Open gays and lesbians serve in the Ukrainian army. Here are their stories In the Ukrainian army, unlike Russian, there are many open gays and lesbians, there is even an association “Ukrainian LGBT VIISKOVI for RIVNI Rights” (Ukrainian military LGBT for equal rights). “Cold” talked with Ukrainian soldiers and military doctors who made a camming out to his colleagues about what they should serve in the army and how the attitude to LGBT in Ukraine changed with the outbreak of war.

23:31 The head of the military administration of Krivoy Rog, Oleksandr Vilkul, announced that the Russian military had shot down a minibus with civilians who were trying to leave the village of Staroselye for the territory controlled by Ukraine. According to him, this happened near the village of Dolgovoe - the Russian military fired an anti-tank guided missile at them. Two people died, five were evacuated to a hospital in Krivoy Rog, Vilkul said.

How Roscosmos has been shifting the launch of Russian space projects for years On July 26, the new head of Roscosmos, Yuri Borisov, announced his departure from the ISS project in 2024 - by this date, Russia, according to him, will “begin to form” its own orbital station. However, within a few hours, information appeared that the first stage of construction of the Russian station could begin only in 2028.

Demographer Alexei Raksha - about the consequences of the war for two countries To date, about 10 million people left Ukraine because of the war, more than six million have been registered as refugees. As a war in Ukraine will affect its population, how the wars, in principle, affect demography, what is happening with statistics during the war, in a joint interview for the "borders" and "cold" was told by the independent demographer Alexei Raksha, the former forecast of Rosstat.

Ilya Yablokov, researcher specializing in conspiracy theories, on how Russia has become a conspiracy theorist of a country In his appeals to the nation, President Putin provided a number of explanations why the war against Ukraine was necessary, referring to neo-Nazis who had allegedly seized power in Ukraine and the need to oppose the West and NATO.