🚨Putsch au #Niger : plusieurs sources confirment la présence à Niamey «d’instructeurs» du groupe de mercenaires russes, Wagner, en provenance du Mali. Comme ce fut le cas lors de la prise de pouvoir du capitaine Ibrahim Traoré au #BurkinaFaso, le Colonel Assimi Goïta «conseille» et apporte «un appui logistique» aux putschistes de Niamey dans le but de «consolider» leur pouvoir. #NigerCoup #Mali

⚡️Domestic production of nuclear weapons is an unrealistic task for Ukraine — Danilov

⚡️Ooopa…

⚡️Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan's party calls for “country-wide peaceful protests”

⚡️Ukraine crisis talks in Saudi have begun — Reuters

⚡️Six Russian Black Sea ports are in “war risk area” — Ukrainian agency for navigation services

⚡️Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan to be sent to central jail in Rawalpindi — Reuters, citing arrest warrant

⚡️Ukraine publishes a video from the unmanned kamikaze UAV which attacked a tanker in the Black Sea last tonight.

⚡️Photos from inside the tanker that was hit by a Ukrainian sea drone. One room is flooded by the looks of it.

⚡️Look at what was spotted in Kazan, Russia.

⚡️Traffic on the Crimean bridge has been restored — TASS

⚡️Blinken: US Government is pausing certain foreign assistance programs benefiting government of Niger

⚡️The crew of the tanker that got struck in the Black Sea tonight reports that they cannot move independently without a tug, the engine room is flooded, the ship is in ballast and afloat. They also claim rescue vessel "Mercury" is currently working on the spot.

⚡️Reports that one of the Ukrainian drones supposedly crashed into a tanker at a distance of 30 nautical miles from the Kerch Strait.

⚡️The loud sounds that were heard by the residents of Kerch an hour ago had nothing to do with the Crimean bridge, Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of Crimea, said in his Telegram channel.

⚡️There is confirmation that traffic on the Crimean Bridge has been blocked

⚡️The adviser to the head of the Crimea said that he could not confirm the information about the explosions in the area of ​​the Crimean bridge — RIA

⚡️“Chad will not intervene in Niger coup” — Reuters, citing Defence Minister statement

⚡️Explosion reported in the area of the Kerch Bridge.

⚡️DoD Statement: “Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III spoke by phone today with Polish Minister of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak. Secretary Austin emphasized U.S. support for Poland’s response to the August 1 incursion into Polish airspace by Belarusian aircraft. The leaders also discussed the Wagner Group’s new presence in Belarus and mutually committed to continue monitoring the situation closely.”