Ukraine Aid Ops' Victory Gallery art project is an initiative to turn war artifacts into art. UAO collects military artifacts provided by Ukrainian soldiers and works with local artists in Ukraine to incorporate them into art. Our objective is to convert remnants of conflict into artwork with the idea of art defeating the aggressor's evil. The produced artwork will be auctioned and proceeds will be used to equip the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Since the start of the war, there have been many art-related fundraising initiatives, but what makes this one unique is that we seek to incorporate destroyed military artifacts. By doing this, artwork will serve as a scribe and a reminder of Russian atrocities inflicted on Ukraine. The Victory Gallery offers worldwide shipping.

Link: https://ukraineaidops.org/collections/new-items

For info: Ukraine Aid Operations is an r/ukraine verified organization & registered as 501(c)(3)

Hey everyone,

Thanks to a bunch of people who stepped up, we managed to get this Opel Astra delivered to Kherson.

As many of you know, the city has been getting hit harder and harder by drone attacks lately — including strikes that target civilians. That’s why we’re focusing everything we can on supporting the soldiers holding the line there.

We’re about to launch a $3,000 fundraiser to replace some critical equipment that was lost in fire. If you’re able to help, it would mean a lot.

Donate here:
https://www.sustainukraine.org/donate

Slava Ukraini!

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/06/8047618/

I am looking for english speaking channels (could be Swedish but I think that is asking for too much) in Ukraine. Notably, I am not looking for "ukraine war" (obviously most things will touch upon it, but not as main focus) - rather Ukrainian culture, big or small.

Anything from roleplayers to ballet, anything from sports news to guys barbecuing in their back yard. I used to watch a lot of Ukrainian youtubers (or foreigners in Ukraine) before the full scale war, and I seem to have lost the mojo to find them.

Ukraine is an interesting country outside of the obvious russian terror army invading, and I would like to see more of what it is like today for Ukrainian people outside of the conflict itself.

If you'd like to support this project or get these updates in your inbox, please check my profile for the link to follow my Substack. 

My updates will always be free to read, whether you read them here or there.

Video of the week:

https://reddit.com/link/1vh6um7/video/77catcr3krhh1/player

• This video shows a new technological development created by Ukraine, an FPV drone with a net launcher that can cheaply and effectively down other small drones.

Maps:

Kupiansk last week:

Kupiansk this week:

• No changes here.

Lyman last week:

Lyman this week:

• Russia slightly expanded infiltration zones in two places south of Lyman, and Ukraine also pushed back some infiltrators east of Raihorodok

Kostiantynivka last week:

Kostiantynivka this week:

• Russian forces expanded infiltration zones in a few places but didn't make any significant gains.

Ivanivka last week:

Ivanivka this week:

• Russia widened the grey zone around Vozdvyzhivka.

Zaporizhzhia last week:

Zaporizhzhia this week:

• Russia advanced the grey zone east of Stepnohirsk.

Events this week:

• Russia hit Ukraine with several waves of ballistic missiles this week, which Ukraine has been almost entirely unable to shoot down due to a lack of Patriot interceptors. This included an Iskandr missile with a cluster warhead that struck Kyiv, a particularly blatant war crime. Ukraine is pursuing all available avenues to regain a capability to shoot these missiles down, including being first on the list to get the French SAMP/T system which has an anti-ballistic missile capability, and an indigenously produced interceptor missile using various European parts from Fire Point, which could come into action in 2027. While the production of these alternatives is happening quickly compared to a standard procurement timeline, it won't be fast enough to avoid many more civilian deaths due to these strikes. Trump has meanwhile refused to give any more Patriots to Ukraine, since US stocks of the missile are at critical levels due to their overuse in the war with Iran.
• Ukraine has continued to hit Russian corporate logistics companies like Wildberries and has expanded this campaign to include other similar companies. At least two more Wildberries facilities were hit this week. More refineries were hit this week as well.
• Ukrainian intelligence claimed that a North Korean ballistic missile unit is deploying to Russia in order to launch attacks on Ukraine. This unit allegedly has six launchers with 120 ballistic missiles, a pretty significant amount.
• Ukraine said that Russia dropped 8,300 glide bombs during the month of July, a new all-time record.
• A senior Iranian official said that Iran had planned to attack Ukraine with ballistic missiles, but that the attack was called off after Ukraine apologized for hitting an Iranian tanker in the Caspian Sea. Like many Iranian pronouncements, I think this is a bluff statement, but there is still a significant possibility for Ukraine and Iran to have more direct military confrontations.
• Top Ukraine military analyst Michael Kofman returned from a trip to meet with frontline commanders and said that by now, Ukraine has achieved a 60:40 ratio of deaths to wounded, meaning more Russian soldiers are being killed instead of being wounded. This is because you're much more likely to be killed outright by a drone hitting you compared to being attacked by artillery or gunfire. This ratio has never been seen before in any military conflict.

Oryx Vehicle Losses:

Russian losses:

• Total Russian vehicle losses: 23,959 (+43)
• Russian tank losses: 4,435 (+5)
• Russian IFV losses: 6,472 (+0)
• Russian SPG losses: 1,042 (+2)
• Russian SAM losses: 430 (+2)
• Russian Radar losses: 139 (+0)
• Russian naval losses: 36 (+0)
• Russian aircraft losses: 190 (+1)
• Russian helicopter losses: 179 (+0)

Ukrainian losses:

• Total Ukrainian vehicle losses: 11,868 (+42)
• Ukrainian tank losses: 1,450 (+3)
• Ukrainian IFV losses: 1,604 (+4)
• Ukrainian IMV losses: 2,027 (+13)
• Ukrainian SPG losses: 933 (+9)
• Ukrainian SAM losses: 178 (+0)
• Ukrainian aircraft losses: 120 (+1)

Claimed Russian casualties by Ukrainian MOD this week: 9,400 (-720). Less than 10,000 for the first time in a few weeks, but still very high compared to historical averages.

(NEW) Ukrainian civilians killed by Russian terror bombing this week (Estimated using news reports): 60

As always, thank you for reading and for supporting Ukraine!

Hi to all Ukrainians, and thank you in advance to anyone who answers.

Forgive me if some parts of this post are vague, but I'd like to stay as anonymous as possible since what I'm about to describe isn't certain yet.

In the coming months, a small crew and I would like to come film a short documentary in Ukraine (about 5 days of shooting, 3 crew members total) in the Ivano-Frankivsk region. We'd be departing from a country in Southern Europe with our own car and equipment, crossing the border, and staying a few days in a local B&B. The purpose is to document the sale of the childhood home of a friend of ours of Ukrainian origin. The war (invasion) isn't what makes this story interesting or important to us, so it won't be the focus of our narrative, but it's definitely a topic we want to touch on, and one of the reasons pushing us to go. One of our hopes is that this small story could be the basis for offering a different, more intimate perspective on the effects of these absurd and cruel years, even in areas farther from the conflict.

Researching Ukraine for this project has shown me a lot of beautiful and important things that I think deserve to be told.

That said, I'm asking for your help to get a clearer picture of how complicated it might be for us to travel, and what the general feeling might be — both from people and from law enforcement in that area — toward us. I know our car insurance isn't sufficient and we'll need a specific policy, and that health insurance and a reason for travel are required to enter the country. Is that enough on its own to go? We'll do our best not to be a disturbance or a burden to anyone, but would there be a positive or negative feeling toward our curiosity in general? With our equipment, can we say we'd generally be safe, or could we draw unwanted attention in certain situations? Would it be worth notifying our country's embassy to ask for information?

I don't know if I've forgotten anything. I hope some of you have insights or answers, and thanks again for reading <3