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According to a recent poll by the Associated Press, just one in three Americans support the war in Iran.

With the war now entering its fifth month, fatigue amongst the American population is starting to mount as the war continues and the Trump administration fails to make its goals for Iran concrete.

F/A-18 Hornets and an F-22 Raptor fly in formation during the HUGE 1 flyover practice over the National Mall as part of the America 250 celebration in Washington, D.C., July 3, 2026. The formation showcased current U.S. military airpower during the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration.

The Russians have long been accused of war crimes, and this latest attack is especially heinous and is sure to create more calls for Vladimir Putin to be hauled in front of a criminal court for final justice.

The Russians have now bombed civilian targets so much that they have killed three children and six other adults.

Su-35 Fighter from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

Su-35. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

What Transpired?
The awful attack happened in the Dnipropetrovsk region overnight on July 30. There were at least 70 missiles and 280 drones launched from Russia.

The Department of Defense recently updated its rules on “continuity of mental health care” for separating troops, a policy meant to connect departing service members to mental health resources as they leave service. But veteran mental health experts said the instruction makes the same mistakes — it focuses on service members already accessing treatment while in uniform, but does not implement new methods to include others as they enter a vulnerable year of transition.
And that first year out of the military, experts say, is where new veterans often need the most guidance.

On Thursday, shortly after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky returned from his visit to Washington, Russia launched airstrikes on Ukraine that killed more than a dozen people. And one of those missiles landed in Poland.

According to a joint report by Al Jazeera Staff, AFP and Reuters, the Russian attacks were widespread, including a strike on the city of Lviv, which led neighboring Poland to scramble fighter jets.

A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 56th Fighter Wing, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, flies over Phoenix during the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Nov.

The United States launched a major new round of airstrikes against Iran overnight on July 30 after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to retaliate for an attempted Iranian ballistic missile attack on U.S. forces stationed in Jordan.

The operation ended a brief diplomatic pause in fighting, which had lasted almost two weeks, and resumed direct U.S. strikes against Iran.

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker offloads fuel to U.S. Air Force F-15 Strike Eagles over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, April 11, 2025.

Ukraine’s Department of Defense has codified and approved mass production for Firefly, a low-cost, precision-guided add-on kit designed for drone-dropped munitions.

Fitted to heavy “Baba Yaga” bomber drones like the Vampire and Kazhan, the system dramatically increases strike accuracy from high altitudes while resisting enemy electronic warfare.

Lancet Drone. Image Credit: Russian State Media.

Lancet Drone from Russia. Image Credit: Creative Commons.

DAYTON, Ohio — The Air Force could bring up to six vendors into the early prototyping work of its second robotic wingman batch next year, according to the official overseeing the program.
The service is currently working with nine unnamed vendors to outline concepts and define requirements for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) Increment 2 program — a process that will last around 10 more months, Col. Timothy Helfrich, program acquisition executive for fighters and advanced aircraft, told reporters Tuesday at the Air Force Life Cycle Industry Days.

Defence AI start-up Agon has announced its launch with $30m in initial investment, marking one of the largest seed rounds in Europe’s defence technology sector this year.

The war between the United States and Iran has seesawed between open conflict and temporary lulls in hostilities several times since it began on Feb. 28, 2026, but the fighting has never truly ceased. 
The massive air and missile strikes that marked the start of U.S. military operations were followed by a ceasefire in name only — one that was punctuated by exchanges of fire and a churn of press releases and statements from U.S. Central Command, or CENTCOM, the Pentagon, the White House and other arms of the government, ticking off strikes and targets destroyed.

On Thursday, just hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with President Donald Trump in Washington, Ukraine successfully launched long-range strikes that hit two large Russian oil refineries.

According to the Associated Press, which cited Ukraine’s Security Service and General Staff, the strikes hit a Lukoil refinery in Russia’s Perm region and another refinery in Ryazan. The two refineries that were hit, the report said, have an annual production capacity of 220 million barrels.

MSTA-S Russian Artillery. Image Credit: Creative Commons.