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Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine on the night of 29-30 July. Ukrainian air defence wiped out 320 out of 358 air assets; the attack is still ongoing.

Laos's small modular reactor plan with Russia risks contaminating the Mekong's rice-growing floodplains and the region's food security The post Upstream nuclear, downstream rice: ecological MAD on the Mekong appeared first on Asia Times .

The spa season is in full swing. The first guests are arriving at the renovated Sadové Spa in Teplice these days, as the spa building has been closed since November. In recent years, people have been coming to Teplice mainly for its healing water, particularly Czechs.

A drone attack on the Russian city of Penza sparked a fire at a Wildberries logistics centre. Employees were evacuated and air-raid sirens sounded across the city.

Ukraine's General Staff has updated data on Russian losses: Russia lost 1,360 soldiers killed and wounded over the past day.

Five people, including a child, were injured in an overnight Russian attack on Kyiv Oblast on 30 July. A house was partially destroyed.

One person was killed and two injured in a Russian missile attack on Kyiv overnight, which also sparked several fires across the city.

A Russian missile strike on a house in a suburb of Kryvyi Rih has killed six people, including two children, and injured eight others. Rescue efforts are ongoing.

A Russian missile strike on a residential area near Kryvyi Rih killed six people, including three children, and injured eight others.

Kada Putinovi portparoli govore o nečemu, za to uvek postoji razlog. Rusi ponovo imaju razloga za zabrinutost, piše u analizi za Centar za evropske analize Džulija Dejvis, kolumnistkinja lista The Daily Beast i osnivačica projekta Russian Media Monitor.

A group of drones struck another logistics center belonging to Wildberries overnight Thursday, July 30, this time in Russia’s Penza region.

Russia repeatedly attacks Ukrainian cities with missiles. Air defense is overwhelmed – and cannot fully repel the next wave of attacks at night. The death toll rises.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had announced the day before that the Russian army was preparing a large-scale barrage. These Russian attacks resulted in at least six deaths in Kryvyi Rih and one victim in Kyiv, according to local authorities.

Polish forces scrambled combat aircraft, placed air defense systems on heightened alert, and briefly activated air raid sirens in Lublin overnight Thursday in response to a massive Russian air attack on Ukraine.

Russian air strikes killed at least 13 in Ukraine on Thursday, including one in Kyiv, in attacks extending as far as the western city of Lviv, forcing neighbouring Poland to scramble fighter jets to secure its airspace. The attacks come as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy returns from the United States, where he said President Donald Trump […]

Ukrainian drones struck Wildberries marketplace warehouses in Penza Oblast and Udmurtia during the night of July 30, the company reported.

An unidentified object was detected in Polish airspace during the night into Thursday. The Polish defense has found what is likely the crash site, writes Reuters. The object was registered during the night, and the presumed impact area is said to be near the town of Tarnawa-Kolonia in the Lublin province in eastern Poland, according to the operational command of the Polish defense on X.

One person was killed and two others were injured in a Russian attack on Kyiv, which also sparked fires in two districts of the capital.

The total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine from February 24, 2022, to July 30, 2026, have reached approximately 1,444,810 personnel, including 1,360 troops killed or wounded over the past 24 hours.

Five people, including a child, were injured in Russia's overnight attack on the Kyiv region, while a private home in the Brovary district was partially destroyed.

The fronts are clearly distinct, but cooperation between Russia and Iran on one hand, and between Ukraine and Gulf countries on the other hand, shows the growing interconnection of the two major conflicts being waged in Europe and the Middle East.

Delays in sunflower oil shipments from Russia and Ukraine push the world's largest buyer towards palm, soy and South American supplies amid weak domestic crops

The new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mikhail Drapatyi, inherited a difficult situation on the frontlines from his predecessor Alexander Syrsky. In the first half of the year, the Ukrainian army managed to contain the advance of the Russian Armed Forces in the northern part of Donbas, but in recent weeks Russian troops have accelerated their push toward their main objective — the Kramatorsk and Sloviansk agglomeration. Ukraine's own long-term offensive in the east of Zaporizhzhia region, although it halted the Russian Armed Forces' advance to the west, did not achieve decisive objectives (but its new phase looks promising).

Analysis from the Defence24 portal, via Rador: The latest reiteration of the idea that Poland, Hungary and Romania could eventually annex territories from western Ukraine should not be treated as a new Russian analysis or as an authentic territorial scenario. It is merely an older information operation by the Kremlin, used in […] © G4Media.ro .

Removal of Soviet-era statues sped up when Russia seized Crimea in 2014, and since Putin’s 2022 invasion has moved at pace as Ukrainians question their identity Since 2013 the plinth at the bottom of Taras Shevchenko Boulevard in Kyiv has been eerily empty. The scruffy monument is daubed in white paint and graffiti. Someone has stuck a Ukrainian trident where Lenin once stood, gazing down during the years of Soviet communism.

A series of explosions occurred in Kyiv during Russia's ballistic missile strikes, and air raid alerts were also issued throughout Ukrainian territory.

Russian strikes killed at least eight people and wounded more than a dozen others across Ukraine, authorities said, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of Russia launching another massive attack overnight.

