Day: July 31, 2026
The UK Office of Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) is reporting an attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, roughly 11NM northeast of Lima, Oman. According to the UKMTO, the vessel was struck in its engine room by an unknown projectile suggesting this may have been an intentional disabling by the U.S. Navy as opposed to an attack by Iran.
The UK Office of Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) is reporting an attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, roughly 11NM northeast of Lima, Oman. According to the UKMTO, the vessel was struck in its engine room by an unknown projectile suggesting this may have been an intentional disabling by the U.S. Navy as opposed to an attack by Iran.
NEW: The Russian Northern Grouping of Forces and high military command are likely lying to the Kremlin about the extent of Russian gains in northern Ukraine in order to further the narrative that Russian forces are actively advancing across the entire theater, including a part of the frontline that has been largely stagnant for nearly two years. 🧵(1/3)
The Kremlin is using these exaggerated claims of advance as part of its ongoing cognitive warfare effort to falsely portray Russian forces as advancing across the battlefield in order to convince Ukraine’s partners to abandon their support.
Available battlefield evidence does not corroborate Russian claims of advances in northern Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts.
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