Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz has revealed that Russian drones and missiles have attacked its facilities 13 times in the past week, bringing the total to almost 300 strikes since the start of the year. The latest attacks caused 'serious damage' to equipment and production capacity, though miraculously, no injuries. Ukrainian officials say Russia is 'weaponising' the coming winter - because why not add freezing to the list of war crimes? Meanwhile, DTEK, a coal and power company, reported that a Russian attack started a fire at one of its mines, killing a 52-year-old man.

In other news, Russia has cancelled its 'international' military music festival, the Spasskaya Tower festival, scheduled for Red Square from Friday. The organisers cited - wait for it - Ukraine's record drone attacks as the reason for postponement until next year. More drones buzzed Moscow on Monday night, prompting flight suspensions at Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky airports, according to Rosaviatsia, the Russian aviation agency.

Ukraine's military general staff shared photos of a successful strike on the Kamensky Combine in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov region, which blew up workshops producing solid rocket fuel for Uragan, Smerch, and Tornado-S multiple-launch rocket systems. The strike on the night of 16 August destroyed two workshops and damaged four more. Because nothing says 'peace' like blowing up rocket fuel factories.

A Russian drone crashed and exploded in Moldova, near the settlement of Talmaza, setting grass on fire but causing no casualties. The Institute for the Study of War identified it as a Russian Banderol, a winged cruise missile cum loitering munition. Moldova, which borders Ukraine, condemned the violation of its airspace - because apparently, even drones need to respect borders.

As Vladimir Putin prepares for his stage-managed elections in September, a court has sentenced senior opposition politician Lev Shlosberg to 11 years and one month in prison for speaking out against the war. Shlosberg, a member of the Yabloko party - recently banned from the elections - told the court that Russia has travelled 'a path from hopes for freedom to the almost complete destruction of human and civil rights and freedoms' over 30 years. He warned that when the true death toll of the war becomes known, 'the entire country will shudder.' Yabloko plans to appeal the 'barbaric sentence,' and Amnesty International's Marie Struthers called it 'blatant reprisals for exercising his right to freedom of expression to call for peace.'

Yabloko chairman Nikolai Rybakov vowed to continue the fight by lodging complaints to the presidium of the supreme court and possibly the constitutional court. 'We achieved the main thing: the whole world knows how many people in Russia want peace, want to live normally and to raise children under a peaceful sky in their country,' he said. Meanwhile, Russia threatened Britain with 'consequences' over reports that British drones, including a stealth model, were used to strike targets on Russian soil. The Sunday Times cited a UK defence source saying, 'Russia has been very effective at keeping the west nervous about hitting it too hard. These attacks mean the UK is effectively signalling to Russia and our allies that we're not [nervous] any more.' Analysts have long criticised the west's 'reflexive control' - hesitating to support Ukraine for fear of Russian retaliation. Apparently, the UK has decided to stop being scared. How refreshing.