Number of injured in missile attack on Lviv rises to 37

 "The number of injured in the enemy missile attack on Lviv has risen to 37. At the site of the
enemy attack, emergency rescue and search operations are being carried out in the first, third, and fourth sections of the destroyed building." Ukrin

Almost 40 combat engagements recorded in four directions in past day

"The enemy continues to focus its main efforts on the Lyman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka, and
Marinka directions, with 38 combat engagements recorded there over the past day.....Russian occupiers attacked Ukraine with five Iranian-made Shahed UAVs. Two kamikaze drones were destroyed by Ukrainian air defenses. In addition, the Russian occupiers launched 59 air strikes, carried out 65 MLRS attacks on the positions of Ukrainian troops and populated areas. The probability of further Russian missile attacks and air strikes across the entire territory of Ukraine remains high." Ukrin

Foreign Policy Elite Call for Bringing Ukraine into NATO Immediately

"Foreign policy “experts” vocally in favor of Ukraine called for bringing the embattled nation
into NATO, which many say would risk a direct NATO-Russia war.

Stephen Wertheim, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, said that bringing Ukraine into NATO would risk a wider European conflict.

“A number of signatories also signed an open letter last year calling for a no-fly zone over Ukraine. This is no coincidence: admitting Ukraine into NATO, like imposing a no-fly zone, would run a significant risk of bringing about a direct NATO-Russia war,” Wertheim wrote." Breitbart

Ukraine shells Russian villages

"Two Russian regions bordering on Ukraine came under fire according to their governors. A
civilian was reported injured in one of the incidents. A woman’s chest was hit by shrapnel in Belgorod Region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on social media. The incident happened near the city of Valuiki, some 20 km from the Ukrainian border." RT

Ukrainian Forces Are Using Internationally-Banned Scatter Mines

"Human Rights Watch found that Ukrainian troops have been using scatter mines. The anti-
personnel weapons are internationally banned, including by Kiev, because of their devastating impact on civilians. 

HRW reports uncovered several instances where Ukraine used anti-personnel scatter mines." ZH

Drones Shot Down in Moscow Region

"One drone was shot down near Kubinka,....two drones were shot down in the Russian capital
near the village of Valuyevo." Sputnik

Tulsi Gabbard Scorches Democrat Party For Leading Us To The Brink Of Nuclear War

"Former Representative and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) thundered against the state of the modern Democratic party. On Twitter she called out the party’s leadership as being led by “cowardly warmongers who are firmly in the grips of the military industrial complex, and don’t know or care about the cost of war, or who pays the price.” 

She mentioned that the party has led the country in turn “to the brink of nuclear war......This proxy war against Russia using the Ukrainian peoples lives continues to escalate. We are hearing more talks of NATO countries who want to send troops into Ukraine which will only increase the likelihood of a direct confrontation between the United States and NATO countries [on the one side] and Russia [on the other],” she said.

The Hawaii politician then evoked Ronald Reagan’s , a Republican president, comments about nuclear war. She cited his famous dictum that “nuclear war can never be won and should never be fought.”  

She observed that “he [Reagan] was right when he said those words and he is still right today but the elite don’t care. They don’t care because they have got bunkers, they got places they can go where they know they will be safe and they have got no problem leaving the rest of us who don’t have those things… to perish.” TP

Families of fallen Ukrainian soldiers demand American-style cemetery

"A small-scale protest, staged by families of fallen Ukrainian soldiers, including members of
the notorious neo-Nazi Azov regiment, was held in the heart of Kiev on Friday. The demonstrators gathered on Independence Square (Maidan), urging Ukraine’s authorities to build a national military cemetery.

