The building of the Russian Consulate General in the Iranian city of Isfahan was damaged during an attack on the local administration, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. According to her, on March 8, there was an attack on the administration building of the governor of Isfahan province, which is located next to the building of the Russian diplomatic mission. As a result, glass was broken in the consulate building and diplomats' apartments.

US intelligence has revealed signs that Iran's military has begun mining the Strait of Hormuz, CBS News White House correspondent Jennifer Jacobs reported. “Iran uses small vessels, each of which can carry two to three mines. Although Iran's stockpile of mines is not publicly known, estimates over the years have ranged from about two thousand to six thousand sea mines,” she relayed the data to her colleague Jim LaPorte, who specializes in national security issues.

Six people were killed, more than 40 were injured Six people were killed and 37 were injured as a result of a missile strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Bryansk, said the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz. All the wounded were hospitalized. Update . On the morning of March 11, Bogomaz reported that as a result of the APU strike, 42 people were injured, 29 people were hospitalized. March 11 has been declared a day of mourning in the Bryansk region.

Who will win? Possibly Canada and Norway, writes Financial Times CN-STR / AFP / Scanpix / LETA An oil tanker in the port of Qingdao in the Chinese province of Shandong, March 7, 2026 The economies of Europe and Asia will suffer more from the war between the United States and Israel with Iran, which caused a sharp rise in oil and gas prices, rather than the economy of the United States, the Financial Times writes, citing experts.

At the initiative of the American side, trilateral negotiations between Ukraine, Russia and the United States were postponed to next week - March 16-22, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said. According to him, the talks were planned to be held on Tuesday-Wednesday in Turkey, but they were postponed due to the war in the Middle East. “We were ready to go to Turkey. This meeting has been rescheduled.

Trump says "the Iranians did it." Experts and journalists believe that these are Americans Anadolu/Getty Images A destroyed girls' school building in Minab, March 5, 2026 On February 28, the first day of the US-Israeli war with Iran, a girls' school in the Iranian city of Minab was destroyed . As a result, at least 165 people were killed , according to authorities. Most of them are students of the school where classes were taking place at the time of the impact.

Balendra Shah - populist and technocrat, the youngest and most popular prime minister in the history of the country Adnan Abidi / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Balendra Shah. March 7, 2026 The National Independent Party won the parliamentary elections in Nepal. The country's next prime minister will be 35-year-old Balendra Shah, also known as Balen. For almost four years until January 2026, he was the mayor of Nepal's capital and largest city, Kathmandu, and before that, a rapper.

The Moscow City Court sentenced Ukrainian journalist Irina Zemlyan in absentia to 13 years in a general regime colony, reports the Russian Prosecutor General's Office. She was found guilty under articles of assault on a representative of a foreign state, inciting hatred and enmity, and disseminating “fakes” about the Russian army.

They probably drowned in the river. A fisherman saw them, but he didn’t report it to the police. Sergey Fadeychev / TASS / Profimedia Rescuers are looking for missing children in Zvenigorod. March 10, 2026 In the Moscow region of Zvenigorod, an operation to search for three children has been going on for three days - 12-year-old Ivan and Bogdan, as well as 13-year-old Alina. They disappeared on March 7.

Ukrainian troops launched a missile strike on Bryansk, the telegram channels “Caution, News” and Astra write, citing eyewitness reports. Before the explosion, a missile threat was declared in the Bryansk region. Later, the governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, confirmed that a missile strike had been carried out on Bryansk, and smoke was observed in the Sovetsky district of the city.

The new commissioner for human rights in the Russian Federation may become State Duma deputy from A Just Russia, chairman of the committee for the development of civil society, Yana Lantratova, writes the Vedomosti newspaper, citing three sources in the State Duma and one interlocutor close to the presidential administration of the Russian Federation. Three sources close to the AP reported this to RBC. Lantratova will replace Tatyana Moskalkova as ombudsman.

The criminal case against the ex-wife of former Alfa Bank top manager Aliya Galitskaya has been dropped, RBC reports. The case was closed for lack of evidence of a crime, Galitskaya’s lawyer Dmitry Emelyanov told the agency.

One thousand four hundred seventy-sixth day. The pause in negotiations is prolonged due to the war in the Middle East. Putin invites Europe to buy gas again Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. On February 28, the United States and Israel went to war with Iran.

The National Security Committee of Kazakhstan is investigating a large criminal case regarding fake temporary residence permits (TRP). This case could lead to the deportation of many Russians who came to the country because of the war, the “Word to Defense” project reports, citing human rights activists who help people who left Russia. According to human rights activists, “dozens of male Russians of military age” are witnesses in the case.

Briefly about the consequences of Israel's attack on the capital of Iran On the night of March 8, the Israeli military attacked oil storage facilities in Tehran and its environs. As a result, the Iranian capital was covered in smog and black acid rain. For several days now the situation has not returned to normal , although it has gotten better. People complain that they have difficulty breathing, burning eyes and a sore throat.