Inside the Iraqi Parliament, showing the number of pro-Sadr demonstrators who managed to break into the building today #Iraq

First official video of the launch of the new DF-17 mobile hypersonic tactical ballistic missile. #China

#China's HQ-22 air defense system heading to the exercise area in Fujian province, just 120 km from #Taiwan.

USA Navy aircraft and ships are located near #Taiwan

⚡️#Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation in #Ukraine July 30,2022

▫️The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue the special military operation in Ukraine.

💥High-precision air-based weapons in the evening of July 28, destroyed military train at Krasnoarmeisk station in Donetsk People's Republic carrying elite assault battalion of 1st Separate Brigade of the Ukrainian president.

▫️More than 140 nationalists were killed. About 250 more fighters were wounded to varying degrees of severity. All military equipment is out of action.

💥On July 29, high-precision air-based weapons hit temporary deployment point of the 110th mechanized brigade of AFU near Yasnobrodovka, Donetsk People's Republic. The strike destroyed up to 30 servicemen, military equipment and depot with rockets for Grad combat vehicles.

💥High-precision weapons of the Russian Aerospace Forces hit temporary deployment point of 14th mechanized brigade of AFU near Artemovsk. The compound suffered losses of up to 50 servicemen and 8 pieces of military equipment.

💥High-precision Iskander missiles hit temporary deployment point of Kraken nationalist group, equipped in the hangars of local meat-processing plant near Bogodukhov, Kharkov Region. The attacks have resulted in the elimination of up to 30 nationalists and 10 units of military equipment.

💥Operational-tactical and army aviation, missile troops and artillery strikes continue against military facilities in Ukraine.

▫️8 command posts were hit, including those of 80th Airborne Assault Brigade near Seversk and 72nd Mechanized Brigade near Artemovsk in Donetsk People's Republic, as well as 256 areas of enemy manpower and military equipment concentration.

▫️3 depots of missile and artillery weapons and ammunition of 72nd Mechanized Brigade near Artemovsk and 24th Mechanized Brigade near Soledar in Donetsk People's Republic have been destroyed.

✈️💥1 MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian air force has been shot down near Krivoi Rog by the Russian Aerospace Forces' fighter aircraft.

▫️In addition, 1 US-made AN/TPQ-36A counter-battery radar station near Nikiforovka in Donetsk People's Republic and 1 US-made AN/TPQ-37 counter-battery radar station near Novovontsovka in Kherson Region were also destroyed.

💥As part of counter-battery fighting, 2 American M777 howitzers near Stepnogorsk, Zaporozhye Region, and hit 1 battery of Uragan multiple rocket launchers near Kurdyumovka, 2 artillery batteries of Giatsint-B howitzers in Kodema and Bilaya Gora areas in Donetsk People's Republic were destroyed.

▫️6 platoons of Grad MLRS, 2 batteries of Gvozdika self-propelled artillery mounts, 3 artillery platoons of D-20 guns, 4 artillery platoons of D-30 guns at firing positions were suppressed near Seversk, Paraskovieivka, Zvanovka, Razdolovka, Novgorodskoye, Dzerzhinsk, Orlovka, Kamyshevakha, Kurakhovo in Donetsk People's Republic, Druzhnoye, Gulyai Polye in Zaporozhye Region, Shirokoe, Malaya Korenikha, Kirovo, Kalinovka and Bereznevatoye in Nikolaev Region.

💥Russian air defence means have shot down 13 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Brazhkovka, Glubokoye, Donetskoye, Novaya Dmitrovka, Velika Kamyshevakha, Chervona Husarovka, Izyum, Petropavlovka in Kharkov Region, Peski in Donetsk People's Republic and Kherson.

▫️In addition, 6 shells of multiple-launch rocket launchers have been intercepted in the air over Novaya Kakhovka, Chervonyi Mayak and 2 Tochka-U ballistic missiles near Staraya Mayachka, Kherson Region.

📊In total, 261 Ukrainian airplanes and 145 helicopters, 1,644 unmanned aerial vehicles, 361 anti-aircraft missile systems, 4,190 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 772 multiple launch rocket systems, 3,217 field artillery and mortars, as well as 4,573 units of special military vehicles were destroyed during the operation.

#MoD #Russia #Ukraine #report

Meanwhile Taiwanese Armed Forces are conducting exercises called Han Kuang, across the #Taiwan Strait

#Guatemala's president, Alejandro Giammattei, suffered an assassination attempt

Ukrainians from the 63rd brigade hoped to freely pass through the fields-meadows to the territory of the #Kherson region.
But they didn't know that the Russians had already been there, the saboteurs had found a way.

