Four people injured in a drone strike on a beach in the Black Sea resort village of Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik remain in critical condition three days after the attack. An 11-year-old girl with severe shrapnel injuries is being prepared for transfer to a Moscow hospital, while authorities have begun paying compensation to the injured and to the families of those killed.

Georgia’s Ministry of Education has opened applications for prospective students residing in the self-proclaimed regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. In 2026, they will be able to enroll in the country's state universities without taking the Unified National Exams, and their tuition will be fully covered by the state.
Registration is already underway and runs until September 5.

A system failure at the Enguri Hydropower Plant on the evening of August 5 left all of Abkhazia without electricity and simultaneously triggered widespread power outages across Georgia. For Georgia's electricity grid, the incident marks the third major blackout in less than two weeks.

Washington and Yerevan have agreed to accelerate implementation of the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP)—also known as the Zangezur Corridor—a transport project that would connect Azerbaijan with its Nakhchivan exclave through Armenian territory. Construction of the railway alone is expected to cost between $250 million and $400 million, while the route is ultimately intended to become part of the Trans-Caspian, or Middle Corridor, linking Asia and Europe.

Young residents of Ingushetia will be trained in search techniques for missing persons, first aid, and emergency response. This course will take place as part of the "Targim" youth forum, according to Akhmed Khalukhaev, director of the regional branch of the "Znanie" (Knowledge) Society.

A widespread power outage hit Tbilisi and several other Georgian cities on Tuesday evening, marking the third major disruption to the country's electricity grid since late July. The causes of the two previous blackouts remain under investigation by Georgia's State Security Service.

A massive search operation, followed closely for nearly two weeks by residents of Ingushetia and neighboring republics, has concluded. The body of 27-year-old Bekkhan Aushev, who had been missing since July 21, was discovered in the Assa River.

For over ten days, around ten trucks bearing Dagestani and Azerbaijani license plates have been unable to leave the Astara cargo terminal on the Iran-Azerbaijan border. According to RIA Dagestan, the issue stems from a shipment of peppers grown in Armenia that was being imported into Russia disguised as Iranian produce.

Residents of several villages in Russia’s Republic of Dagestan affected by severe spring flooding say they have struggled to obtain compensation for damaged homes, with many claiming they secured payments only after appealing to prosecutors, commissioning independent expert assessments and requesting new inspections, the independent outlet Kavkazsky Uzel reported. Regional authorities have acknowledged that about 2,000 compensation claims initially rejected were later approved following appeals.

For the first time, Azerbaijan has publicly stated that the postponement of a parliamentary vote in Israel regarding the recognition of the Armenian Genocide was the result of negotiations between Baku and Tel Aviv. Hikmet Hajiyev, an aide to the President of Azerbaijan, reported that the Azerbaijani side had conveyed its position to Israel in advance, and that these signals were taken seriously.