🇷🇺⚡The State Duma adopted a law on the right of the Russian Guard to be armed with military equipment, including heavy equipment.

The trend towards the return of the National Guard to the level of armament of the Internal Troops continues.

🇷🇺 President Putin on the grain deal:

— The grain deal was concluded exactly a year ago, on July 22, 2022. We extended this deal again and again, showed miracles of endurance and patience;

- Nobody [in the West] was going to fulfill the agreements, they just constantly demanded something from Russia. Just outright arrogance;

- The authority was undermined, among other things, by the leadership of the UN secretariat, which acted as a guarantor of the grain deal. I believe that the UN staff sincerely sought to fulfill all the promises made by the West, but they could not achieve anything, they did practically nothing to ensure the normal operation of the deal;

- The West did everything to derail the grain deal, spared no effort;

— The withdrawal from the sanctions of Russian exports of grain and fertilizers to world markets has not been completed. Moreover, Russia is being hindered even from donating Russian fertilizers to the poorest countries;

- Russia will replace Ukrainian grain in the food market both commercially and free of charge;

— The continuation of the grain deal in its current form has lost all meaning. Starting from July 18, its implementation was completed;

- Russia will consider the possibility of returning to the grain deal only if all the principles of Russia's participation in this deal, without exception, are fully taken into account and implemented.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 From July 20, all ships in the Odessa region and the remaining coast of Ukraine will be considered as military targets.

Official statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

In connection with the termination of the Black Sea Initiative and the curtailment of the maritime humanitarian corridor, from 00:00 Moscow time on July 20, 2023, all ships en route to Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea will be considered as potential carriers of military cargo.

Accordingly, the flag countries of such vessels will be considered involved in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of the Kyiv regime.

In addition, a number of sea areas in the northwestern and southeastern parts of the international waters of the Black Sea have been declared temporarily dangerous for navigation. Relevant informational warnings about the withdrawal of safety guarantees to seafarers have been issued in accordance with the established procedure.

This is really good news.

🇪🇺🌾 Its insane to me how Western leaders are obsessive about poll numbers and headlines. They freak out whenever either gives a negative signal. Yet rising food prices, which can contribute to social unrest, and completely demolishes support for incumbents, are politely ignored.

- Philip Pilkington

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️At least 10 foreign cargo ships are now in the ports of Nikolaev and Odessa, they have time to leave before midnight, otherwise Russia may consider them involved in a military conflict on the side of Ukraine, writes Mash.

The ships sail under the flags of African and Asian states. Three of them are registered in Liberia, two in Hong Kong, two in Palau. One more in the Caymans, Belize and Panama.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇺🇲 Russia announced a naval blockade of Ukraine: the United States is not ready to announce any measures to support the movement of ships to Ukrainian ports after the statements of the Russian Defense Ministry

This was stated at a briefing by White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
Earlier today, the Russian Defense Ministry effectively declared a naval blockade of Ukraine, Kyiv media reported anxiously.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 US not ready to announce any measures to support ship traffic to Ukrainian ports after Russian Defense Ministry statements - White House

Türkiye will not escort ships with grain at the request of Ukraine - Bloomberg

Well, that's actually all the "meaningful answers" on this topic.

We are waiting for the night. Apparently, the Black Sea ports of the territory controlled by Kyiv are waiting for the next series of strikes, after which it will be possible to finally talk about a "grain deal" only in the past tense.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 FAB-500M62 gliding bomb strikes with UMPC on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Nova Kakhovka.

🇮🇶🇸🇪 Hundreds of protesters against the burning of a copy of the Qur'an, carried out recently with the consent of the Stockholm authorities, seized and set fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad. The embassy staff were not injured.

🇷🇺🇺🇦🇸🇮 The destruction of the M-55S tank delivered from Slovenia by an unnamed high-precision artillery ammunition in the Svatovo direction.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Not a single cargo ship will call at the ports of Ukraine on the Black Sea after the termination of the grain deal, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, admitted on the air of the Rada TV channel.

"Not a single country will dare to send its ships [to the ports of Ukraine]. And this is not a question of ships, this is a question of insurance companies," Podolyak said.

🇦🇺🇺🇦🇷🇺 An Australian TV channel showed a story about foreign mercenaries fleeing Ukraine: they are simply afraid.

“What is it like on the front lines now? At the zero line?

- At "zero" horror. Just awful. It's just genocide. It's creepy there. Dead people everywhere. Corpses of Ukrainian soldiers. They were just left there. Just left there and I don't know why.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Attack helicopter Ka-52 with the help of ATGM "Whirlwind" knocked out an enemy tank. Then the second tank of the Armed Forces of Ukraine arrived to evacuate the first one and was also hit. South-Donetsk direction

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Clearing debris at the site of the Odesa Seaport Administration and the neighboring Vostok Bank, destroyed by a nighttime missile attack on the Ukrainian port infrastructure.