Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Russia Docks 3 Warships in Havana, Continuing Parade of Naval Ships to Cuba

"Three war vessels from Russia’s Baltic Fleet arrived in Havana, Cuba, this weekend for a
four-day “work visit” to the communist nation..... the three
Russian Baltic Fleet warships — identified as the training ship Smólny, the patrol ship Neustrahimiy, and the offshore oil tanker Yelnya — will conduct an “extensive program” during its four-day port call that includes courtesy visits to officials from the Cuban Navy and other authorities of the communist Castro regime." Breitbart

SBU detains Russian citizen working for Russian special services in Kharkiv

"The SBU detained a Russian citizen on suspicion of working for Russia's GRU military intelligence in Kharkiv..... a Russian citizen received instructions from his supervisors in Moscow to identify locations where technical documents were stored. Russian troops were then to carry out air strikes on these locations to destroy documents necessary for the restoration of industrial enterprises in Kharkiv Oblast." NV

Israeli Police Detain Soldiers Suspected Of Raping A Palestinian, Sparking Protests

"On Monday, Israeli military police detained Israeli soldiers who were suspected of raping a Palestinian prisoner at the Sde Teiman prison in southern Israel. Israeli media reported that the Palestinian prisoner was transferred from Sde Teiman to a hospital with an injury to his anus that was so severe he could not walk.
When the
Israeli military police went to Sde Teiman to detain soldiers suspected of forcibly sodomizing the Palestinian man, they were met with resistance. A security source told Haaretz that Israeli soldiers at the facility refused to leave and barricaded themselves in. They also reportedly used pepper spray on the military police. The police ended up detaining nine out of 10 of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers suspected of abusing the Palestinian detainee. Members of the Israeli Knesset joined protesters as they stormed Sde Teiman, including Zvi Sukkot of the Religious Zionism party. At least one member of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition was spotted among the protesters, Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu, a member of the Jewish Power party." ZH

Hamas Leader Haniyeh Assassinated In Iran By Israeli Strike

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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps has confirmed the death of Ismail Haniyeh, the top political leader of Hamas, during an inauguration event for Iran’s new president. Haniyeh, who is based in Qatar, and an Iranian security guard were reportedly killed at their place of residence. The death of the Hamas leader took place just hours after a significant portion of Israeli airspace was closed for unexplained reasons." ZeroHedge

144 combat engagements occurred in frontline over the past day

"Over the past day, 144 combat clashes took place on the front line. In the Kupyansk direction, the invaders carried out 7 attacks in the Pishchane and Stelmakhivka districts of the Kharkiv oblast.
In the Lyman direction in the areas of Makiivka, Nevske of the Luhansk region and Serebryansk forestry, 18 attacks by Russian troops were repelled.
In the Siverskyi direction, the Defense Forces repelled 4 enemy attacks in the areas of Verkhnokamianske, Pereizne and Vyimka settlements.
In the Kramatorsk direction, Ukrainian soldiers stopped 12 attempts by the Russian occupation forces to break through the defenses in the area of Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region.
In the Toretsk direction, the Russians tried 23 times to wedge themselves into the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the settlements of Pivnichne, Toretsk, New York and Zalizne." Ukrin

Wagner fighter makes last stand against the Tuareg

"A member of the Russian private military company (PMC) Wagner Group has chosen death over capture, attacking Tuareg militants with a stone, a highly disturbing video circulating online shows.
A military convoy carrying contractors of the PMC and Malian soldiers was reportedly ambushed last week in the vicinity of the village of Tinzawaten, close to the country’s border with Algeria. The Tuareg insurgents killed dozens of PMC contractors, taking a handful hostage, unconfirmed media reports and unverified videos circulating online suggest.
One of the fighters, presumed to be a member of the Wagner Group, given his ethnicity and an old-fashioned Soviet-style camouflage choice, made a bold last stand against the militants, a highly disturbing video shows.
The fighter played dead while insurgents were kicking him, before abruptly getting up and charging the militants with a stone. While some of the Tuareg began fleeing the fighter, one of them militants gunned him down at point blank range." RT

Over 40 drones shot down in attack on Kyiv

"Over 40 Russian drones were shot down as they approached Kyiv in the early morning hours." Ukrin