On the front page of the press this Thursday, July 30th, reactions to the expulsion order in France against pro-Kremlin propagandist Xenia Fedorova, who announces she intends to appeal. The repression of all dissenting voices in Russia, where propaganda is breaking down. The devastating consequences of the heat wave in Europe.

Authorities: 15 injured in attack on Lviv +++ New Ukrainian attack on online retailer Wildberries +++ Russia apparently preparing extended diesel export ban +++ The news blog.

In response to Russian attacks, Ukraine is pursuing drone attacks against strategic sites, such as during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday against oil refineries and logistics facilities in several Russian cities, notably in Perm, over 2,000 km from the front line. Despite its lack of Patriot missiles to protect its own sky, Kyiv is increasingly relying on its long-range drones to bring the war into Russia. A recent shift in Ukrainian strategy that is beginning to weigh on Moscow.

Fifteen people have been injured in a Russian missile strike on Lviv. Rescue teams are searching for people believed to be trapped under the rubble of a damaged residential building.

At least seven dead were claimed by attacks that the Russian army carried out overnight into Thursday in various parts of Ukraine. On the outskirts of Kryvyi Rih, according to the commander of the city's military administration Oleksandr Vilkul, an Iskander-M missile directly hit a family house and killed six people, including two children.

Russian invasion has already taken the lives of more than 750 Ukrainian athletes and coaches, with nearly two dozen more sitting in Russian prisons. This is why Ukrainians are loudly criticizing recent calls from the International Olympic Committee to gradually lift restrictions imposed on Russian and Belarusian athletes. The iROZHLAS.cz website editorial spoke with the wives of two captured Ukrainian athletes – kayaker Oleksandr and kung-fu master Oleh.

Cyberattacks, the purchase of votes and protesters, energy blackmail and manipulation on social media from Moscow seek to break the will of Chisinau

Russia repeatedly attacks Ukrainian cities with missiles. Air defense is overwhelmed - and must fend off the next wave of attacks during the night. The president had warned of this beforehand.

On rainy days I wonder if future historians will describe our time as "The Sleepwalkers". At the same time, there is reason to be hopeful: Europe has come together. But to achieve success, we must now also settle accounts with a number of old misunderstandings about Russia.

PHUKET — 27 July 2026, police have obtained an arrest warrant for a 47-year-old Russian man accused of breaking into a currency exchange shop at a major shopping mall and stealing around 600,000 baht in cash. The burglary took place on 19 July at a foreign currency exchange shop inside a major shopping mall in […] The post Russian suspect wanted for 600,000 baht Phuket mall safe theft appeared first on Khaosod English .

At least six people were killed in a Russian attack on a village on the outskirts of Kryvyi Rih overnight into Thursday. – A residential building was hit, and two girls aged five and 12, as well as four adults were killed, according to Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the military administration in the region. In addition, at least one person was killed in the capital Kyiv.

Diana Bucko is a front-line reporter who has been mapping events in front-line cities and directly on the front for four years now. Her latest report was dedicated to the city of Dobropillia, which is becoming another main target of the Russian offensive. "We shot our last report from Dobropillia on May 30th.

As of today, there are already 20 Russian soldiers in Ukrainian captivity who have surrendered to the Defense Forces for a second time.

Two apartment buildings were damaged in a Russian missile attack on Lviv, with six people reportedly injured, as rescue workers continue emergency operations.

Two children and four adults were killed after a Russian missile struck a private home in a suburb of Kryvyi Rih, while eight other people were injured.

US President urges lawmakers to expand the Russia sanctions legislation to include broad tariff powers against Iran as the measure heads to the House

Lithuania is offering to share with the Philippines the tools and methods it's built up over decades of countering Russian and Chinese "hybrid threats," its foreign minister said during a visit to Manila. 

Fires across the Ukrainian capital after ballistic missile attack, while Kyiv’s forces continue cross-border attacks with another Wildberries warehouse hit Russian strikes on Kyiv killed at least one person, authorities said on Thursday, after the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, issued a warning ahead of Moscow launching another massive attack. “Sadly, one death has been confirmed,” the Kyiv city military administration announced. Kyiv mayor, Vitali Klitschko, reported fires in several districts of the city.

Following attacks on refineries, Ukraine has now focused on the online retailer Wildberries in its defensive fight against the Russian invasion. There are several reasons for this.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara says the number includes those whose deaths are thought to be linked to the aftermath of the earthquake

The founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov, faces criminal charges in Russia, accused of allowing Ukraine's secret services to use the platform to coordinate attacks against the country. This marks a significant escalation in the cyber-information warfare aspect of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, with implications for a major global communications platform.

An Indian research institute noted that discounted Russian crude oil imports have lowered India's energy import costs, improved energy security, and helped keep domestic inflation in check.

The European Union adopted its 21st sanctions package against Russia on July 23, and the U.S. Senate advanced legislation on July 28 targeting Russia's energy sector, as Western nations continue efforts to undermine Russia's ability to sustain its war in Ukraine.

