The Russian army has begun preparations for massive attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities, they reported to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The department said it was acting “in accordance with the instructions received,” but did not specify from whom they came, when exactly the strikes were planned to begin, or what objects would be targeted. The Ministry of Defense called the future attack a response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian civilian infrastructure and the fuel and energy complex.

Fire in the Kirishi area of ​​the Leningrad region, August 30, 2026. Photo: Exilenova+ / Telegram On the night of August 30, Ukrainian drones attacked the Leningrad region; a fire broke out in the industrial zone of the city of Kirishi, where the Kirishinefteorgsintez oil refinery (KINEF) is located. The governor of the region, Alexander Drozdenko, said that by the morning air defense forces had shot down 42 drones; later, their number, according to him, grew to 62.

Residents of Iceland in a referendum refused to resume negotiations on the country's accession to the European Union. After counting almost all the ballots, 52.5% of voters voted against continuing negotiations, and 47.5% voted for it. The question of resuming negotiations with Brussels was put to a referendum. According to the decision of the National Election Commission, voting is advisory in nature.

The death toll from the devastating floods in Nepal has reached 734 people, with another 2,498 people still missing, according to a report from the National Disaster Risk Reduction Authority. The missing include nearly 600 foreigners and more than 900 employees of hydropower projects. Authorities also report 242 casualties.

In the spring of 2026, the SBU and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine informed Neelov in absentia of suspicion of committing war crimes. In July, he came under EU sanctions for violating the rights of Ukrainian prisoners of war and civilians. The EU Council calls Neelov involved in torture, beatings and humiliation of prisoners in the Yelenovskaya colony.

The host of the “Time” program Ekaterina Andreeva said : “The Internet is discussing Zelensky’s new video selfie. The head of the Kyiv regime made a speech next to the stele at the entrance to the city of Zaporozhye. At least that's what he wanted people to think. But bad luck - at one moment a truck and a pickup truck appeared in the background, as if out of thin air.

Former White House teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez will have to pay a $172,000 fine on charges of using insider information for profit. He bet on the words and phrases President Donald Trump might say in his speech and won more than $100,000. The New York Times writes about the verdict. The amount that Perez will be required to pay includes the actual reimbursement of the amount he won on bets (about $107 thousand), as well as the fine itself - $65 thousand.

Доступно на русском The Kremlin-linked bot network Matryoshka has launched a new wave of disinformation targeting European politicians ahead of elections. The main targets are Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, whose ruling bloc is fighting to hold on to power in the Sept. 13 parliamentary election, and former French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who officially entered the 2027 presidential race this past May.

Exilenova+ / Telegram Several large objects were damaged during a drone attack in the Rostov region. In Aksai, the blow hit the area where the Ozon and DNS logistics centers are located. Ukrainian monitoring Telegram channels also report a fire at the Midel shipyard. Telegram https://t.me/supernova_plus/59060 Ozon confirmed an attack on one of its logistics centers. Allegedly, the employees were evacuated in advance; according to preliminary data, there were no casualties among them.

A regional-level emergency regime was introduced in the Rostov region due to the cessation of port operations and disruption of shipping in the Azov-Black Sea basin after Ukrainian attacks. Due to problems with export, producers have accumulated “significant volumes” of agricultural products, according to the order of Governor Yuri Slyusar. The state of emergency has been in effect throughout the region since yesterday evening.

The number of complaints from users and companies about AI models running out of control doubled in July compared to last month. It reached a peak, exceeding about 300 cases per month, analysts at the Loss of Control Observatory calculated. Their findings are reported by The Guardian newspaper. Analysts counted only messages from individuals on the social network Twitter and company reports about the loss of control over AI models. The actual number of such incidents may be much higher.

The applications “Gas Station Lukoil” and “Lukoil for Business” were removed from the App Store. The company itself reported this. The reason for deleting applications is unknown. The app for Teboil, a gas station chain in Russia that Lukoil bought from Shell after the start of the war in Ukraine and began developing under the Finnish brand, also disappeared from the store. When you go to their pages in the App Store, an error page appears, The Insider was convinced.

A large-scale anti-drone defense complex is being built on the territory of the Alabuga special economic zone in Tatarstan. The process was recorded by satellite images, writes the think tank Institute for Science and International Security. The images were taken by the Vantor and Airbus satellites in July and August 2026. The footage shows large lattice towers under construction that surround Alabuga's production facilities.

Canada excluded the former head of Rusnano Anatoly Chubais from the sanctions list, according to a resolution published in the official newspaper of the country's government. The decision came into force on August 13. Chubais himself sought to lift the restrictions and previously appealed to a Canadian court because of this.

As a result of the Russian strike on an enterprise in the Buchansky district of the Kiev region and the subsequent detonation, at least 27 people were killed, says the head of the regional military administration, Timur Tkachenko. Another 42 people were injured, including four children. The number of victims may rise.