🇺🇲🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- US Defense Secretary, Lloyd Austin, will meet Ukrainian Defense Minister, Rustem Umerov, on Friday to discuss Kursk incursion.

🇲🇱🇩🇿⚡- Algerian representatives to the United Nations condemns Malian Forces for airstriking CSP-DPA Forces in Tin Zautin, northern Mali.

🇷🇺🇲🇱⚡- Satellite images show a large increase in military equipment at Wagner's Gao Military Base, central Mali.

Indicating an offensive on the city of Tin Zautin against the CSP-DPA Forces is very likely in the near future.

🇳🇪🇳🇬⚡- Niger's Chief of Staff, Moussa Barmuo, met Nigeria's Chief of Staff, Gwabin Musa, in Niamey, Niger.

Both countries seek to mend ties after almost going to war last year.

🇬🇪🇪🇺⚡- "We are increasingly concerned about the trajectory of Georgia moving away from the European Union," – Josep Borrell, Chief of EU's Foreign Policy.

🇪🇺🇮🇱⚡- Josep Borrell, Chief of EU's Foreign Policy, says the EU must "consider sanctioning" Israeli Knesset Ministers "Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich over Gaza war remarks".

🇷🇺🇦🇿🇦🇲⚡- "The EU monitoring mission in Armenia collects intelligence against Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran," – Mikhail Yevdokimov, Russian ambassador to Azerbaijan.

🇮🇶🇹🇷⚡- The Iraqi Armed Forces confirm shooting down a Turkish drone over Kirkuk, northern Iraq.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The Head of Hamas branch in Jenin, West Bank, Wissam Hazem, was eliminated in an exchange of fire – Ynet.

🇺🇸🇲🇦⚡- Morocco is set to receive an additional 172 Abrams tanks from the US as part of a 2018 deal that was delayed due to COVID.

🇪🇹🇲🇦⚡- Morocco and Ethiopia sign a new military cooperation deal.

🇵🇸🇮🇱⚡- The Israeli army has withdrawn from Khan-Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, after a 22-day military operation.

🇺🇸⚡- For the first time in decades there are no US aircraft carrier strike groups in the Indo-Pacific region. USS Abraham Lincoln, the last carrier to be in the region, has arrived at Oman for a potential conflict with Iran.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "While great changes have taken place in the two countries and in China-U.S. relations, China’s commitment to the goal of a stable, healthy and sustainable China-U.S. relationship remains unchanged," – Xi Jinping, President of China.

🇲🇱🇩🇿⚡- Heavy airstrikes reported at Tin Zautin, northern Mali, on Azawad separatist positions.

Unconfirmed reports of Algerian forces approaching the border with air defense systems.

🇷🇺🇲🇳⚡- "There are no worries. We have a wonderful dialogue with our friends from Mongolia," – Dmitry Peskov, Russian Presidential Press Secretary, confirms the "Kremlin is not afraid" of Putin's trip to Mongolia, which is a member of the International Criminal Court and is theoretically obliged to arrest him.

Vladimir Putin is set to visit Mongolia on the 3rd of September.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- Two Iranians rescued in international waters by the US Theodore Roosevelt Strike Group – US CENTCOM.

🇷🇺🇺🇦 - Scenes from eastern Toretsk.

Footage captured by a Russian soldier.

🇮🇷⚡- "We are strengthening our capabilities and monitoring threats from global arrogance and the Zionist entity. We can detect any enemy flying object, even those hidden from radar, from long distances," – Alirezah Sabahifard, Commander of the Iranian Air Defense Force.

🇮🇷⚡- "We are among the most prepared Armed Forces in the world right now," – Alirezah Sabahifard, Commander of the Iranian Air Defense Force.

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