Senior Russian officials have warned President Vladimir Putin that the economic costs of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine are straining the national budget and could lead to a significant treasury deficit, highlighting growing internal concerns about the war's financial sustainability.

An opinion piece references upcoming 2026 reports from V-Dem, Freedom House, and International IDEA suggesting that autocracies are strengthening in the West, citing Russian election interference and figures like Trump, Musk, and Thiel as examples.

The Khuzestan province’s deputy governor told Fars that a missile strike was delivered on areas in the vicinity of the city

A Russian air strike on Kyiv killed at least one person, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia had prepared a massive attack on the Ukrainian capital.

Moscow is expected to soon formally approve naming an uninhabited island in the Lesser Kurils after a spy who operated in Japan before the Pacific War, a symbolic gesture likely to strain Russia-Japan relations over the disputed territory.

An analytical piece notes that among 36 major global conflicts tracked by the British International Institute for Strategic Studies, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war in Iran are highlighted for their wide geopolitical scope.

Rodion Miroshnik separately said that Vladimir Zelensky wanted to get rid of the now former prime minister, Yulia Sviridenko, as she "wouldn’t be able to get anything new from the "Western partners"

Russian forces launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv overnight, killing at least one person and causing fires in several districts as air raid sirens sounded across the capital.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi warned that Russia was preparing another large-scale attack, and air strikes were reported in various parts of the country, signaling a fresh surge in the ongoing conflict.

The counterintelligence of the Security Service of Ukraine detained two agents of the Russian Federation’s special services in the Donetsk region who are suspected of coordinating strikes on Kramatorsk and Lyman.

Russian forces attacked the city of Kyiv with missiles on the night of 29-30 July, causing debris to fall and fires to break out across the city.

A Rússia atacou esta noite as cidades ucranianas de Kiev, Dnipro e Kryvyi Rih. Ainda, a Arábia Saudita quer uma coligação internacional para proteger a navegação no Mar Vermelho.

Analysts have noted the sharing of AI-manipulated videos in pro-Russian Telegram channels, underscoring the increasing use of artificial intelligence in digital disinformation campaigns.

The dissident journalist: "The objective is to modify the behavior of Russian citizens, accustoming them to rely less on mobile Internet and not to film the attacks"

Greece's Women's U20 national team defeated the Netherlands on penalties after a dramatic draw to reach the Pythia Cup 2026 final against Russia. The post Greece Defeat Netherlands in Thrilling Pythia Cup Semi-Final appeared first on Greek City Times .

Night into Thursday, explosions were heard in the capital Kyiv in Ukraine, according to an AFP journalist. Air sirens are sounding, and the population is being urged to get to the nearest shelter, reports the head of the military administration in Kyiv. "The enemy is attacking the capital with ballistic missiles.

The Russian state-sponsored hacking group Laundry Bear, also known as Void Blizzard, is exploiting an Exchange Outlook Web Access vulnerability in email campaigns to deliver a sophisticated backdoor called OWAReaper. [...]

According to the metropolitan, the only fingerprints found on the wraps were those of the police officer who claimed to have ‘discovered’ them there

Ukrainian authorities triggered an alert for Russian missiles in the Ukrainian capital, where powerful explosions were heard shortly after. "The Russians prepared a massive attack a few days ago, and there is a strong probability that the strike will be carried out tonight," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned on X Wednesday evening.

On July 18, Ukrainian forces began striking the logistics warehouses of Wildberries, Russia’s largest online marketplace. By July 29, drones had hit 11 of the marketplace’s warehouses. Much of the stock burned, and sellers suffered losses — some of them losing millions of rubles.

Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has temporarily suspended his own decree transferring Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) to Brazil, the Moscow Patriarchate said on its website.

The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, the committee reported, challenging a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reinstate the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).

Soldiers from the Lasar’s Group strike drone unit of the National Guard of Ukraine have shot down a Russian ZALA Z-20 reconnaissance drone at an altitude of 6,400 meters, setting one of the highest successful drone interception records.

Amid Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged Hasidic pilgrims planning to travel to Uman to take into account that the Ukrainian authorities cannot guarantee the full safety of foreign nationals.

Explosions were heard overnight from Wednesday to Thursday in Kyiv following a missile alert. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had said shortly earlier that he expected a massive attack from Russia.

Russia has reported, without ​providing evidence, that it has attacked two vessels that were being used to ​transport ​military ​supplies to Ukraine.

Brazil overtook Russia and Belgium in the first five months of this year to become the world’s largest importer of Chinese cars, buying US$5.2 billion worth of vehicles as brands raced to land shipments before a tariff increase took effect in July. The figure, drawn from Chinese customs data, is up 146.9 per cent from the US$2.1 billion recorded a year earlier, when Brazil ranked sixth among buyers. Russia bought US$5 billion over the same months this year and Belgium purchased US$3.8...

Cisco is warning that a high-severity Secure Firewall Management Center (FMC) static credential vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-20316, was actively exploited in zero-day attacks to gain unauthorized access to vulnerable devices. [...]

The warning comes as Kyiv pushes its allies for additional Patriot interceptor missiles, which Ukraine says are crucial to countering a surge in Russian ballistic missile attacks.

