🇺🇸❌🇨🇺 — The US is building up its intelligence resources in Cuba, including by sending American spies and agents to the island, hoping to achieve reforms or a change of regime

- Politico.

▶️One source claims that the US has recently sent additional intelligence officers and agents to the island, but declined to disclose the scope of the operation and the agencies involved. A second source described the move as an increase in the CIA's "presence" in Cuba.

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🇺🇸🇹🇼⚡️ — Taiwan is increasingly openly discussing its close military cooperation with the United States, including previously undisclosed American training programs and exchanges, sending a signal to China that bilateral defense ties remain strong, according to the Wall Street Journal.

▶️ Defense Minister Wellington Ku stated that the cooperation is "much closer than one might imagine" and goes far beyond American arms supplies, as Taiwan is gaining practical combat experience from the United States.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — On August 4, between 08:30 and 22:00, 184 UAVs were flying toward the Moscow region. Most of them were neutralised by air defence forces on the distant approaches. 18 drones were destroyed on approach to Moscow

— Moscow Mayor Sobyanin.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Reports of strong explosions in Kiev.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — At least four ballistic missiles struck Kiev.

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🇸🇾⚡️ — The reported mobilization by the Syrian Army is said to be linked to internal divisions over an attempt to reorganize the military leadership.

A dispute between Brig. Gen. Jamil Al-Saleh and Abu Amsha, the former commander of the Turkish-backed Sultan Murad Division, led to Abu Amsha's arrest. He was detained for leaking highly classified information from the Syrian Ministry of Defense to the Turkish side and to Iraqi militias. Abu Amsha is also reported to have close ties to Turkish intelligence, while Sayf Bulad has been placed under house arrest.

There are growing fears that the power struggle could escalate into internal fighting in the coming hours, with several senior figures attempting to flee toward Iraq.

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🇪🇺🇪🇸⚡️ — The emergency meeting of EU Interior Ministers concluded with a consensus: the influx of migrants into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta was one of the most serious "stress tests" for the European Union in recent years, but the crisis was contained and did not spread across Europe. The majority of the illegal migrants have already been returned to Morocco, and, according to Brussels, there is no threat to the Schengen Area.

▶️"We are not acting on impulse, but are conducting consistent and honest work with the countries of origin and transit of illegal migration," stated the Spanish Interior Minister, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, outlining Spain's approach.

▶️One of the main lessons learned from the Ceuta incident in Brussels is not only the mass influx of migrants itself, but also the role of disinformation in the development of the crisis. However, officials consistently avoided accusing Morocco of using migration for political purposes, stating that they do not yet have a complete picture of what happened. A similar response was given to a question about the possible role of Russia.

▶️In essence, all the proposals put forward during the emergency video conference can be reduced to one idea: not to change the EU's migration policy, but to make the existing system more resilient to such crises. Brussels intends to strengthen the protection of external borders, accelerate the process of returning illegal migrants, and more actively combat smuggling networks.

▶️Despite numerous statements by individual European politicians in the early days of the crisis, no changes to the rules of the Schengen Area or visa issuance will be implemented. On the contrary, both the European Commission and Spain, as well as Ireland, which holds the presidency of the Council of the EU, emphasized that there has been no secondary movement of people from Ceuta to other countries, and therefore there is no basis for changing the rules governing the functioning of the Schengen Area.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — At least 10 more missiles are heading toward Kiev.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Next wave of ballistic missiles is flying toward Kiev. There are 25 of them.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — Vyshhorod, located north of Kiev, also came under attack by Russian missiles.

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🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️ — New wave of an unknown number of ballistic missiles on Kiev.

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