The situation in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta has entered a phase of hard power stabilization. Spanish media are publishing shocking footage: regular army soldiers and the Civil Guard are literally pulling illegal migrants out of drainage pipes, underground sewers, and construction tunnels. Desperate to avoid immediate deportation back to Morocco, people are hiding in the most inaccessible places of the city's infrastructure.
Total cleanup: from storm drains to basements
Following an unprecedented breach by a wave of thousands of people across the border, Madrid has deployed units of the Spanish Legion to conduct a total cleanup. Facts have been verified by official reports from the Spanish Ministry of Defense dated August 1, 2026. In photos confirming their authenticity, soldiers are recorded detaining a Moroccan migrant who was trying to hide in a drainage hole of a supporting stone wall.
The government of Pedro Sánchez has transferred additional special police units, aviation, and armored vehicles to the enclave. Strict patrol measures have been introduced in the city to quickly overcome the migrant chaos. The illegals remaining in the enclave, understanding that hiding is useless, are showing aggression, engaging in night skirmishes with law enforcement forces and setting cars on fire.
Scale of the operation: 37,500 deported
Thanks to an emergency agreement between Madrid and Rabat, the deportation conveyor is working at maximum capacity. Deportation statistics are confirmed: out of 40,000–60,000 people who broke through, about 37,500 have already been forcibly returned to the Moroccan side. During clashes and stampedes at the border, 57 deaths have been officially confirmed.
The situation inside the city has reached a boiling point. Local residents, fearing looting, took to the streets with sticks and clubs, forming self-defense units to protect shops and homes. The authorities are forced to act decisively to prevent a complete collapse of the social situation in the enclave.
Geopolitical background: gas blackmail
As reported by the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph, citing sources in Western intelligence agencies, this migration chaos is an artificial hybrid attack by Rabat. Morocco deliberately opened its borders to punish Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for concluding strategic gas contracts with Algeria — Morocco's main geopolitical rival in the region.
This crisis has instantly split the European Union. Italy, led by Giorgia Meloni, accused Madrid of weakness and introduced a de facto suspension of Schengen with Spain, closing air traffic. In response, Sánchez complained to Brussels and demanded an emergency summit of EU Interior Ministers.
Information war and global context
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybyga officially stated that the Kremlin is actively using the tragedy in Ceuta. The Russian media network (RT and "Pravda") has injected more than 1,500 panic materials about Ceuta into the European information space to sow discord among European capitals and distract the West from the war of attrition.
While Europe argues about migrants, the US is bogged down in a war with Iran, which has already cost $37.5 billion. Due to a resource shortage, Donald Trump is blocking Patriot air defense supplies to Ukraine, justifying this with the protection of American technologies. For the domestic audience, the White House has launched a patriotic PR campaign — starting August 8, all US cities will begin a rush to accept applications for "Patriot Passports" featuring Trump's portrait.
At the same time, in Ukraine, the new Commander-in-Chief Mykhailo Drapatyi is conducting a total audit of assault regiments, temporarily freezing their personnel replenishment to transition to technological defense. This is critical, as the first 12 units of the Russian satellite network "Rassvet" have begun operating over Ukraine, giving the enemy communication windows for drone strikes. In response, Ukraine is waging a ruthless war to destroy logistics: today, Russian ballistics wiped out a defense plant of the American company Terminal Autonomy in Kyiv, while Ukrainian sea drones, as part of the "MoLoChKa" operation, sank the Russian container ship "Yanina" 130 miles from Novorossiysk.
