelligence reported multiple launches of "ShahED-136" shock UAVs from various Russian regions, including Orel, Krasnodar, Kursk, and Bryansk, on Jul 30th. Simultaneously, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham stated that President Trump is changing the game regarding sanctions, threatening tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil and gas to disrupt its war machine. Russia has also warned Iran to prepare for imminent U.S.-Israeli attacks, according to reports. Intelligence from Ukraine indicates repeated launches of "ShahED-136" shock UAVs from the Lygubulova landfill in the Orel region, and from the Primorsk-Akhtarsk airfield in the Krasnodar region. Additional launches of these UAVs were noted from the Primorsk landfill in the Zaporizhzhya region (5 pieces expected), the Halino aerodrome in Kursk region, and the Navalia landfill in Bryansk region, with incursions anticipated in Ukraine's Sumy and Chernihiv regions. Russia also launched strategic bombers, TU-95MS PCS, from the "Engels-2" aerodrome in Saratov region, according to Strategic Control. Ukrainian FPV drones reportedly destroyed positions of the 1st Slavic Brigade of the so-called "DNR," obliterating uniforms, food, water, drones, radios, generators, equipment, and a supply motorcycle. Ukraine's Defense Minister Shmyhal indicated that Ukraine is "very close to having its own ballistic missiles." Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Finance continues to increase national debt, selling bonds worth 216 billion rubles today, with the volume of bonds in circulation growing by 2.8 trillion rubles since the start of the year. In other developments, Ukraine's SBU detained an instructor pilot and major in the Ukrainian Air Force, identified as a Russian "mole" preparing strikes on F-16 and Mirage 2000 airfields. The Verkhovna Rada Law Enforcement Committee backed a bill on NABU and SAP, with a vote expected tomorrow. Separately, one of Russia's largest internet providers in St. Petersburg, Airnet, was subjected to a hacker attack, disconnecting customer services and disabling provider servers. Another network, Dobro-Counter's discounters, also experienced a cyberattack affecting all five of its offices across Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, and Samara, with repairs expected to take a week. The cyberattacks are reportedly linked to the network's presence in the DPR, LPR, and Crimea.
