🇷🇺 Russia just put the Telegram founder on an international most-wanted list.
The FSB charged Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism and issued a warrant for his arrest, accusing him of letting Ukrainian intelligence use the app to coordinate attacks inside Russia.
Durov, who lives in Dubai and hasn’t set foot in Russia in years, has been unbothered from the start.
When the charges first landed, he said Moscow was inventing pretexts to choke off free speech and called it the act of a state afraid of its own people.
The charge carries up to 15 years, not that anyone expects him to show up and serve them.
The timing is almost too on the nose, landing right as the Kremlin herds Russians onto MAX, its own state-built app wired straight into FSB surveillance.
An international warrant for a man the Kremlin can’t touch, whose crime was refusing to hand over the keys.
Source: Reuters / Writer: Julie
— @MarioNawfal Jul 29, 2026
Day: July 29, 2026
Iran considered a symbolic missile strike on a Ukrainian Black Sea port after Ukraine allegedly hit an Iranian cargo ship in the Caspian Sea, according to the New York Times.
Iranian and Western officials say diplomatic efforts have, for now, prevented an escalation.
— @KyivPost Jul 29, 2026
🇮🇷🇨🇳🔥China has delivered first 500+ Chinese-made man-portable air-defence systems (MANPADS / shoulder-fired launchers) worth $80 Million amid rising Ukraine-Iran tension and potential resume of US-Iran war.
— @rkmtimes Jul 29, 2026
Talk about a power move to close out the US trip. 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇫🇮
Financial Times and Politico report that the US Senate just passed a massive new sanctions package against Russian politicians, oligarchs, and banks with an overwhelming 86-12 vote.
Just minutes before the vote, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Finnish President Alexander Stubb held a closed-door briefing with senators to seal the deal.
Insiders note the vibe between Trump and Zelenskyy is completely different compared to last year, now that Ukraine is proving its momentum. Having a Finn in the room to break down Nordic-Baltic security probably didn’t hurt either.
— @jalle51 Jul 29, 2026
🇷🇺🇺🇦RUSSIA now Using S-400 Missiles in Ballistic Role Against UKRAINIAN Targets.
Russia has been firing missiles from its S-400 air-defense system on ballistic trajectories against Ukrainian ground targets, including industrial areas.
This is a secondary use of an air-defense weapon rather than its main purpose. The missiles are mixed with Iskander and other weapons in larger attacks.
The practice helps increase the number of fast threats Ukraine must defend against but offers less precision and power than dedicated strike missiles.
— @Globalsurv Jul 29, 2026
Putin just signed another decree expanding the Russian military—the third time he’s adjusted the numbers in just the past six months. Taking effect August 1st, the total cap is now over 2.42 million. 📄📈
The official reason given is the creation of specialized “military construction units.” 🏗️🪖
You know things are getting bureaucratic when it requires a presidential decree just to recruit 25,000 guys to dig trenches and fix infrastructure.
Analysts are already pointing out that building more military housing right now looks suspiciously like prep work for an autumn draft. Stay tuned.
— @jalle51 Jul 29, 2026
🇷🇺🇪🇺🇺🇲Putin Declares Russia’s Nuclear Submarine Fleet Critical as Poseidon Nears Combat Readiness against NATO..
Russian President Vladimir Putin has emphasised the importance of the Navy’s nuclear forces in the country’s deterrent, stressing its “huge significance.”
Singling out the Posidon nuclear powered torpedo, which carries nuclear warheads, he observed: “As for the Posidon we have been talking a lot about, this uncrewed underwater vehicle is at the final stage,” he said at a meeting with Russian Navy servicemen. “We are about to complete [the work on it] and put it on combat alert.”
— @Globalsurv Jul 29, 2026
Kyiv’s goal is no longer simply to start fires at refineries or destroy storage tanks, but to keep plants offline for longer and make each strike more costly for Moscow. What’s behind the strategy? ft.trib.al/Z0NVOB0
— @FT Jul 29, 2026
🇺🇦🇮🇷 Ukraine and Iran nearly fused two wars last week, then both backed off within days
Ukrainian drones flew more than a thousand kilometers to hit Iran-linked shipping in the Caspian, killing an Iranian sailor.
Araghchi said it could not go unanswered.
For about seventy-two hours the Russia-Ukraine war and the Iran war looked ready to become one conflict with shared enemies and overlapping target sets.
Then the two foreign ministers got on the phone.
Kyiv called the strike unintentional, both governments said they wanted no escalation, and Tehran’s demand shrank to compensation.
That retreat carries more information than the strike did.
Iran is already absorbing an American air campaign and cannot afford a second adversary.
Ukraine needs Patriots from Washington more than it needs Iranian scalps.
The supply networks feeding both wars still run through the same water.
Everyone has now seen what touching them costs.
Source: NBC, AP / Writer: Daniel
— @MarioNawfal Jul 29, 2026
BREAKING:
Iran is expected to receive the first shipment of up to 400 Chinese made shoulder-fired airdefence missile launchers within weeks under a $60–70 million purchase agreement – Reuters.
— @Currentreport1 Jul 29, 2026