Lithuania closes two crossing points with Belarus

Lithuania closed on Friday, August 18 six border crossings, two on the border with Belarus, especially to face the danger from the Russian mercenary group Wagner, the Lithuanian border guards announced. That “Closed at midnight from Sumsko and Tvereciaus”Border guards spokeswoman Lena Laurinaiti-Grygin said barbed-wire barriers would be set up during the day. This decision is also motivated by the fight against trafficking and control Number of trips between the two countries. Follow our life.

According to Moscow, a Ukrainian commando crossed the Dnieper River. “Some groups of saboteurs managed to hide near the area.” Vladimir Zalto, a Russian local official in Moscow-controlled Kosachi Laheri on the left bank of the Dnieper in southern Ukraine, told the TASS news agency on Friday. He confirms that the area is now there “Totally clean” of Ukrainian soldiers.

Ukrainian drone destroyed in Moscow “The drone body fell in the area of ​​the exhibition center, and there was no significant damage to the building.”, capital city mayor Sergei Sobyanin announced. According to the elected official, no casualties have been identified at this point. Attacked and targeted by Kyiv “Places located in Moscow and the region”, According to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

According to Moscow, a drone targeted the Russian navy in the Black Sea. In parallel with this drone strike in Moscow, Russia also claims that a Ukrainian attack using a naval drone against the Russian Navy in the Black Sea failed. “Unmanned enemy boat destroyed by fire” The same evidence confirms that the Russian warship did not reach its destination.

Cargo from Odessa arrived in Turkey. The first cargo from Odessa (Ukraine) arrived on Thursday evening in Istanbul (Turkey) through a new sea route on Wednesday. This is a challenge for Russia, which has threatened to attack such vessels since the end of a Ukrainian grain export deal in July.