Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the Minister of Defense, Sergei Shoigu, called the Azovstal plant inappropriately assault and ordered him to cancel it, TASS reports . Putin explained his decision with the need to save the lives of the Russian military. “There is no need to climb into these catacombs, crawl there underground in these industrial facilities. Blok this industrial zone so that the fly does not fly,” Putin said.

Shot from the film "Little Faith" Residents of the former Soviet Union, who had never been to Mariupol, this city was well known. Known primarily on the cult film from the times of perestroika - "Little Faith" by Vasily Pichula. This film began with the mournful shots of the industrial Mariupolsky - or rather, Zhdanovsky, the historical name to the city of Zhdanov will be returned only a year after the premiere - landscape: pipes, pipes, pipes, pipes and haze.

The Russians are preparing to hold a number of "referenda" in the captured territories of Ukraine to legitimize the occupation administrations, according to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. There is information about the preparation of "referenda" in the Kherson, Nikolaev and Zaporizhzhya regions.