🇾🇪❌🇾🇪 — Ongoing report of an explosion in the PLC-controlled Al-Rayyan Airport in Mukalla, eastern Yemen.

🇺🇦❌🇷🇺 — WATCH: Intense Russian air defense activities last night during the Ukrainian attack against the city of Novorossiysk.

🇺🇸🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — Ukraine has halted drone strikes on oil tankers using Russia’s Novorossiysk port after U.S. Vice President JD Vance asked President Zelensky to stop the attacks during a July 31 call, FT reports.

Kyiv agreed not to target Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) infrastructure or non-Russian vessels unless they were sanctioned by Ukraine or carrying Russian oil or cargo.

Washington was concerned the strikes were disrupting global oil markets and affecting U.S. companies Chevron and ExxonMobil, which have major stakes in the Kazakhstan-linked CPC route.

🇷🇺🇯🇵🇺🇦⚡️ — Russian President Putin on Japan:

Japan, under the pretext of events in Ukraine, without delving into the causes of this conflict, imposed sanctions against Russia that were unprovoked on our part.

🇷🇺🇯🇵⚡️ — Russian President Putin on Japan:

We are not threatening Japan. We have absolutely no claims against it. On the contrary, Japan has territorial claims against our country. I mean the problem of the Kuril Islands.