Overview

• Russia’s July 30–31 assault on Kyiv used about 300 drones and eight missiles, killing 31 people—including five children—and wounding over 150, with at least 12 child injuries, the highest single-night toll
• Interior Minister Yevhen Klymenko reported that Russia deployed newly modified Shahed drones capable of flying over 500 km/h during the strike
• President Trump warned of 100 percent secondary tariffs on any country trading with Russia if Moscow does not agree to a Ukraine ceasefire by August 8
• Trump ordered two nuclear-powered submarines to strategic regions in response to provocative nuclear warnings from Russian officials
• President Putin reaffirmed Russia’s unchanged peace demands, insisting on Ukraine’s neutralization and demilitarization despite rising Western pressure