• At least seven people were killed, and some 148 were injured after Russian missiles struck the center of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Saturday, the governor of Chernihiv Oblast Viacheslav Chaus said. UKRINFORM
• According to Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, the injuries included 15 police officers, adding that most victims were in vehicles, crossing the road, or returning from church. Guardian (LR: 2 CP: 5)
• Ukrainian Pres. Volodymyr Zelenskyy has vowed revenge after the attack on Chernihiv — which coincided with the Orthodox holiday of the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord — which killed a 6-year-old girl and injured 15 children. In his evening address, Zelenskyy said: "Our soldiers will respond to Russia for this terrorist attack. Respond tangibly." President
• Declaring a national mourning period until Aug. 21, Chernihiv mayor Oleksandr Lomako stated, "This strike is another war crime by the occupiers against the civilian population." Mirror
• Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone crashed into the rooftop of a railway station in the Russian city of Kursk, shattering several windows, injuring five people, and setting off a fire, regional governor Roman Starovoit claimed on Sunday. Two of Moscow's international airports, Vnukovo and Domodedovo, reportedly suspended all flights briefly during the attack. RT (LR: 3 CP: 1)
• Elsewhere, after visiting Sweden to discuss the possibility of getting Gripen jets to boost Ukrainian air defenses on Saturday, Zelenskyy arrived in the Netherlands on Sunday for "substantive talks" on moving forward with receiving F-16 fighter jets since the US allowed their delivery to Kyiv from the Netherlands and Denmark. Washington Post (LR: 2 CP: 5)

Anti-Russia narrative:

• This attack adds to the mounting evidence that Russian forces have committed war crimes against civilians, killing and maiming innocent victims, including children, far from the front lines of the war. Indiscriminate attacks directed against civilians and civilian objects amount to war crimes. It's time to hold Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin accountable for waging a crime of aggression and wounding him in the dock.
  CNA

Pro-Russia narrative:

• It's convenient for the West to blame Russia for the attacks on civilians in Ukraine and look the other way when Kyiv selects civilian targets inside Russia for its drone attacks. The enemy also justifies attacking the Republic of Crimea — a region rightfully reclaimed by Russia — and yet the West remains silent. Putin is within his rights to counter the Ukrainian offensive, particularly when Zelenskyy constantly gets increased NATO support.
  RT (LR: 3 CP: 1)

Nerd narrative:

• There's a 10% chance that there will be a war between Russia and one or more NATO countries, but not the US, by 2035, according to the Metaculus prediction community.
  Metaculus (LR: 3 CP: 3)