The Federal Security Service claims that border guards managed to stop an attempt by Ukrainian saboteurs to break into the territory of the Bryansk region. Local governor Alexander Bogomaz reported a new attack. According to the intelligence service, saboteurs tried to enter the territory of the Bryansk region in the Starodubsky district. The department noted that four of them were killed.

YouTube will remove videos with false medical information. The corresponding message appeared on the platform’s official blog. This will apply to information about coronavirus, reproductive health, and harmful substances.

In Kamchatka, a suspect was detained in the brutal beating of a cafe employee in the village of Sokoch, Elizovsky district, said official representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Irina Volk. According to her, the suspect is 41 years old and came to Kamchatka from the Krasnodar Territory. The Kamchatka Territory prosecutor's office reported on the initiation of a criminal case for attempted murder (part 3 of article 30, part 1 of article 105 of the Criminal Code).

The American television channel CNN published a video of a sea drone attack on the Crimean Bridge on July 17, 2023. The SBU provided this footage to journalists. The first video, taken from the boat's camera, shows the pilot's screen moments before the drone crashed into a reinforced concrete bridge support.

A 28-year-old Moscow metro employee died due to overwork. His colleagues are on strike: they are working overtime, and there are not enough people due to mobilization For almost a week now, dozens of Moscow metro drivers have been taking sick leave and not going to work. This is a protest against overwork and low wages, which they staged after the death of one of their colleagues.

Police conducted a two-day raid at the Sofia vegetable warehouse in St. Petersburg. There, security forces found about 100 foreigners with Russian passports who had not registered with the military. report, They were taken to the military registration and enlistment office of the Frunzensky district of the city, Kommersant , RBC and Bumaga citing the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region.

Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar said that the Ukrainian army liberated the village of Urozhainoye in the Donetsk region. There have been fierce battles there in recent days. “Urozhaynoe has been released. Our defenders are gaining a foothold on the lines. Offensive actions continue,” she wrote . The Russian Ministry of Defense did not comment on this information.

In the city of Stepanakert in Nagorno-Karabakh, 40-year-old local resident K. Hovhannisyan died. This was announced by the Commissioner for Human Rights in the unrecognized republic, Gegham Stepanyan, accompanying the post with photographs of the deceased with a blurred face. According to Stepanyan, the man died as a result of chronic malnutrition and protein-energy deficiency.

The Czech Republic added Boris Obnosov, General Director of the Tactical Missile Weapons Corporation, to the sanctions list. His daughter Olga Zorikova and her husband Rostislav Zorikov were also sanctioned. “The Russian oligarch behind the production of missiles that kill innocent Ukrainians must bear the consequences. Just like those who enjoy luxury in the Czech Republic with money from the death trade,” wrote on Twitter.

The Ukrainian project “I Want to Live,” which helps Russian military personnel save their lives by surrendering, has announced its intention to organize exchanges of captured Russian military personnel for political prisoners convicted in Russia for anti-war views. A corresponding message appeared in the project’s telegram channel.

Former Wagner PMC fighter and participant in the war in Ukraine Alexey Khlebnikov has been put on the federal wanted list on suspicion of raping a 13-year-old girl in one of the villages of the Novoanninsky district of the Volgograd region. about this. writes V1.ru According to the publication, a message began to spread in regional chats with the words: “A 36-year-old man is wanted. Alexey Khlebnikov raped a 13-year-old girl and fled in an unknown direction. Maybe someone saw it?

The Federation Council proposed introducing fines of up to 500 thousand rubles or, in the case of a “relapse,” imprisonment for up to three years for “disseminating information that allows identifying the deployment of the armed forces” of Russia, including photos and videos of the use of drones. about this TASS writes with reference to the head of the Committee on Constitutional Legislation and State Construction Andrei Klishas.

The Killers apologized after an incident involving a Russian on stage during a concert in Georgia. The corresponding statement was published on the team’s social networks. On the evening of August 15, a concert of the American rock band The Killers took place at the Black Sea Arena stadium in the Georgian Shekvetili near Batumi. Traditionally, during performances, musicians invite one of the spectators onto the stage to play the drums.

Twitter, now known as X, has begun slowing down the speed of loading links to platforms that Elon Musk has previously criticized. to this conclusion Journalists from The Washington Post came . According to the publication, when trying to open one of these sites, users are forced to wait about five seconds before the page loads. We are talking about Twitter's competitors - Facebook, Instagram, Bluesky and Subtrack, as well as the publications Reuters and the New York Times.

The Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on the provision of unsafe services during the organization of flights by Red Wings Airlines (Part 1 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the press service of the Western Interregional Investigation Department under the Transport Investigative Committee. The reason was that the company made a flight from Antalya to Moscow on August 13 despite a malfunction of the equipment on board.