CURRENTTIME — broadcast 20260806 070000 UTC 390 transcript segments Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking Data courtesy of The GDELT Project (https://www.gdeltproject.org/), from the Internet Archive TV News Archive. Machine transcription. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a verbatim quotation record. [00:00:31] The largest drone attack in Yaroslavl, one of the [00:00:35] largest Russian refineries is on fire in the city. In Tver, another Wildberries warehouse was damaged. And in the Kyiv region, after [00:00:39] a massive Russian strike, [00:00:42] today is a day of mourning. In Moscow, Lieutenant General [00:00:46] Igor Ierusalimov was secretly buried. He could have been a victim of the explosion in a restaurant in Moscow last [00:00:49] Saturday. Then at least five people died, dozens of people [00:00:53] were injured. The target of the assassination attempt could have been the Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces, Alexander [00:00:57] Chaiko, but nothing is known about his condition so far. [00:01:20] Slavneftyanas refinery. Videos of the explosion in the city, filmed by local [00:01:23] residents, are published by Telegram channels Astro and Exile Nova Plus. The [00:01:27] Osint analysis of Astra confirms that the refinery is on fire, as well as another [00:01:31] unidentified object. [00:02:00] largest refineries in Russia, it processes about 15 [00:02:03] million tons of oil per year. At night, the governor of the region, Mikhail Evraev, [00:02:06] wrote about the drone danger. The authorities blocked the exit from the city in the [00:02:10] direction of Moscow. Evraev called the attack the most massive during the entire [00:02:14] full-scale war. He claims that all 88 drones were [00:02:18] destroyed. However, he does not explain why the refinery [00:02:21] caught fire. [00:02:23] There are no casualties or injuries. A private house burned down, windows were shattered in several [00:02:26] apartment buildings, there is damage to personal transport of [00:02:30] residents of the region. Compensation will be provided to all [00:02:33] affected. Also this morning, after the attack of Ukrainian Armed Forces drones, [00:02:37] a fire started in the village of Palkina near the door. Eyewitnesses [00:02:41] published photos and videos of the fire in the private residential sector. Earlier, [00:02:44] local Telegram channels reported buzzing explosions, and [00:02:47] unofficial monitoring channels reported drone arrivals. The Acting [00:02:51] Governor of the region, Vitaly Korolyov, announced the repulsion of a drone attack [00:02:55] by air defense forces. As a result of falling debris, the facade of the logic [00:02:59] was slightly damaged. [00:03:04] - Korolyov reported. Today in the Kyiv region, mourning was declared for those killed due to the massive [00:03:08] Russian strike. Yesterday, Ukrainian authorities reported that 16 people died [00:03:11] and 36 were injured in shelling near Kyiv. In [00:03:15] particular, eight people died and three were injured at a railway station [00:03:19] near the city of Brovary, where they were waiting for a train. I remind you that on the [00:03:22] night of Wednesday, the Russian army launched 28 missiles [00:03:26] at Kyiv and the region, none of which were shot down. Advisor to the Ukrainian President. [00:03:30] Serhiy Beskrestnov stated that Russia can launch about 100 [00:03:33] ballistic missiles at Ukrainian cities every month. According to him, the Russian military [00:03:37] uses open information about the location of Ukrainian warehouses and [00:03:40] intelligence data from recruited Ukrainians to adjust strikes. [00:03:44] Beskrestnov urged businesses to diversify risks and restructure [00:03:47] logistics. Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that supplies of air defense missiles from partners in [00:03:51] the first half of 2026 decreased threefold compared [00:03:54] to the same period last year. According to the Ukrainian president, [00:03:58] partners have missiles, and he also suggested that by not supplying [00:04:01] Ukraine with ammunition, Kyiv is being pressured. [00:04:04] pressure. [00:04:06] Their involvement in the Middle East was minimized, [00:04:10] but nevertheless in previous [00:04:13] years they gave Ukraine anti-ballistic missiles, [00:04:17] primarily to fill our Patriots and [00:04:20] others. Air defense systems, I don't know [00:04:24] if there are other reasons besides the Middle East, [00:04:27] maybe these are political steps to make Ukraine