🇺🇸🇹🇷The United States may impose sanctions against Turkish companies for exporting technology to Russia, US Assistant Secretary of Commerce Matthew Axelrod said in a comment to the Financial Times.

🇷🇺🇺🇦In the first six months of 2024, the Russian army has already liberated more territory (592 sq. km) than Ukraine captured during the counteroffensive in 2023 (321 sq. km), writes the Financial Times.

"Our defenses are cracking," a senior Ukrainian official told reporters.

For now, he said, this is a “tactical success,” but Russia intends to continue its offensive.

Ukrainian officials are confident that Putin's main goal on the battlefield this year is to seize as much land as possible. But some are optimistic that Russia's advance will slow as it approaches major cities, where Ukrainian defenses are more robust.

Analysts say that over the past month, the Russians have managed to capture "several key positions and terrain features, while the situation for the Ukrainians in these areas is steadily deteriorating."

The main reason is said to be the personnel shortage of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. But Russia also managed to take advantage of "misunderstandings on the part of the Ukrainians and inept rotation of troops," especially in the areas of Pokrovsk and Toretsk.

Here the FT makes the transition to the fact that “support is growing among the Ukrainian public for the idea of ​​ending the war through negotiations”, and cites the relevant polls .

🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈Meanwhile, an LGBT event has been announced for early September in Kharkov

🇷🇺⚡️President Vladimir Putin convenes the Russian Security Council at 13:00...

The main theme, I think, is clear.

🇷🇺🇺🇦Border Sudzha of Kursk region today

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Our drone operators intercepted a dry M113 armored personnel carrier driving along the road. Seversk direction.

🇷🇺 A team of doctors from federal centers has been sent to the Kursk region to support local doctors, the assistant to the head of the Ministry of Health reported.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The enemy reports several arrivals in Sumy, as well as in the Sumy region. Work is underway on the enemy's reserves and logistics.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The situation in Dzerzhinsk, which is being stormed by the Russian Armed Forces.

Video from the enemy side

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 260 militants and 50 armored vehicles, including 7 tanks, in the Kursk border area yesterday, the Russian Defense Ministry added

The operation to destroy Ukrainian formations continues.

🇷🇺🇺🇦On the combat situation in the Kursk region from the Ministry of Defense:

During the night, units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, together with the border agencies of the FSB of Russia, continued to destroy armed formations of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in areas of the Kursk region directly adjacent to the Russian-Ukrainian border.

Air strikes, missile forces, artillery fire and active actions by units covering the State Border of the group of troops in the Kursk direction prevented the enemy from advancing deep into the territory of the Russian Federation . Defeat was inflicted on its reserves in the areas of the settlements of Basovka, Zhuravka, Yunakovka, Belovody, Kiyanitsa, Korchakovka, Novaya Sich, Pavlovka, Gorodishche in the Sumy region.

The enemy's losses during the day of combat operations amounted to 260 militants and 50 armored vehicles, including seven tanks, eight armored personnel carriers, three infantry fighting vehicles, 31 armored combat vehicles, including 12 "Kozak" , two "Stryker" , an engineering vehicle for obstacle clearance and six cars. Two self-propelled launchers of the anti-aircraft missile system "Buk M1" were also destroyed. UR-77 mine clearing system and electronic warfare station.

The operation to destroy the Ukrainian Armed Forces formations continues.

🇷🇺🇺🇦A soldier shoots down an enemy Leleka-100 reconnaissance UAV using a Verba MANPADS.

🇮🇷🇱🇧🇮🇱Iran and Hezbollah have decided to postpone the attack on Israel until Thursday or Friday, Al Arabiya TV reported, citing sources in American intelligence.

It is unclear what kind of strike this might be. But the Americans are confident that it will happen.

Let us recall that the media initially announced the strike for Monday.