Russia launched a major air attack using cruise missiles on western Ukraine early on August 15, with officials reporting at least three people dead and many others injured.
A munition exploded while a military plane was being prepared for a flight at an airport in Kazakhstan's southeastern city of Taldyqorghan on August 15, wounding two people, one of whom died later.
The prosecutor-general's office of Kazakhstan's Zhetysu region has thrown out a criminal case against well-known investigative journalist Sandugash Duysenova for lack of evidence.