Libya
The President of Kazakhstan supported good relations with Putin and called for a freeze in hostilities in Ukraine. Merz confirmed support for Kyiv.
51 migrants were rescued off Crete after a boat from Libya sank. One person died, and 20 others are still missing.
The European Commission is considering restricting the right to asylum, expanding Frontex’s powers, and funding migrant return centers.
According to Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, official Minsk is deepening ties with authoritarian regimes against the backdrop of its isolation from the West. In particular, Belarus is preparing a visa-free regime with North Korea and has also received Afghan Taliban members.
The bodies of at least six migrants were discovered 200 km from Jalu after their vehicle broke down in the desert. Libya is a transit route to Europe.
Following the vessel accident off the coast of Tunisia, 11 bodies were found and three people are missing. Only one of the 15 passengers survived; the search is ongoing.
Oil prices rose due to strikes on vessels in the Middle East and the lack of talks between Iran and the United States. U.S. oil inventories increased by 9.1 million barrels, which could ease concerns about a shortage.
On Tuesday, firefighters in western Libya battled a fire after a drone strike on an oil facility. The attacks continued, hitting a power plant and an oil refinery, while an officer was killed in Benghazi.
A total solar eclipse will occur on August 12, 2026, visible in the Arctic and parts of Europe. In Ukraine, the partial phase will be visible in the western regions, with the best conditions in Uzhhorod.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed decrees on the dismissal of five ambassadors. Among the dismissed diplomats are the ambassadors to Brunei, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Austria, and Libya.
The EUNAVFOR MED Irini mission inspected the tanker "Toa Payoh" under EU sanctions. The vessel was not detained, but documents are being examined for possible seizure.
President Zelenskyy stated that Russia is deliberately attacking Ukrainian agricultural enterprises and ports, which could provoke a global food crisis. He recalled a similar situation in 2022 that threatened countries in the Middle East and North Africa.
A Ukrainian aircraft carrying undeclared explosives to Libya was detained in Trinidad and Tobago. After an inspection, the crew was allowed to continue the flight.
Investigators in Greece have determined that a sea drone carrying explosives went off course due to a malfunction. Athens believes the craft is Ukrainian, but Kyiv denies this.
A corvette, a tanker, and Su-35 fighter jets remain at the bases in Tartus and Khmeimim. Moscow is attempting to maintain influence through new agreements with Damascus.
Off the coast of Crete, a merchant ship rescued 38 people from a distressed boat. This year, approximately 2,500 migrants from Libya have already arrived illegally on the island.
The former French president denies accusations of conspiring with Libya to finance elections. Sarkozy faces up to 10 years in prison in this case.
Two merchant ships rescued 32 people from an overturned boat near Lampedusa. According to witnesses, more than seventy people drowned during the storm.
Cairo will import 1. 2 million barrels of oil from Libya monthly due to the cessation of supplies from Kuwait. The country is intensifying energy saving for market stability.
Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, stated that the West is unprepared for drone warfare. Cheap technologies from Russia and Iran nullify the advantage of expensive weapons and play into a war of attrition.
Libyan NOC engaged Italian Eni to tow the Arctic Metagaz vessel. The unmanned tanker poses a threat of a large-scale environmental disaster.
The Russian vessel Arctic Metagaz, carrying 60,000 tons of gas, threatens an ecological catastrophe in the Mediterranean Sea. The tanker entered Libyan waters after an attack.
The damaged vessel Arctic Metagaz, carrying 60,000 tons of gas, threatens an environmental catastrophe. The crew was evacuated after a drone attack in international waters.
G7 finance ministers will discuss releasing up to 400 million barrels of oil due to shortages. Brent prices jumped to $120 due to the war in the region.
Russia confirmed the damage to its LNG tanker Arctic Metagaz in the Mediterranean Sea, blaming Ukraine. The crew of the sanctioned vessel was not injured.
A Russian LNG tanker caught fire off the coast of Libya, possibly as a result of an attack by Ukrainian naval drones. The sanctioned vessel had deactivated its identification system.
A migrant boat heading to Europe sank off the coast of Libya. 53 people died, including two infants; only two women were rescued.
Serbian company NIS, controlled by Gazprom Neft, received the first batches of oil for the refinery in Pančevo. This will allow the plant to operate at full capacity for at least nine days.
The Turkish Ministry of Defense announced that experts have begun analyzing the black boxes of the crashed plane, which killed eight people, including the head of military units in western Libya. Libyan officials cited a technical malfunction of the aircraft as the cause of the crash.
Rescuers found the flight recorders of a private Falcon 50 jet that crashed near Ankara. The crash killed Libyan armed forces chief Lieutenant General Mohammed al-Haddad and four of his aides.