In some locations, authorities have to exhume old graves to make room for the newly deceased, the New York Times reported last month. For instance, a groundskeeper at one cemetery told the newspaper that the management of the site had decided to exhume unmarked graves from World War I, as it had run out of space." RT

Ukrainian marines shoot down Russian Ka-52 helicopter in Berdiansk sector

"Fighters with the 36th Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynsky have
destroyed a Russian Ka-52 attack helicopter with a Javelin anti-tank missile system in the Berdiansk sector." Ukrin

Ukraine’s Air Force launched 12 strikes on enemy clusters in past day

"The Air Force of the Defense Forces of Ukraine launched 12 strikes on enemy personnel concentration areas in the past day, while missile and artillery units hit an enemy command post." Ukrin

Oil Jumps After Saudi Arabia, Russia Announce Extension Of Export Cuts

"Saudi Arabia announced it will extend its voluntary, unilateral oil production cut by one
month, at least through August (the output cut can and likely will be extended further), keeping a ceiling on supply even as the market is expected to tighten further. Moments later, its OPEC+ ally Russia announced it will "voluntarily" extend a reduction of its oil exports in August by 500K bbl/day to ensure the oil market remains balanced....The news sent the oil and energy complex to the highest level in at least a week: Brent rose 1.5% to $76.50 a barrel; WTI for August delivery advanced 1.4% to $71.60. The Stoxx 600 Energy subsector outperformed the broader European benchmark on Monday. The energy sub-index rises as much as 1.9%, the most in a month; Shell (+2%) was the biggest contributor to the gains by index points. Other movers are Harbour Energy +4.7%, Galp +3.1%, Aker BP +2.7%, BP +2.7%, TotalEnergies +2.6%." ZH

Russia Says Wagner's Future in Africa Depends on 'Countries Concerned'

"Moscow said that the Wagner Group would continue to work in African countries if their
governments chose to maintain contracts with the private military group.

"The future of the agreements between African countries and the Wagner private military company is above all up to the governments of the countries concerned," Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters.

His comments come as the Kremlin moves to dissolve Wagner by handing its military hardware to the regular army and offering exile to mercenaries who took part in Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed mutiny last weekend." MT

Russia launches first overnight drone attack on Kyiv in 12 days

"Russia launched an overnight drone attack on Kyiv after a 12-day break, a Ukrainian military
official said on Sunday, with air defence systems destroying all targets on their approach." France24

Rioters Attack Home Of French Mayor Vincent Jeanbrun, Injuring His Wife And Child

"France dealt with its fifth consecutive night of widespread rioting, arson and attacks on police
following the officer-involved shooting of a 17-year-old French-Algerian teenager. In the Paris suburb of L’Haÿ-les-Roses, rioters attempted to burn down the home of town mayor Vincent Jeanbrun while his wife and young children were inside, according to a report from French newspaper Le Figaro.

“My wife and children in shock and hurt,” the mayor wrote in a social media post shortly after 2 a.m. local time." TP

Putin's Grip On Power

"It was earlier advised to “Be Very Skeptical Of US Intel Claiming That Surovikin May Have Helped Plan Prigozhin’s Coup”, and now two new developments lend even more credence to those suspicions.

The “investigative project” of exiled oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who was designated

by Russia as a foreign agent last year due to his operations being funded by Ukraine, shared “documents” with CNN purporting to show that over 30 senior military and intelligence officials are secretly VIP Wagner members.

The outlet reported on these alleged findings around the same time that they published former Vice President Mike Pence’s answer to the question that one of their journalists asked him during his unannounced visit to Kiev regarding his opinion of whether or not President Putin has full command of his military. He claimed that this is an “open question” in light of Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s failed coup attempt last weekend, thus suggesting that Russian leader is struggling to exert his authority.

These two back-to-back news items were intended to leave their audience with the impression that the President Putin remains at risk of being overthrown by his armed forces, which is nothing but an artificially manufactured information warfare narrative designed to sow doubts about his leadership.

It simultaneously attempts to influence him and his circle into carrying out large-scale purges that could adversely affect the special operation while also making the public think that he’s weak if he doesn’t.

The New York Times earlier admitted that “American officials have an interest in pushing out information that undermines the standing of General Surovikin, whom they view as more competent and more ruthless than other members of the command." ZeroHedge