DAILY GEOPOLITICAL INSIGHTS: The Geopolitical News Roundup & Analysis for Friday 28th July 2023

DAILY GEOPOLITICAL INSIGHTS: The Geopolitical News Roundup & Analysis for Friday 28th July 2023 
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28th July 2023

DAILY GEOPOLITICAL INSIGHTS: Good Morning from the GEO´ Newsroom in Gibraltar. Geopolitical Insights for Friday 28th July 2023 including Pyongyang flaunts Nuclear-capable projectiles at “Victory Day” Parade, Kyiv claims moderate success in Counter-offensive, Prigozhin “attends” Russia-Africa Summit & Analysts and Pundits alike call BOE Interest Rate hike … Register Free for our full analysis of today´s Coverage 

NOTH KOREAN DEFENCE BEANO …

Pyongyang has used its Victory Day “celebrations” to display its array of Nuclear-capable projectiles with the stars of the Red Square parodied event being the Hwasong 17 & 18 ICBMs (Inter-continental ballistic missile) but Kim also “entertained” his invited guests Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chinese ruling party official Li Hongzhong with a  “fly past” of its new Spy Drones “Strategic unmanned reconnaissance aircraft” capable of “delivering a payload” or attack in layman’s terms. The NK “Victory Day” marks the end of hostilities of the 1950-53 Korean War.  This is a fluid news story – follow updates via @GEO_IntelDesk on Twitter using Hashtag #VictoryDay

UKRAINE WAR: KYIV CLAIMS MODERATE SUCCESSES …

Ukraine started it´s much vaunted Counter-offensive on a number of fronts last month but expected early gains, particularly factoring in the “withdrawal” of Wagner Group mercenaries, have not gone as planned with Ukraine senior command confirming that progress will be slow. Again factoring in the “Wagner” withdrawal, Russia´s military has been very effective with deploying its fortified defences bolstered with tactical rows of mine-fields… This is a fluid news story – follow updates via @GEO_IntelDesk on Twitter using Hashtag #CounterOffensive

PRIGOZHIN ATTENDS RUSSIA-AFRICA SUMMIT

If Ernst Blofeld** lookalike Yevgeny Prigozhin has indeed been “black-balled” by the Kremlin and is living under the veil of a Putinesque “fatwa” then why was he invited to the Russia-Africa Summit in St Petersburg where Russian President Vladimir Putin was seeking to extend Russia´s exposure and interests in Africa. What deal was “brokered” by Putin to avert the Wagner Group mutiny? This is a fluid news story – follow updates via @GEO_IntelDesk on Twitter using Hashtag #AfricaSummit

SMART MONEY SAYS BANK OF ENGLAND TO RASE RATE

The smart money in the City of London says the Bank of England will increase interest rates by .25% to 5.25% when it next meets on 3rd August in an attempt to quell inflation currently the highest in the G7 Economic Group standing at 7.9% . However various “pundits” are predicting a 1/2% rise in August which would of course take the BoE rate to 6% towards – great for investors not so hot for UK mortgage payers who are already struggling with food and energy price hikes. This is a fluid news story – follow updates via @GEO_IntelDesk on Twitter using Hashtag #BoE

(**Ernst Stavro Blofeld was a fictional character in the popular James Bond film franchise often pictured stroking a large white cat.)