Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met in Kyiv with two American senators, Republican Lindsey Graham and Democrat Richard Blumenthal, the Ukrainian presidential office reported on the evening of August 12.

Entry into the Krasnoyarsk district of the Belgorod region, located on the border with Ukraine, was closed due to the tense situation. The head of the district administration, Andrei Miskov, reported this on VKontakte on the evening of August 12. "The operational situation in our district remains tense. In this regard, entry into the municipality is completely closed from today. This is a forced temporary measure that is necessary to protect the lives and health of our citizens," Miskov said.

The game that was transferred six times (including because of Russian invasion of Ukraine) should be released in November GSC Game World The Ukrainian studio GSC Game World showed the game Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl. The half-hour broadcast took place on the Official Xbox Twitch channel . On Stream (he walked in Ukrainian with English subtitles), the developers told how the world of the game works, demonstrated battles with mutants and showed how plot scenes were created.

Israel has put its troops on high alert over fears that Iran and the Lebanese group Hezbollah will attack the country, The Wall Street Journal reported on August 12, citing a source. According to the publication, Israel has noticed that Iran and Hezbollah are preparing to carry out attacks, but Israeli authorities do not know whether a strike will actually be carried out.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky published an address following the 901st day of the war. In it, he spoke about the Ukrainian Armed Forces operation in the Kursk region and drew a parallel with the death of the Kursk submarine , which sank exactly 24 years ago. We see how Russia under Putin is really moving: 24 years ago there was the Kursk disaster - the symbolic beginning of his reign; now we see what is the end for him. And Kursk too. The disaster of his war.

Soldiers from the special forces unit "Bravo Team" of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published two videos , allegedly from the center of Sudzha. In one of the videos, a Ukrainian soldier states that there are no Russian soldiers in the city and shows the body of a killed Russian soldier. “The city of Sudzha is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, glory to all the brigades and battalions that took part in this,” the caption to the video says.

The Sudzha gas metering station, through which Russian gas is supplied to Europe, has been partially destroyed, according to satellite images published by Radio Liberty. The publication analyzed the photographs and came to the conclusion that some of the damage to the station appeared between August 9 and 10, and other destruction between August 10 and 11.

Families are searching for Russian conscripts who disappeared during the Ukrainian incursion. The Defense Ministry insists they were never there.

The Basmanny Court of Moscow has issued a second verdict against playwright and director Ivan Vyrypaev on charges of disseminating “fakes” about the Russian army (clause “d” of part 2 of article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). As TASS reports, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, Vyrypaev was sentenced in absentia to seven years and six months in prison. Ivan Vyrypaev's first sentence was handed down in December 2023.

A criminal case has been opened, which was not reported by the UK. But Ukrainian journalists learned about him Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta an apartment building destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The city is porous, self -proclaimed LPR. May 2, 2024 The commanders of the 6th motorized rifle division of the Russian Armed Forces became defendants in the criminal case of illegal detention, torture and the killing of subordinate military personnel.

The Ukrainian authorities have commented for the first time on the offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. This was discussed during a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine held on August 12. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky published a video from the headquarters meeting on his Telegram channel.

Users are breaking contracts with telecom operators, people are ready to protest (but the authorities are prohibiting it), even deputies are protesting Since the beginning of August, users in Russia have been complaining en masse about YouTube failures. The campaign to slow down the video service was actually announced by the Russian authorities themselves through State Duma deputy Alexander Khinshtein (before that, Rostelecom had warned about possible failures).

Putin says Ukraine launched Kursk attack to slow Russia’s progress and improve negotiating position in televised meeting As Ukraine’s surprise cross-border offensive into Russia’s Kursk region carried into its seventh day on Monday, Vladimir Putin convened a televised meeting with top security officials to discuss the unprecedented situation.

Chinese authorities have informed Finland and Estonia that the Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship New New Polar Bear, owned by a Chinese shipping company, damaged the Balticconnector gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea in an accident, Hong Kong's English-language newspaper South China Morning Post reported on August 12, citing sources. According to them, China recently conducted its own investigation and reported its findings to European governments.

The action “Children instead of flowers” ​​began in 2014 with the proposal of one Moscow teacher not to give teachers on September 1 bouquets, but to send the money saved to charity funds. For nine years, the initiative has grown into a noticeable phenomenon for all Russian charity: dozens of funds throughout the country will participate in the action this year. In 2023, only the Vera and the House with a Lighthouse collected 74 million rubles thanks to teachers who abandoned bouquets.