According to Andrey Marochko, after Svetloye’s liberation, Russian forces have gained control of more than ten square kilometers of territories that had been occupied by Ukrainian troops

A lawsuit filed by Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman against the Netherlands over the impact of European Union sanctions could become an important test of the EU's sanctions policy, according to Dutch lawyer and Russia sanctions expert Helen Over de Linden.

The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine announced the filing of a complaint with the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne. The Ukrainian side intends to appeal the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) that restored the activities of the Olympic Committee of Russia (OCR).

New Ukrainian attack on online retailer Wildberries +++ Insider: Russia preparing extension of diesel export ban +++ The news blog.

A bipartisan bill in the Senate would allow President Trump to impose tariffs on the biggest importers of Russian energy.

# Translation A Moscow district court sentenced former deputy governors of Belgorod Oblast Vladimir Bazarov and Rustem Zaynullin to 19 and 20 years in prison colony, respectively. They were tried in a case involving embezzlement during the construction of defensive fortifications in the borderland. The state news agency RIA Novosti reports on the verdict.

Ukraine's president says Russia has prepared a massive air attack against Ukraine: – It is very likely that the attack will be carried out tonight, writes Volodymyr Zelenskyj on X. He criticizes the USA for lack of support for air defense. Russia has several times carried out large air attacks against Ukrainian cities at night, with both drones and missiles.

According to the authority, economic activity is expanding at a solid pace despite heightened uncertainty, partly driven by the conflict in the Middle East

The US president added he did not see the need for the House of Representatives to interrupt the parliamentary recess in August to review the sanctions bill promptly

A large inland sea connecting military supply lines through Russia and Iran could now be a pivotal theatre for two major wars that are usually thought of as separate.

A Russian drone struck a residential area in the town of Hlukhiv, Sumy region, damaging an apartment building and injuring three people, including two children.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that there is a high probability Russia will launch a large-scale missile and drone attack overnight, following several days of preparations.

A total of 191 combat engagements have taken place along the front line since the beginning of the day, with the fiercest fighting reported in the Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka directions, where Ukraine's Defense Forces repelled 40 Russian attacks.

<p>As a kid, Roman Kantserov remembers watching Transformers and Spider-Man movies with Russian subtitles.</p><p>As he prepares for his first season with the <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks" target="_blank" >Blackhawks</a>, the 21-year-old forward from Magnitogorsk, Russia, is now watching those same movies in English.</p><p>That's one part of Kantserov's admirable effort to fast-track his English fluency, which should not only make his adjustment to life in Chicago easier but also help him communicate on the ice with his new teammates.</p><p>He was inspired by the import players on his KHL team, which coincidentally included two former Rockford IceHogs: Luke Johnson and Robin Press.</p><p>"Talking with the boys, they say, 'Roma, learn English. It helps you,'" Kantserov said Wednesday. "I think right now, [my] English is not bad, but I need to learn [more].'"</p><p>During <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/blackhawks/2026/05/08/blackhawks-sign-roman-kantserov-nhl-contract-russia-prospects" target="_blank" >entry-level contract</a> negotiations in May, Hawks general manager Kyle Davidson was "extremely impressed" by Kantserov's ability to talk without a translator, which assured him Kantserov wouldn't need any "special accommodations" from a language perspective this season.</p><p>And Kantserov's English has only improved further since then, because he has been living in the United States — training with a group of Russians and Rangers in Stamford, Connecticut — since late June.</p><p>"In one month, walking around New York and around Stamford, [when I] go to buy coffee or go to shop, of course I listen to how everyone is saying [things] in English," he said.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, has temporarily suspended the effect of his decree on the transfer of Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) to Brazil. This is reported on the website of the Moscow Patriarchate.

Tokayev's call for peace talks came alongside remarks on Kazakhstan's enduring strategic cooperation and alliance with Russia.

Green forest fire notification in Russian Federation. On 20/07/2026, a forest fire started in Russian Federation, until 29/07/2026.

Ukraine’s attack on an Iranian commercial vessel in the Caspian Sea marks the first direct link between the wars in Ukraine and Iran. While details of the July 25 incident are murky, Ukraine’s intelligence agency the SBU said its drones hit an oil platform in the Caspian Sea along with a Russian missile boat and “cargo ships that are under international sanctions.” President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday announced that Ukrainian forces had achieved “very good results” in long-range strikes in the Caspian Sea,…

The current conflict has proven that America’s national security concerns, not the security concerns of the Persian Gulf states, are its primary concerns, Mehran Kamrava said

The former director of Russia Today France has been ordered to leave French territory by the interior ministry for "undermining the fundamental interests of the State". The leaders of the Bolloré and Lagardère groups continue to support her.

Tatjana Kim, a Korean-born woman from Chechnya, founded the online store Wildberries in Russia and became Russia's richest woman. Ukraine's drone attacks have caused the company billion-ruble losses.

A Russian drone struck a residential area in the town of Hlukhiv, Sumy Oblast, injuring three people, including two children, on the evening of 29 July.

