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Assassination in Moscow
In a reported assassination in Moscow, the Russian general Fanil Sarvarov was killed by an explosive device hidden in his vehicle during a delicate phase of peace negotiations, as described by Corriere della Sera.
“In asymmetric wars, it is not necessarily the great powers that win”
Corriere della Sera said investigators pointed to a Ukrainian track and recalled that in April Yaroslav Moshalik, vice commander of the Pianificazione, was killed by a bomb in connection with a meeting between Vladimir Putin and the American envoy Steve Witkoff.
The same article linked the Sarvarov attack to a broader pattern of “ritorsione asimmetrica” by Kiev, describing tactics that included hidden traps in statuettes, vehicles, and a monopattino, and it said the brake pedal was turned into an ignition for about 300 grams of tritolo.
Corriere della Sera also described a second Ukrainian offensive against Moscow’s “flotta di petroliere ombra,” and it said that campaign ranged “dalle coste del Senegal al Baltico, dal Mediterraneo all’Estremo Oriente russo.”
The article further connected the wider sabotage picture to the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosion, citing investigations that involved elements tied to Ukrainian intelligence.
Asymmetry shifts and fear
Al Jazeera described Russia’s tone shifting as Ukraine deploys “asymmetrical tactics,” quoting taxi driver Anatoly on Moscow’s gas shortages and saying, “They don’t knock, they kick the door.”
In the same report, Al Jazeera quoted Vladimir Solovyov on Rossiya 1 saying, “We have to get ready for hardships and self-sacrifice,” as military bloggers urged mobilisation because Russians “foresee big changes and possible cataclysms.”
Al Jazeera also included a mother’s fear in Tula, where Kseniya said, “I’m afraid my son will be drafted,” and she added that she and her family lacked money to send him abroad.
The report cited Putin’s televised remarks on June 28, including that “There is damage, but all the affected sites are being restored quite quickly,” and it said he acknowledged the drone attacks were “creating problems, that’s obvious”.
Al Jazeera further quoted Nikolay Mitrokhin of Germany’s Bremen University saying Russia’s approach “doesn’t solve the defence of Russia’s rear,” as Moscow invested heavily in drones and Iskander ballistic missiles.
Robots, drones, and naval limits
In Kharkiv, HDblog.it described what it called “the first fully unmanned assault in the history of modern warfare,” saying Ukrainian forces captured Russian troops using exclusively ground robots and aerial drones.
“Le operazioni militari condotte da Israele contro l’Iran e dall’Ucraina contro la Russia presentano sorprendenti somiglianze nel loro design strategico ed esecuzione, sollevando interrogativi sulle implicazioni geopolitiche più ampie e sul possibile coinvolgimento di attori esterni”
HDblog.it said the operation was carried out by the elite experimental unit “DEUS EX MACHINA” of the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, and it quoted the brigade emphasizing that “positions that had resisted twice the adjacent units have been recaptured by the robots of the Triple.”
The same account said the action began with a terrestrial kamikaze robot that directed itself toward a fortified Russian bunker, and it described aerial drones “birds” watching from above while the sequence of capturing and escorting prisoners was managed remotely.
Separately, twaslnews1.twaslnews quoted Andrii Ryzhenko, a former senior naval colonel and former deputy chief of staff of the Ukrainian Navy, saying that “Mobile naval warfare rests on asymmetric warfare.”
Ryzhenko told Ukrainian radio that Ukraine’s unmanned approach forced the Russian fleet to retreat to bases, noting an initial numerical disadvantage of “12 to 1” and that “the number of deployed ships is nearly zero.”
