🇷🇺 At least 45 people were hurt with six in intensive care as a result of the blast at the #Zagorsk optical-mechanical plant in the city of Sergiev Posad, northeast of the #Russian capital, the district administration said in a post on Telegram.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/explosion-mechanical-plant-moscow-region-sergiev-posad-rcna98944
#russia #moscow
🇱🇻 🇧🇾 #Latvia is joining Lithuania and Poland in strengthening its borders with #Belarus, amid the country's military exercises and #Wagner mercenary presence.
https://news.sky.com/story/ukraine-russia-war-latest-12541713?postid=6267490#liveblog-body
#nato #russia #wagnergroup #WagnerPMC #russiaukrainewar
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 U.S.-supplied cluster munitions are destroying #Russian positions in areas where #Ukrainian troops had struggled to advance, the Wall Street Journal reported on Aug. 8.
https://kyivindependent.com/wsj-cluster-munitions-provide/
#usa #ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #clusterbombs #clustermunitions
🇷🇺 Russia’s #censorship agency, Roskomnadzor, is escalating attacks on blacklist bypassing, blocking #VPN protocols.
https://en.zona.media/article/2023/08/08/vpn
#russia #technology #internet
🇬🇧 🇷🇺 #Russia is suspected to have been behind a #cyberattack which exposed the data of up to 40 million #British voters.
#britain #unitedkingdom #hacking #cybersecurity #infosec
🇷🇺 #Russian economist Boris Grozovski told Newsweek many #Russians see the war as a way to escape poverty.
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-troop-losses-putin-poverty-war-1818238
#russia #russiaukrainewar
🇺🇦 #Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov told Newsweek of Kyiv's plans to expand its arsenal of UAVs and its roster of pilots.
https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-drone-tsar-reveals-plans-fleet-expansion-mykhailo-fedorov-1818166
#ukraine #russiaukrainewar
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🇹🇷 #Erdogan said Tuesday that the revival of a deal with #Russia to allow #Ukrainian grain exports, brokered by Ankara and the UN, "depends on Western countries which must keep their promises" 🤔
#turkey #ukraine #graindeal #blackseagraininitiative
🇺🇸 🇷🇺 #Blinken described Russia's proposal of getting 50,000 tonnes of #grain to half a dozen countries is a "drop in the bucket" compared to the 20 million tonnes from the Black Sea initiative.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-66445580
#usa #ukraine #graindeal #blackseagraininitiative #russia #RussiaUkraineWar #russianwarcrimes
🇩🇪 🇵🇱 #Germany has offered to extend the deployment of three #Patriot air defence units in #Poland until the end of 2023, the defence ministry in Berlin said on Tuesday.
#nato #russia #belarus
🇧🇪 🇺🇦 Dozens of second-hand #Leopard 1 tanks that once belonged to #Belgium have been bought by another #European country for #Ukrainian forces fighting Russia's invasion, the arms trader who did the deal said Tuesday.
#europe #ukraine #tanks #RussiaUkraineWar
🇦🇹 🇷🇺 A former #Austrian foreign minister who danced with #Putin at her wedding has been residing in a #Russian village this summer, local media reported Tuesday 😁
#austria #russia
🇷🇺 The #Russian military has turned to “mass recruitment” of women from prisons and detention facilities to fight in the #Ukraine war, the We Can Explain Telegram channel reported last week.
https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2023/08/08/women-at-war-en
#russia #russianarmy #russiaukrainewar
🇮🇹 🇷🇺+🇧🇾 The authorities in #Italy have stopped the Investor Visa for Italy program for #Russian and #Belarusian nationals.
The program provides residence permits in Italy in exchange for investments in the country, writes Italian publication Alreconomia.
#russia #belarus #sanctions
🇺🇦 At least 78 rescuers have been killed and 280 wounded in #Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion while responding to missile strikes, according to Col. Oleksandr Khorunzhyi, spokesperson for the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
#russia #russiaukrainewar #RussianWarCrimes
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 #Ukrainian special services have foiled an attempt by #Russian hackers to penetrate the Ukrainian Armed Forces' combat information system, the SBU security service said on Tuesday.
#ukraine #russia #russiaukrainewar #hacking #cyberattack #cybersecurity
🇨🇦 🇮🇷 The ministry said #sanctions also target individuals holding senior positions in state-directed firms that produce lethal combat #drones used by Iran's armed forces or that are exported to #Russia
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Tehran has repeatedly denied sending drones to Russia for use in its war against #Ukraine
#canada #iran #russiaukrainewar
🇫🇮+🇧🇻 🇷🇺 Finnish and Norwegian regulators said on Tuesday they had banned #Russian tech group #Yandex and its Netherlands-based partner #Ridetech International from transferring to #Russia any personal data of customers of Yandex's #Yango ride-hailing app.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/finland-norway-ban-yandex-transferring-data-russia-2023-08-08/
#russia #personaldata #privacy
🇷🇺 A number of #Wagner Group mercenaries returning from #Ukraine have been killed on their home soil, including one who was stoned to death, according to local media reports.
https://www.newsweek.com/wagner-mercenaries-attacked-after-return-russia-1818231
#russia #wagnergroup