For every day that the ports of Greater Odesa remain idle, shipments of Ukrainian goods worth around US$70 million are delayed. [Greater Odesa is a logistical and industrial hub in Odesa Oblast that combines three major ports – Odesa, Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi – ed.]

In the Russian city of Tula, someone shot Andrey Cherezov, the founder and director of a company manufacturing unmanned aircraft for the Russian army. This was reported on Wednesday by the AFP agency, Radio Svoboda station, or the Russian server Kommersant, according to which the condition of the shooting victim is critical. Security forces are searching for the attacker.

Since mid-July, residents of Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal have complained that they can no longer board the ferries linking the island to the mainland ahead of the line. The tourist season has created backups that leave residents and tourists stuck for hours.

Police in Khimki, outside Moscow, detained a 44-year-old hieromonk from the Savior Transfiguration Monastery, a men’s monastery in Murom. He is accused of committing violent sexual acts against a girl younger than 12, according to the Russian news outlet 47news.

The Second Western District Military Court in Moscow cut former Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov’s prison sentence from 19 years to 10, his attorney, Denis Sagach, told the Russian business daily Kommersant. “We welcome this show of leniency regardless,” Sagach said.

Metropolitan Hilarion (Grigory Alfeyev) was allowed to remain in Russia, with the decree suspending his assignment to serve in the Argentine-South American Diocese being put on hold. He had been sent there after returning from the Czech Republic, where he was detained on suspicion of drug possession. Patriarch Kirill designated his new place of service by decree.

# Today's Summary **On the Kharkov direction:** Russian Armed Forces are wedging through the border in the northeast. Russian troops on the Seversk salient are actively advancing toward Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. Russian military are "infiltrating" into Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka on the Konstantinovka direction.

Vakhtang Partsvania explains how Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries are turning oil refining into the weakest link in Russia’s war economy

The diplomatic mission noted that with this bill, US President Donald Trump's fellow party hawks are putting sticks in the wheels of the presidential foreign policy to the satisfaction of the opposition from the Democratic Party

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk discussed the historical dialogue between their two countries, as well as defense cooperation and the protection of Ukrainian and Polish cities and communities from Russian attacks.

Russian forces launched nearly 50 attacks on three districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region throughout the day, injuring five people.

Four people, including two children, were injured in a Russian drone attack on the Lozova district of Ukraine's Kharkiv region.

Russian forces shelled the village of Raihorodok in the Kramatorsk district of the Donetsk region, killing a woman and injuring six people, including a child.

Ukrainian drones destroyed eight warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer and marketplace, during July, with a combined area of around 860,000 square meters. This accounts for nearly 15.4% of the company’s total warehouse space (5.6 million square meters).

Andrey Cherezov, director of Russia's UAV research and development company, was ambushed by gunmen and shot critically outside his private residence in Tula.

L’opinionista russa Xenia Fedorova, da anni residente a Parigi, sarà espulsa dalla Francia. Dopo le indiscrezioni del quotidiano Libération, la conferma è arrivata dal ministero dell’Interno di Parigi. L’ex direttrice della versione francofona dell’emittente Russia Today è accusata di agire come voce del Cremlino nei media d’Oltralpe.

French authorities have taken measures to expel from the country Xenia Fedorova, a Russian media personality who stirred controversy through her pro-Kremlin discourse, according to Politico. Fedorova, former head of the Kremlin-backed RT France news agency, received an expulsion order from the Paris Police Prefecture, which […] © G4Media.ro .

China responded within 24 hours to the EU’s latest Russia sanctions by placing 14 European companies, including German defence giant Rheinmetall, on its dual-use export control list, cutting access to key materials such as rare earths. The post China Hits Back at EU Sanctions Within 24 Hours, Blacklisting 14 European Firms Including Rheinmetall appeared first on Greek City Times .

In the quarterfinals, Liudmila Samsonova will play against the winner of the match between Russia's Diana Shnaider and Austria's Anastasia Potapova

Users of Korean messenger KakaoTalk and Turkish BiP, which became popular following the Telegram blocking wave, complained about service disruptions. The interruptions indicate the beginning of their blocking, The Insider reported in the project "On the Line | Tech Support Service". The Telegram channel "Caution, Moscow" was among the first to report messenger malfunctions.

According to the agency, the share of food products and tobacco products in the structure of retail trade turnover was 46.8% in June 2026

Three ports of Greater Odessa accounted for $2.1 billion worth of goods out of total Ukrainian exports worth $3.5 billion in June

Alexei Yarmushchik, a 26-year-old actor who worked at the theater run by Sergei Bezrukov, posted a video on Instagram on the morning of July 28 in which he addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said Putin was not “his president” and that Crimea was “not ours.” As of this article’s publication, the video had drawn more than a million views and over 30,000 likes. Here’s what we know.

France's Ministry of Interior has ordered the expulsion from the country of Russian propagandist Xenia Fedorova, who previously headed RT France, the French-language branch of RT (formerly Russia Today), a Russian state-controlled news network funded by the Kremlin.

