A Chechen family with four children faces deportation from Germany after its asylum application was rejected, raising concerns among human rights advocates that the family could face persecution if returned to Russia.

Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Rostov region and Krasnodar Krai overnight on August 10, Russian officials said.
Rostov Region Governor Yury Slyusar said more than 70 drones had been intercepted over the region. Air defences destroyed drones over Kamensk-Shakhtinsky and seven districts, he said.

Engineering surveys have already begun in Armenia for the railway component of TRIPP—a transport project designed to link the region's major transport corridors and serve as part of the Trans-Caspian Trade Route. This was announced by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

On August 9, three people—a 15-year-old boy and two of his uncles—died in the Sunzha River in the Sernovodsky District of Chechnya. The men rushed into the water when the boy began to drown but were unable to get out of the river themselves.

Georgia's opposition has sharply criticized Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze after he said the August 2008 war began on August 7, when Georgian forces attacked Tskhinvali. The Coalition for Change accused the prime minister of effectively repeating the Kremlin's narrative, while the United National Movement described his remarks as "a direct betrayal of Georgia's national interests."

Lawmakers from several Turkish political parties have jointly called on the government to establish direct transport links between Turkey and Abkhazia and to recognize Abkhaz passports as valid travel documents. According to the Turkish newspaper Jineps Gazetesi, this is the first time such demands have been publicly voiced at the interparty parliamentary level.

Georgia’s Foreign Ministry has called on Moscow to comply with the terms of the August 12, 2008 ceasefire agreement, withdraw its troops from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, and ensure the return of people displaced by the conflict, as Georgia marks the 18th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia war.
In a statement, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said Russia continues its “illegal occupation” of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia), which Tbilisi considers integral parts of Georgian territory.

The Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Ingushetia has sentenced 31-year-old Akromat Dourbekov to two years in a penal colony for a comment he posted on VKontakte in which an expert assessment found approval of violence committed by Adolf Hitler against Jews. The court also ordered that the mobile phone used to post the comment be transferred to state ownership.

Authorities in Russia’s Chechnya have allocated an additional 505 million rubles from the regional budget to provide payments to residents affected by devastating floods. The federal government has also allocated 320.7 million rubles to support agricultural producers who suffered losses. Recovery efforts following the spring floods have now continued for more than four months.

Six people were injured in a nighttime drone attack on the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region, the head of the Seversky district, Andrei Cheverev, said. A fire broke out at the facility but had been fully extinguished by midday. Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed that the refinery had been targeted.