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North Macedonia handed over to Ukraine T-72 tanks previously supplied by Russia

North Macedonia has handed over to Ukraine T-72 tanks supplied by Russia in 2000 during the conflict with Albanian separatists. A convoy of vehicles is already on its way to Ukraine.

According to the US Secretary of State, he warned the Russian Foreign Minister about Washington's intention to impose additional sanctions against Moscow in the event of the regions of Ukraine becoming part of Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had a telephone conversation on Friday. This was announced at a press conference in Washington by the American Secretary of State.

The parties discussed the current situation in Ukraine, including the supply of weapons to Kiev, the possible exchange of prisoners, as well as the situation in the field of ensuring global food security.

At the moment, the volume of US military assistance provided to Kiev is $8.2 billion

The United States Administration will soon announce another package of military assistance to Ukraine. This was announced on Friday at a briefing for journalists by the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council (NSC) of the White House, John Kirby.

Gina Raimondo noted that "the reserves that Russia has created in preparation" for the special operation continue to decrease

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said on Friday that the restrictions imposed by the US administration will have an increasingly "destructive impact" on Russia.

"A very powerful weapon." How Putin threatens NATO with a "retaliatory strike"

Putin will not start military operations against the West and NATO, retired British General Simon Mayall is sure. He noted that the Russians have "gas weapons" in their hands, which caused alarm throughout Europe.

Blinken reaffirmed Washington's "unwavering support" for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at a meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said that Washington is committed to jointly taking new measures against Russia with Tokyo. This is stated in a written statement by the head of the press service of the American Foreign Ministry, Ned Price, distributed on Friday.

An error in the preparation of escape or intentional elimination — how to explain the death of more than 50 Ukrainian servicemen

On the night of July 29, Ukrainian armed formations attacked a pre-trial detention center in the village of Yelenovka of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and the DPR authorities, two missiles hit the barracks with prisoners of war.

German Defense Minister Kristina Lambrecht sent a letter to the head of the Polish military department, Mariusz Blaszczak, in which she dwells on the issue of supplying Warsaw with military equipment instead of the one that was transferred to Ukraine. Lambrecht offers Warsaw to jointly purchase new Leopard tanks, or transfer a large number of old Leopard tanks or Marder infantry fighting vehicles.

As part of the containment of Turkish expansion in northern Syria, the Syrian army, with the involvement of Kurdish gunners and special forces units, conducted a large-scale exercise to force water barriers in the Aleppo area.

According to Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, the government should deal with the situation in September and October

Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmerman, chairman of the Bundestag (German Parliament) Defense Committee, believes that the office of the Federal Chancellor of Germany is slowing down the supply of weapons to Ukraine. She expressed this opinion in an interview published on Saturday with the Bayern media group ("Bayern").

Rafael Grossi noted that he intends to discuss with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres the organization of a mission to the territory of the NPP

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi believes that the situation at the Zaporozhye NPP is "unstable". He also noted that he intends to discuss with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres the organization of a mission to the territory of the NPP. Grossi said this on Friday in an interview with the German media company Deutsche Welle (recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign media agent).

Units of the British, American and Finnish armies are conducting exercises in Finland, while Helsinki continues preparations for joining NATO.

The Russian Navy regularly conducts missile firing and other training activities near the 12-mile sea zone, the limits of which are considered territorial waters of Norway. This is a serious problem for the official Oslo and local residents.

The new long-range guided helicopter missile "Product 305" LMUR (Light multipurpose guided missile) developed by JSC "Scientific and Production Corporation "Design Bureau of Mechanical Engineering" (KBM, as part of JSC "NPO "High-precision Complexes" State Corporation Rostec) was publicly demonstrated for the first time at the seventh International Military-Technical Forum "Army-2021" in Kubinka in August 2021.

The United States continues to escalate the situation around military support for Taiwan, despite Beijing's increasingly harsh warnings about non-interference in China's internal affairs. Fox News reported that representatives of the Republican Party plan to submit to the US Congress a bill on the supply of weapons to Taiwan under the lend-lease program. The plan of military assistance to Taipei was developed by Republican senators Michelle Steele and Marsha Blackburn, taking as a basis the program of US support for allies in World War II.

Navy Day is celebrated in Russia on the last Sunday of July on the basis of the decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated May 31, 2006 "On the establishment of professional holidays and memorable days in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation". In 2022, it falls on July 31.

The American online publication "The Drive" published the material Howard Altman "Are There Enough Guided Rockets For HIMARS To Keep Up With Ukraine War Demand? Ukraine is burning through guided artillery rockets to great effect, but even with tens of thousands stockpiled, the U.S. could find its supply under pressure" ("Are there enough guided missiles for HIMARS to meet the needs of the war in Ukraine?

As a result of the missile strike, 50 Ukrainians were killed, said the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov

The Russian Federation, in the interests of investigating the strike on the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka in the Donetsk People's Republic, invited experts from the UN and the International Committee of the Red Cross. This was reported by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Condoleezza Rice joins the "old guard", denying attempts to strangle Russia

America has never wanted to harm Russia, says former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. The author and readers of American Thinker sarcastically refute this. The United States deliberately carried out the expansion of NATO for the sake of its hegemony.