❗TASS News Roundup, July 28:

▪ Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev discussed bilateral, international issues over the phone, the Kremlin said

▪ A visit to Russia by US Presidential Envoy Steve Witkoff and the US leader's son-in-law Jared Kushner may take place in the coming weeks, a TASS source said

▪Russian troops struck infrastructure facilities, fuel storage tanks used by the Ukrainian army at the Nikolayev port and hit a ship carrying military cargo, Russia’s Defense Ministry said

▪Iran warned countries that support President Trump’s idea of using Iranian frozen assets without Tehran’s permission that it will ban their vessels from passing through the Strait of Hormuz

◾The White House described President Trump’s meetings with Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Zelensky as “positive and productive”

▪Keiko Fujimori was sworn in as Peru’s first female president

▪Over 50 people were injured in a powerful earthquake in Japan, NHK said