🇷🇺 🇨🇵 'Portraying Paris as a crime-ridden cesspool, the video mocking the Games spread quickly on social media platforms like YouTube and X, helped on its way by 30,000 social media bots linked to a notorious Russian disinformation group.'
🇷🇺 A former Russian military official responsible for overseeing clothing supplies was arrested on bribery charges, law enforcement authorities announced Tuesday.
Elon Musk’s X Corp., formerly known as #Twitter, filed a lawsuit accusing the Global Alliance for Responsible Media of violating antitrust laws for an advertising boycott that cost the social media company billions of dollars.
🇷🇺 #Russia said Tuesday it was holding off Ukrainian troops, tanks and armoured vehicles trying to break across the border into its Kursk region, the latest in several such attempted incursions throughout the conflict.
🇪🇺🇺🇦 The Council of the EU on Aug. 6 gave its written approval to disburse 4.2 billion euros to Kyiv as the first regular payment under the #Ukraine Facility.
🇷🇺🇮🇷 #Russia has started sending advanced air defense systems and radars to #Iran as it threatens to retaliate to the suspected Israeli assassination of #Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, the New York Times reported Monday.
🇺🇦🛢️ Companies of #Ukraine's state-owned Naftogaz Group produced 8.6 billion cubic meters of commercial gas in the first seven months of 2024, representing a 7% increase compared to the same period last year.
🇺🇲 Washington politicians — eager for any signal that Putin’s grip on power could loosen — say they’re hoping the dissidents freed in last week’s prisoner swap can re-energize the Russian opposition 🤔
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 The enemy is using only small infantry units without armored vehicles in the southern direction, stated the spokesperson for the Tavria operational group, Dmytro Lykhovii.
🇷🇺 The director of an exhibition park showcasing #Russia’s military might was arrested on fraud charges along with a top Defense Ministry official, part of a sweeping investigation into abuse of office in the top echelons of the military leadership.
🇺🇸 Kellyanne Conway, a former official in the administration of ex-President Donald Trump, has registered as a lobbyist on behalf of Ukrainian oligarch Victor Pinchuk's philanthropic foundation, foreign lobbying disclosures revealed.
🇷🇺 A group of cossacks and other pro-government activists disrupted an annual event in the northwestern republic of Karelia commemorating the victims of Stalin’s purges, the Memorial human rights group said Monday.
🇺🇦 For Ukrainian soldiers facing the near-constant threat of Russian drones, a crude-looking, pocketable drone detector has become one of the most sought-after gadgets on the battlefield.
🇷🇺🇮🇷 #Russia's security council secretary, Sergei Shoigu, arrived in Tehran on Monday for talks with the Iranian leadership including President Masoud Pezeshkian, Russia's Interfax news agency reported.
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