The New York Times has confirmed the authenticity of a video leaked on April 4, showing Ukrainian soldiers shooting wounded Russians at point-blank range. According to the publication, the video was filmed near the village of Dmitrovka, west of Kiev. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported on the destruction of the Russian convoy in these places. In the video, one of the Ukrainian soldiers shoots twice at a Russian serviceman lying on the ground.

A detailed analysis of what happened in Bucha and the testimony of the inhabitants of Borodyanka (where things can be even worse) Hello, THIS MESSAGE (MATERIAL) IS CREATED AND (OR) DISTRIBUTED BY A FOREIGN MASS MEDIA PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT AND (OR) A RUSSIAN LEGAL ENTITY PERFORMING THE FUNCTIONS OF A FOREIGN AGENT This is the Meduza mailing list, where we talk about the main events related to the war in Ukraine.

Meduza talks to historian Gregory Aimaro-Parmut about the destruction of Chernihiv’s SBU archive Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP / Scanpix / LETA Smoke over Chernihiv after shelling. March 4, 2022. On the second day of Russia’s war against Ukraine, the headquarters of the Chernihiv branch of the SBU, Ukraine’s Security Service, came under fire . The building was destroyed along with an archive containing some 13,000 documents.

The consumer price index in Russia increased by 9.99% in the first three months of 2022. Such data was provided by Rosstat. Since the beginning of the year, the prices for sugar (53%), salt (18%), margarine (14%), as well as for seasonal vegetables - cabbage (85%), onions (63%), carrots (53%), have grown the most since the beginning of the year. ).

On the eve of a similar performance was held by an anonymous artist in Moscow In Warsaw, Berlin, Vilnius and Tbilisi on April 6, mass shares were held in memory of those killed in Buch. Their participants lay down on the ground with their hands tied behind their backs - the bodies of the inhabitants of the Ukrainian city were found in such poses, after the Russian troops left it. Participants in the action in Berlin demanded to introduce an embargo on the import of Russian oil, gas and coal.

The mayor of Chernobyl’s satellite town describes life under Russian occupation Slavutych City Council Residents of Slavutych rally in protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. March 26, 2022. Slavutych is one of the youngest towns in Ukraine. It was purpose-built 35 years ago in the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, to provide a new home for the nuclear power plant’s employees and their families.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The war in Ukraine enters a new stage - the Russian army is going to surround the main Ukrainian forces in the Donbass. Is this a real plan or adventure? On March 30, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the regrouping of troops in the Kiev and Chernihiv directions. Now the Russian military will try to surround the Donbass group of Ukraine.

The dollar exchange rate on the Moscow Exchange at the auction on the evening of April 6 fell below 80 rubles. The minimum cost of a unit of American currency was 79.01 rubles. During the day, the dollar fell by more than three rubles. The euro fell to 87 rubles, having lost more than four rubles in value during the day. The last time the dollar was below 80 rubles was on February 23, the day before the start of the war in Ukraine.

has been submitted to the State Duma A draft law , which, if adopted, will allow the Prosecutor General's Office to revoke the registration of mass media. The authors of the document were members of the Duma commission on countering foreign interference.

Russian electronic libraries LitRes and MyBook ( part of the LitRes group of companies) will remove electronic versions of books about the wizard Harry Potter from sale from April 8. This is reported on the websites of both services . “Unfortunately, we cannot influence the copyright holder’s decision,” the message on the MyBook website says. The author of the Harry Potter series, British writer J.K. Rowling, has not publicly announced restrictions on the sale of her works in Russia.

The leader of the LDPR died. Special Corps "Medusa" Andrei Pertsev tells what role he played in the history of modern Russia Denis Kamiev The leader of the LDPR Vladimir Zhirinovsky died. He was 75 years old. Back in early February, the politician got to the hospital with coronavirus, and directly before that surprisingly he predicted the date of the beginning of the war (he made a mistake for only two days).

Medusa talked with local residents about how they managed to survive under Russian occupation Matthew Hatcher / Sopa Images / Zuma Press Wire / Scanpix / Leta car crushed by BTR on the main area of ​​the beard Bucha and Borodyanka are small settlements near Kiev, from where Russian troops recently retreated. Pictures of murdered civilians in Buch, flying around the whole world immediately after journalists appeared in the city, made a shock effect.

The White House is imposing sanctions on "two adult daughters" of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Associated Press reports. The sanctions list also includes the wife and daughter of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, as well as 18 Russian officials , including Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, Reuters writes , citing an unnamed White House representative.

The Ukrainian authorities have been disrupting the exchange of prisoners of war for a long time, "moreover, on previously agreed conditions." This was stated by the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mizintsev, Interfax reports . “The exchange of prisoners of war planned for today has also been thwarted by the Ukrainian side,” Mizintsev added.

Evidence of Russia's non-involvement in the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian city of Bucha is enough to close the topic of accusations against Moscow. This was stated by the official representative of the Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.