🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳⚡️Trump announced the introduction of import duties of 10% against BRICS members

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺❗️Trump said at a cabinet meeting in the White House that he approved the sending of "defensive weapons" to Ukraine

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇦🇫Trump said that the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan is now controlled by China.

Until 1989, it was the main Soviet airbase in Afghanistan, and from 2006 to 2021, it was controlled by the United States until they were kicked out.

🇺🇸Elon Musk said that the files of former financier Epstein, who was accused of corrupting minors and organizing s*x parties for the world elite, include former Trump adviser Steve Bannon.

A month ago, Musk wrote that Trump was also in these files, but later deleted the post.

Meanwhile, Axios wrote that the US Justice Department and the FBI have no evidence that financier Jeffrey Epstein kept a "client list" and blackmailed influential people.

🇺🇸An unknown person used AI to communicate on behalf of Secretary of State Rubio with three foreign ministers, an American governor and a member of Congress, The Washington Post reports, citing a State Department cable.

American authorities do not know who did this, but believe that the goal was to manipulate influential government officials "in order to gain access to information or accounts." This has been happening since mid-June.

A similar incident occurred in May, when the phone of White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles was hacked. Messages were sent on her behalf to senators, governors and business leaders.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️CIA Director Ratcliffe said he is ready to present Trump with allegedly existing information about the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine.

🇺🇦🇷🇺Ukraine no longer expects the war to end quickly, former Defense Minister Reznikov told The Times.

According to him, there is a growing awareness in Ukraine that the war with Russia could continue for a long time, and that there will probably be no peace until Putin dies or resigns.

"The focus now is not on negotiations or compromise, but on the need to prepare for a long-term confrontation," Reznikov added.

🇾🇪🇬🇷The Houthis have released footage of the sinking of the Greek bulk carrier Magic Seas in the Red Sea.

On July 6, after sending a warning that the crew ignored, the vessel was attacked by unmanned boats, drones and missiles near the port of Hodeida. After the attack, the crew abandoned the vessel and were rescued by another vessel.

A group of Houthis were then boarded by the now empty vessel, who planted and detonated charges, which led to the sinking of the bulk carrier.

🇺🇦❗️A lieutenant colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, deputy head of the city TCC, was shot dead in Kiev — media

🇺🇸🇺🇦❗️The White House is considering the possibility of supplying Ukraine with another Patriot air defense system after Donald Trump promised to provide Kiev with "defensive" weapons, The Wall Street Journal reports, citing sources.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇨🇳"If you enter Ukraine, I will bomb the hell out of Moscow." CNN has released an audio recording from 2024, in which Trump says he threatened Putin.

The recording was allegedly made at a meeting with sponsors. According to Trump, Putin "believed this threat by 10%." Trump made a similar statement regarding China: he said that he warned Xi Jinping about the possibility of "bombing Beijing" if China attacks Taiwan.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Here is the map of the night strikes according to the Ukrainian side.

🇪🇺🇺🇦According to Bloomberg, the European Union is considering the idea of ​​​​allocating 100 billion euros to Ukraine as part of the next seven-year budget - for the period from 2028 to 2034.

🇩🇪🇺🇦🇷🇺Chancellor Merz said that diplomatic options for ending the war in Ukraine have been "exhausted," Reuters reports.

He promised that Germany would "continue to support" Kiev.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺Ukraine will face the fact that the coming months will be unpredictable and critical, even with the resumption of military support from the United States - CNN

🇷🇺🇺🇦Not far from Zhitomir, NASA satellites are recording a large fire after night strikes.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Panorama of night arrivals in Lutsk.

The footage shows the work of Ukrainian mobile air defense groups on the Geraniums, and at 0:27 you can see the strike of an X-101 cruise missile with a cluster warhead and estimate the area of ​​its destruction.