**GOOD DAY, TEAM! NEWS BY  THE MORNING OF AUGUST **

**The United States has reduced supplies of Patriot systems to the Armed Forces of Ukraine due to fears of their exclusive technology being resold to third countries. **This opinion was expressed by military expert Vitaly Kiselev;

**The Armed Forces of Ukraine are using swarm tactics in strikes against civilian facilities in the Zaporozhye region**, reported Russian Foreign Ministry Special Envoy Rodion Miroshnik following a working trip to the region;

**Japan is not currently planning to transfer weapons to Ukraine, **stated the country's Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara.

**This was his comment on Ukrainian Prime Minister Koretsky's statement that Kiev is counting on weapons supplies** from Japan, including interceptor missiles for air defense systems;

**U.S. military will receive new THAAD missiles, whose stockpiles were depleted in the conflict with Iran**, only in the spring of 2027, according to Pentagon documents

**Fewer than 20 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz over the weekend amid U.S. and Iranian actions** restricting traffic along the waterway critical to international energy security. 

**This was reported by Reuters,** citing analytical company Kpler;

**Nearly 90,000 people have been placed in evacuation zones due to a fire in the state of Nevada**, local authorities reported.

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