🇷🇺Many Ukrainian channels and the Western press were savoring some damage to the Russian nuclear submarine base in Avacha Bay as a result of the earthquake in Kamchatka.

Satellite images show that only the pier was damaged, which was slightly deformed by the wave. At the moment of the impact, there were no submarines moored at this pier.

🇺🇸🇷🇺❗️Trump stated that US nuclear submarines have become "closer to Russia"

All this followed Medvedev's statements about nuclear war.

Trump also said — "Putin wants to take over all of Ukraine, I think it will be very difficult for him. After the deadline, we will impose sanctions, but Putin handles them quite well. He knows how to avoid them".

🇮🇳🇷🇺🇺🇸The Government of India did not give orders to the oil refineries (OR) to stop purchasing Russian oil.

This was reported by TASS citing a source in the government.

🌐🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦US Representative to NATO Matt Whitaker:

Trump will impose devastating tariffs and sanctions against Russia on August 8.

Russia will have no friends left. It will have no trading partners. And its ability to finance this war will end.

🇺🇸🇮🇳🇷🇺Now even the American press states that India, despite Trump's threats, continues to purchase oil from Russia.

🇨🇳China's J-20 stealth fighter quietly flew through the Tsushima Strait in Japan — and no one reported it.

CCTV reports that an elite Chinese fighter unit now patrols the Tsushima Strait and the Bashi Channel.

Neither Japan nor South Korea reported the passage of the stealth fighter through one of Asia's most closely monitored chokepoints.

🇺🇦Ukraine may cease to exist as a state, if Ukrainian society does not decide what it wants and what needs to be done for this — head of the GUR Kyrylo Budanov

🇷🇺🇺🇦Today, strikes on the bridge in Kherson continued.

🇺🇸 Trump’s Domestic Use of Military Set to Get Worse, Leaked Memo Shows

A Department of Homeland Security memo obtained by TNR signals top-level discussions about a potential escalation of the Pentagon’s domestic anti-immigration role, and lays out new details.

President Donald Trump has already enmeshed the United States military in domestic law enforcement operations involving immigration to an unprecedented degree. He has authorized a major military buildup at the border. He has maximized the use of military planes for deportations, complete with the White House pumping out imagery of migrants getting frog-marched onto souped-up military aircraft. He sent the National Guard into Los Angeles amid large-scale protests there—and then sent in the Marines.

The memo lays out the need to persuade top Pentagon officials to get much more serious about using the military to combat illegal immigration—and not just at the border. It suggests that DHS is anticipating many more uses of the military in urban centers, noting that L.A.-style operations may be needed “for years to come.” And it likens the threat posed by transnational gangs and cartels to having “Al Qaeda or ISIS cells and fighters operating freely inside America,” hinting at a ramped-up militarized posture inside the interior.

The memo was authored by Philip Hegseth—the younger brother of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth—who is a senior adviser to Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem and DHS liaison officer to the Defense Department. As such it also sheds light on Hegseth the Younger’s role, which has been the subject of media speculation labeling him an obscure but influential figure in his brother’s MAGA orbit.

The upshot seems to be that DHS is urging top Pentagon officials to prioritize using the military against illegal immigration to a substantially greater and unprecedented degree, and that discussions are underway to accomplish that, with Defense Secretary Hegseth’s blessing.

🔗 https://newrepublic.com/article/198708/trump-military-anti-immigration-dhs-leaked-memo

🇺🇸 Fema denies grants to three Kentucky counties hit by devastating storms

Denials are latest by agency as Trump administration seeks to shift burden of disaster recovery to states

Fema officials claimed the areas did not suffer enough damage to merit federal support, in a letter issued to the governor on Tuesday.

Last week, Fema also rejected Maryland’s request for disaster assistance after near-record-level flooding in May destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses and tore into roads and public infrastructure, leaving close to $16m in damages.

Trump has called for dismantling the agency, part of the US Department of Homeland Security, and has already begun to cut funding in key areas. “We want to wean off of Fema, and we want to bring it back to the state level,” the president said, speaking from the Oval Office in June, noting his plans to promptly “give out less money” to states in recovery.

🔗 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/31/fema-denies-grants-kentucky-natural-disaster

🇺🇸🇷🇺Trump confirmed Whitkoff's visit to Russia this week

US President Donald Trump stated that his special envoy Steve Whitkoff may visit Russia on Wednesday or Thursday.

During his communication with journalists, he also reiterated that if Moscow does not agree to a ceasefire in Ukraine by Friday, he will impose sanctions.

🇪🇺🇷🇺⚡️Europeans have started moving to Russia more often due to disappointment with their governments' policies

It is noted that since Russia introduced a program for people who share traditional spiritual and moral values, about 1.5 thousand applications for temporary residence permits in the Russian Federation were submitted in July alone — the most from Germany. The Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger called this result "impressive."

Many want to move to Russia because they have lost faith in the West — Europeans consider the EU a "sinking ship".

🇺🇸🇷🇺❗️The nuclear submarines, which were previously ordered to be sent towards Russia, are already "where they are supposed to be," US President Donald Trump told reporters before flying to Washington from Bedminster (New Jersey).

"They are already in the region, where they are supposed to be," Trump said.