"Ukrainians held a protest in Kyiv demanding the government do more to secure the release of prisoners of war held by Russia. The rally, involving several thousand soldiers and civilians, took place on the second anniversary of an explosion that killed more than 50 POWs Russia was holding in barracks in occupied Olenivka." AJ
"The Tuareg rebels (CSP-PSD) in the north of the African country of Mali, who defeated a large group of Wagnerites and captured a significant number of militants, offered to hand them over to the Ukrainian side. Earlier today it became known that rebels of an association of armed groups in the north of Mali, inhabited mainly by Tuareg, announced the killing of dozens of soldiers of the Malian Armed Forces and Russian mercenaries from the Wagner PMC in a clash near the border with Algeria." Ukrin
"Explosions were heard in several Russian oblasts in the night with substations in villages of Belgorod and Oryol oblasts catching fire. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed in the morning that 39 drones were downed over five Russian oblasts." Pravada
"In the night explosions occurred in the Kursk region of Russia due to a drone attack. Fires also broke out in several areas, including an oil depot." Ukrin
"The French Anti-Cybercrime Office (OFAC) has been tasked with removing the private information of Israeli athletes, which was leaked ahead of the Summer Olympic Games in Paris....the hacker group Zeus published personal data of the members of the Israeli delegation, including documents, personal photos, addresses, medical information, and information about military service. The hackers claimed they were revealing what Israeli soldiers are doing at the Olympics, according to Ynet. The incident was classified as doxxing – a malicious publication of private data online – and reported to Pharos, a French service for flagging illegally disseminated content. According to Israeli media, the hackers also tried to harass the athletes online." RT
"Turkish artillery battered Kurdish separatist positions across northern Iraq over the weekend, hitting at least 25 targets and “neutralizing several terrorists,” according to defense and security officials. The defense ministry specified that it struck “caves, bunkers, shelters, stores, and installations” being used by the banned Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), an armed separatist group committed to the creation of an independent Kurdish state." MS
"The Israeli army shelled 15 settlements in eastern and southern Lebanon with heavy artillery after threats against Lebanese movement Hezbollah, which Israel accused of shelling the Golan Heights." Sputnik
"Turkey could ultimately “enter” Israel over the enduring conflict in the Gaza Strip between West Jerusalem and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned. “Just like we entered Karabakh and the way we entered Libya, maybe we'll do the same thing. There’s nothing we can’t do. We have to be strong.” RT
