Ukraine changed its plans after the leak of secret documents from the Pentagon, and in Russia, one and a half year contracts began to be concluded with prisoners recruited for war. Main news of the past weekend

Ukraine has changed some military plans after leaking secret Pentagon documents regarding the impending Ukrainian counteroffensive

This is reported by CNN, citing a source close to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The recent leak also prompted the Pentagon to curtail the flow of sensitive documents that hundreds of people in government have access to every day, the channel claims.

In early April, it became known about the publication on social networks of a number of secret documents of the American military department, which concerned, in particular, the preparation of the upcoming Ukrainian counteroffensive and the current situation on the front in Ukraine.

On April 8, a new portion of Pentagon documents leaked to the network, whose content concerned not only Ukraine, but also issues of combating terrorism, the situation in the Middle East and relations with China.

The journalists of The Washington Post , having analyzed 50 pages from a fresh leak, found out that the Wagner PMC was trying to buy weapons and uniforms for its mercenaries in Turkey. In addition, they concluded that American intelligence has penetrated the Russian military so deeply that it warns Kyiv of Moscow's every move.

with prisoners who are recruited for the war began to be concluded One and a half year contracts

This was reported to journalists by the head of the Rus' Sedentary Foundation Olga Romanova, specifying that such a practice is now observed in the Sverdlovsk and Yaroslavl regions. According to her, we are talking about prisoners who are recruited by the Ministry of Defense, and not by the Wagner PMC.

Romanova noted that earlier contracts were signed with prisoners for six months, promising them pardon and freedom after their expiration.

The increase in the terms of contracts, according to the human rights activist, may be due to the fact that the Russian authorities do not plan to end the war in the near future. “That is, they expect to fight next year as well,” Romanova wrote on her Telegram channel.

to Ukraine returned 31 children illegally taken from territories occupied by Russia

This was announced by the executive director of the charity organization Save Ukraine Mykola Kuleba. According to him, initially 33 children were supposed to return to the country.

“Unfortunately, the grandmother, who was supposed to pick up two children, died during this mission,” Kuleba explained. He added that now it is necessary to return to the country the body of this woman and the children she was supposed to pick up.

Kuleba also noted that relatives of illegally exported Ukrainian children who are sent to Russia for them go through many hours of interrogation at the FSB.

Families of those mobilized from Tuva learned about the death of their relatives from the media

Writes about it "Novaya Tuva". According to the publication, the relatives of the Tuvan mobilized learned about their death, thanks to photographs of graves in Novosibirsk, which were distributed in the media and social networks.

The military command did not inform the families of either the deaths of the mobilized or their burial in another region. According to journalists, information about the death of Tuvans was hidden from relatives in order not to pay insurance coverage and lump-sum benefits to families.

The State Duma will consider amendments that significantly toughen punishment for a number of articles of the Criminal Code. MPs, among other things, propose to establish life sentences for high treason

This was announced in his telegram channel by the chairman of the committee on security and anti-corruption of the lower house of parliament Vasily Piskarev, who is one of the authors of the document.

According to him, the bill, in particular, provides for an increase in the maximum term of imprisonment under the article "terrorist act" from 15 to 20 years. For "sabotage" the maximum punishment is proposed to be increased from 15 to 20 years in prison, and for "an act of international terrorism" - from 10 to 12 years.

“We also propose to establish life imprisonment for high treason,” Piskarev wrote.

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