#BREAKING Russia has carried out the largest prisoner swap involving the U.S., Germany, and three other Western countries since the Cold War with Turkish National Intelligence Agency (MIT) facilitation.

— According to the agreement, a total of 24 people were released.

— 8 Russian citizens suspected of links to Russian intelligence were extradited to Russia.

— The White House, State Department and CIA participated in negotiations between Russia and European countries.

American Prisoners to be Released:

— Evan Gershkovich: Wall Street Journal reporter arrested in March 2023, charged with espionage.
— Paul Whelan: Marine veteran arrested in December 2018, sentenced to 16 years for espionage charges.
— Alsu Kurmasheva: Russian-American radio journalist detained in June 2023 for allegedly spreading false information about the Russian army.

Other Prisoners Involved:

— At least 12 political prisoners held in Russia are expected to be released to Germany.
— Eight Russian nationals are to be returned to Russia, including some with suspected ties to Russian intelligence.
— Vadim Krasikov, a convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Germany, is expected to be part of the swap.
— Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Kremlin critic and Washington Post contributor, is expected to be flown to the U.S.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces have captured Veseloe (Pokrovsk direction) – Ukrainian sources have now confirmed, the Russian side claimed control a few hours ago.

Only 2,100 meters remain to Grodovka, the last large town before the vital city of Mirnograd.

Also with the current advance, Russia's 2024 summer counter-offensive has now captured exactly five times as much territory as Ukraine's 2023 summer counter-offensive.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Hassan Nasrallah has begun speaking.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "I extend my condolences and congratulations to our brothers in the Hamas movement and the Al-Qassam Brigades on the martyrdom of Brother Ismail Haniyeh."

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian forces captured Gorlivska Street, New York (Toretsk direction).

In the east, Russian troops advanced 1,400 metres, capturing an important Ukrainian fortification along the way.

The gap between the two fronts, central New York and east New York, is less than 2,000 meters. Ukrainian forces have a single operational road out for evacuations, the risk of encirclement is very high.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "The resistance movements’ leaders will be martyred, as will their mujahideen"

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "The resistance's leaders are being martyred, as are its fighters, men, women and children, and we are partners with Hamas in resistance and martyrdom"

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "We are partners with Hamas in resistance and martyrdom, and we will achieve the inevitable victory."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "We are in pain and patient and we face any tragedy with beautiful patience and acceptance of God’s will."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "What happened in the suburb was an aggression and not just an assassination"

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "The enemy stated days before its aggression that what it would do was a reaction, and we do not accept this assessment and description at all."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "What happened is part of the Israeli-American war on our region"

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "The enemy is committing the greatest deception and falsification by accusing our martyr of being the killer of the children of Majdal Shams"

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "We have nothing to do with the attack on Majdal Shams - this is a big lie by the enemy."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "Israel cannot accept the hypothesis that the cause of what happened in Majdal Shams was an Israeli interceptor missile."

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "I extend my condolences to the families of the martyrs in Majdal Shams"

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "Netanyahu wanted to use the assassination of Commander Fouad Shukr as an achievement for those who accuse him of failure"

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "We are paying the price for our support for Gaza and hundreds of our martyrs have been killed, including civilians"

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "We entered this battle believing in its morality, right, and importance"

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Israeli airstrike against Shama, southern Lebanon.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- Nasrallah: "We were not surprised and we will not be surprised by any price we might pay in this battle"