Ukrainian protest in Kyiv demanding the government do more to secure the release of prisoners of war

"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

Mali rebels offer to hand over captured Wagnerites to Ukraine

"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

Drones attack Russia: substations on fire in Belgorod and Oryol oblasts

"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

Oil depot on fire in Kursk region of Russia - drone attack reported

"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

French cybercrime unit responds to doxxing of Israeli Olympic team

"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

Kurdish fighters met with Turkish artillery strikes in northern Iraq

"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

Israeli Army Shells 15 Settlements in Lebanon

"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

NATO state threatens to invade Israel

"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

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