▪️Putin's representative for the Syrian settlement, Alexander Lavrentyev: Russia is open to contacts with Trump's team on Syria if the American authorities want it.

▪️Turkish Media reports Erdogan stated, "We, as the State and Government of the Republic of Turkey, have cut off relations with Israel. We do not have any relationship with Israel at this point. Period."

Erdogan made these comments to journalists aboard his plane following his recent visits to Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan. Erdogan highlighted his condemnation of what he termed genocide in Gaza and Lebanon.

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Israel’s Foreign Ministry denied a change in its diplomatic relationship with Turkey on Wednesday, just hours after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed that he had cut all ties with Jerusalem.

The ministry “is not aware of a change in the status of relations with Turkey,” it circulated in a statement cited by local media.

The foundation is being laid and people want to argue about it. Doesn't matter in the end what we all think. God's plan is playing out and His will will be done. Remember we are in a spiritual war. Stay in prayer.

Israel Today: American and Israeli sources say the ceasefire talks in Qatar have been "substantive" and have a real chance of success.

Arab sources say there is no progress.

Usually in such situations, the Americans and Israelis are being overly optimistic, and the Arabs are telling the truth.

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Israel is demanding a list of 33 live hostages to be released, and an ongoing IDF presence on the Gaza-Egypt border (Philadelphi Corridor) and the Netzarim corridor that runs across the center of Gaza, diving the north from the south.

Hamas utterly rejects these demands.

Russia Reports:

On August 11, as a result of a drone strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Zaporozhskaya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), a fire broke out at the plant's cooling system facility. Due to professional actions of firefighters, EMERCOM first responders and ZNPP workers, the fire was quickly localized, although serious damage was inflicted on the plant’s cooling towers.

Spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova:
"Everything the Zelenskiy regime does is fully supported by the West. The terrorists in Kiev, under the guidance of the ‘collective West’, have destroyed their own country, devastated the Ukrainian people, undermined global energy and food security, and now they have resorted to nuclear terrorism on the continent.

This act of nuclear terrorism emphasizes the global threat posed by the Zelenskiy regime, which is encouraged by the West to engage in increasingly reckless ventures. The ongoing supply of lethal weapons to Kiev and consistent financial backing further exacerbate this danger”.

Director General of Rosatom, Alexey Likhachev:
"We view the recent attack not merely as a provocation, but as a deliberate strike against the security of the ZNPP infrastructure. A fundamental and absolute principle of IAEA safety is the integrity of infrastructure. In this context, the cooling towers and the water cooling systems are critical elements of the nuclear facility's safety, and they have sustained very serious damage.

The IAEA has already been informed about this incident directly through our Permanent Mission in Vienna, and Russian diplomats are conducting relevant activities. We see the first reaction from the IAEA leadership, but it is necessary to clearly identify the cause and give it an international political assessment".

Deputy Russian Permanent Representative to the International Organizations in Vienna, Roman Ustinov:
"I would like to draw attention to the statement made by Ukraine's Energoatom immediately after the fire started at the nuclear power plant. There is a very interesting phrase that only ZNPP’s transfer to Ukraine can guarantee prevention of a nuclear and radiation accident. What does this mean? It means that Ukraine will continue its attacks on the plant. The only way to stop this is a clear response from the international community, in particular from the IAEA leadership”.

▪️ The Kremlin: Ukraine would not have attacked the Russian Kursk region without direct support and participation from the West, and the Ukrainian attack on Kursk was planned with the participation of NATO and Western intelligence services.

▪️The authorities in Lipetsk announced the evacuation of 400 houses due to the Ukrainian attack on the air force base in the area.

To ensure safety, a decision was made to evacuate residents of the villages of Koptsevy Khutor, Fedorovka, Yakovlevka, Tynkovka; temporary accommodation points and transport are being prepared.

More than 400 households in the Lipetsk municipal district are included in the evacuation zone, the governor reported.

Buses have arrived in all populated areas to evacuate residents, and door-to-door visits are underway. Some residents have decided not to leave their homes and to take shelter in basements.

In evacuated settlements, posts are set up to protect homes and property. Traffic police are stationed on access roads, and traffic is restricted.

Temporary accommodation centres have been set up at the school in the village of Kuzminskie Otverzhki and at the community centre in Novaya Derevnya.

▪️Russia has extended an invitation to the President of Bolivia to take part in the BRICS summit in Kazan. This was reported by the Russian Ambassador to the South American country Mikhail Ledenev.

⚠️ An explosion near the Israeli embassy in India

Waiting for details

⚠️ Chief of Staff Hertzi Halevi held a situation assessment in the central corridor of the Gaza Strip with senior officials of the Southern Command and said: "Let those who attack the citizens of the State of Israel know that we are ready to go far, to bring accurate intelligence, to hurt and also to kill."