"Russia is ready to launch the digital ruble for broad use starting Sept. 1, Central BankGovernor Elvira Nabiullina said, The Moscow Times reported on July 2.
Starting Sept. 1, all 12 systemically important banks must process digital ruble transactions, and major retailers will also accept the currency as payment. “Technologically, everything is ready. We did a great deal of preparatory work before this stage,” Nabiullina said.
It is unclear which other banks will work with the digital ruble. The Central Bank unexpectedly withheld the list of banks participating in the digital ruble platform." NV
"At least 12 people died and nearly 500 others were rescued after heavy rainfall flooded parts of Ghana’s Greater Accra Region. The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) said rescue and recovery operations continued on Tuesday, June 30, while one elderly person remained missing." W
"A very strong magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurred in the East China Sea 101 km (63 mi) from Okinawa, Japan, around noon at 1.04 pm local time (GMT +9). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow. The quake was reported felt by some people near the epicenter." VD
"A strong magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean near Ostrov Shiashkotan island, Russia, in the late afternoon at 7.22 pm local time (GMT +11). The quake had a moderate depth of 76 km (47 mi) and was reported felt by some people near the epicenter." VD
"Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has appealed to nearly 40 partner countries to urgently transfer Patriot missiles from their stockpiles in July in exchange for future deliveries already contracted for Ukraine, the Defense Ministry said on July 2.
The appeal comes after Russia launched one of its largest-ever aerial assaults against Kyiv overnight on July 2, killing at least 22 people and overwhelming Ukraine's air defenses with dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles alongside hundreds of drones." KI
"The number of people killed in Russia’s massive attack on Kyiv has risen to 23." Ukrin
"A strong magnitude 5.7 earthquake occurred in the South Pacific Ocean 171 km (106 mi) from Tonga in the morning at 10.13 am local time (GMT +13). The quake had a moderate depth of 259 km (161 mi) and was not felt (or at least not reported so)." VD
"A total of 273 combat engagements were recorded between Ukraine's Defense Forces and Russian troops over the past day.
On the North Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk axes, six combat engagements were recorded. Russian forces carried out three airstrikes using four guided bombs and shelled Ukrainian positions and settlements 61 times, including four attacks with multiple launch rocket systems.On the South Slobozhanshchyna axis, Ukrainian forces repelled 22 Russian assaults. The invaders attempted to advance near Izbytske and Starytsia, as well as toward Volokhivka, Staryi Khutir, Hranove, Kudiyivka, Symynivka, and Khatnie.
On the Kupiansk axis, Russian troops launched two attacks toward Novoosynove.
On the Lyman axis, Russian forces attacked seven times near Dibrova and Lyman, as well as toward Novoselivka, but all attempts to break through Ukrainian defenses were repelled.
On the Sloviansk axis, the enemy carried out 30 assault operations in an attempt to advance near Riznykivka, Zakitne, Kryva Luka, and toward Rai-Oleksandrivka.
On the Kostiantynivka axis, Russian troops launched 13 attacks near Pleshchiivka, Rusyn Yar, Ivanopillia, Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, and toward Raiske.
The Pokrovsk axis saw the highest level of enemy activity. Ukrainian defenders repelled 39 assaults as Russian forces attacked near Novooleksandrivka, Bilytske, Rodynske, and toward Myrne, Toretske, Shevchenko, Filiia, Kucheriv Yar, Vilne, Dorozhne, Svitle, Hryshyne, Kotlyne, and Udachne.
On the Oleksandrivka axis, Russian troops launched two attacks toward Ternove and Yehorivka.
On the Huliaipole axis, Russian forces carried out 32 attacks on Ukrainian positions near Rybne, Dobropillia, Novoselivka, and Huliaipilske, as well as toward Rizdvyianka, Kopani, Shyroke, Tsvitkove, and Charivne." Ukrin
"Former top Ukrainian General Valery Zaluzhny has told Vladimir Zelensky he will challenge him in the next presidential election, with current polling suggesting he would win in a run-off, Ukrainskaya Pravda reported on Wednesday, citing sources. Zelensky’s presidential term expired more than two years ago, and he has since been reluctant to hold a new election despite repeated calls from the US.
Zaluzhny, now ambassador to the UK, was summoned back to Kiev last week – officially to discuss the political turmoil in London, where Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced that he would soon step down. The real reason, the outlet said, was Zelensky’s concern that Zaluzhny will run for president." RT
"A very strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in the North Pacific Ocean near the coast of Iwate, Japan, in the evening at 9.08 pm local time (GMT +9). The quake had a shallow depth of 44 km (27 mi) and was felt by many near the epicenter. The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would." VD
"A total of 210 combat engagements were recorded along the front line over the past day.
