A fire in the center of Moscow and the muting of “war” and “peace” on television. Main news of the past weekend

died in a fire in the center of Moscow At least seven people

On Sunday evening, a flower warehouse caught fire in the center of the capital near the square of three stations. The fire was assigned the third level of complexity, the fire spread over an area of ​​two and a half thousand square meters. By Monday morning, it was reported that had died in the fire. seven people

Shot at the military commissar of Ust-Ilimsk explained his motives

Ruslan Zinin, who shot twice at the military commissar, wrote an open letter in which he explained the reasons for his action and apologized to the victim.

According to him, he was very worried about the death of his comrade in the war and was afraid that the same fate would befall his brother after mobilization.

“On that day, I really went to the draft board with the confidence that it was in my power to prevent my younger brother from being mobilized according to the agenda assigned to him the day before for the same day. I also, until the last moment, was firmly convinced that I would not cause any harm to anyone. I am categorically against violence from an early age, everyone who knows me closely can confirm this, ”the letter says.

On Sakhalin, a gas cylinder exploded in the apartment of a non-gasified residential building. Nine people died

As a result of the explosion of a gas cylinder, an entire staircase of a five-story residential building collapsed. At least nine people were killed, four of them children. The UK opened a case under the article on causing death by negligence. The authorities decided to resettle the residents of the entrances that survived the explosion.

Elon Musk Unblocks Donald Trump's Twitter Account

The billionaire who bought the social network arranged a poll on his page, asking users whether to unblock the account of former US President Donald Trump. The latter was blocked indefinitely by the former administration of the social network, after an attempt to storm the Capitol undertaken by his supporters.

52% of the 15 million voters were in favor of unlocking. “The voice of the people is the voice of God,” Musk commented on this result.

By Monday morning, Trump's Twitter followers had grown from 500,000 to over 87 million.

In the US, a woman opened fire in a gay club. Five people died

In Colorado Springs, Colorado, an unidentified woman opened fire on a local gay club. As a result, five people were killed and 18 others were injured.

Visitors to the institution managed to injure the attacker with return fire, after which she was detained by the police. The motive for the crime has not yet been reported.

Russian television is now jamming the "war"

Over the past weekend, viewers of Russian television noticed at least two cases when the word “war” was drowned out on the air, which appeared in the text of the song being performed.

We are talking about the composition "How not to be milk" by Savva Rozanov, performing under the pseudonym Synekdokha Montauk, which was broadcast on TNT.

In the second case, the singer Zivert was censored, performing the song of the group "Guests from the Future" "Everything is decided" in the next issue of the "Battle of Generations" program on Muz-TV. Here, the broadcast sound engineers drowned out not only the word "war", but also the word "peace".

Since the beginning of the war, Russia has fired more than 4,700 missiles at Ukraine - Zelensky

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, in a video message to the participants of the international organization of francophone countries, announced the total number of missiles fired by Russia on Ukrainian territory during the war.

He also appealed to the participants of the event with a call to stop hostilities. “Hundreds of our cities are simply burned. Thousands of people died. Hundreds of thousands were forcibly deported to Russia. Millions left Ukraine for other countries to escape the war. We must stop this. We must stop Russian aggression. The return of the world is possible. But it is possible when everyone in the world understands that no one deserves a single day of terror,” Zelensky said.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev wins early presidential elections in Kazakhstan

According to preliminary data published by the Central Election Commission of Kazakhstan, Tokayev is gaining more than 80% of the votes that came to the elections of citizens. Turnout was just over 69%.

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