Venezuela’s Maduro wins third term

"Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National Electoral Council, said Maduro secured 51 percent of the vote, overcoming opposition candidate Edmundo González, who garnered 44 percent. He said the results were based on 80 percent of voting stations, marking an irreversible trend." AJ

Russia behind cyber-attack, says Ukraine's security service

"Ukraine says it has proof that Russian security services were involved in the cyber-attack that targeted businesses around the world earlier this week.

The country's security service, the SBU, said it had obtained data that points to a link with an attack on the nation's capital, Kiev, in December.
Ukrainian firms were among the first to report issues with malicious software on Tuesday, before the virus spread.
Moscow denied any involvement, adding that the allegations were "unfounded".
The virus, which disrupted IT systems across the globe, froze computers and demanded a ransom be paid in the digital currency Bitcoin, which is untraceable.
However, the attack also hit major Russian firms, leading some cyber security researchers to suggest that Moscow was not behind it.
But on Saturday, Ukraine's SBU said in a statement that - through data obtained from international anti-virus companies - it had established a connection with a previous attack involving the so-called Petya virus, which it alleges was not designed to secure ransom payments." BBC

Netanyahu: Time for a Mideast NATO

"Netanyahu’s proposed a NATO-like alliance to counter Iran." AC

Dueling Airstrikes

"In the southern Kherson region of Ukraine, a 37-year-old woman in Antonivka was killed and a 67-year-old man was seriously wounded by Russian shelling of the town of Bilozerka a few kilometres from the Dnipro river, the military administration said......A civilian was killed in Ukrainian strikes in Russia’s border region of Belgorod, which is targeted almost daily by Kyiv’s forces." AJ

Ukrainian forces down Russian Kh-59 missile, seven Shahed drones overnight

"Ukraine's defense forces shot down a Russian Kh-59 guided air missile and seven Shahed strike drones in the early hours of Sunday....Overnight into July 28, 2024, the enemy attacked Ukraine with a Kh-59 guided air missile launched from the airspace over the Black Sea and eight Shahed drones launched from Cape Chauda, Crimea." Ukrin

129 combat clashes on front lines in past day

"As many as 129 combat clashes occurred on the battlefield in Ukraine on July 27, with

Russian forces being most active in the Pokrovsk, Toretsk and Kurakhove sectors.....the enemy launched two missile strikes against Ukrainian positions and populated areas using two missiles and 74 airstrikes using 101 guided aerial bombs. The Russians also launched 4,883 shelling attacks, including 129 using multiple rocket launchers.
The Russians carried out airstrikes outside the settlements of Lyptsi, Hlyboke, Slobozhanske, Mali Prokhody, Dementiivka, Borshchova, Ternova, Vovchansk and Petropavlivka in the Kharkiv region, Lyman, Torske, Druzhba, Toretsk, Niu-York, Ivanivka, Lysychne, Myrnohrad, Hrodivka, Oleksandropil, Kostiantynivka, Kurakhove, Halytsynivka, Vodiane, Urozhaine and Novodarivka in the Donetsk region, Huliaipole, Mala Tokmachka, Kamianske and Piatykhatky in the Zaporizhzhia region, and Burhunka in the Kherson region." Ukrin

Israeli Navy's 'C-Dome' Intercepts Hezbollah Kamikaze Drone Heading Towards Offshore NatGas Rig

"The Israel Defense Forces reported that a Hezbollah suicide drone, launched from Lebanon with a heading towards an Israeli natural gas field in the Eastern Mediterranean, was intercepted by a warship equipped with the "C-Dome" defense system." ZH