The Financial Times reports that the Ukrainian military has been firing rockets produced in North Korea against Russian positions near the city of Bakhmut. The publication calls the Russia–Ukraine war “a mixed-up cauldron for generations of the world’s military equipment,” noting that both sides in the conflict use arms ranging from old Soviet models to newly produced precision weapons.

A Moscow court has ordered the detention of Vyacheslav Lutor for treason and participating in a terrorist organization, reports independent publication Mediazona. It’s unclear who this person is or why a criminal case was opened against him. Russian state news agency TASS, citing law enforcement agencies, writes that Lutor is a 33-year-old St. Petersburg resident who worked in the banking sector. According to Mediazona, Lutor has been arrested and jailed twice before.

A Moscow court has ordered the arrest of Filipp Kozlov, also known as the street artist Philippenzo, Pavel Chikov, head of the human rights group Agora, told BBC News Russia . Artist Artem Loskutov also wrote about Kozlov’s arrest. Chikov says that Kozlov had recently been in Georgia, but that he returned to Russia on July 29. The artist was arrested at the airport and charged with disobeying police orders.

At a meeting with leaders from African nations concerning the peaceful settlement of Russia’s war in Ukraine, President of Russia Vladimir Putin said that Russia “strives for peaceful resolution to all conflicts.” Putin cited Russia’s retreat from Kyiv in spring 2022 as an example of the Russian authorities’ willingness to achieve peace.

A court in Moscow has arrested street artist Philip Kozlov, known under the pseudonym Philippenzo, for 15 days, BBC reports. previously wrote about the detention of the artist. The artist Artem Loskutov According to the BBC, Kozlov was in Georgia, and on July 29 he returned to Russia. He was detained at the airport, where a report of disobedience to the police was drawn up against him (Article 19.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses).

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow has arrested Russian citizen Vyacheslav Lutor in the case of treason and participation in a terrorist organization, Mediazona reports with reference to the database of the capital's courts. Who this person is, and also why a case was brought against him, is unknown. TASS, citing law enforcement agencies , writes that the arrested person is a 33-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, who worked in the banking sector.

The authorities in Poland say that more than 100 Wagner Group mercenaries have advanced toward the Suwałki Gap, a sparsely populated and strategically important area on the Poland–Lithuania border that links the Baltic countries to “greater Europe.” “The situation is becoming increasingly dangerous,” Poland’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said during a press conference.

"Medusa" publishes the release of Kit newsletter on how artificial intelligence is used at the front Until recently, the phrase “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) was something from the field of science fiction. Today we are constantly facing AI constantly: he selects us advertising on the Internet, advises posts on social networks, films and music on streaming services, meets on hot lines and chat boots. And artificial intelligence can kill.

The village of Mulino in the Nizhny Novgorod region is a training ground where soldiers are being trained for war with Ukraine. The Insider spoke to local residents. They call living next to the military "hell" The village of Mulino in the Nizhny Novgorod region, which has a population of just over 14 thousand people , is one of the main places where soldiers are trained for the war with Ukraine.

Czech authorities have denied Russian tennis player Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova entry into the country to participate in the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament in Prague. The athlete announced this on her Instagram. “As you already understood, I will not be able to perform in Prague next week. Now I continue to prepare for a series of American tournaments. See you in Cincinnati and at the US Open,” wrote Pavlyuchenkova.

At a meeting in the Kremlin concerning the war in Ukraine, President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa called on President of Russia Vladimir Putin to resume the Russia-Ukraine grain deal. The full transcript of the meeting is available on the Kremlin’s official website.

The supply of U.S. F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, long requested by Kiev, is unlikely to have a significant impact on the course of the Ukrainian offensive, said Franz-Stefan Gady, senior fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and Michael Kofman, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment, who visited Ukraine.

Two big Taylor Swift concerts on July 22 and 23 triggered seismic activity in the area comparable to a magnitude 2.3 earthquake, Western Washington University geology professor Jackie Kaplan-Auerbach told CNN. The seismologist recorded the corresponding testimony during Swift's performances at Lumen Field in Seattle. The TV channel clarifies that these were one of the final concerts of the singer's first tour in five years.

This is an almost ancient Greek tragedy about the doomed love of his brother and sister, whose father, along with Oppenheimer, worked on an atomic bomb The American writer Cormac McCarthy - the Laureate of the Pulitzer Prize, the author of the classic novels “Sattri”, “Horses, Horses”, “Blood Meridian” and “Old Men are not a place” - died on June 13 at the age of 89. In 2006, his “road” came out - critics and fans of the writer were sure that this was his last work.

The Ukrainian Chess Federation recommended that Ukrainian chess players refrain from shaking hands with Russian and Belarusian athletes during international competitions, regardless of the flag they play under.