Yemeni Houthis said they attacked an "important target" in the Israeli Tel Aviv area with drones. The operation was "successful.”

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Beirut hit by new strikes, IDF confirms first casualties: the latest on Israel-Lebanon escalation

🔸Six killed, seven injured in Israel’s overnight strike on Lebanon’s Beirut

🔸Check out footage of the aftermath of IDF’s strike on Beirut’s suburbs

🔸IDF reports first casualties in its ground operations in Lebanon 

🔸Houthis say they successfully launched a drone attack in Tel Aviv’s suburb

🔸Israel may strike at the forces of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Syria or Yemen – report

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📹Russian forces destroyed the Ukrainian ammunition depot in the Donetsk region, using the universal planning and correction module of the FAB-3000 high-explosive aerial bomb.

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◾️Beirut hit by new strikes, IDF confirms first casualties: the latest on Israel-Lebanon escalation

◾️‘New day’ for world as myth of Israeli invincibility shattered – analyst

◾️After Tuesday’s attack, has Iran eclipsed Israel’s deterrence capacity?

◾️Iran-Israel escalation: is a regional conflict in the Middle East imminent?

◾️Mali’s probe into Ukraine’s ties to terrorists should not take long – FM tells Sputnik

◾️Hollywood’s subservience to deep state revealed as Netflix celebrates Azov* fighter

*Azov Battalion is a terrorist organization banned in Russia

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⚡️The Russian Federal Security Service reported on the detention of Ukrainian military intelligence officers who tried to enter Russia from the territory of Lithuania.

At first, the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry tasked its employees with collecting information about the security of the border for dropping agents and committing crimes in Russia.

Having collected the necessary data, the Ukrainian spies tried to cross the border but were caught.

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Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili said that he had signed the bill on family values that bans LGBT* propaganda.

"According to the constitution of Georgia, I am signing the bill 'On the Protection of Family Values ​​and Minors,' which Salome Zurabishvili refused to sign," Papuashvili wrote on social media.

Earlier, the Parliament of Georgia has adopted a bill on the prohibition of LGBT propaganda.

*the LGBT movement is banned in Russia as extremist

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Iran has resumed flights previously canceled due to escalation in the Middle East, Iranian authorities announced.

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LIVE: Lavrov delivers speech on occasion of 75th anniversary of Russia-China diplomatic ties

Watch the livestream here or on Sputnik's website

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France’s policy ‘completely aligned with the US’ - analyst

Commenting on Paris helping Israel against Iran and supporting Lebanon at the same time, retired French army colonel, Alain Corvez, told Sputnik that it’s a “terrible” situation as there is “no normal diplomacy” in France.

“We [France] have lost our sovereignty. We don't decide. The decisions are not taken in Paris. They are decisions which have been elaborated in Brussels and Brussels is the bridge to Washington. We have adopted all the strategic thinking of the US,” Corvez, international strategy and international relations consultant of the French defense and interior ministries, said.

France doesn’t pursue a sovereign policy, focusing instead on supporting the policy of the US and Israel, he added. According to Corvez, the policy of France is “now completely aligned with American policy.”

“We have to recover our sovereignty of decisions. […] It's a shame. Each time [French President Emmanuel] Macron is going to Beirut, to Lebanon, he is the envoy of Washington. He's not officially the envoy, but the Lebanese political parties know that he's coming to support Israel’s and Washington's policy,” the expert concluded.

The French foreign ministry earlier said that Paris condemns Iran's missile attack on Israel, and that France used “its military means in the Middle East to counter the Iranian threat.” This came as Macron expressed desire for Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity to be restored in strict compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1701.

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❗️The Israeli army announced the elimination of the head of the Hamas government, Rawhi Mushtaha, in the Gaza Strip.

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No replacement for Ukraine-squandered best Western tanks — report

During the attack on the Russian Kursk region, Ukrainian troops used the best tanks supplied by the West, which are unlikely to be replaced in case of loss, Forbes reports.

As the newspaper notes, the 21st mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian forces has been involved in the attack, comprising a CV90 IFV, as well as German Leopard 2A6 and Swedish Strv 122 tanks.

The article says that the Ukrainian brigade has already lost "at least one tank in Kursk," while "the Swedish and German armies are struggling to sustain their own tank brigades; neither has signaled a willingness to part with any more of their better tanks."

The Kursk region, which borders Ukraine in western Russia, was attacked by about 1,000 Ukrainian troops and scores of armored vehicles on August 6. Russian forces stopped Ukraine’s Army from advancing deep into Russian territory and continue to repel Ukrainian incursion attempts.

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❗️Ukrainian losses amounted to 2,085 militants during the day — Russian Defense Ministry 

🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian MoD daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:    

▪️Units of the Russian Vostok combat group repelled two counterattacks by the Ukrainian assault groups. The enemy lost up to 130 militants;

▪️The Russian Tsentr Battlegroup repelled eight Ukrainian counterattacks and destroyed two armored vehicles. Ukrainian losses amounted to 615 servicemen; 

▪️The Russian Yug combat group repelled three counterattacks and destroyed a Ukrainian drone assembly workshop, an electronic warfare station and three warehouses. Ukrainian losses amounted to 720 soldiers;

▪️Russian air defense systems shot down 144 Ukrainian drones, four ATACMS missiles, and five HIMARS shells.

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