Georgy Frolov / TASS / Profimedia Ambulances near the explosion site An explosion occurred on Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow. Information about this was confirmed by the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Moscow. As Baza clarifies , the explosion occurred in the Balzi Rossi restaurant, located on the first floor of a Stalinist high-rise building. The restaurant was closed on August 1 for a private event.

A resident of the Khabarovsk Territory died while being detained by Russian Guard officers. This was reported by the regional prosecutor's office. The incident occurred in Khabarovsk on July 31. According to the department, the man offered “active resistance” to the officers who responded to a call about a violation of public order. The Russian Guard used physical force and special means, after which the man died.

Naval drones of the Ukrainian Armed Forces attacked the container ship Yanina, owned by Fesco, which is part of Rosatom. This was announced by the head of the state corporation Alexey Likhachev. The attack occurred on the night of August 1 in the Black Sea, 240 kilometers from Novorossiysk. As a result of the attack, the ship sank, all 17 crew members were rescued.

Together with nine climbers, he was caught in an avalanche Aamir Qureshi / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Nirmal Purja. 2021 The most famous active mountaineer in the world, known to many for his record of conquering the 14 highest mountains in the world, Nirmal Purja died in an avalanche. This happened on the 8047-meter Broad Peak mountain (the 12th highest peak in the world) in Pakistan. This was reported by his travel agency Elite Exped on Instagram.

Activist Ariadna Litvinova, who was expelled from Turkey to Russia in early July 2026, where she was accused of repeatedly “discrediting” the army, told the details of her deportation. Litvinova’s letter from the pre-trial detention center was published on Facebook by journalist Alexey Strelnikov. According to Litvinova, she was detained during a document check at a train station in the city of Edirne, and then they were told that she had violated immigration laws.

What Meduza readers from Ukraine think about the strikes on Wildberries warehouses Photo of an eyewitness Fire as a result of an attack on the Wildberries warehouse in Krasnodar, July 22, 2026 A little over a week ago, we asked you, our readers, what you thought about the Ukrainian army’s attacks on Wildberries warehouses, and then we published a separate material with a selection of your letters (mainly, there were letters from readers from Russia).

In Volgograd, three local residents were detained for publishing photographs of a Wildberries warehouse attacked by Ukrainian drones. The publication V1.ru published videos in which they apologize. The detainees are two young women and a man. It is known that one of the women sent a photo of the fire to the community chat, answering a neighbor’s question, and the other sent a photo to the city chat to ask what caused the fire.

The United States will soon try to facilitate the resumption of direct negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on peace. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said this. Rubio said Washington will make "some efforts" over the "next few weeks" to understand whether it is possible to return to negotiations and end the war. But we also understand that both sides have pretty clear red lines. And we will try to bring these red lines closer together.

1620th day. In Kyiv, nine people became victims of the Russian attack. Zelensky: We do not have interceptor missiles, this encourages Russia to strike Danylo Antoniuk / Anadolu / Getty Images Consequences of the attack on Kyiv. August 1, 2026 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. Share with us your thoughts about the war.

Thai Prime Minister Anuthin Chanvirakun apologized to foreign tourists in connection with the murder of 22-year-old Diana Nazimova and her 17-year-old brother Roman in Pattaya, Thai PBS News reports. Chanvirakun visited the place where the bodies of the murdered Russians were found and assured that he was personally monitoring the progress of the investigation.

This is what happened in the first 48 hours after the businessman was added to the list of extremists and terrorists Telegram page on social network X On July 29, the FSB accused the creator of Telegram, Pavel Durov, of promoting terrorism, and the very next day his name was added to the Rosfinmonitoring list of terrorists and extremists. The official reason is that the Telegram administration does not delete channels and bots that are used to coordinate terrorist attacks in Russia.

Over the past two days, almost 70 thousand illegal migrants who entered Spanish Ceuta from Morocco have returned. This was reported by the EFE agency. The massive return of migrants began against the backdrop of agreements between Spain and Morocco on the simplified repatriation of illegal immigrants, as well as the humanitarian situation in Ceuta itself.

June 2026 was the hottest on record in Western Europe. A wave of extreme temperatures has hit much of the continent just weeks after a heatwave in May. The next heat wave came in early July, and the respite after it was short - at the end of the month, the abnormal weather returned and continues now. Was it really that hot? Unfortunately, it's true. Temperature records were recorded in several European countries at once: for example, in France, the hottest day was June 24.

Residential buildings and a store were damaged in five districts of the city. Nine people died On August 1, Russia launched a massive attack on Kiev. The Russian Ministry of Defense states that the targets of the strikes are military industry enterprises and logistics centers. Five areas of the city were hit, including residential buildings and a grocery store. Nine people were killed, more than 30 were injured - 17 of them were hospitalized.

Ukrainian drones attacked the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim oil refinery in Ufa. Astra reports this. After the attack, a fire broke out in the factory complex; photographs of eyewitnesses show two columns of black smoke. The head of Bashkortostan, Radiy Khabirov, in turn, reported on repelling the attack. According to him, the “smoke” was caused by drone debris that fell on the territory of the refinery. As a result of the attack, Khabirov said, no one was injured.