August 2022

Heavy Russian moves hit the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Sunday morning, killing the owner of one of the country’s largest grain exporters, while Russia said a Ukrainian drone attacked the headquarters of its Black Sea fleet in Sevastopol.

Photo illustration via Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyODESA, Ukraine: Russia has been bombing the coastal city of Odessa since the early days of its war in Ukraine, but the important grain port has a symbol of ongoing local resistance, where even the former Pro-Russian pillars are now embracing Ukrainian patriotism. “The longer the war lasts, the less other people sympathize with Russia in Ukraine. Those who spoke Russian in everyday life, they transfer to Ukrainian,” a long-time observer of Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday signed a naval doctrine accusing the United States of trying to dominate the world’s oceans and expanding Moscow’s own ambitions in the Arctic Ocean. Putin signed the document shortly before delivering a patriotic speech on Navy Day urging Russia to protect its national security interests, according to Reuters.

Russian missiles hit ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Mykolaiv, as President Vladimir Putin signed a new naval doctrine that made the United States Russia’s main rival and set global maritime ambitions in the Black Sea and Arctic. Putin did not mention the standoff in Ukraine in a speech commemorating Russian Navy Day on Sunday, but said the military would get Zircon hypersonic cruise missiles in the coming months. The missiles can reach nine times the speed of sound, surpassing air defenses.

Russian President Vladimir Putin touted that Russian Navy ships would soon receive hypersonic weapons on Sunday and targeted the United States with a new Navy doctrine.