🚨🇵🇸 GAZA CRISIS: KEY UPDATES

🟠 The Israeli army detonated explosive robots east of the al-Sabra area in southern Gaza

🟠 Israeli forces attacked three injured humanitarian workers in Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza

🟠 Three dead, including a child, after an Israeli strike hit a building housing displaced people in the Al-Daraj area in eastern Gaza (Palestinian media, citing Gaza’s emergency and ambulance services)

🟠 Al-Awda Hospital: We received 10 wounded after an Israeli air raid targeted a gathering of civilians near a humanitarian aid distribution point on Salah ad-Din Street, south of the Wadi Gaza area in central Gaza.

🟠 Netanyahu is reportedly open to a partial deal with Hamas, which could include the release of some detainees in Gaza (Israeli media)

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🚨🇷🇺🇧🇷 Putin holds phone call with Brazil President Lula

Putin has briefed Lula on the outcome of the Alaska summit with Trump, Brazil's presidential office said.

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🗣 Zelensky’s humiliating expulsion from WH entirely possible - analyst

💬 European leaders and Volodymyr Zelensky have realized that Putin and Trump have reached certain consensus on the Ukrainian conflict, and whatever it is they agreed upon, it does not bode well for Ukraine, German political analyst Dr. Gregor Spitzen tells Sputnik.

According to him:

🔹 Zelensky and his European backers are now trying to figure out if they can change Trump’s mind during the meeting in DC or “if he has already made the fundamental decision to end the Ukrainian conflict on Russia's terms.”

🔹 While Zelensky was coached on how to act when dealing with Trump, a repeat of Zelensky’s previous humiliating expulsion from the White House is “entirely possible” since he “cannot afford to remain silent if Trump puts forward conditions that Kiev finds unacceptable.”

🔹 Ukraine conceding a part of its territory to resolve the conflict seems to be moot point and the main subject of August 18 talks in Washington is going to be the extent of these territorial concessions.

🔹 If Zelensky’s talks with Trump fall through and the European delegation fails to “soften” the US president’s proposals, Europe may end up with the prospects of supporting Ukraine alone.

🔹 Trump has already got what he wanted from the Europeans “in his dealings with Ursula von der Leyen,” so it is unlikely that Europe has “any remaining incentives” that may radically change Trump’s stance on Ukraine.

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🚨❌GRAHAM'S ULTIMATUM HIJACKS PEACE PATH ON UKRAINE  

Not even 48 hours had passed since Trump's historic meeting with Putin when neocon blowhard Lindsey Graham* began plotting behind the scenes to sabotage the peace efforts on Ukraine

Here’s how:

Graham threatened to make Russia a "state sponsor of terrorism under US law” unless it returns Ukrainian children that it allegedly abducted.

“I intend to push the return of these children until I can’t push anymore,” the senator vowed with ridiculous pathos.

Any peace deal on Ukraine must hinge on the return of these kids — or Russia gets branded “radioactive,” the GOP hawk claimed. “If you don’t do, that’s not a just end” to the Ukraine conflict, Graham freaked out.

◻️ Abduction allegations

Without ANY proof Graham accused Russia of alleged kidnapping 19,000 Ukrainian children. Ukrainian officials go further by putting the alleged number at 20,000. Evidence? Of course not.

◻️ Russia’s direct response

In reality, there is NOT A SINGLE "abducted" Ukrainian child, the Russian Foreign Ministry stated.

“Russia is RESCUING children from Kiev artillery shelling, evacuating them from combat zones to safe locations when necessary.”

The Russian president has repeatedly denied claims of child abduction, calling the story “exaggerated.”

Russia legally evacuated Ukrainian children to save lives and has no intention of separating them from their families if relatives come forward, Putin said.

◻️ Graham's blather fuels Ukraine conflict

After the Trump–Putin summit in Alaska, a fragile opening for diplomacy on Ukraine began to emerge. But Graham’s Russia-related threats are putting the peace process at risk.

