1,945 air balloons to be released in Moscow skies on Victory Day

Maria Zakharova noted that the Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant is a "system-forming element in the republic’s energy balance"

Sahra Wagenknecht noted that German technologies and German money are used to attack Moscow

According to Andrey Marochko, there is an influx of enemy personnel and equipment both in the settlement of Raiskoye and in Alekseyevo-Druzhkovka

Rodion Miroshnik added that his working trip to Novorossiya confirmed information about attempts to blockade entire cities, complicate logistics, disrupt the delivery of food, priority goods and medicines, and the supply of energy and water

The Il-76 plane dropped 210 metric tons of water during its efforts

It was the third Abrams tank to be struck near Avdeyevka

Three of the injured are in critical, and the remaining two - in moderately severe condition

Andrey Marochko says Russian troops are advancing towards Bugayevka and Goptovka

The Russian defense ministry said that "regular strikes on rail infrastructure and locomotives used for supplying troops, disrupt the logistics of the Ukrainian armed forces"

The Israeli prime minister said that the prior warnings on the issue were not heard "clearly enough"

A special commission has been set up, Russian President said

According to the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, the United States’ new anti-Iranian course is doomed to failure, as were all of its previous attempts

Top stories from the Russian press on Wednesday, August 19th

The Russian president noted that initially the Nord Stream-2 route was planned to stretch across Poland

Germany was much better off before the introduction of the euro, co-chair of the Alternative for Germany Alice Weidel said

Johann Wadephul's agenda includes meetings to discuss assistance to Ukraine and bilateral cooperation in security

Andrey Marochko says almost all Ukrainian units have retreated from the settlement

Alexander Dudchak, a leading researcher at the Institute of CIS Countries, said that the protests "can be used as a formal pretext" if there is an order "to replace Zelensky"

Kiev acknowledges that the country has completely exhausted its domestic resources, making it increasingly difficult to raise funds

The perpetrators set fire to vehicles belonging to utility services, damaged cell phone towers, and attacked administrative buildings and a shop, Thai PBS reported

Sergey Sobyanin says emergency services specialists are working at the site where the debris fell

According to the article, the pressure directed at Ottawa has not proven effective

Voting at overseas polling stations continue

No damage or casualties have been reported

Andrey Marochko says Ukrainian command is trying to stabilize the situation amid a panic-ridden sentiment in the army caused by the advance of Russian forces

Russia expects to resolve its fuel shortage issue by importing more and producing lower-class fuel, Alexander Novak said

As for the state of Russia-UK relations across all areas, they have deteriorated to an unprecedentedly low level entirely on London's initiative, the Russian Embassy said

The Zaporozhye NPP has been without an external power supply for over a day due to the shutdown of the last 330 kV high-voltage power supply line

The current Ukrainian government has laid the foundation for the state the neo-Nazism ideology, Russian President said

The foreign minister emphasized that the West will try to disrupt the September elections to the State Duma, but "these plans will thwarted"

Maria Zakharova noted that Warsaw is benefiting from re-exporting US liquefied natural gas to Ukraine

The West is being busy pumping the Kiev regime with weapons, Russian Foreign Minister said

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf illustrated the boomerang effect by several photos showing that economic pressure on Iran and disruptions in energy markets would ultimately have consequences for the United States

As many as 493 drones were destroyed on the approach to Moscow, the mayor of the Russian capital Sergey Sobyanin added

The president’s party almost always loses seats in the Senate and the House in the midterms, so that is the baseline expectation, Professor of Political Science from the California Institute of Technology Rod Kiewiet said

Claims that Russia is waging some kind of hybrid war against Finland using Middle Eastern migrants are absolute nonsense, Kosti Heiskanen said

Russian Foreign Minister pointed out that Russia will be taking into account everything that "openly Russophobic elites are doing now in Britain, in Brussels, in Paris, in Berlin, in other NATO and EU countries, in the vast majority of these countries"

Throughout the day, the Russian armed forces continued to strike drone launch sites, as well as ships and seaports used by the Ukrainian military, the Russian Defense Ministry said

Russian air defenses downed 11 glide bombs and 1,053 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones over the past day

Her condition is stable and not life-threatening, local doctor Lida Akhmadova said

There are no casualties

There are far more similarities than differences between the two nations, Diane Sare said

The special military operation is ongoing, Russian President said

Despite the well-known Russophobia in Polish politics, the Polish authorities are paying serious attention to the fundamental foundations of today's Ukrainian statehood, Russian President said

The Russian president pointed out that "Akhmat-Khadzhi was a courageous man, who understood very well how hard the burden was and what risks he was going to take on"

Vladimir Zelensky and Finnish President Alexander Stubb took part in a roundtable meeting on defense cooperation in Kiev

According to sources cited by the newspaper, the deal will allow the company to use AI startup Poolside’s technologies and hire most of its engineers