According to the General Staff, in the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk sectors, Russian forces shelled Ukrainian positions and settlements 41 times, including six attacks using multiple launch rocket systems.
In the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector, Russian troops launched 13 assaults toward Ternova, Chaikivka, Sheviakivka, Zarubynka, Khatnie, and toward Lyman, Starytsia, and Artilne.
No offensive operations were recorded in the Kupiansk sector.In the Lyman sector, Ukrainian forces repelled six Russian attempts to advance near Novoselivka and toward Stavky, Ozerne, and Lyman. One engagement was still ongoing at the time of the report.
In the Sloviansk sector, Ukraine’s Defense Forces successfully repelled 22 Russian assaults toward Kryva Luka, Rai-Oleksandrivka, and near Riznykivka. One battle was still underway.
In the Kramatorsk sector, Russian troops launched three attacks toward Tykhonivka, Mykolaivka, and near Chasiv Yar.
In the Kostiantynivka sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 17 enemy assaults in the areas of Novodmytrivka, Kostiantynivka, Illinivka, Stepanivka, and toward Raiske.
In the Pokrovsk sector, Russian forces mounted 23 attacks, attempting to advance near Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Vasylivka, Novomykolaivka, Molodetske, Udachne, and toward Toretske, Novyi Donbas, Bilytske, Shevchenko, Serhiivka, Novohryshyne, and Novopavlivka.
According to preliminary estimates, Ukrainian forces eliminated 22 Russian troops and wounded 21 others in this sector. They also destroyed an ammunition depot, a fuel and lubricants storage facility, four military vehicles, and three pieces of specialized equipment. Additionally, they damaged four more military vehicles, two pieces of specialized equipment, one armored combat vehicle, and a drone command post. Ukrainian forces also destroyed or suppressed 286 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles of various types.
In the Oleksandrivka sector, Russian forces launched four attacks near Sichneve and Zlahoda.
In the Huliaipole sector, Ukrainian defenders repelled 16 Russian assaults near Dobropillia and toward Hirske, Rivne, Krynychne, Huliaipilske, and Charivne. One engagement remained ongoing.
In the Orikhiv sector, Ukrainian troops stopped one Russian attempt to advance near Mali Shcherbaky." Ukrin
"Russian forces struck energy infrastructure facilities in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast over the past 24 hours." NV
"The first two that we can now confirm, Ban Kani and also Khaled Khaled.
Two members of the terrorist IRGC organization were eliminated in Pav. These two were responsible uh for the massacre of the Iranian people on the 8th and 9th of January this year where the uprising happened.....we've also had an assassination a couple of assassinations over there and in the province of Gilon in the north near the city of Rasht. We've also had a mysterious uh death up there uh in Tehran as well.This relates to someone linked to the Islamic Republic state media or the RIIB.
This is another member of this one is an IRGC intelligence leader part of the intel team. In the past uh 24 hours, we have had uh three
main major attacks but also multiple other attacks that have been carried out on the streets of Iran against the IRGC intelligence officers and passage unit members in Mahabad Saravan Pav and other places. Let's go....he's in his car. And there's another one next to him. We don't know the name of this guy. We will find out soon. That's one's gone.
Now, of course, the speculation is that these are the Iranian Kurdish militants, different to the Iraqi Kurds, by the way. They are the separatists. And we don't know which group of Kurds, but the speculations that it's the Kurdish militants because they are armed. They have weapons.
See those guys? There we go. Took one out. They were on the bike. Another one gone down.
Now the panic begins.
The infighting of the Islamic Republic they are also killing each other which is not really a surprise because this is always going to get to this point regardless of anything else that were was going to happen.
Security incident in the border county of Pava. Official details have not yet been announced following a security incident.
Initial reports indicate clashes and shootings in the area.
Muhammad Akar Zad, who was the deputy for political affairs of the IRGC Navy, has also been killed a few hours ago in what they call a car accident.
Both the Israeli Defense Forces and the United States military have been redeploying extra resources and extra personnel to the Middle East.
The Islamic Republic of Iran earlier today threatened their only real ally left in the region. Who's that? Oman.
Yeah, they threatened Oman saying, "We will launch missiles and drones at you if you work with the Americans." TousiTV
"A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurred in the Gulf of California 71 km (44 mi) from Mexico in the early afternoon at 2.01 pm local time (GMT -7). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow. The quake was reported felt by some people near the epicenter." VD
"A very strong magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred in the Gulf of California near the coast of Estado de Sinaloa State, Mexico, around noon at 12.45 pm local time (GMT -7). The depth of the quake could not be determined, but is assumed to be shallow .The quake was felt widely in the area. The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would." VD
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