What happened on the day of August 14th. The main thing

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov gave an interview to the Vesti news agency about the Ukrainian conflict and other events on the international agenda. The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has accepted the appeal of the Yabloko party. The Russian army continued to conduct a special operation in Ukraine. All the details and other main events of the day are in the Izvestia digest.

Lavrov's interview on international events

Lavrov gave an interview to the Vesti news agency, in which he touched upon the topic of attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) on civilian targets and the course of the negotiation process to resolve the conflict. Thus, the minister confirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to receive US President Donald Trump's special envoy Stephen Witkoff and the son-in-law of the American leader Jared Kushner in Moscow. At the same time, he pointed out the importance of "what the American representatives will come to the country with." At the same time, the head of the department stressed that Russia would not stoop to Kiev's methods, but would continue to act harshly to destroy everything that fuels Ukraine's military machine from the West.

In addition, the diplomat drew attention to the fact that the public silence of the United States and Turkey after the attacks on the ships and infrastructure of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium is indicative. Lavrov added that Russia had referred questions to the US State Department about US involvement in strikes on Russian territory. Separately, the Russian Foreign Minister touched upon the topic of the statements of the German journalist of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper Michael Martens, who spoke about the murder of Russians. According to the minister, such a person should not hold positions in the media sector.

The appeal of the Yabloko Party

The Supreme Court of Russia has accepted an appeal from representatives of the Yabloko party, which was withdrawn from the elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The press service of the political association announced its intention to file a corresponding petition four days ago. Yabloko was removed from the election on August 10, a few days after the leader of the Rodina party, Alexei Zhuravlev, accused it of foreign financing from the structures of businessman Mikhail Khodorkovsky (recognized as a foreign agent, included in the list of terrorists and extremists in the Russian Federation).

Russia's special operation in Ukraine

The Russian army continued to conduct a special operation in Ukraine. Thus, units of the Center group of forces liberated the settlement of Novonikolaevka in the Donetsk People's Republic. During the week, Russian military personnel struck 15 naval vessels that acted in the interests of Ukrainian formations, during the same period, 14 group strikes were carried out against targets on the territory of Ukraine, enterprises of the military-industrial complex, logistics centers and infrastructure facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were hit.

Air defense systems, in turn, shot down more than 7,000 drones, eight Flamingo long-range cruise missiles, 16 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and 64 guided aerial bombs. In addition, the Russian army destroyed a gas station used by the enemy in the Chernihiv region, hit a logistics complex in the Kiev region, and also struck the Izmail port railway station, which was used by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Putin held a meeting with members of the Security Council

The President held an operational meeting with permanent members of the Russian Security Council. During the meeting, issues of preserving traditional cultural values were discussed, and the head of state informed the participants about the results of the Pacific Fleet exercises. The meeting was attended by Chairman of the State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu, Defense Minister Andrei Belousov and Director of the FSB Alexander Bortnikov. In addition, Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergey Naryshkin and First Deputy head of the Presidential Administration Sergey Kiriyenko attended the meeting.

Ukrainian Armed Forces strikes on Russian territory

The Ukrainian Armed Forces continued to hit civilian targets in Russia. The Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Rodion Miroshnik, cited data for July, according to which 201 civilians died from attacks by Ukrainian formations in the regions of Russia. In the Belgorod region today, a man was seriously injured as a result of a Ukrainian drone attack on a car and was hospitalized. In addition, an opponent hit a cyclist in the region, which caused him to die on the spot from injuries.

In Bryansk, the Ukrainian army launched a rocket attack on an apartment building in the Sovetsky district, killing one person and injuring six others. The Investigative Committee of Russia has opened a case on the terrorist attack in connection with the attack. The wreckage of the drone damaged the wall of the Wildberries warehouse in the Tver region. The marketplace's press service reported that the goods were not damaged during the attack.

Power failure in Central Asia

In four districts of Alma Ata and 10 districts of Alma Ata region, there was a power outage due to a malfunction of the automation system. Massive power outages also occurred in Surkhandarya region and some other regions of Uzbekistan. Later, the operator of the unified electric power system of Kazakhstan, KEGOC, restored power supply after an emergency failure that caused blackouts in several regions of the country at once.