🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Blackouts in the city of Melitopol, Russian-controlled Zaporozhye.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "For its own selfish interests, the US launches tariff wars and trade wars; forms 'small circles' and engages in bloc confrontation, causing deep concerns among countries; strengthens military deployments in the Asia-Pacific, rudely interferes in the internal affairs of other countries, and stirs up tensions," - Zhang Xiaogang, China's Ministry of Defense Spokesman.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "Facts have repeatedly shown that the US, by going against the trend and acting willfully, will ultimately harm itself," - Zhang Xiaogang, China's Ministry of Defense Spokesman.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "The Taiwan question is purely China's internal affair, and the US has no right to make irresponsible remarks, let alone attempt to use it as a bargaining chip to contain China," - Zhang Xiaogang, China's Ministry of Defense Spokesman.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇹🇼⚡- "The Chinese Army will resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity and firmly crush any Taiwan independence separatist plots and any external interference," - Zhang Xiaogang, China's Ministry of Defense Spokesman.

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇵🇭⚡- "The US, fearing no chaos in the South China Sea, forms cliques and stirs up trouble, posing the greatest threat to regional peace and stability," - Zhang Xiaogang, China's Ministry of Defense Spokesman.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "China has always been a defender and builder of peace and development in the Asia-Pacific," - Zhang Xiaogang, China's Ministry of Defense Spokesman.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡- "China will oppose hegemonism that harms the Asia-Pacific. China will prevent geopolitical conflicts from being introduced into the region. China will oppose any country or force that creates trouble here," - Zhang Xiaogang, China's Ministry of Defense Spokesman.

🇺🇸🇵🇭🇰🇷⚡- BREAKING: The Philippines Chief of Staff Romeo Brawner has invited South Korea to join the Indo-Pacific informal alliance 'Squad' - dubbed the NATO of Asia.

The security alliance currently involves the US, Japan, the Philippines, and Australia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: More than 100,000 residents across 150 settlements in the Russian-controlled Kherson region are without power, facing blackouts, after Ukrainian drones took out an electrical substation.

🇺🇸🇨🇳⚡️- US extends suspension of tariffs on select Chinese imports until August 31.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Major power outages across Russian-controlled Zaporozhye, including the major city of Melitopol, and southwest Donetsk, effecting tens of thousands. Multiple substations were reportedly damaged during Ukrainian drone attacks.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: Russian voenkors say the military has 'lost' communication with troops along the left-bank of Russian-controlled Kherson!

The loss of communication impacts the line from the Kinburn Spit to Energodar.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Russian emergency teams are restoring power to the regions affected.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- Confirmed: Ukrainian drones struck communication towers in Kherson.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡️- The US has withdrawn 500 troops from Syria, reducing the total to under 1,000, while closing or transferring three bases to the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡- "The AUTOPEN should have stopped Iran a long time ago from “enriching.” Under our potential Agreement — WE WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ENRICHMENT OF URANIUM!" - President Trump.

🇮🇱⚡- Yitzhak Goldknopf, Israeli Housing Minister and Head of the Yahadut HaTora Party, is waiting on the Ger Hasidic Chief Rabbi's instructions on whether to resign from the government.

"Such a move could lead to a series of withdrawals, first from Agudat Yisrael, then pressure on the Shas to resign, and finally the collapse of the entire Likud coalition," - Israeli Channel 12.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- BREAKING: President Trump spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu regarding the Iranian nuclear talks - Israel Hayom, an Israeli outlet with close ties to Netanyahu.

The last time the two spoke was last Monday, Channel 12 described that call as 'tense' and 'highly charged'.

🇾🇪🇮🇱⚡️- Some moments ago, a ballistic missile launched by Ansarullah was intercepted over the city of Hebron. No alarms were sounded.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- BREAKING: The Crimean Bridge has temporarily closed after Ukrainian drones struck the structure last night. Emergency teams are on site to assess the damage before reopening for traffic.