PMC Wagner recruiting centers throughout Russia continue to operate as usual. This is reported by the BBC Russian Service. Journalists of the publication called the Wagner PMC hotlines in several Russian cities. They confirmed that they continue to recruit mercenaries for the war in Ukraine as usual. In particular, recruiters in Kaliningrad and Krasnodar responded this way, noting that applicants are invited to sign a contract with PMCs, and not with the Ministry of Defense.

The head of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, dismissed the Patriot employees, reports the Rotunda newspaper . The telegram channels Mash , Rybar and VChK OGPU also write about the closure of the media holding . Meduza, citing a source in Patriot , reports that Prigozhin gathered the holding's management and said to "leave the public field." Editor-in-Chief of RIA FAN Kristina Masenkova confirmed the closure of the publication.

In the Silesian Voivodeship, employees of the Polish Internal Security Agency detained 28-year-old Russian Maxim S., who is suspected of spying for Russia. It is reported by Gazeta Wyborcza. According to the publication, the detainee is a professional hockey player. In turn, the Prosecutor General of Poland, Zbigniew Zebro , specified that he was a player in the country's first league club.

The representative of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Kovalev said that the Ukrainian military managed to advance in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions in Zaporozhye. According to him, the Armed Forces of Ukraine “had partial success” there and are now gaining a foothold on new frontiers. At the same time, the Ukrainian army is holding back the advance of Russian troops in the direction of Liman, Avdiivka and Maryinka.

Clashes between protesters and police continue in several French cities. Police say protesters are setting fire to cars and trash cans, robbing stores, and attacking municipal offices. The clashes began after a police officer shot and killed a teenager in the suburbs of Paris.

Billions of people are under a new threat due to global warming. It's all about the rain As a rule, scientists attribute the risks of climate change to rising global temperatures, rising sea levels and melting glaciers. However, more than two billion people who live in mountainous regions will be at particular risk due to global warming.

Director Zhenya Berkovich and screenwriter Svetlana Petriychuk will remain under arrest until September 10, reports a Mediazona correspondent from the Khamovniki District Court of Moscow. Judge Ekaterina Pakhomova decided to extend the arrest, despite the fact that the Ministry of Justice recognized the expertise from the case as unscientific. The case of Berkovich and Petriychuk contains a “destructological examination” by the religious scholar Roman Silantyev.