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In the night of Wednesday, August 5, at the Leipzig/Halle airport, next to a Ukrainian cargo airplane An-124, a suspicious item was discovered. X-ray examination showed that it was a drone equipped with explosives with a detonator, reports the dpa agency. It was defused using a remotely controlled robot.

Israeli airstrikes killed at least four Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday— the second day of ongoing attacks despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s statement of progress in implementing last year’s ceasefire agreement, Reuters reported.
Palestinian medical officials said Israeli military aircraft carried out separate strikes on residential homes in Gaza City and Deir al-Balah.

Units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) that strike deep within Russian territory have been able to choose targets more effectively thanks to intelligence provided to them by the United States and France. This was reported on Wednesday, July 29, by the British newspaper Financial Times (FT). According to its data, using American and French information, Ukrainian planners created a detailed map of Russia’s power system and identified critical nodes on it where malfunctions could lead to the shutdown of large parts of the system. AFU drones are now targeting precisely these nodes, as well as equipment that is hardest to replace—this is a “targeted and coordinated” strategy, an FT source in the AFU told the outlet.

Kazakhstan is holding talks with Russia on the processing of Russian oil at its refineries. Reuters reported this on Thursday, July 30, citing the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan.
"Negotiations are under way on the processing of Russian-origin oil, followed by the sale of the resulting products within Kazakhstan and the export of part of the products to the Russian Federation", Reuters quotes a statement from a Kazakhstan agency.