The charges against the Russian-born Durov, who lives abroad, came as authorities have sought to restrict the use of Telegram as part of a widespread crackdown on online freedom that followed Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

PARIS. Former RT chief Ksenija Fyodorov is being expelled from France. She is accused by French authorities of spreading Russian disinformation and propaganda that undermines France's fundamental national interests.

Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a maximum-severity security flaw in Ruflo, an open-source agent meta-harness for Anthropic Claude Code and OpenAI Codex, that could result in unauthenticated remote code execution. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-59726 (CVSS score: 10.0), impacts all versions of the project before version 3.16.3. It has been codenamed RufRoot by Noma Security's

Russian tactics of increasingly attacking Ukrainian ports continue to strain Ukraine in Russia's war of aggression, as attacks earlier this week demonstrate. Russia has been attempting for some time to disrupt Ukrainian shipping in the Odessa region and to the Danube inland ports. The government in Kyiv is already speaking of a sea war and sees food security at risk in parts of the world that depend on Ukrainian grain.

Everyone is talking about it, only Moscow claims it won't happen: Russian propagandists deny that mobilization is being prepared. It's almost inevitable, say Russian and German analysts. Let's put it off until after the elections: Vjorstka has written about everything else besides mobilization that Russian authorities and people fear in autumn 2026.

The FSB accused Pavel Durov of facilitating terrorism. The agency's Public Relations Center stated that the founder of Telegram "is being placed on an international wanted list." According to the FSB, the messenger's administration refuses to delete channels that Ukrainian intelligence services use to prepare sabotage operations, cybercrime, and mass murders. These actions, the FSB claims, lead to "numerous human casualties," including women and children, as well as "billions of rubles in material damage." The corresponding provision of the Criminal Code (Part 1.1 of Article 205.1) provides for up to life imprisonment.

The 2nd Western District Military Court reduced the sentence of former Deputy Defense Minister Pavel Popov from 19 to 10 years of imprisonment, Kommersant was told by the convict's lawyer Denis Sagach. "We welcome this humanity in any case," he said.

Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy Andrey Svintsov (LDPR) told RTVI that the criminal case on terrorism against Telegram founder Pavel Durov does not prohibit Russians from using the messenger, but it is better to refrain from paid subscriptions within it.

Learn how better questions, trusted AI, and human judgment help security leaders make confident decisions and build resilient systems. The post ​​Better security starts with better questions appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog .

An Iskander ballistic missile used by Russia to strike the Kyiv region on July 10 contained more than 140 foreign-made components from the United States, Switzerland, Germany, Taiwan, China, and Japan. Without these imported parts, Russia would be unable to manufacture such ballistic missiles.

Finland's electricity grid operator, Fingrid, whose majority shareholder is the Finnish state, will interrupt the fiber optic connection with Russia starting from 2027, according to information provided by the company on Wednesday to the newspaper "Helsingin Sanomat," EFE reports. Fingrid stated for this publication that the cutting of the connection will take place once the current lease contract ends [...]

Ukraine’s Olympic Committee appeals to CAS against the IOC’s decision to reinstate Russia, arguing the move is premature and undermines sports law. Read More: https://punchng.com/ukraine-appeals-ioc-decision-to-reinstate-russia/

Rio Tinto and Glencore have posted near-record updates thanks to this year’s sky-high commodity prices and the uncertainty wrought by the Middle East conflict. Mining juggernaut Rio Tinto notched a 43 per cent jump in profit over the first six months of the year, pointing to persistently elevated metals prices and the ambitious efficiency programme it launched in 2025. Glencore – the world’s largest miner that also boasts an enormous commodity trading arm – said its trading division made $2.9bn (£2.4bn) between January…

The Nissan Leaf consistently leads the rankings for the used electric vehicle market, with 1,567 cars sold over a six-month period

The Finnish energy company Fingrid has told Russian telecom operators it will stop maintaining the power line poles that carry fiber-optic communication lines starting in 2027, sources told the Russian business daily Kommersant.

The Moscow Patriarchate’s publishing house has released a new book by Patriarch Kirill titled War. Beyond Visible Causes and Consequences., the magazine Demagog reported.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that restoring Crimea to Kyiv’s control is not currently part of the peace negotiations, but suggested that could change.

The FSB issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday against Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram. The Russian intelligence service accuses him of allowing Ukrainian spies free rein to recruit Russian teenagers for acts of sabotage. They would reportedly operate through a famous dating channel on Telegram.

Ukraine's National Olympic Committee has filed an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne against the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reinstate the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).

A local dairy plant's production workshop in Bohodukhiv was destroyed and equipment was significantly damaged as a result of a Russian strike.

Despite having the world's largest reserves of mineral resources, Russia lacks complete production chains for several strategic minerals – alumina, tungsten, ferroniobium, and others – needed to sustain the demands of its military-industrial complex.

Ms Shipacheva pleaded guilty and received the minimum sentence for the offence. The post Russian journalist bags 12-year jail term for treason in Moscow appeared first on Peoples Gazette Nigeria .

Russian forces struck an energy infrastructure facility in the Valky community of the Bohodukhiv district in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on July 29, injuring one person.

