Occupied Ukraine: The Russians began building some sort of maritime fence around the Crimean bridge to secure it from waterborne kamikaze drones.

🔗 Mr. Parrot

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BREAKING – Belarusian army transfer migrants to border with Poland - Polish snipers patrol the border - RMF24

Belarusian services deliver not only migrants to the border, but also equipment for crossing the border (ladders, cutting tools) and attacking Poles (stones, bricks, cobblestones), informed Stanisław Żaryn, the government plenipotentiary for the security of the information space of the Republic of Poland.

The General Command of the Polish Armed Forces said on Twitter that Polish snipers are patrolling along the border.

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BREAKING – The Kremlin: There are currently no reasons for peace talks with Ukraine

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URGENT – The Kremlin: Russia intends to follow up on the meeting scheduled to be held in Saudi Arabia regarding Ukraine

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China, UAE to hold 1st joint air drill in Xinjiang - Anadolu

Joint training aims to deepen ‘pragmatic exchanges,’ cooperation between 2 militaries, says Chinese Defense Ministry

The Falcon Shield-2023 joint training exercise will be held in the country’s northwestern Xinjiang province, a ministry statement said.

“This is the first joint training between both air forces, aiming to deepen pragmatic exchanges and cooperation between the two militaries and enhance mutual understanding and trust,” it added.

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SYRIA – Two members of the US-led International Coalition members of the Kurdish SDF were killed in shelling by Turkish forces and their loyal factions on a village in Raqqa countryside on July 31, 2023 - SOHR

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Several senior Chadian officers have made it known that they are against any military intervention in Niger.

📝 “We will not shoot our Nigerien brothers for French interests”, such is the message circulating in the barracks.

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TAIWAN – 13 Chinese PLA aircraft and 6 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8)

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NIGER – Amadou Abdraman, a soldier involved in the coup in Niger, said on national television that France had requested permission from the Nigerian Armed Forces to launch airstrikes on the their country.

🔗 Djole

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OCCUPIED UKRAINE – Additionaly the picture of the destroyed railway bridge in Chonhar between occupied Crimea and occupied Kherson Oblast after a Ukrainian partisan operation.

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JAPAN – July 26-28, JASDF conducted bilateral training with FASF. Gen Mille, CEMAAE visited Japan to observe it and have talks with Gen Uchikura, COS, JASDF. JASDF continues to promote Defense cooperation and exchanges leveraging opportunities of bilateral trainings.

🔗 Japan Air Self-Defense Force

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CHINA – One of Xi Jinping’s fears. “At two high-level meetings in Beijing this month, Xi told military leaders they must “focus on solving the prominent problems that persist at party organisations on all levels with regard to enforcing the party’s absolute leadership over the military”.

🔗 Theresa Fallon

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TAIWAN – 5 Chinese PLA aircraft and 10 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m.(UTC+8)

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