Global News Roundup: Conflicts, Diplomatic Tensions, and Military Developments

Death toll in overnight Ukrainian drone attack on Belgorod rises to five

The body of a man was found while workers were clearing the remains of a multifamily building that had caught fire

Netanyahu says will not let Palestinian state to be established as long as he is PM

"As long as I am Prime Minister, a Palestinian state will not be established, neither in Gaza nor in Judea and Samaria," Israeli Prime Minister said

Russia, Slovenia exchange messages for first time in four years — MFA

Yury Pilipson welcomed the evidence of sound judgment among European politicians who "advocate restoring dialogue with Russia"

Takaichi lacks courage to say who dropped atomic bomb on Japan — MFA

Takaichi did not mention that the United States had dropped the bomb on Nagasaki when she spoke at a ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city

Mojtaba Khamenei in good health, although video with him is old — Iranian source

He avoids appearing in public due to security considerations, an Iranian source told

New Kub-10ME kamikaze drone with range of over 100 km to appear on frontline soon

The drone features a homing head with AI elements and an 11 kg warhead

Guarantees to Kiev would mean US involvement in potential new conflict — Rubio

Marco Rubio also criticized the military potential of the US's European NATO allies, namely its erosion

US expects Israel to follow its Gaza requests despite Netanyahu’s statements — Axios

According to a US official, the White House is "not bothered" by Benjamin Netanyahu’s statements that Israel rejects the Board of Peace’s 15-point plan for the Gaza Strip

Ukrainian military loses about 1,445 troops in special op zone in 24 hours

According to the Defense Ministry's report, Ukrainian losses amounted to up to 285 troops in the area of responsibility of the Battlegroup North and more than 210 in that of the Battlegroup West

Russia calls incident with drone at Leipzig airport hastily concocted provocation

According to the statement, the main threat to Germany today is not the notorious "hybrid attacks" by Moscow, which do not exist, but politicians who enthusiastically develop scenarios for an imminent war with Russia

Israel remains in buffer zone in Lebanon as it failed to disarm Hezbollah — adviser

"That is why Israel remains in the security zone to dismantle this infrastructure [of terror] on its own," adviser in the Israeli prime minister’s office Dmitri Gendelman said

Serbia may leave Kosovo without water for hydropower plant due to oppression of Serbs

The 270-kilometer-long Ibar River flows via Serbia and Montenegro and feeds Gazivode Lake of Kosovo’s largest hydropower plant of the same name

At least seven die after Houthis’ attack on Yemeni port of Mokha — TV

According to the Al Arabiya television channel, the Houthis carried out more than 20 attacks on the port and adjacent areas

Kiev, West may be forced to accept Russia’s terms — journalist

Columnist Marc Champion pointed out that Ukraine was facing shortages of US-made Patriot missiles due to the conflict between Washington and Tehran

Washington to probe into over 40 US biolabs in Ukraine — newspaper

One of the probe’s goals is "to identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain and what 'research' is being conducted"

Pentagon removes from command US general who coordinated military aid to Ukraine — TV

The reasons behind his dismissal are unknown

Third of Ukrainian troops surrender near Lisichansk, LPR’s envoy to Russia says

According to Rodion Miroshnik, the operation to liberate the LPR would be brought to an end as soon as the operation in Lisichansk was finished

Anti-Russian sanctions hit back on Europe — Russian diplomat

These restrictions are hitting back hard on those who devised them, and the situation with the Greeks has once again clearly confirmed this, a high-ranking Russian foreign ministry official told TASS

US redirects 55 vessels since resuming maritime blockade of Iran — CENTCOM

US forces have also disabled 2 vessels

Turkish shipowner to sue Ukraine with ICC for attacks on its vessel — media

According to earlier reports, the Turkish dry cargo ship MV Reyhan Sari, carrying coal from the Russian port of Taman to Trabzon, was attacked by a drone in the Black Sea on July 22

Trump believes Pentagon chief misleads him about weapons stockpiles — media

According to the newspaper, the United States used more than 850 Tomahawk cruise missiles and over 1,000 THAAD and Patriot interceptors in the first weeks of the war against Iran

US to unblock Iranian ports after transit through Strait of Hormuz restored — Reuters

The sources emphasized that further US actions will be tied to Iran's fulfillment of its obligations to ensure shipping in the strait