Indian exports of restricted items, including microchips, circuits, and machine tools, have dramatically increased.

In July 2024 alone, these exports reached approximately $95 million.

Nearly 20% of the sensitive technology entering Russia's military-industrial complex now originates from India.

This complicates the sanctions landscape for Western allies, who are struggling to enforce restrictions on dual-use items that can be repurposed for military applications.

According to local sources, reports that Israel has entered hundreds of metres into Syrian territory in the Quneitra countryside and that Israeli forces have extended the border fence into Syria are not true.

— The system is designed to intercept short, medium, and intermediate-range ballistic missiles during their terminal phase.

— Utilizing a “hit-to-kill” approach, THAAD engages targets at altitudes of 40–150 km and ranges up to 200 km.

— Israel continues its military offensive in Gaza, albeit at a slower pace.

— There are sick and civilians in the besieged areas in the north.

— Approximately 1.9 million civilians are trapped along the coastline.

— Gaza military groups continue their operations against the Israeli army.

Lebanese officials said diplomatic efforts were far from conclusive and that issues were being glossed over in generalisations. The United States has only ‘pledged to endeavour to keep the fighting confined to the front lines and to ensure that civilians on both sides are not affected’.

"Their priority is not the ceasefire and stopping Israeli aggression against Lebanon," the Lebanese official said about the US stance.

IDF expands ground manoeuvre in southern Lebanon

Hezbollah said on Sunday it was fighting Israeli forces trying to infiltrate Ramya village in southern Lebanon, as a third U.N. peacekeeper was wounded.

Israeli strikes have shook the peacekeepers' main base in southern Lebanon, prompting U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Western countries to condemn the attacks. The UNIFIL force called it a "serious development" and said the security of U.N. personnel and property must be guaranteed.

— Zelenskyy asked German Chancellor Scholz for permission to strike Russia with Western weapons and a guarantee of quick accession to NATO. Scholz ignored.

— Although Germany announced new aid, it turned out to be a previously promised supply.

— The Bundeswehr will no longer provide Ukraine with heavy equipment, including Leopard 2 tanks, PzH 2000 howitzers and Marder IFVs.

— German Defense Ministry does not believe in the possibility of a Ukrainian counteroffensive anymore.