Top 5 news June 21

Dmitry Peskov with the daughter of Instagram Mila Mitreol

Polit.ru offers your attention the five news of the day. The selection included the three most read news, one news selected by the editorial office, and the most unusual, in our opinion, news today.

On the Russian-Ukrainian border attacked the second checkpoint in the second day

Unknown armed people on Saturday night attacked the Izvarino checkpoint on the Ukrainian side of the border with Russia. Information about the attack on the Izvarino checkpoint was confirmed by the press service of the State Border Service of Ukraine. According to her, the unknown people drove up to the Izvarino checkpoint on cars and opened fire on the composition of the border outfit. “Border guards took all the necessary measures to evacuate civilians to safe places. After that, the change of border outfits moved to in advance prepared firing positions and took the battle, ”the press service said. “The border guards were forced to retreat with a battle under the territory of Russia under the onslaught of the enemy,” the department said. In turn, the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the self-proclaimed Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR) said that the Ukrainian military had committed the shelling of Izvarino. According to the Prime Minister of the LPR Vasily Nikitin, currently control over the checkpoint is in the hands of the militia.

Editor commentary: A day earlier, the Russian border point "Novoshakhtinsk" was subjected to mortar shelling from the Ukrainian territory. As a result, the building of the point was partially destroyed, and an employee of the Russian customs was seriously wounded. The Russian side stated a protest and demanded from Kiev explanations and charges in connection with the incident, the Russian SK opened a criminal case on this fact. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine made a statement in which he actually assigned responsibility for getting a shell on Russian territory on separatists.

The EU and the USA have agreed on the conditions for the commissioning of new sanctions against Russia

The leaders of Germany, France and the USA by telephone have reached an agreement to impose new sanctions against Russia if there is no situation in the east of Ukraine. Russia, according to the participants in negotiations, should immediately take specific steps to de -escalate the situation in eastern Ukraine. Barack Obama, Angel Merkel and Francois Hollande at the same time supported the decision of the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko unilaterally stop fire and called on Russia to withdraw troops from the border with Ukraine.

Barack Obama, Angel Merkel and David Kemeron. Photo: vladnews.ru

Editor commentary: The fact that the United States has strengthened negotiations with the European Union about possible new sanctions against the Russian defense industry and the high -tech sector became known last Friday. The US government agencies then explained that this decision in connection with the information that appeared about the readiness of Russia to introduce “new tanks” into Ukraine. According to the information available at the White House, Russian tanks advanced from their positions in the south-west of Russia in the direction of Ukraine. The sanctions developed can be imposed in order to prevent the development of the defense industry of the Russian Federation of the next generation.

Police reserves in the Rostov region were raised by alarm because of Ukraine

In the Rostov region, the reserve parts of the police were raised by alarm due to intensive shooting in the border Ukrainian territory. According to the regional department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, this step was taken to ensure order in the Borderlands.

Editor commentary: On Saturday afternoon, it became known that due to the clashes of the Russian-Ukrainian border, Russia closed two border checkpoints in the Rostov region-Novoshakhtinsk (Dolzhansky from the Ukrainian side) and Donetsk (from the Ukrainian side of Izvarino). As a result of hostilities in Ukrainian territory, seven people were delivered to hospitals in the Rostov Region. In addition, about 100 Ukrainian border guards passed into Russia, who thus took refuge from the Lugansk militias. According to the Russian side, the bandwidth "Novoshakhtinsk" was subjected to mortar shelling. The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine refuted this information.

Choice of the editorial office

Dmitry Peskov shaved his mustache

Dmitry Peskov shaves his mustache. Photo: Instagram Oleg Mitvol

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov on a dispute with his daughter shaved his mustache. This was announced on her Instagram by singer Mila Mitnol, the wife of the former prefect of the Northern Administrative District of Moscow Oleg Mitvol. “Dmitry Sergeyevich shaved his mustache on a dispute with his daughter! Bravo! Well done! ”She wrote. Photos of Peskov without a mustache were also laid out by Oleg Mitvol. The Lifenews agency clarified that the president’s spokesman promised his daughter to shake his mustache if she successfully surrenders the exam. According to Peskov himself, it seemed to him that his daughter "was not intensively preparing for the exam." “A mustache is a victim of the exam. The Ministry of Education will answer, ”Oleg Mitvol joked .

Dmitry Peskov without a mustache. Photo: @mitvoltv

Editor commentary: Dmitry Sergeyevich Peskov was born on October 17, 1967 in Moscow in a student of a student Sergei Peskov, later a personnel Russian diplomat. He is married, there is a daughter and two sons. Dmitry Peskov wore a mustache for several years. During this time, they gained wide fame both on the caricatures of Sergey Elkin ( here , here , here and here ), and in the form of various memes . More than 36 thousand people have been signed on one of the most popular blogs “ Peskov's mustache ”.

The trick of the day

Auto -car in the United States rammed a restaurant

In the American city of Itak in the state of New York, the truck transporting cars crashed into the Simeon's restaurant located on the ground floor of the building, as a result of which one person died and the four were seriously injured. The driver for the unidentified reason was not able to go through the turn of the road. According to eyewitnesses, the truck half drove into the four -story building standing on the corner of the street and stuck there. Cracks are visible throughout the facade of the building, glass flew out of many windows.

Editor comment: according to eyewitnesses, immediately after a collision with the restaurant, the truck caught fire, but the fire was quickly eliminated with the help of fire extinguishers. Whether there was a dead visitor, or simply passed by at the time of the accident - is still unknown. The city authorities said that the lives of four wounded are not threatening anything, but the building in which the restaurant was located was seriously injured and can collapse at any time. The driver of the car carrier was detained, representatives of the investigating authorities work with him.

A survey of the day

Readers Polit.ru did not support the idea of ​​calling students to the army

Today in our traditional daily survey, we suggested answering the question : are students in the army needed? According to the survey, it turned out that the vast majority (70.1%) of our readers believe that students should not serve in the army. Of these, 50.6% are sure that the army should be replenished with professionals, and 19.5% believe that the army service will prevent the professional growth of students. At the same time, 11.5% of readers agree that students need to be involved in the army as military service soldiers, and 5.7% believe that students should start serving as officers. 12.6% of readers decided that the answer to the question should be sought with the former Minister of Defense of Russia Anatoly Serdyukov.

Our survey today is connected by a bill developed by a group of senators, headed by the speaker of the Federation Council Valentina Matvienko, which will allow university students to serve in the Armed Forces

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