At night, the Belgorod region massively attacked drones. 29 aircraft -type UAVs are shot down, the head of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov said. Only 26 shot down drones confirmed to the Ministry of Defense. In the city of Stary Oskol, two private houses are knocked out and roofs, facades and fences are knocked out. One passenger car was also injured. In New Oskol, the hangar caught fire in the industrial zone. The fire has already been liquidated.

Sudzha, Kursk Region, 7 August 2024 On August 9, the Pskov politician, one of the leaders of Yabloko, Lev Schlosberg published a post in which he sharply criticized those who, according to him, enthusiastically took the APU invasion into the territory of the Russian Federation. Social networks split into sharp critics and convinced supporters of his position.

The court in Voronezh sentenced the former mercenary from the Wagner PMC Yaroslav Shekhovtsev to 16 years in a maximum security colony for the murder of colleagues. This was reported with reference to the court by the local television channel "TV province". Also, by decision of the court, Shekhovtsev will have to pay compensation for moral damage to the relatives of the dead - 750 thousand rubles per each.

The consequences of battles in the Kursk region In the Kursk, Bryansk and Belgorod regions of Russia, a regime of a counter-terrorist operation (who) was introduced due to "an increase in the level of sabotage and terrorist threats from Ukraine." This was reported by the Stateagons with reference to the National Anti -Terrorism Committee (NAC). In these regions, additional measures will be taken to ensure security, the NAC said.

Attack on Dmitry Greenius Passengers of the bus in Moscow attacked an 87-year-old local resident Dmitry Greenius, a son of a spy repressed in Soviet times. They handed him to the police, accusing him of the fact that the pensioner called the mercenaries of the Wagner PMC killers when the bus drove past the memorial to the military. It is reported by "OTD-Info". On the frames published by journalists, two men insult and beat a pensioner.

Destruction in Sudge, August 6, 2024 The Ministry of Emergencies of Russia stated that "the situation in the Kursk region is classified as a federal emergency." The department does not specify which "situation" is meant. The acting governor said that the operational situation in the Kursk region "remains complicated." The decision on the introduction of the emergency regime was made by the government commission, the message is specified.

The FSB announced the detention of a resident of the Kursk region, who shot a column of the Russian military on the video defeated on the night of August 9. The filming was the 48-year-old resident of the village of Oktyabrskoye. During interrogation, he stated that he made a video by order of one of the Ukrainian telegram channels.

Russian users are complaining about problems with Signal. The messenger cannot be opened without a VPN or enabling the block bypass mode. “Important Stories” write about this with reference to data from the services “Sboy.rf” and Downradar. In particular, residents of Moscow, St. Petersburg, the Krasnodar Territory, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Novosibirsk and Sverdlovsk regions reported malfunctions in the messenger. About two thousand users left messages about problems.

Vladimir Putin, 2003 25 years ago, Vladimir Putin headed the Russian government and has been in power since then - now his fifth presidential term lasts. Over the years, Putin’s rhetoric has changed significantly: Radio Liberty has collected quotes of the Russian president about relations with the West and neighbors, democratic values, opposition and those whom he considers traitors.

Ukrainian UAV, archive photo The Lipetsk region has undergone a massive attack of drones. As a result, a series of explosions occurred and an energy infrastructure object was damaged, Governor Igor Artamonov said . The military airfield caught fire, the press service of the regional Ministry of Emergencies reported. The authorities evacuate residents of four settlements. In the region, a red level was declared danger when attacking drones.

A criminal case was opened against 63-year-old Arkhangelsk resident Rita Shumaeva for repeated “discredit” of the army. According to “7x7”, Shumaeva is charged with publishing on Vkontakte a Radio Liberty documentary about the movement of mobilized wives “The Way Home” and a post about the Ukrainian otolaryngologist Dmitry Bel, who died in the shelling of a Kherson hospital.

Vladimir Putin meets Vadim Krasikov at the airport On August 1, as a result of the “big exchange,” Vadim Krasikov, an agent of the Russian special services, sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili in Berlin, returned to Russia . In Germany, few people approved of the killer's release, even in exchange for the lives of political prisoners, but in Moscow he was greeted with a red carpet as an honored and dear guest.

Soldier Soldier, archive photo Over two and a half years of the war in Ukraine, at least 159 Russian conscripts were killed, the BBC was calculated , analyzing the captive list of the dead soldiers, collected according to open data on social networks. According to journalists, some conscripts found themselves in Ukraine, without signing a contract for service in the army - signatures in the documents for them were forged.

Roskomnadzor announced the restriction of access in Russia to the Signal messenger. The agency associated the decision with the "violation of the requirements of the legislation to counteract terrorism and extremism." Earlier on Friday, Russian users began to complain about the problems in Signal. The messenger cannot be opened without a VPN or turning on the regime of bypassing locks. This was written about "Important Stories" with reference to the Services "SLOW.rf" and Downloadar.