more, let's say, [00:04:31] compliant, yes, [00:04:34] in my opinion, it is not without this, yes, we [00:04:38] understand that this is a serious [00:04:42] challenge, and regarding the supply of Patriot missiles, our correspondent in [00:04:44] Washington spoke with American Senator, Republican Rick [00:04:48] Scott. [00:04:49] Ukrainians are concerned that [00:04:53] production has been delayed, the president has made it [00:04:55] clear that he is ready to provide Ukraine with licenses. [00:04:59] Ukraine weapons that it [00:05:12] needs, when it needs them. In [00:05:15] Moscow, Lieutenant General Igor Ierusalimov was buried, he could have been a victim of [00:05:19] the explosion in the Balzerossi restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square last [00:05:23] Saturday. This was reported by the chat of the Moscow district Solntsevo, where [00:05:26] Ierusalimov lived. Ukrainian osint blogger Necromancers drew [00:05:29] attention to this message. Ierusalimov was 53 years old, [00:05:32] Putin promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant General in May [00:05:36] 2025. On Wednesday, the Telegram channel VCHK OGPU, associated with [00:05:38] Russian security forces, reported that in Moscow, at the Troekurovskoye cemetery, the funeral of an unknown [00:05:42] major general, who may have died in the explosion at the [00:05:46] celebration of the fifty-fifth birthday of the Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces, Alexander [00:05:49] Chaiko, took place under conditions of secrecy. There is no confirmation of this [00:05:52] information. I remind you that as a result of the explosion in the Balzerossi restaurant, [00:05:56] five people died. A courier girl who delivered a package with an explosive [00:05:59] device, a guard who turned out to be an FSO employee, as well as Chaiko's son-in-law [00:06:02] Daniil Peredriy. The death of the latter is confirmed by [00:06:06] data from state registers, Peredriy was the husband of [00:06:09] Chaiko's daughter Maria, who, according to media reports, received serious injuries during [00:06:12] the explosion. The condition of the Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces, Alexander Chaiko, [00:06:16] is carefully concealed. The identity of two other deceased [00:06:19] has not been disclosed. I would add that on [00:06:22] Tuesday evening, an attempt was made on the life of the General Director of Ural Dronzad, Vladimir [00:06:26] Tkachuk, in the Serlov region. This factory produces FPV drones [00:06:30] Upyr. According to the newspaper Kommersant, Tkachuk was wounded in the car [00:06:33] explosion. He is in extremely serious condition. His driver [00:06:36] died. [00:06:38] all parties consolidated around [00:06:42] the elections, support for the special military operation, we all support our [00:06:46] army, you were given the opportunity to participate in the elections, and how do you [00:06:49] behave? I read regularly that with [00:06:52] foreign media, with foreign tools in [00:06:55] social networks, is this right? Well, how can you stab the army [00:06:59] and the people in the back? True patriotism lies in [00:07:02] stopping the death of people, that's right, but [00:07:05] after, after victory, and if you don't [00:07:08] want victory, then [00:07:11] you help the enemy. [00:07:15] This is a member of the Communist Party of Russia, urging the leader of the Yabloko Party [00:07:18] to support the war against Ukraine. The latter listens and replies that [00:07:22] true patriotism lies in stopping the death of people. [00:07:26] On July 29, the Yabloko Party was registered to participate in the [00:07:29] September elections to the State Duma of Russia. On this wave, Yabloko [00:07:32] for the first time in a year bypassed United Russia in popularity on the [00:07:36] Internet, notes the publication 7:7, referring to Google [00:07:39] Trends data. The number of search queries for the word. [00:08:23] The Yabloko party positions itself as anti-war, the only one with [00:08:27] such a position in Russia after Boris Nadezhdin left the country. At the head of its list are little-known [00:08:30] regional politicians, since some of its media members were subjected to [00:08:34] pressure, criminal prosecution and lost the opportunity to [00:08:37] be elected. The head of Fair Russia Mironov. [00:08:40] was indignant that a party that openly opposes the war with Ukraine [00:08:43] was allowed to participate in the elections and wrote a public denunciation [00:08:47] of it. to the State Duma