Representatives from Ukraine, the European Commission, Moldova, and Romania held a meeting focused on stepping up the work of the Solidarity Corridors, developing the capacity of ports in the Danube region, and ensuring the stable transit of Ukrainian goods amid intensifying Russian attacks on port infrastructure.

Moldova's Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration Valeriu Chiveri stressed that it is a bilateral Russian-Moldovan issue

According to Philippe de Veulle, a domestic criminal investigation may be opened if the offense is also punishable under French law

According to the official, the personnel purges are fully coordinated with Vladimir Zelensky, who seeks to remove from military intelligence the people who remain loyal to former head of the department Kirill Budanov

Ksenia Bondarenko argued that US tariff policy "resembles not a well-thought-out trade strategy but rather an attempt to repair an airplane in mid-flight while parts are visibly falling off, presenting the mere fact that it has not yet crashed as proof of good piloting"

The Russian Security Council deputy chairman emphasized that the only way to preserve Russia is to ensure victory in the special military operation

By targeting Ukrainian ports and civilian ships, Moscow is seeking to make the Ukrainian maritime corridor too risky for shipowners. A direct threat to Kyiv's agricultural and mining exports.

A Russian fencer won the gold medal at the World Fencing Championship in Hong Kong, the first since the country was authorized to compete again under its own flag in the sport. Read more (07/29/2026 - 12:30pm)

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a large-scale fraud campaign that involves creating lookalike websites of major Russian companies with an aim to siphon funds from international firms for more than nine years. According to Russian cybersecurity vendor F6, the threat actors have set up clone websites of Russian companies across fertilizer manufacturers, petrochemical companies

Ukraine announced this Wednesday (29) that it filed an appeal with the CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport) against the decision of the IOC (International Olympic Committee) to reinstate Russian athletes, who have been subject to restrictions since Russia's invasion of Ukrainian territory in 2022. Read more (07/29/2026 - 12:11 PM)

Police in Khimki in the Moscow region arrested a 44-year-old hieromonk from the Spaso-Preobrazhensky Male Monastery in Murom. He is accused of sexual assault against a girl under 12 years old, reports 47news.

The Central Election Commission has registered Yabloko’s party list for the election to the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, scheduled for September 18–20.

The Russian army attacked positions of Ukraine’s Defense Forces 71 times since the start of the day, with the greatest number of battles taking place in the Kostiantynivka, Pokrovsk, and Sloviansk directions.

Yevgeny Poddubny underscored that in traditional media, correspondents were personally responsible for each published material

Ilya Grashchenkov described the situation around the Odessa ports not as a blockade per se, but rather as a de facto halt to shipping

During the drills, service members are practicing the full cycle of air defense and the protection of critical facilities from air attack weapons

According to Alexander Dudchak, Ukraine is being used as a cover for a war with Russia, as an excuse to allocate serious sums for the development of its military-industrial complex, which will be paid for by the Europeans

The President recalled that the All-Russian Federation of Phygital Sports had been founded as early as November 2022, and the first "Games of the Future" had been held in Russia in 2024

Moscow and Pyongyang are finalizing construction of their first direct road link while Volodymyr Zelenskiy says the Kremlin plans to bring another 30,000 North Korean troops to fight in Ukraine

Guerra a Vladimir Putin a ogni costo. Meglio, quasi a ogni costo. Perché se di mezzo finiscono le nostre preziose pellicce da decine di migliaia di euro, allora l’Europa – Italia in testa – si scopre decisamente meno filoucraina.

Before the parliamentary election in Russia, many opposition figures are complaining about massive repression. But now the electoral commission has allowed the liberal party Yabloko, which opposes the war in Ukraine.

According to the media outlet, three types of drones will be produced at the facility - FPV, interceptor and reconnaissance drones

According to the scholar, it's crucial that richer countries allocate money for HIV treatment in third-world countries where there is no budget for treatment or decent medicine

High-explosive aerial bombs of 1.5-ton, 500-kg, and 250-kg weight classes are used with the universal gliding and correction module, demonstrating high effectiveness against dispersed targets, concentrations of equipment, and field fortifications

RITM-200 reactor units will fulfill a strategic mission within the next 40 years as part of the crew of the world’s most powerful icebreaker, Alexey Likhachev noted

Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service said the Russian-led EAEU would not "sponsor Armenia's marathon swim towards the EU" and warned the country would face an economic crisis if it left the bloc. The statement prompted a sharp response from Yerevan.

Zelensky, Trump Discuss Military Support and Diplomacy in Washington najibullah.lalzoy Wed, 07/29/2026 - 18:31 Author Asima Rasoly World Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington to discuss strengthening Ukraine's defense capabilities, military assistance, and diplomatic efforts to end the war with Russia. Trump described the meeting as "good" and constructive, saying that a number of important issues were discussed.

20 Russian soldiers have surrendered to Ukrainian Armed Forces again after a prisoner exchange, the Coordination Headquarters reported.

One person was killed and six others, including a child, were injured as a result of a Russian attack on the village of Raihorodok in Donetsk Oblast on the morning of 29 July.

