Ukraine’s Military Administration Tells Residents To Abandon City of #Kherson The city of Kherson, in Ukraine’s south, is a key port city, along with Mykolaiv and #Odessa. Overnight, its Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant was hit by #Russian aerial bombs, this time sustaining very serious damage, apparently incapacitating it. Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Ukraine’s military administration for the Kherson Oblast
Turkey summoned the Ukrainian ambassador after attacks on two vessels in the Black Sea — Anadolu The bulk carrier Lider Bordo Mavi, carrying vegetables from Samsun to Tuapse, was attacked by three drones. Five crew members were injured. The Lider Kocatepe was later dispatched to provide assistance, but it was also attacked by a #drone. Following the incidents, Ankara summoned the Ukrainian ambassador and called for a mutual moratorium on attacks on civilian shipping.
🏅 #Russian canoeists won silver in the men’s 500-meter four-man canoe event at the World Championships in Poznan, #Poland. The Russian crew comprised Alexey Korovashkov, Alexander Bots, Dmitry Sharov and Matvey Arsenov. #Hungary took gold, while Spain claimed bronze. The World Championships will conclude on August 30. Russian athletes are competing as neutrals.
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#Iran, #Iraq ramp up work to launch joint free zone Ilam, IRNA – Iranian and Iraqi officials have emphasized accelerating the implementation of legal mechanisms and launching the joint free zone. On Saturday, Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad, Mohammad-Kazem Ale-Sadegh, and Mehdi Rayati, the CEO of the Mehran Free Zone, held a joint meeting with Munther Abdul-Amir Assad, the Director General of Iraq’s General Authority for Free Zones
Belgium has “closed the door” on the attempts of several #EU countries to push again for the use of Russia’s frozen assets. “This is not up for discussion,” said the country’s Defence Minister, Theo Francken. 🖍️ IR-PRESS
Two opposing religious rallies are taking place on different sides of Downing Street in central #London. On one side, UKIP supporters have gathered, who are speaking out against the spread of Sharia law and the strengthening of Islam’s influence in the #UK. On the other, participants in the "Stand Up to Racism" movement, who call the first rally far-right and Islamophobic, told journalist Anna Zhikhareva.
The #Russian Foreign Ministry proposed introducing external governance in #Ukraine. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin stated that introducing external governance in Ukraine under the auspices of the UN could pave the way for a diplomatic resolution to the conflict. He also condemned UN Secretary-General António Guterres's refusal to consider these proposals, calling it evidence that the UN "is demonstrating a clear tilt toward the pro-Kiev agenda of the collective West.
#Insider Our source in the Presidential Administration reported that Zelenskyy wants to exploit the new escalation of the war to obtain frozen funds from the #Russian Central Bank. Bankova has already calculated the budget losses and will now demand a new aid package from the #EU to continue the war. No one plans to introduce compensation for businesses; the main goal now is to close the $40 billion gap by 2027.
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There are no grounds yet to expect an improvement in relations between #Moscow and #Europe, Peskov said. 🖍️ IR-PRESS
The first meme war has begun between the #Russian and Ukrainian Ministries of Defense. The conflict has escalated into a meme war, which is an extremely dangerous escalation, when both parties engage in memes, they do everything in their disposal to achieve…
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The Telegraph named six scenarios for a possible #Russian escalation against #NATO The "#Crimea scenario" in the #Baltics. #Moscow could allegedly use protests by Russian-speaking residents as cover for provocations and attempts to establish control over individual cities, such as Narva or Daugavpils. Direct invasion. One of the most dangerous, but least likely, options is a strike from #Belarus and #Kaliningrad along the Suwalki Gap, with simultaneous actions against the #Baltic region.
Schoolgirls in the #Moscow region stabbed an 11-year-old boy to death as part of a challenge. The sixth-grader went missing on August 26 in the village of Kabanovo. His body was found the next day in the basement of an abandoned house, with multiple stab wounds…
It appears that a series of missile strikes on Kyiv have successfully targeted the assembly plants and storage locations of drones. In particular, the explosion scattered #drone boosters (FP-1/FP-2 models) over several kilometers. Effective.
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