Incase anybody had still questions why Putin did what he did.

Donbass, 8 years of terror.

#YURI BRIEFING The strategy of overcoming the enemy defenses changed over the last months of the as the Russian side became able to put more infantry to the field - a significant conscription effort was required in the DPR and LPR, also, a significant number of volunteers from Russia proper joined the fight. Now, with better infantry numbers, the Russian side is able to press at many fronts at once. Yuri invokes the example of the Brusilov Offensive of the I WW.

State of the fronts as of August 16, 19:00 CEST.

🇹🇷🇸🇾⚡Residents of the Turkish regions bordering Syria were announced on the loudspeaker about the start of a "military operation" against Kurdish paramilitaries on the adjacent side. People are urged to stay at home

❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦🔥 Explosions in Kharkov, and two arrivals on military infrastructure near Odessa

🇷🇺 The State Duma will discuss bills to ban the promotion of non-traditional values ​​in the fall, as well as the possibility of introducing criminal penalties, Ostanina, head of the House Committee on Family Affairs, told RIA Novosti.

🇮🇩Happy 77th Independence day to our Indonesian allies 🎉🎉🎊🎊🥳

New space developments of Belarus and Russia

Scientists from the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus will participate in the creation of a new grouping of small satellites ("Complex-SG").

The project was approved by Prime Minister Golovchenko. It will be considered at the Council of Ministers of the Union State.

This is not the first space project of Belarus and Russia. For example, there are Earth remote sensing satellites. They are used to prevent and eliminate the consequences of emergencies, in the design and construction of roads, to update the land information system.

🇷🇺🇲🇩 Kishinev does not want to pay for Russian gas.

Moldovagaz asks Gazprom for a delay in payments for September, the head of the company Vadim Cheban said.

According to him, the company simply does not have money and it requires financial assistance from the government.

"We are constantly making efforts to demonstrate that we are a respectable and predictable partner."

▪Earlier, Moldovagaz was unable to pay for the supply of natural gas in August.

In total, Moldova owes Gazprom more than $700 million. But he demands to continue deliveries.

At the same time, gas prices for Moldovans have already reached $1,100 per thousand cubic meters. Its cost is calculated according to the formula proposed by Kishinev.

🇦🇲The Russian Embassy sent a note to the Armenian Foreign Ministry due to anti-Russian stuffing.

The radical political group "Sasna Tsrer" has accused Moscow of involvement in the explosion of a pyrotechnic warehouse at a wholesale market in Yerevan.

The Russian diplomatic mission called such rumors a direct provocation and demanded that the country's authorities take measures to prevent such statements from being heard in the future.

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🇸🇾🇹🇷According to the Syrian state news agency SANA, Turkish warplanes attacked some military targets in the Aleppo countryside, killing three soldiers and injuring 6 others.

The aggression takes place in the context of the Turkish regime's continued support for armed terrorist groups. “The Syrian armed forces responded to this aggression and struck at its facilities, destroyed some of them and inflicted human and material losses on the aggressors,” the agency’s source said.

“Due to the escalation of the Turkish regime’s provocations and repeated attacks on various areas of Syrian lands, we emphasize that any attack on military installations of our armed forces will be met with a prompt response on all fronts.”