For Paris, the presence of the former director of the Russian state channel RtFrance close to Bolloré's media "constitutes a serious threat to public order" because "it acts as a megaphone for disinformation campaigns orchestrated by Moscow"

The newspaper Libération cited the interior ministry's deportation order as accusing her of acting 'as a conduit for disinformation campaigns orchestrated by the Russian authorities' with the aim of 'destabilising public order.'

The US Senate delivered one of its strongest bipartisan endorsements of Ukraine since President Donald Trump returned to office, voting 86-12 on July 28 to advance sweeping legislation aimed at tightening economic pressure on Russia and Iran. The procedural vote, held just hours after the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, the bill's chief architect, came immediately after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a personal appeal to senators behind closed doors before watching the vote from the Senate chamber. The legislation,…

Britain’s energy regulator, Ofgem, on Wednesday launched a consultation on a proposed commitment fee for data center projects as part of broad reforms to ensure network capacity is used for projects that are ready and able to connect. The proposal includes a new Data Centre Commitment Fee, which would be paid by large data center developments when accepting a connection offer, Ofgem said in a statement. The fee would be refunded when the project reaches grid connection status and forfeited if the project exits the grid queue early.

A dairy plant in Ukraine's Kharkiv region has sustained critical damage as a result of Russian strikes. The Bogodukhiv Dairy Plant was severely hit during the latest attack.

Former head of the French branch of RT television channel Ksenia Fedorova will be deported from France, Liberation reports. According to the publication, on July 29, Paris police representatives handed a deportation order to her lawyer. The document states that Fedorova's actions "undermine the fundamental interests of the state," and her presence on French territory "poses a serious threat to public order." French authorities believe that she is participating in a disinformation campaign conducted by Moscow, "aimed at manipulating public opinion," "undermining the trust of European citizens, and in particular French citizens, in their institutions." Liberation notes that Fedorova has lived in France for the past ten years.

The Central Election Commission of Russia registered the Yabloko party's list for the State Duma elections, which will be held from September 18-20. This was reported by the Yabloko press service. Earlier, the party — the only one registered in Russia with an explicit anti-war position — faced problems with admission to regional elections.

Rosimushchestvo transferred 55% of shares in Petersburg Oil Terminal (PNT) to Roskhim, a company linked to the Rotenberg family. The stake was seized from the owners last year, justified by their foreign citizenship. The share transfer is reported by Fontanka citing an extract from the shareholder registry.

# Translation The government of annexed Sevastopol has prepared a forecast of socio-economic development of the city for 2027 and the planning period of 2028–2029. The document consists of a basic set of indicators, explanatory notes, parameters of state programs, and a forecast of labor needs. Formally, the authorities propose two scenarios: baseline and conservative.

The 2nd Western District Military Court reduced the sentence of Pavel Popov, former deputy defense minister convicted in the "Patriot" park fraud case, from nineteen to ten years in a strict-regime penal colony. This is reported by RBC and Kommersant citing the lawyer of the former official. The defense will continue to petition for a complete review of the verdict, clarified lawyer Denis Sagach.

Negotiated wages in the eurozone should grow modestly in 2026. The European Central Bank has not yet seen signs that the return of inflation linked to the Middle East conflict will lead to another wage increase, as was the case after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Tuesday to discuss reviving Russia peace talks and plans for Ukraine to build Patriot missiles before attendi...

The FSB noted that Telegram, in violation of Russian laws, "did not remove numerous channels, chats and bots from the application actively used by Ukrainian intelligence agencies"

Tales of shelling and smoke from fires over Russia are almost non-existent. Putin claims that Russia is doing great. Subjects on camera assure that they will endure, and temporary hardships don't frighten them.

People living on Olkhon Island on Lake Baikal have been complaining since mid-July that they are no longer being allowed on ferries connecting to the mainland without waiting in line. Due to the tourist season, traffic jams have formed there, in which residents spend many hours along with tourists.

Representatives of U.S. President Donald Trump, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, may visit Kyiv within the next two weeks following their numerous trips to Russia.

CHONBURI — 29 July 2026, More than 200 police officers, local officials and rescue workers searched a forest in Chonburi on Wednesday after the motorcycle belonging to two missing Russian siblings was found dismantled and buried in the ground. Diana Nazimova, 22, and her 17-year-old brother Roman Nazimova have been missing since about 04:00 on […] The post More than 200 search for missing Russian siblings after motorcycle found buried in Chonburi appeared first on Khaosod English .

Xenia Fedorova, the former head of RT France who became a media columnist for Vincent Bolloré, is subject to an expulsion order. She is known for relaying Russian propaganda in France.

A gunman tried to shoot a businessman in the stairwell of an apartment building in Tula, the regional branch of Russia’s Investigative Committee reported.

Palermo Prosecutor Maurizio de Lucia told the anti-mafia commission that most of these weapons end up on the European market

Boeing does not transfer licenses for the production of Patriot seeker heads to third countries, which could throw a wrench in those plans

The situation on Russia's fuel market remains fully under control, with any regional difficulties being addressed promptly, First Deputy Energy Minister Pavel Sorokin said

Opponents of the monument argue that, despite Abkhazia's strategic partnership with Russia, the republic is not at war with Ukraine