Welcome to The Ukraine Compass, a weekly digest of Ukrainian commentary and analysis from across the political spectrum only for War on the Rocks members. Each Monday, we bring you a curated selection of articles from Ukrainian media offering insight into how Ukrainians themselves debate the issues shaping their country.American coverage often narrows the view to the battlefield — these pieces widen it, revealing the texture of daily life, politics, and public argument in a nation at war.
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Over the weekend, Russia and Ukraine traded blows with each other as the war continues to escalate.
On Sunday, August 2nd, Ukrainian drones struck another warehouse belonging to the online retailer Wildberries, this time in the city of Novosemeykino in the Samara region.
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According to more recent reports, another Wildberries warehouse was struck earlier this morning in the Vladimir Region.
This puts the total number of warehouses struck at around 11-13, a harsh blow to Russia’s consumer economy.
Ukraine had a productive night on Sunday into Monday, with Ukrainian drones striking targets, including a university that’s involved in Russian drone technology, another Wildberries logistics hub, and multiple sites in Russia-occupied Crimea.
According to the Kyiv Post, Ukraine’s drones struck the Belgorod State Technological University, a university that reportedly is a center of research for the “automated drone control system’ based on Russia’s “Milandr” processor. The university is not far from the Russia/Ukraine border.
Ukraine continued its long-range strike campaign against Russia overnight, striking the country’s largest online retailer, Wildberries, and setting fire to one of the company’s largest logistics centers in the Vladimir region.
The strikes, which occurred overnight into Monday, August 3, came only a day after Ukrainian drones hit a different Wildberries logistics hub in Russia’s Samara region.
Putin In March 2016 Image Credit Russian Federation
Putin Back in 2016.
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Over the weekend, American President Donald Trump backed away from threats against Iran, explaining to reporters that the strikes he had previously announced against the country’s Islamist regime would, in fact, not be happening and that further talks with Iranian negotiators and interlocutors would take place instead.
It is the latest flip-flop from the president, an abrupt about-face that has been oft-repeated in the conflict’s five-month history.
Members of the US Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet Demo Team performs a maneuver at the Wings Over South Texas Air Show.
Late on Saturday night, President Donald Trump took to Truth Social and, despite claiming that the U.S. was “locked and loaded” and ready to attack Iran, there was instead an agreement to end the entire war.
In the message, later shared by the White House’s social media accounts, Trump stated that he had been asked, both by Iran and other Middle Eastern countries, to hold off, because the “perimeters of a deal” had been agreed to.
The French Marine Nationale aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R91), and the aircraft carrier USS John C.
Iran said on Monday that it was holding talks with Oman on temporarily reopening the Strait of Hormuz, the critical shipping lane for about 20 percent of the world’s oil supply.
The negotiations with Oman center on creating a new temporary route through the Strait of Hormuz that would allow commercial shipping to resume, but talks with the US are not yet reviving, Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said on Monday.
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Oman Might Have Just Ended the Iran War: President Donald Trump vowed to wage a “Military Terror” campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran. Many assumed that meant he was going to target civilian energy and water infrastructure throughout Iran. The Israelis were supposed to join those airstrikes.
But by Saturday, despite his huffing-and-puffing, it was clear that he’d not blow the Iranian house down.
Aircraft Carrier in Hard Turn. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
The Iran War Has Not Hit China Hardest. It Is Making Beijing’s Domestic Problems More Expensive: A South China Morning Post report published on August 3 argues that the Iran war has imposed a smaller economic shock on China than on many other major economies.
Economist Mao Zhenhua said the conflict could still alter Beijing’s policy calculations by forcing officials to give more attention to weaknesses already inside the Chinese economy.
U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89) steams in the Indian Ocean, July 2, 2026.