Ukrposhta announces new postal stamp featuring Crimean Bridge.

Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed on August 1 the creation of three working groups for new online peace talks with Ukraine — but insisted the format would remain behind closed doors.

"Based on the highly provocative statements of the Former President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who is now the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, I have ordered two Nuclear Submarines to be positioned in the appropriate regions," U.S. President Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social.

The U.S. president added that Ukraine has suffered an estimated 8,000 military deaths since January, not including missing personnel.

At least four oil tankers carrying Russian crude are idling off India's western coast as Indian refiners reconsider purchases under sanction pressure from the United States and the European Union.

"Customs must become a modern service-oriented institution that meets European Union standards and works with full integrity to support the state budget," Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said.

"In fact, the issue was not only Repin's nationality and identity, but also the fact that this painting is a landscape from Chuhuiv, and Repin himself wrote that it was Chuhuiv," art historian Oksana Semenik said.

"As for any disappointments on anyone's part, all disappointments arise from excessive expectations," Vladimir Putin said.

"There is no objective reason why HIV should be decreasing across the world —except in Russia," the report said.

Despite heavy militarization and a surge in state defense orders since the start of the war against Ukraine, Russia's industrial production growth has begun to slow.

Germany has already delivered three Patriot systems to Ukraine, the German Defense Ministry said.

The measures target five companies and one individual based in Iran, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, allegedly involved in sourcing sensitive technology for the Iranian Aviation Manufacturing Company (HESA).

The news coincides with Donald Trump's announcement of a 25% tariff on India starting on Aug. 1.