⚡️ The Russian Federation, officially invited experts from the #UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross on the interests of conducting an objective investigation of the attack on the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka, which led to the death of a large number of Ukrainian prisoners of war

#Ministry of Defense #Russia #Ukraine

Venezuelan authorities have blasted the latest court ruling in the struggle for control over 31 tonnes of gold stored in the Bank of #England (BoE).

On Friday, the High Court of England and Wales decided in favor of opposition politician Juan Guaidó and dismissed a new effort by the Venezuelan Central Bank (BCV) to regain control over the reserves worth an estimated US $1.7 billion.

Caracas had brought to court the Venezuelan Supreme Court decrees stating that the parallel BCV board appointed by the US-backed opposition was illegal. However, judge Sara Cockerill decreed that the British Court could not recognize the rulings made by Venezuela’s highest judicial instance.

https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15575

Russian and Syrian forces have conducted large-scale tactical exercises involving ground, air and naval branches of the military. #Russia #Syria

The defense chiefs for #USA and South #Korea have agreed to enlarge their planned exercise amid increasing tensions with North Korea

USA and South Korean defense chiefs have agreed to expand their joint military exercise planned for later this year, setting the stage to deploy more of Washington’s strategic weapons on the peninsula amid increased saber-rattling in Pyongyang.
The drill, likely to be called Ulchi Freedom Shield, will be integrated with a civil defense exercise and upgraded to what Seoul considers its highest level of drill, according to a statement by the South Korean Defense Ministry. Meeting on Friday in Washington, Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin and South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup also agreed to strengthen the “deterrence posture” of their alliance, “including the deployment of ballistic missile defense systems and US strategic assets to the Korean Peninsula.”
The talks came one day after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un warned that his country’s “nuclear war deterrent” was “fully ready” to respond to threats. Pyongyang has launched a slew of missile tests this year and may be poised to conduct its first nuclear weapon test since September 2017.
Lee and Austin “made it clear that if North Korea conducts its seventh nuclear test, despite opposition from the international community, the ROK [South Korea] and the United States will resolutely and jointly respond based on a strong combined defense posture,” the defense ministry said.
North Korea has long issued threats over US-South Korean defense drills, calling them rehearsals for invasion. This week, Kim called the joint drills “thug-like behavior” and threatened to “wipe out” Seoul if the ROK makes any “dangerous attempt” against the North. In a speech marking the 69th anniversary of the armistice that halted the 1950-1953 Korean War, he accused South Korea of seeking a “suicidal confrontation” to deepen ties with “the US imperialists.”
South Korea has sought to deepen military ties with the US since newly elected President Yoon Suk-yeol took office in May. Yoon said at the time that joint military drills were “key to our combined defense capability.” The new president also has been an advocate for stationing US nuclear weapons in South Korea.
While Seoul has sought more firepower from Washington, the US has pushed for more cooperation between South Korea and Japan, which have clashed in recent years over trade and territorial issues, as well as longstanding vitriol over atrocities during the 1910-1945 Japanese occupation of the peninsula.
At Friday’s meeting, Austin and Lee “agreed on the importance of cooperating trilaterally with Japan and enhancing regional cooperation that protects shared security and prosperity, upholds common values, and bolsters the rules-based international order,” the Pentagon said in a separate statement.

The Seoul-Tokyo relationship may have been strained further this week, when South Korea conducted military drills near disputed islands between the countries.

Chilean exercise MATATOA is a training organized by the Chilean Navy that aims to practice, in a coastal environment, Special Forces techniques between different Institutions. #Chile

Chinese Air Force Xi'an Flight Academy organized ground target live ammunition training. #china

Royal Australian Navy conducts a replenishment-at-sea with USSEssex during #RIMPAC2022.

#Pakistan’s Interior Ministry has reported 434 terror attacks on its security forces in the first half of 2022. At least 323 soldiers were reportedly killed and 700+ officers injured.

Islamabad has been in peace talks with the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) in the country - but splinter cells have apparently gone rogue and have continued targeted attacks.

Navy Day is celebrated today in #Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin greets participants in the Main Naval Parade in St. Petersburg.

The Black Sea Fleet headquarters in #Sevastopol, Crimea was attacked by Ukraine, Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev wrote on his Telegram channel on Sunday morning. Five people were injured in a strike presumably carried out by a drone, he added.
The attack took place on Russia’s Navy Day. Razvozhayev said that all celebrations have been canceled for safety reasons.

Mohamed VI praises his armed forces for "defending territorial integrity" and acknowledges war deaths in Western Sahara #Morocco

Hezbollah's renewed warning to the Zionists

Moments ago, the Islamic Resistance of Lebanon warned by publishing a video that work platform and all the ships of the Zionist regime in the Mediterranean Sea are among the targets of the Lebanese Islamic Resistance Forces, Hezbollah.