goes a party that openly [00:08:51] opposes the special military operation, promises to conclude a shameful peace for the country, [00:08:55] supports foreign agents, and this is in the fifth year of the war, when our guys [00:08:59] and civilians are dying at the hands of the criminal Kyiv regime. [00:09:03] I urge the Ministry of Justice and the Prosecutor General's Office to carefully examine the [00:09:06] Yabloko party and its leaders and to give a legal assessment of their [00:09:09] actions. But Yabloko is criticized not only by [00:09:13] the Communists, Fair Russia. Earlier, the FBK [00:09:15] accused the party of cooperating with the Russian authorities, of Yabloko [00:09:19] playing into the hands of the Kremlin and only imitating opposition. In [00:09:22] Ukraine, Yabloko recalls that the main emphasis this party places [00:09:26] is on a ceasefire, not on restoring the territorial integrity of [00:09:30] Ukraine. On Wednesday, the Russian Central Election Commission held a lottery, [00:09:33] determining the parties' places on the electoral ballot. Yabloko is in second [00:09:37] place, United Russia came in first. [00:09:40] That's right, you didn't even rotate it, [00:09:44] actually. Why did you decide not to rotate [00:09:47] the al-Atron? Because all the numbers that remained suit [00:09:51] me, well done, and [00:09:54] especially since I pulled out what we wanted, because the real choice in the elections is either United [00:09:57] Russia or Yabloko, our number two, [00:10:01] oh, number two, how did [00:10:04] the draw go, who is first, second, third, you [00:10:07] know, everything is honest, a transparent drum. [00:10:10] Putin himself, like the ruling [00:10:34] United Russia party, continues to see declining ratings. A sociological [00:10:37] study by Navalny's team recently showed that 25% of [00:10:41] Russians would not vote for United Russia under any [00:10:45] circumstances. This is a record anti-rating among all [00:10:48] parties. More on why and how the Russian president is criticized and ridiculed on [00:10:51] social networks. In one week, Vladimir Putin's approval rating [00:11:03] fell by 5%, and the lower the approval rating, the [00:11:06] more videos like this are on the Internet, as they say, I know it's connected, but [00:11:10] I can't prove it, or can I? Do you even realize that without [00:11:13] Putin in Russia there would be war, all the riches would have been [00:11:17] plundered, you would be jailed for any wrong word. [00:11:20] Vladimir Putin is great! [00:11:23] The rating began to fall at the beginning of the year [00:11:26] along with a new wave of internet blockades. In the spring, a new [00:11:30] problem arose: regular drone attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on [00:11:33] regions, and the numbers finally plummeted after the attacks on [00:11:36] refineries, which led to a gasoline crisis. But since [00:11:40] openly criticizing the government in Russia is dangerous, people have found [00:11:44] alternative ways to express dissatisfaction. [00:11:47] In May, sociologists even changed [00:12:03] their methodology and began surveying people not only by phone, but also [00:12:07] by personally visiting apartments. Putin's ratings [00:12:10] jumped for a couple of weeks, then continued to fall, but last [00:12:13] week they unexpectedly started to rise [00:12:17] again. I believe that these are fabricated figures. As we [00:12:20] can see, Putin is doing everything to [00:12:22] ensure that his rating decreases, what needs to be done [00:12:26] to prevent this, either shut Putin up so that [00:12:30] he doesn't say things that worsen his [00:12:33] situation, I don't know, or remove him, for example, [00:12:37] yes, but since he is, in fact, their boss, they can [00:12:41] do neither, how good [00:12:44] it is, [00:12:45] why I will vote for United Russia in these [00:12:49] elections, let's go, it's clear, I love movement, when it's boring. [00:12:52] When there is some stagnation, you want movement, [00:12:56] agreed. Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of Novaya [00:12:59] Gazeta Europe. On our air. Kirill, good morning. Good [00:13:03] morning. The CEC suddenly registered Yabloko for the State Duma [00:13:07] elections. After the persecution of many members of this party, this decision was not [00:13:11] obvious. Why did they allow it, what do you think? [00:13:14] Well, I think we should start by saying that I think [00:13:16] they made a mistake, both the Presidential Administration and the CEC, which carried out its [00:13:20] orders. They made a mistake, and I think they have already [00:13:23] started to realize that [00:13:27] a month of campaigning for peace, which [00:13:30] was suddenly legally allowed in Russia, all these years it was [00:13:34] forbidden, this is an extremely dangerous trend, because [00:13:37] no one knows what will come of it, that is, it is unlikely to be [00:13:41] an upsetting election, when United [00:13:45] Russia, with all its resources and the ability to falsify, [00:13:49] would suddenly lose these elections, but the consolidation of people for [00:13:52] absolutely normal words for peace and freedom... it can still [00:13:56] happen, and it will be very ugly for those who [00:13:59] arranged all this. The presidential administration, of course, [00:14:03] thought that they, well, they are playing such old pre-war [00:14:06] games, they think that they can skillfully [00:14:10] manipulate all voters and all [00:14:13] participants in these elections, and Yabloko was supposed to help them with this [00:14:17] functionally, well, and they will still strive for this, [00:14:20] however, it seems to me that if everything goes in such a [00:14:23] dynamic as we see now in the first week after registration, [00:14:26] then most likely the management of the elections will be taken over [00:14:30] by the Russian special services, they will begin to act with their methods, [00:14:33] taking additional hostages, threatening deputies, members [00:14:37] of their families, well, and so on down the list, that is, candidates for [00:14:41] deputies, why is there such a technology from [00:14:45] old times, and [00:14:49] it is necessary to show, first of all, that, well, that the people... [00:14:51] are very united and that the Yabloko party gets [00:14:55] 1% of the votes in any elections, we have one [00:14:58] party that is for peace, it received in [00:15:01] 2021, when there was no big war yet, [00:15:05] a little more than 1%, now [00:15:08] it needs to be brought into the same framework, maybe a little [00:15:12] higher, up to 3%, but certainly not more, that these are such [00:15:16] marginals, well, everyone knows that in Russia there are anti-war people, [00:15:19] people who advocate for a normal peaceful life, so they are insignificant. became [00:15:23] the second faction in the State Duma, because this [00:15:51] will also be a sign that there is [00:15:55] a visible, stable, at least [00:15:58] minority electorate for normalization, and according to social surveys, this is generally [00:16:02] the majority, according to social surveys, the majority of people support [00:16:05] the agenda of returning to normal life [00:16:09] as soon as possible, let's say through some victory for Russia, whatever [00:16:12] that means, because talking about something else is dangerous, but [00:16:16] nevertheless, and accordingly it is necessary to split [00:16:19] such an electorate, which advocates for a return to [00:16:23] normal life, between more cautious people who understand that if [00:16:26] they vote for new people, then it's [00:16:30] like voting, on the one hand, for a party that has [00:16:33] working relations with Putin, but at the same time it's not United Russia and... [00:16:37] they are not the main cannibals in this previous composition of the State Duma, well, [00:16:41] that's how it's perceived, at least, the radical minority [00:16:44] that always gets its 1%, and [00:16:47] it's clear that in reality all the other people support Putin's [00:16:51] war, but this is a very risky tactic, I repeat, because [00:16:54] because, as they used to say about Nadezhdin, Yabloko began to swell, [00:16:57] this is because of this mistake, as you say, we are now hearing [00:17:01] statements from Mironov, the communists, [00:17:05] this is just the beginning of this campaign, pressure on Yabloko will increase, I [00:17:11] am afraid that, unfortunately, they believe that the authorities in a broad sense [00:17:15] of the word, it is clear that Sergey Mironov decides nothing and has no influence from [00:17:18] Fair Russia, he is formally a competitor to Yabloko, in fact [00:17:22] Fair Russia has just lost all its agenda, they have no [00:17:25] voters, and it is completely unclear why one should vote for Fair Russia, what they [00:17:29] generally carry, except that they, well, support [00:17:33] all of Putin's decisions, [00:17:36] well, that is, when it's already for United Russia, you can just as well [00:17:40] vote and be happy, who this, who this