🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Ukrainian forces continue localized counter attacks in the Limen direction, with Russian troops now at serious risk of encirclement.

"Russian incompetence is showing immensely in this area, as Russia is seemingly pouring more troops into Yarova, deep into the pocket, rather than to relieve the chokehold near Kolodyazi and Shandryholove," - Hudson War Map.

Note, Russia suffered a disastrous encirclement in Limen once before, during the Ukrainian Kharkov counteroffensive of 2022.

Map by: Hudson War Map.

🇸🇴🇪🇹⚡- Ethiopia's Armed Forces, ENDF, withdraw from one of the largest forward operating bases actively used to combat al-Shabaab in Somalia - Buur Hakaba.

Buur Hakaba's ENDF base will be handed over to the Somalian military, ending Ethiopia's 12-year control over the vital military installation. The withdrawal comes amid intensified al-Shabaab military operations in the region, however Addis Ababa claims African Union's Mission to Somalia (AUSSOM) funding strains.

Note, relations between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu in the past 12 months have seriously deteriorated.

🇨🇴⚡️- A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has struck the western side of Colombia.

Injuries and severe damage have been reported in the city of Quibdo.

🇸🇦⚡- Saudi ARAMCO has pushed back the restart of its 400,000-bpd Jizan refinery until August 30 after the second Ansarullah attack on the facility on August 8.

The facility has remained shut since the initial Ansarullah attack on July 26.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- President of the Aden-based Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, Rashad al-Alimi, has travelled to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to meet with senior Saudi Royal officials.

🇾🇪🇸🇦⚡- "The stage of aggression without cost has ended, and the international community must support the government to end the threat posed by the Houthi militia.

The Houthi attack on Al-Mokha and its port targeted commercial ships and caused damage to the Saudi Hospital and service facilities.

We will not allow the Houthis to monopolize the decision to start a confrontation, nor its timing, location, scope, or termination.

You [to the Gulf Cooperation Council] asked us to give peace a chance, and today we ask you to give the [Aden-based Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council, PLC] state a chance as well," - Rashad al-Alimi, President of the PLC.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "I see that Representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran are asking for compensation for the damage done to them during the last five month Military Conflict (started because, THEY WILL NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON), even though it was never mentioned in any of our negotiations or meetings! But it is an interesting idea because now I am likewise demanding compensation from Iran, for all of the people that they have killed and gravely wounded with their roadside bombs and many conflicts, for which they are famous, as led initially by General Soleimani, including the families of those killed on the USS Cole, and thousands of others killed in combat. Additionally, compensation should be paid to the families of the hundreds of thousands of innocent protestors that Iran has killed over the last 50 years, not to mention the 52,000 that have been killed in the last five months. I have instructed my representatives to put this firmly into any, and all, future negotiations. Thank you for your attention to this matter," - President Trump on Truth Social.

🇷🇺⚡- Russia's Supreme Court has banned the only real opposition party, Yabloko, from participating in September's so-called 'democratic' parliamentary elections.

Yabloko Party had participated in every election, parliamentary and general, since 1993.

🇾🇪⚡- Ansarullah drones enter the airspace of Aden, capital of the Presidential Leadership Council controlled Yemen.

🇨🇴🇸🇾🇮🇱⚡- Colombia's new Abelardo de la Espriella's government has officially recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights.

🇾🇪⚡- Presidential Leadership Council forces attack Ansarullah positions around western Ma'rib, central Yemen, with rockets and artillery.

🇾🇪⚡- Air defenses are active over Aden, Presidential Leadership Council controlled Yemen.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "Also, with respect to the Iran negotiations, Iran should be responsible for the damages and death caused to the people of Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza!" - President Trump on Truth Social.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- “Trump will not reach an agreement, we will accompany him until his term ends.” - Majid Shakeri, advisor to Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf.

Iran has effectively stated that it will not reach an agreement to reopen the Strait of Hormuz until 2029 unless the United States unconditionally surrenders to its demands.

🇾🇪⚡- For the second time in three days, Ansarullah is attacking the port city of Mocha, Presidential Leadership Council controlled southwest Yemen.

🇱🇾⚡- Overnight, eastern Libya-based Libyan National Army's Director of Military Intelligence Fawzi al-Mansouri was assassinated in Benghazi.

🇩🇿🇳🇪⚡- In a major regional pivot, Algeria has armed Niger with four helicopters, including attack aircraft, to combat anti-state actors such as the terrorist group ISSP.

🇺🇸⚡- "FIFA would be making a terrible mistake if, for any reason, they even considered replacing President Gianni Infantino. He is fantastic, having just presided over the most successful World Cup, by four times, ever presented. If he is gone, it will never be as successful or profitable again! Thank you for your attention to this matter." - President Trump on Truth Social.