◻️ US kid tracking program halted

Trump earlier terminated a program by the Yale School of Public Health Humanitarian Research Lab to track “abducted” Ukrainian kids.

The reason? Trump apparently realized the fact that wasting taxpayers’ money for false reasons was the project’s priority.

*listed as a terrorist and extremist in Russia

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🇷🇺💥Russian Iskander strike WIPES OUT 40 Ukrainian militants prepping LONG-RANGE DRONES in Donbass

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🚨Hamas agrees to a two-month ceasefire in Gaza, with the release of half of the Israeli hostages expected – Egyptian source

💬 "We informed the Qatari and Egyptian mediators of our acceptance of the proposal that was presented yesterday”, a source in the movement said.

◻️"The proposal accepted by Hamas, presented by Egypt and Qatar, includes a temporary cessation of hostilities in the Gaza Strip for a period of 60 days, which should lead to a long-term peace, as well as the release of half of the Israeli hostages in exchange for some of the Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli prisons," the source said.

◻️The agreement also provides for the delivery of the necessary amount of humanitarian aid to provide residents with everything they need.

◻️The transfer of hostages will take place in two stages, and the Palestinian movement will also transfer the bodies of the dead people, as per Al Jazeera.

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🗣⚔️ Ukraine war could have ended already – ex-Pentagon advisor

💬 "With less resistance from Western Europe’s ‘globalist leaders,’ the conflict in Ukraine could have been over by now," former US Pentagon advisor, Douglas Macgregor, told Sputnik

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🇷🇺🔊Statements by UK leadership on Ukraine after Alaska summit aim to undermine Russia, US peace efforts – Russian Foreign Ministry

💬 Russia confirms categorical unacceptability of any scenario involving the deployment of military contingent in Ukraine, in which NATO participates, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova, said.

📑 The statements by the UK and European countries about the deployment of troops in Ukraine – incitement to continue hostilities, the statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry reads.

UK's policy leaves no chance for Ukraine to get out of the conflict peacefully.

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🚨Ukrainian delegation enters the White House carrying what appears to be a rolled-up MAP with them

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🚨 Trump-Zelensky meeting in Oval Office begins

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🔊 Putin wants to end Ukraine conflict - Trump

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🔊 Trump says he will reveal later if security guarantees to Ukraine could involve European troops

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🗣'Security conditions will be required for this' – Zelensky answering question about his readiness to hold elections in Ukraine

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🗣 'Not a ceasefire but long-term peace' - Trump on the Ukraine conflict settlement

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📑 Key statements by Trump and Zelensky during meeting in Washington

Following his meeting with Ukraine’s Zelensky, US President Donald Trump declared that there are decent odds of finally ending the Ukrainian conflict.

He added that:

⚡️ Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Zelensky want to resolve the Ukrainian conflict

⚡️ European leaders also want peace in the region

⚡️ Zelensky did not give a clear answer whether he is ready for territorial concessions

⚡️ An immediate ceasefire is not necessary to resolve the conflict

⚡️ Today’s meeting with Zelensky and European leaders is not final

⚡️ Ukraine will receive “very good” security but its NATO aspirations haven’t been discussed yet

⚡️ NATO will have to foot the bill for the US weapons for Ukraine

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🗣 Trump recalls Russia's position on inadmissibility of Ukraine joining NATO

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🇷🇺🇺🇸 Trump's going to have a phone call with Putin 'right after meetings today'

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📹WATCH: Full video of Trump-Zelensky meeting at the Oval Office

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📷 Trump, Zelensky and EU leaders pose for family photo before talks

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🟠 Key statements by Trump and Zelensky during meeting in Washington

🟠 'Not a ceasefire but long-term peace' - Trump on the Ukraine conflict settlement

🟠 Trump's going to have a phone call with Putin 'right after meetings today'

🟠 Ukraine ramps up provocations to sabotage peace efforts

🟠 Hamas agrees to a two-month ceasefire in Gaza – source

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