suits, but I do not [00:17:44] advise anyone to do that, of course, well, I think that [00:17:47] look what happened, for example, in Yabloko there is a suspended [00:17:51] young candidate, a young deputy, former, yes, suspended, in the sense that his [00:17:55] life situation is such that if you behave badly, we will punish [00:17:58] him more severely, Maxim Kruglov, his [00:18:02] sentence for his anti-war statements is 7 years, this is a former... [00:18:05] deputy of the Moscow City Duma, one of [00:18:09] the leaders of the Yabloko faction in Moscow, one of the young people [00:18:12] who made a career in such a democratic party in these difficult [00:18:16] decades, well, his sentence [00:18:20] has not yet entered into force, this is obviously [00:18:22] one of the clearest cases of hostage-taking, another case is [00:18:26] Lev Shlosberg, who is also waiting for new [00:18:29] sentences, new criminal cases are constantly appearing, these are only the most [00:18:33] visible cases of how Yabloko... will try to [00:18:37] control during these elections, because [00:18:40] ultimately, if Yabloko behaves badly, the number [00:18:43] of hostages may increase sharply during this campaign, there are a month and a half [00:18:47] left, a little less, and after the elections end, [00:18:50] yes, that is, this is generally a very dangerous, [00:18:54] a dangerous political gesture that [00:18:57] Yabloko made, seemingly with the approval of the authorities, but [00:19:00] at the same time, the tension is growing, that's [00:19:04] for peace does not mean against war, such criticism of [00:19:38] all the words that can be said there, can be said by people who [00:19:41] are in emigration under criminal prosecution, but [00:19:44] I will just draw your attention to the fact that , for example, Yabloko is [00:19:47] the only party running in these elections that does not [00:19:51] campaign in the occupied territories, including Crimea, [00:19:55] I think that critics of Yabloko should acknowledge that this is [00:19:58] quite a big, big responsibility for Yabloko to do this, [00:20:02] because this is, well, [00:20:04] a risky, risky step, if you try to campaign in Russia, [00:20:08] you are generally showing your attitude towards the borders of the Russian [00:20:11] Federation. Kirill, just one word answer, [00:20:15] what do you think are the chances that Yabloko will overcome the five-percent barrier, [00:20:19] if it is not removed from the elections? I [00:20:21] believe that if the trend continues as it is now, [00:20:25] then it will be quite difficult for the authorities to draw figures below [00:20:28] 5%, they may cope with this task, but it will not be an easy [00:20:32] drawing. Thank you very much, Kirill Martynov, editor-in-chief of Novaya [00:20:35] Gazeta Europe was the guest. [00:20:50] on residential areas of the city, houses, cars and [00:20:53] shops were damaged, 12 people were injured. The Russian army strikes at [00:20:56] Sumy every day with guided bombs, drones and [00:21:00] missiles. The city is only 30 km from the Russian-Ukrainian [00:21:03] border. According to the Ukrainian military, Moscow's goal is to create a [00:21:07] buffer zone in the Sumy region. Our correspondent Andrey [00:21:10] Kuzakov will tell us if the Russian military is succeeding in realizing Putin's plans. [00:21:13] In a car without windows. [00:21:19] At this time, Nazar, call sign [00:21:52] "Taxi Driver", carefully watches the sky, a Russian Kamikaze drone can [00:21:55] appear at any moment. [00:21:58] Closer to the front line, there are more and more [00:22:02] destroyed houses, burned equipment along the roads. We drove into [00:22:06] the twenty-kilometer border zone in the Sumy [00:22:09] region, which, judging by the statements of government representatives in [00:22:12] Russia, they have been trying to turn into a buffer zone [00:22:16] for more than a year. Russian drones attack everything that [00:22:52] falls into the field of view of their pilots, but the priority is [00:22:55] transport. They carry cumulative [00:22:59] shells, because they are designed to hit [00:23:02] equipment, suddenly an air [00:23:06] alert, the sky, guys, plus-plus, [00:23:09] somewhere approaching, [00:23:15] got it, that's it, hiding. [00:23:19] At the neighboring post, [00:23:29] shooting, [00:23:30] they shoot down [00:23:33] a drone, despite constant attacks, [00:23:36] Russian troops in the Sumy region are unable to advance deep [00:23:39] into Ukrainian territory, say Ukrainian military, all attacks [00:23:43] are repelled, but the Russian army constantly storms [00:23:46] the border zone. during this time that we have been working in this [00:24:22] direction, well, we have not had [00:24:25] any dead, well, at our posts, [00:24:29] due to shelling in this settlement, there are only [00:24:33] a couple of inhabited yards, a week ago there was one more, but [00:24:37] the man who lived there became a victim of [00:24:41] artillery shelling, he was feeding [00:24:43] dogs there, an artillery shell arrived. [00:24:47] with my husband. Andrey [00:26:32] Kuzakov, Vasily Martynchenko, Current [00:26:35] Time. [00:26:36] Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin criticized [00:26:40] supporters of the idea of shifting the Russian economy to a war footing, answering a [00:26:44] question from the CEO of TASS state agency about whether money should be spent on [00:26:47] decorating the city and infrastructure projects at a time when the country is waging [00:26:51] war. If there is no economy itself, peaceful [00:26:54] life, there will be no taxes, there will be no [00:26:58] income for the population, the political situation [00:27:01] will be completely different, [00:27:04] then we will not achieve success in [00:27:07] war, to kill [00:27:10] life, to kill a normal economy, is to kill the country entirely, [00:27:13] therefore such useless worthless talks, [00:27:17] which are said by people who do not understand how modern [00:27:20] economy is conducted, modern war, modern war [00:27:24] is waged on two fronts, it is directly the hot [00:27:27] front and the second is a healthy, stable economy of [00:27:31] the country. This interview fragment was shown on the [00:27:35] Vesti program on the Russia-1 TV channel. I remind you that the Moscow mayor [00:27:38] is the leader of the pre-election list of the United Russia party in the upcoming parliamentary [00:27:42] elections. [00:27:45] In July, three Russian business magazines at once. Glavbukh, Rossiyskiy Nalogovy [00:27:48] Kuryer and biznes.ru published detailed instructions on maintaining military [00:27:52] records during mobilization, the Insider publication noted. These [00:27:56] magazines are published for accountants, HR specialists and company executives. [00:28:00] The materials explain how to correctly. mobilize employees [00:28:03] and what threatens an employer for evasion, the речь [00:28:06] talks about fines of more than 6,000 dollars. [00:28:10] Interestingly, the Glavbukh material is an updated version, which was first released in [00:28:13] September 2022, the day after the decree on the start of [00:28:16] mobilization. Interestingly, usually these magazines explain to readers already [00:28:20] issued laws, whereas now the authorities have not yet adopted [00:28:24] new laws on mobilization, however, since spring, the Prosecutor General's Office has been introducing a [00:28:28] higher level of responsibility for employers for maintaining military [00:28:32] records. Control over which will transfer from military enlistment offices to the prosecutor's office. [00:28:36] Insider calls the release of these articles an indirect sign of preparation for [00:28:39] mobilization, like the appearance of 2,500 vacancies from [00:28:42] employers in the field of mobilization training, military registration and [00:28:45] mobilization department. Most of these vacancies appeared last [00:28:49] week, the agency publication noted. The Kremlin denies the possibility of a new wave of [00:28:52] mobilization. North Korea has begun transferring a [00:28:56] missile unit to Russia to strike Ukraine. This is according to Ukrainian [00:29:00] intelligence. According to GUR data, about 90 [00:29:03] North Korean military personnel will join the [00:29:07] in the Voronezh region. This unit may receive up to 120 ballistic [00:29:11] missiles and six launchers from North Korea. Pyongyang has already [00:29:14] reportedly handed over a batch of 40 KN-23 and [00:29:18] KN-24 missiles. Russia is already using [00:29:21] these types of missiles. In late July, according to Ukrainian authorities, one [00:29:25] of them hit a residential building in Radushnoye near Kryvyi Rih. A large family [00:29:28] of 10 people died. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiga stated that [00:29:32] North Korean launchers will become a legitimate target for Kyiv. [00:29:36] The Russian Ministry of Defense and the North Korean mission to the UN [00:29:39] did not respond to inquiries. [00:29:42] And that's all, this was the "Morning" program on