Day 1,621.
Putin finds himself in a sticky situation this morning after two more Wildberry distribution centres are attacked. There is also more evidence of Russia’s drone safari against civilians after a market vendor in Kherson was seen being hunted by a drone. We look at the latest diplomatic developments, which have seen Kyiv’s ambassador to the US dismissed, and its ambassador to London Valery Zaluzhny say that Ukraine is unlikely ever to join NATO. And later, a frontline reporter tells us what life is like today in the embattled fortress cities of Sloviansk, Kramatorsk and Kostiantynivka.
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Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on X.
Lily Shanagher (Foreign Breaking News Report for The Telegraph). @LilyShanagher on X.
With thanks to Francis Farrell, Kyiv Independent Senior Reporter.
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Russia’s Wildberries to build 260,000 square metres of warehouse space in Kazakhstan (Novaya Gazeta)
Ukraine energy chief says infrastructure attacks will shape war’s outcome (Politico)
https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-energy-denys-shmyhal-winter-war/
"Twelve years of fairy tales": former commander-in-chief Zaluzhnyi says Ukraine will never join NATO (Ukrainska Pravda)
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/08/03/8047090/
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