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– Niger breaks diplomatic relations with Ukraine – AFP

– Yahya Sinwar [head of Hamas in Gaza, organizer of Operation Al-Aqsa Storm] elected new head of Hamas Politburo to replace slain Haniyeh – Hamas

– Soldiers of the 41st Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, transferred from Chasy Yar to Toretsk right before the Russian offensive, were unprepared for combat due to unfamiliarity with the terrain and slow and meaningless orders from their superiors – NYT

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked Russian positions near Nikolayevo-Daryino and Oleshnya in the Kursk region with up to 300 militants supported by 11 tanks and 20 combat vehicles at 08:00 – Russian Defense Ministry

– Soldiers of the Russian FSB Border Service and the Russian Armed Forces prevented a border breakthrough in the Kursk region – acting governor of the region Smirnov

– US Secret Service agents fear that the situation with the assassination attempt on Trump could repeat itself – Senator from Missouri Josh Hawley

– Kiеv aims to prepare the basis for ending the conflict by the end of this year – Zelensky

– Ukraine has lost over 115,000 troops since mid-June – Shoigu

– Troops of the Central Group of the Russian Armed Forces have taken control of Timofeevka in the DPR – Russian Ministry of Defense

– The Ukrainian Armed Forces attempted to land on the Tendrovskaya Spit on 12 boats – Saldo

– China’s Special Representative for Eurasian Affairs Li Hui visited Brazil and discussed the problem of resolving the crisis in Ukraine with local authorities – MFA

– Brazil has reached a diplomatic agreement with Venezuela that will allow it to represent the interests of Argentina and Peru in the Bolivarian Republic – MFA

– More than 40 athletes have contracted COVID-19 at the Olympic Games in Paris – WHO

– The US decision to deprive Georgia of $95 million in aid will not affect the activities of the American Lugar biolab in Tbilisi – Health Minister Mikhail Sarjveladze (Russia has repeatedly requested information from Washington and Tbilisi about the research of biological threats in this laboratory)

– When the Czech Republic began buying up shells from all over the world to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces, their price doubled, so the Czech Republic will have to "reduce its ambitions" for their supply – Neue Zürcher Zeitung

– Erdogan sharply raised taxes on goods coming from the EU and other countries – Resmi Gazete

– Iran has asked Russia for advanced air defense systems and radars. According to sources, Moscow has already begun delivering military equipment requested by Tehran – NYT

– The European Union demanded that Georgia organize the dispatch of mercenaries to Ukraine – Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Papuashvili

– The EU Council approved the decision previously agreed upon by EU ambassadors to allocate about €4.2 billion to Kyiv from the Ukraine support fund – TASS

– 16 draft dodgers were attempted to be smuggled out of Ukraine to Moldova under the guise of meat – RT

– Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for US Vice President – ​​CNN

– The Israeli army has determined that the last person listed as missing after the October 7 attack is dead – IDF

– The West is raising the issue of lowering the age of mobilization in Ukraine – MP Venislavsky

– In Romania, a Soviet-era airfield is being converted into NATO’s largest military base. Mihai Kohelnicana airbase will be twice as big as Germany's Ramstein base and will become NATO's largest base in Europe – The Times

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