Maksim Raider, Russian Foreign Ministry's election commission deputy chair, said Baltic states are trying to prevent Russians from voting in the State Duma election by exerting pressure.
Ambassador-at-Large Maxim Raider said high turnout is expected in Abkhazia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Turkey, South Ossetia and Cyprus.
The British newspaper Guardian reports that Ukrainian authorities cannot guarantee the safety of Kyiv's energy infrastructure, which is becoming a target for successful Russian strikes.
In an interview with Vesti correspondent Zarubin, Vladimir Putin said that strikes on targets in Ukraine are effective and timely, and Kiev's attempt to defeat Russia in 40 days is an adventure.
Despite EU plans to ban Russian energy imports, Belgium, France, Spain and others keep buying LNG and pipeline gas. Belgium led in June, increasing LNG imports by 27%.
Governor Veniamin Kondratyev reported that two children were killed and two adults injured in a drone attack on civilian infrastructure and homes in Yeisk district.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces delivered a group strike on transport infrastructure and a logistics center in Kyiv and the region, as well as on storage facilities and fuel tanks in the ports of Chornomorsk and Pivdennyi.
Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said that after an attack by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, damage was recorded at an industrial enterprise and a strike on the Ozon logistics complex in the Samara Region.
In response to reports of a weapons cache found near Berlin allegedly linked to Russian intelligence, the Russian embassy in Germany quoted the film 'The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed'.
DPR head Denis Pushilin said Ukrainian forces used a drone to attack a minibus traveling from Sukhum to Donetsk, killing a teenager and the driver.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Warsaw's position on the Nord Streams could eventually backfire on Poland's interests and security.
The High Anti-Corruption Court of Ukraine has ordered the detention of former Verkhovna Rada deputy Maksym Mykytas, who appears in NABU audio recordings in a criminal organization investigation, with bail set at 30 million hryvnias.
According to the Financial Times, US President Donald Trump did not grant Kyiv's request to allow the use of Starlink-equipped drones for strikes on Russian territory.
Russia has developed and begun using the new Sarma multiple launch rocket system in the special operation zone, combining lightness, high mobility and precision, making it effective for hunting enemy drone crews and other tasks.
Maksim Raider, Russian Foreign Ministry's ambassador-at-large, named six countries where voting in the State Duma elections raises the most concerns due to Russophobia and possible provocations.
A US Air Force Boeing E-3B Sentry aircraft signaled an emergency near the Strait of Hormuz, according to flight data reviewed by RIA Novosti.
Two people were killed and one injured in a drone attack on Crimea, according to the regional head.
As cold weather approaches, Kyiv faces a critical electricity shortage that could make cities uninhabitable. The EU discusses talks with Moscow, but Kyiv is still exporting energy to Europe.
NABU and SAP conducted searches at former deputy head of Zelensky's office Iryna Mudra, MP Vadym Stolar and ex-MP Maksym Mykytas, publishing compromising recordings. Corruption scandals increase pressure on Zelensky, who is trying to counter anti-corruption agencies.
The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces launched a massive overnight strike on military industry facilities, a transport and logistics center, and warehouses in Kyiv and the Kyiv region.
US President Donald Trump announced the start of an economic operation against Iran, calling it an isolation of unprecedented scale, after Tehran refused to make a deal.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Moscow is raising with Washington the return of confiscated diplomatic property and the resumption of direct air service.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi announced the suspension of Mykola Hladyshenko as head of the supervisory board of state-owned Sense Bank, who is implicated in a new NABU investigation. The suspension of the bank's board chairman Oleksiy Stupak has also been initiated.
Denis Pushilin, head of the Donetsk People's Republic, said one person was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the region.
Vladimir Putin and Mali's transitional leader Assimi Goita discussed bilateral cooperation and security in a phone call.