On the beach in Fujian Province, a convoy of infantry fighting vehicles ZTD-05 of the Marine Corps of the PLA Navy was seen.

Bloomberg: “The US should give up any attempt to play the Taiwan card,” says Hua Chunying, spokesperson for China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a briefing ahead of an expected visit by Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.

MOSCOW, August 2 - RIA Novosti. The United States is directly involved in the hostilities in Ukraine, this is confirmed by the words of the deputy head of Ukrainian military intelligence about the coordination of the goals of artillery strikes, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing.
"No other confirmation of the direct involvement of the United States in the hostilities on the territory of Ukraine is required. The supply of weapons is accompanied not only by instructions on its use, but in this case they perform the function of the target setters in their purest form," the diplomat noted.

She stressed that "nothing else needs to be known how far they (the United States) are distanced from the situation."
The Ministry of Defense also commented on the interview of the Ukrainian general. As the official representative of the department, Igor Konashenkov, noted, these words were recorded there and will be taken into account.
"No one else in Ukraine and in the world should have any doubts that HIMARS missile attacks on Novaya Kakhovka on July 12, on Stakhanov on July 17, on Krasny Luch on July 24, dozens of missile attacks on Donetsk and, of course, on July 29 on pre-trial detention centre in Yelenovka, which killed 50 and maimed 73 Ukrainian prisoners of war, was planned by the Zelensky regime and approved by Washington.” Stated the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defence Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov during a briefing

The day before, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, Vadym Skibitsky, said in an interview with Telegraph that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are consulting with the United States before attacking the Donbass from the American HIMARS MLRS. According to him, Washington can cancel the attack if "they are not satisfied with the intended target." Skibitsky at the same time refused to directly answer the question of whose satellite images the Ukrainian military uses for such strikes.

At the end of July, 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed and 73 were injured as a result of a Ukrainian strike from HIMARS on a detention centre in Yelenovka in the DPR. As the head of the republic, Denis Pushilin, pointed out, nationalists who were hiding on Azovstal were kept there. He called the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine deliberate, as the militants began to testify.
Russia called on experts from the UN and the Red Cross to investigate the incident.
After the start of the Russian special military operation on February 24 to protect the Donbass, the United States and its allies increased the supply of military equipment to Ukraine. US President Joe Biden signed a bill to provide the Kyiv regime with military, economic and humanitarian assistance in the amount of about $40 billion.
Last week, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, said that military supplies only prolong the conflict, prolong the agony of the Kyiv regime and multiply the victims.

MOSCOW, August 2 - RIA Novosti. The Russian military continues to liberate the territory of the Donetsk People's Republic, recently they have liberated six settlements there, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a conference call.
"After taking control of the territory of the Lugansk People's Republic, the Donetsk People's Republic is planned to be liberated. Recently, the settlements of Grigorovka, Berestovoye, Stryapovka, Pokrovskoye, Semigorye and Novoluganskoye have been liberated. The Uglegorsk thermal power plant, the largest in Europe, with a design capacity of three thousand 600 megawatts, has come under our control." said the general of the army.

MOSCOW, August 2 - RIA Novosti. Presidents of Russia and Turkey Vladimir Putin and Tayyip Erdogan will discuss the international agenda and bilateral cooperation at a meeting in Sochi, said press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.
"This is the economy, the discussion of regional problems, this is Syria, this is Ukraine, and a good opportunity to "synchronize watches" on the effectiveness of this mechanism for the export of grain from Ukrainian ports, how effectively it works, to see, but also to exchange views on world affairs ", he told reporters.

The Kremlin spokesman added that the agenda was "very, very tense."
The previous talks between the leaders of the two countries were held on July 19 in Tehran as part of the summit in the Astana format. They also met with Iranian Rahbar Ali Khamenei and President Ibrahim Raisi.

German Foreign Minister: Berlin will help Taiwan in case of "China's aggression"

Chairman of the Federation Council Commission on Information Policy Alexei Pushkov appreciated the statement of German Foreign Minister Annalena Berbock that Berlin "will help Taiwan in the event of aggression from China."

“The leaders of Germany live in the illusion that they can go into conflict with the two leading powers of the world, throw money away and to distant countries, and the state of Germany itself will not suffer from this at all.

But it is already suffering and will suffer more: ideological mirages and “battles for democracy” are expensive,” Pushkov stressed.

BP profits TREBLE to 14-year high of £6.9bn due to surge in oil and gas prices: Energy giant will hand BILLIONS to shareholders as families face soaring bills amid cost-of-living crisis

- BP has revealed second-quarter profits more than trebled to a 14-year high
- Profits at 8.5 billion US dollars (£6.9 billion) for the three months to June 30
- This up from 2.8 billion US dollars (£2.3 billion) a year ago, the oil company said
- It comes as households face an energy bill of £3,615 this winter, analysis says
- Jacob Rees-Mogg said you need a 'profitable' energy sector to 'extract energy'
- Rachel Reeves said bills are soaring while BP enjoys 'eye-watering profits'

Who said that life is hard? Certainly not for everyone.

In addition to Chinese planes flying close to the median line of the strait, several Chinese warships have sailed near the unofficial dividing line since Monday, the source told Reuters. Chinese warships and aircraft "squeezed" the median line on Tuesday morning, the source said, an unusual move the person described as "very provocative."

Chinese aircraft repeatedly conducted tactical moves of briefly "touching" the median line and circling back to the other side of the strait on Tuesday morning, while Taiwanese aircraft were on standby nearby, the person said.

The Chinese planes left the area in the afternoon, but the vessels remained, the person said.

Neither side's aircraft normally cross the median line.

Taiwan's Defence Ministry said in a statement it has a full grasp of the military activities and will appropriately dispatch forces in reaction to any "enemy threats".

Taipei residents gather around Songshan Airport to wait for Pelosi's special flight to land

According to the media from Taiwan, everything is ready in the main state institutions for the arrival of the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the US Congress, Nancy Pelosi. As many websites reported, a red carpet was laid in Taiwan's parliament.

🇨🇳⚡New Video emerges of Tank units being moved by transport trucks from Fuzhou Depot of People's Liberation Army (PLA) located in the city, which is in Central Fujian.

Sadly Pelosi's plane just landed in Taiwan ⬇️⬆️

Nancy Pelosi plane lands in Taiwan
#PelosiTaiwan
#China