📰 — 🇺🇸/🇸🇴 Somaliland, which proclaimed independence from Somalia in 1991, is willing to offer the US a military base at the entrance to the Red Sea and critical-minerals deals in its quest for international recognition as a sovereign state.

US ally, UAE, already runs a port at Berbera in Somaliland and controls a nearby airstrip that’s used by military planes.

🔗 Bloomberg

📰 — 🇺🇸/🇺🇦/🇷🇺 GOP Senators Roger Wicker in the Armed Services Committee and Jim Risch in the Foreign Relations have introduced a bill named “PEACE act” allowing allies to finance the supply of US weapons to #Ukraine.

The Pentagon would be able to replenish its own stockpiles using these funds and continue supporting Ukraine without harming US military readiness.

The plan envisions $5–8 billion annually, with #Germany and the #UK among potential contributors.

🔗 WSJ

📰 — 🇺🇦/🇷🇺 An analysis to #Russia’s Su-34 and Su-35S fighter jets found out that of 1,119 distinct components identified inside the jets, an almost unbelievable 1,115 were made by companies headquartered in the US, Germany, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, or France.

These aren't obscure parts or numbers; they are essentially every part of the plane that flies, navigates, and kills. Each of these chips serves a critical function, from radar and guidance systems to flight control and communications.

Despite sanctions, the Kremlin continues receiving Western technology through "gray" schemes. Components reach Russia through a complex network of Russian importers and foreign suppliers, including intermediaries and shell companies in China, Hong Kong, Turkey, UAE, and certain EU countries.

🔗 International Partnership for Human Rights (IPHR)

🇺🇦/🇷🇺/🇰🇵 The 14th UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) Aerial Reconnaissance Regiment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) identified and tracked the position of a North Korean-made M1978 “Koksan” 170mm self-propelled artillery system being used by Russian forces.

The unit destroyed it using precision-guided rocket fire from a US-supplied HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System).

🇵🇸/🇮🇱 Yesterday, 12 armed Hamas operatives emerged from a tunnel in Khan Younis near a logistics route used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and set up an ambush near the route, hiding under blankets to avoid detection.

Troops from Golani’s 13th Battalion spotted them and deployed a “Zik” drone, prompting the militants to flee back into the tunnel.

A Hamas drone was also detected, likely used to monitor the ambush and cover the retreat. The IDF believes the goal was to kidnap soldiers.

🔗 Moriah Doron

📊 — 🇺🇦/🇷🇺 The total number of “Shahed” and 'Gerbera' UAVs launched by Russian forces into Ukraine in July 2025 stood at 6,297, an increase of 1,378% compared to July 2024 (426 launched).

With 6,297, July has seen approximately the same number of drones as the entirety of Jan-Oct period in 2024.

July is also the first month to see more than 6,000 drones reported by the Ukrainian Air Force, this follows June when more than 5,000 were reported for the first time.

🔗 Kyle Glen

🇺🇸/🇺🇦/🇷🇺 President Donald Trump condemned Russia’s ongoing attacks on #Ukraine, calling them “disgusting,” and confirmed that the US will move forward with imposing new sanctions on Moscow. However, he expressed skepticism about their effectiveness:

Yeah, we’re gonna put sanctions. I don’t know that sanctions bother him… I don’t know if that has any effect, but we’re going to do it.

Trump also mentioned that Special Envoy Steven Witkoff will be traveling to #Russia.

🛡️ — 🇺🇸/🇺🇦/🇮🇱/🇰🇼 American defense contractor Raytheon (RTX) has been awarded a major contract worth up to $3.5 billion to produce AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles for both the US military and international partners, including #Ukraine, #Israel, and Kuwait.

According to a statement from the US Department of Defense on July 31, the deliveries under this long-term agreement are scheduled to be completed by the third quarter of fiscal year 2031.

🔗 DOD

🇺🇸/🇵🇸/🇮🇱 US envoy Steve Witkoff and US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee have now visited a Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF)-run aid distribution point in the Gaza Strip.

The two officials will report on the site’s conditions to US President Trump, who recently expressed concerns about the worsening humanitarian situation in the Strip.

🧭 — 🇷🇺/🇺🇸/🇮🇳 Following a 25% tarrif on India by the US as a penalty for importing Russian oil, at least four Russian tankers are now anchored off the coast of western India near the port of Jamnagar.

According to MarineTraffic data, the tankers are Achilles, Elyte, both can carry 700K barrels, and Destan and Horae.

📰 — 🇩🇪/🇺🇦/🇺🇸 #Germany will deliver two MIM-104 “Patriot” launchers to #Ukraine from its own reserves in the coming days.

According to the German Ministry of Defense, the two launchers will arrive within the next few days, while the remaining components of the system will be delivered over the next two to three months.

This became possible because the US agreed to provide replacements for Germany on an accelerated schedule.

BREAKING — 🇱🇧/🇺🇸 Tom Barrack, US special envoy to Syria and its ambassador to #Turkey, is no longer tasked with the Lebanese file.

According to Lebanese media, the US administration has decided that Morgan Ortagus will be reassigned to work on the Lebanese file, which includes disarming Hezbollah.