In Crimea, it is possible to turn off the mobile Internet “for a long period”, said the Ministry of Information and Communications of the annexed Peninsula. The department said that such measures are possible "in order to counteract enemy attacks and ensure the safety of citizens." They did not specify what is meant by a “long” period.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation stated that Ukraine is allegedly preparing a “provocation” in order to disrupt negotiations between the presidents of the United States and Russia Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

The Russian authorities made the final decision to ban calls in Wotsap and Telegram. This is written by the Telegram channel "Bloody lady" journalist Ksenia Sobchak with reference to sources in the telecommunications market. According to sources, "the decision has already been made at the very top." “Calls have banned“ under the auspices of the fight against terrorists, ”says our interlocutor.

The meeting of the US Presidents and Russia Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will be held in Anchorida. This was announced at a briefing by the press secretary of the White House Caroline Lithute. “Donald Trump is determined to try to stop this war and stop the murder,” she said. The meeting will take place on Friday, August 15. The exact time of its beginning is still unknown. Update.

Five simple alternatives (including a couple of unsafe) The Russian authorities forbade calls in Wotsap and Telegram. When Roskomnadzor tested these locks a few days earlier, it was possible to bypass them using VPN. However, a working VPN is not always easy to find - moreover, it can be difficult for people in age to install it. Here are a few obvious alternatives to calls in Votsap and Telegram - they are especially useful for those who do not want to lose touch with their loved ones abroad.

The Kokhladnensky District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria fined a local resident with the loss of hearing Shakarbay Pashshaliev for 15 thousand rubles according to the protocol on the “discredit” of the army (part 1 of Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses). The court made a decision in the Pashshaliev case, which has the status of a disabled person of group III, on July 24.

The Exmo Publishing House “In connection with the receipt of a complaint” suspended the sale of the book “Blessing of the celestials” of the Chinese writer Mosyan Tunsu. This was reported by Vedomosti with reference to the representative of the publishing house. Books were sent to "additional analysis." What is the collapse of books is connected with is not specified.

According to the BBC, the North Koreans fall into slave conditions-and do not receive a salary before returning to their homeland Russia again began to attract thousands of workers from North Korea in order to replenish the shortage of labor associated with the invasion of Ukraine and the campaign against labor migrants from other countries, writes BBC. Until 2018, many North Koreans worked in Russia.

Men under the age of 22 may allow them to travel abroad of Ukraine. The President of the country Vladimir Zelensky made such a proposal at the Youth here forum, RBC -Ukraine reports. “At present, there are restrictions up to 18 years, I propose to increase to 22 years so that there are no restrictions at the intersection of [border],” Zelensky said.

Since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the FSB officers killed at least 65 people in Russia, as well as four people in the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhya region, calculated “important stories”. At least 44 dead during the detention are citizens of Russia, nine more people were called the FSB by the natives of Central Asia, two more - citizens of Kazakhstan, one at a time - Ukraine and Belarus.

The administration of the Telegram messenger blocked the “BlackMirror for Dokuxing and Extortion” channel. Attention to blocking was one of the first to pay the newspaper “New Gazeta Europe”. All publications of the BlackMirror channel were deleted, including posts that users sent to personal correspondence and favorites.

A thousand two hundred sixty -sixth day. The troops of the Russian Federation, according to unconfirmed data, made a deep breakthrough in the Donetsk region - immediately 10 kilometers Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Military 152th separate brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, August 5, 2025 Medusa from February 24, 2022 lives on the Russian-Ukrainian war on the air.

Seven videos about the largest disaster in the Russian military fleet (and on the reaction of the Russian authorities to it) Antoine Gyori / Sygma / Getty images of the Kursk Premier League. Mid-1990s 25 years ago, on August 12, 2000, the largest catastrophe in the post-war history of the Soviet and Russian Navy took place: the Kursk nuclear submarine sank, on board of which there were 118 people. Vladimir Putin at that moment was only a few months as head of state.

After the concert of the Belarusian rapper Max Korzh in Warsaw, the Polish authorities issued orders for the expulsion of 63 people from the country, said Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk. According to him, during the concert there were riots, "acts of aggression and individual provocations." In connection with the incident, the Poland authorities decided to expel people who were suspected of participating in the riots. We are talking about 57 citizens of Ukraine and six citizens of Belarus.

More than ten foreign volunteers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from the USA, Colombia, Taiwan, Denmark and other countries died during the Russian shelling of the training camp in the Kirovograd region in July, reports The New York Times with reference to the military aware of what happened. According to the newspaper, on July 21, the Russian army struck the training camp near the city of Kropyvnitsky. The Russian missile hit the dining room building when the military had dined there.