An energy engineer who spoke to The Insider on condition of anonymity said the attack was unlikely to cause a major blackout: "Damage to transformer substations disrupts the balance in the power grid, which is why an emergency shutdown is triggered. So far, the shutdowns affect small nearby towns and have not reached Kursk. In the worst case, if the attacks on the distribution network continue and key substations are disabled, then the Kursk region will be left without electricity.

In Russia, they started blocking the secure messenger Signal, it does not open without a VPN. The services "Sboi.rf" and Downradar recorded an increase in complaints about the messenger on August 9. By 4 p.m. Moscow time, users of "Sboi.rf" left more than 2 thousand complaints that Signal does not work for them. Important Stories writes about Signal being blocked, and this is confirmed by Mikhail Klimarev, executive director of the Internet Defense Society, in his Telegram channel ZaTelecom.

Society Roman Dobrokhotov , Dada Lindell 9 August 2024 Russian users have once again encountered a major outage in YouTube, with many providers seeing the service either work very slowly or not work at all. YouTube is not formally banned in Russia, but such outages have become increasingly common, and United Russia deputies are threatening to significantly “slow down” its work this fall.

Krasnoyarsk Krai Governor Mikhail Kotyukov signed a decree banning foreign workers from working in certain areas. The list includes: Retail sale of alcoholic beverages, including beer, in specialized stores; Retail sale of tobacco products in specialized stores; Light taxi.

Roskomnadzor has officially blocked the Signal messenger in Russia. This was reported by Kommersant with reference to the agency. Earlier, Signal users complained about failures.

The Russian army shelled a shopping mall in Konstantinovka, Donetsk region. As a result, 11 people were killed and 37 were injured. The strike occurred at about 11 a.m. local time. The building of the shopping mall was destroyed, a fire broke out on an area of ​​1,000 m², which has already been extinguished, and four private houses, a post office, shops, a car wash and several cars were also damaged. People may remain under the rubble, and the search and rescue operation is ongoing.

This suggests that the Russian command is transferring troops to the Kursk region that participated in the battles in the north of the Kharkov region or were preparing for battles there.

Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro said he had ordered a 10-day block on Twitter in the country, accusing social media owner Elon Musk of using the platform to incite hatred amid protests in Venezuela following the country's presidential election, the Associated Press reported . AP journalists in Caracas confirmed that by the evening of August 8, Twitter messages had stopped loading when using the state-owned Movilnet and two private internet providers.

Russia’s state communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has blocked access to the Signal messaging app across the country, citing the platform’s apparent non-compliance with anti-terrorism legislation, according to a report by the business publication RBC .

Antifake Kremlin Media Fake: Zelensky Bought Tuscan Winery from Sting for €75 Million The Insider 9 August 2024 Kremlin media are reporting on a major purchase made by Volodymyr Zelensky: the Ukrainian president has allegedly acquired an Italian winery owned by the famous British musician Sting. Channel One reports : "The overdue Zelensky has spoken out in a big way. In Italy, information about one object, the previous owner of which was rock singer Sting, has leaked to the press.

“Judging by the nature of the explosions, I think you all understand where you ended up,” writes military blogger Alexey Voevoda, close to the Russian Aerospace Forces, drawing attention to the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces “have long surpassed” the Russian army in the number of long-range UAVs launched. "Mobile air defense groups that would catch them across the country's territory have not been created.

The criminal case against Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Chief of the Main Communications Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces General Vadim Shamarin was based on the testimony of another general, the previously convicted Alexander Ogloblin. This was reported by TASS with reference to law enforcement agencies.

“Just watched this morning's video from the scene. 14 tented military Ural and KAMAZ [trucks] with infantry. Many dead, some of the vehicles burned completely. Looks like the whole convoy was carrying infantry. They [had] weapons, a platoon per vehicle most likely. Three or four companies, a whole battalion wiped out. From the looks of the column, about half of them were killed.

Photo: Consequences of a strike on a military convoy in the Kursk region The Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations announced that the situation in the Kursk region has been classified as a federal emergency. The federal level of response has been established in the region. This decision was made at an extraordinary meeting of the government commission for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations and ensuring fire safety.

Pro-war bloggers, in the wake of reports of the shooting of the convoy, began to actively criticize the Russian military leadership. "Columns! Today, columns require executions! Whoever gave the order to move in columns in the area of ​​drone observation and, accordingly, the defeat of the "Himars" is not just an asshole, but should also be sentenced under the laws of wartime, today - this is an assault squad. And I don't care what rank - private and assault squad!