Overview

• Ukrainian authorities report 31 dead, including five children, and 159 wounded in the July 30–31 Russian barrage — the highest civilian toll from a single-night attack on Kyiv.
• Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said the assault featured upgraded high-speed drones likely modified from Iranian Shahed models, capable of speeds over 500 km/h.
• President Trump set an August 8 deadline for Russia to accept a ceasefire or face 100% secondary tariffs on third-country trade with Moscow.
• In response to Russian Security Council deputy chairman Dmitry Medvedev’s nuclear warnings, Trump ordered two U.S. nuclear-powered submarines to deploy to undisclosed “appropriate areas.”
• President Putin reiterated that Russia’s demands for Ukrainian neutrality and non-alignment remain unchanged, suggesting no concessions before the ceasefire deadline.