No casualties of damage were reported

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, August 20th

The warehouse building measures 680 by 120 meters

If the current rates are maintained, Ukraine will put no more than 12.1 bcm into the storages by November 1 out of the required 13.2 billion cubic meters

According to Taipei Times, by now, the fire was extinguished

The basis of the Ukrainian statehood today is based on this neo-Nazi ideology, Russian President said

Apty Alaudinov says Israel’s objective is to drag both the US and the entire NATO bloc into the struggle

The entire mission is expected to take 45 days

Russia launches large-scale projects for economic growth, development in the social sphere and improvement of the quality of public administration and defense capabilities, Russian President said

The issues and prospects for the development of cooperation were negotiated in the framework of the working subgroup of the intergovernmental commission

Donald Tusk opined that those who built the pipeline should be held accountable, not those who destroyed it

Dialogue is always better than silence, independent candidate for US President Diane Sare said

According to Alexander Dudchak, a leading researcher at the Institute of CIS Countries, Vladimir Zelensky puts too much into his pocket

Russian troops delivered one massive and nine combined strikes by precision-guided weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles on Ukrainian military-industrial facilities, logistics centers and cruise missile launch sites over the week

The Russian armed forces keep successfully coping with their tasks until the goals of the special military operation are achieved, Russian President said

"God bless Putin," the rapper said after his concert in Moscow

"The implementation of the ambitious Bering Strait tunnel concept will be, without exaggeration, a major technological milestone of the 21st century," Elena Perminova said

Mahmoud Qamati, deputy head of the Hezbollah political council, also condemned the Lebanese government’s intention to disarm all illegal groups in the country

This visit is unlikely to take place before the end of August, the source said

The story says that the US pays about $1 trillion annually in interest on the national debt

According to Mohsen Rezaei, Washington’s moves have prompted many countries to consider obtaining a nuclear weapon

The US leader emphasized that Washington was successfully achieving its goals in the conflict with Iran

A fire ensued as a result of the attack

The victims suffered mostly bruises, the fire service reported

The president said the 40-day deadline expired on August 5

Earlier, foreign media started to publish rumors about an alleged safety threat posed by the NPP

Nikolay Azarov added that the new scandal involves "people who came to his office almost every day"

Russian forces also struck the Brovary logistics center, a major sorting facility of Nova Poshta, where components for UAVs were stored, in an attack on the Kiev Region

The lowest turnout was reported in the country’s largest city of Almaty at 36.65%, and the largest in the Kyzylorda region at 81.38%, according to the CEC

Moreover, seven fuel storage tanks were hit, the Russian Defense Ministry said

In Hossein Mohebi's words, the Iranian authorities "are developing economic ties right under the United States' nose, bypassing them, and the results will be seen in the near future"

Top stories from the Russian press on Monday, August 17th

Countries across entire Eurasia are invited to take part in efforts to build a continental security architecture, Russian Foreign Minister emphasized

Six residential buildings, a car, and three civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, August 21st

Russian President said that the upcoming election also will reaffirm the maturity of russian political system

The Russian defense ministry published footage of Geran drones hitting two rail locomotives

According to Yury Ushakov, there are no signals or hints in this regard yet as the summit is still three months away

There are certain inconveniences for people, Russian President said

Rodion Miroshnik said that Russian authorities are finding ways to reduce the pressure from Ukraine and to create acceptable living conditions for the civilian population

No abnormal situations were recorded at the nuclear facilities, the fire service reported

According to the Russian president, wheat is among the main items of Ukrainian exports, but logistical problems caused by Russia’s retaliatory strikes, will not lead to a shortage on global markets

Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei said that "not a single drop of oil will be shipped from the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz" if Iran's neighbors join the sanctions

Targets attacked by operational/tactical aviation, attack drones, missile forces, and artillery

The sole occupant of the plane was taken to hospital

A source close to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told the newspaper that they are not sure how long their stay would last

The enemy is trying to intimidate Russians and disrupt the upcoming parliamentary elections, due in September, but these attempts will fail, the president said

Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles over Crimea, the Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Kaluga, Kursk, Oryol, Rostov, Smolensk, Tula, Moscow, and Krasnodar Regions, and the Black Sea, he Russian defense ministry said

Rodion Miroshnik said that after the 90-billion-euro loan to Ukraine was approved by the EU in April, a sharp escalation began

Speaking about Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s planned meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, the government source said that along with bilateral issues, the top diplomats will also "discuss geopolitical, international and regional topics"

Theu were intercepted over the regions of Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Kaluga, Kirov, Kursk, Krasnodar, Oryol, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Tver, Tula, Ulyanovsk, the Moscow Region, the Republic of Crimea and the waters of the Black and Azov seas

US President said he has never seen a happy communist

Yulia Mendel said this is now a matter of the country’s "survival"