RT News - August 07 2023 (17:00 MSK)

A massive explosion rocks a Turkish port less than 100 kilometers from Istanbul, while a ship was being loaded with grain. According to the officials, twelve people are being left wounded. Mali and Burkina Faso send delegations to Niger, while the country's new leadership rallies supporters amid the threat of foreign military intervention from a West African regional bloc. As Moscow uses modern battlefield solutions to support its troops on the ground in the Ukraine conflict, the Russian MOD says its soldiers have further repelled Kiev's forces from making advances along the front lines.