Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said he was very disappointed with the behavior of Russian President Vladimir Putin. I cannot and do not want to hide the fact that I am very disappointed and upset by the behavior of Vladimir Putin, who has assumed the heaviest responsibility before the world. I met him twenty years ago. He always seemed to me a man of common sense, a man of democracy, a man of peace.

On Sunday in France - presidential elections. We are talking with historian Tatyana Parkhalina about what Macron is coming to them (and why he calls Putin so often) Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Emmanuel Macron at a meeting with Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on February 7, 2022 France President Emmanuel Macron in March nine times (that is, almost once every three days) called Vladimir Putin and became the hero of memes about an annoying interlocutor.

The National Police of Ukraine has opened more than 4,200 criminal cases under the article on violation of the laws and customs of war. This was reported by the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky. The minister spoke about this while speaking about the inspection of houses and the removal of rubble in the Kyiv region, part of which was under the control of Russian troops for several weeks. "The bodies of the dead are being pulled out from under the ruins.

Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Irina Vereshchuk said that on April 9, an exchange of prisoners with Russia took place. According to her, 26 people were transferred to Ukraine - 12 military and 14 civilians. According to her, this was the third prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia.

The UK will send 120 armored vehicles and new anti-ship missile systems to Ukraine, Prime Minister Boris Johnson's office said after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to unofficial data , we can talk about Mastiff and Jackal armored vehicles. On the eve of the British government announced the provision of new military assistance to Ukraine for 100 million pounds, including more than 800 anti-tank missiles, Starstreak and Javelin missile systems.

The VKontakte social network has launched the VK Video Transfer service , which allows you to transfer a YouTube channel to the Russian platform “in a matter of minutes”. “Save your content and secure the channel from possible blocking,” the service page says. The link to the service was published by Konstantin Sidorkov, director of development of musical projects at VKontakte, saying that it was made by partners of the social network.

Your browser does not support the audio element. Independent journalism in Russia after the fall of the free press Following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian authorities imposed military censorship in all but name, annihilating the entire domestic free press. Within a week of Moscow’s “special operation in the Donbas,” the television station Dozhd and radio station Ekho Moskvy both shut down, ending 12 and 32 years, respectively, of independent journalism.

The head of the administration of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Gaidai, said that as a result of Russian shelling, a tank with nitric acid exploded, located near the city of Rubizhne, for which there are battles. Gaidai warned local residents about the dangers of nitric acid when inhaled and in contact with the skin and urged them to close doors and windows, as well as to protect their faces with masks soaked in soda solution.

The press service of the President of Ukraine / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Prime Minister of Great Britain Boris Johnson arrived in Kyiv to meet with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. There was no known about the visit in advance. Representatives of the British government said that Johnson came to Kiev to "express solidarity with the people of Ukraine." Zelensky called Johnson "the leader in sanction pressure on Russia and defense support of Ukraine."

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrived in Kyiv for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. This was reported in the office of the President of Ukraine. The meeting, as writes , was not announced.

In Germany, they argue about what role the foreign policy of the Angels Merkel and its associates played in Putin's attack on Ukraine Martin Meissner / AP / Scanpix / Leta gas processing plant BP in German Gelsenkirhen German politicians and journalists have been discussing the issue of German guilt and responsibility for the war all last weeks - including for a disaster in Buch and Mariupol.

The website of the publication "Kholod" has been blocked in Russia. According to Kholod editor-in-chief Taisiya Bekbulatova , on April 9, Roskomnadzor sent the publication its third warning in recent weeks demanding that it remove materials about the war in Ukraine. After that, access to the site was restricted. We are not going to submit to censorship, especially military censorship in a country that does not even admit that it is waging a war.

The main owner of the Lush chain of stores in Russia, Dmitry Azarov, told Forbes that 17 out of 48 stores will be closed, and 200 out of 500 employees will be laid off. Azarov explained that he went for it after the British cosmetics company Lush announced on March 10 that it would suspend supplies of its products to Russia due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “If supplies do not resume, then this means the end of the business,” Azarov said.

The French authorities have detained two paintings from the Morozov collection, which were presented at an exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris. This statement was made on April 9 by the French Ministry of Culture. According to Le Monde, Pyotr Konchalovsky's Self-Portrait in Gray (1910) and the portrait of Timofey Morozov by Valentin Serov (1891) will remain in France.

Human Rights Ombudsman in the Russian Federation Tatyana Moskalkova said that 14 crew members of the Russian civilian vessel Azov Concorde were released in Ukraine, who, according to her, were held by the Ukrainian military in the port of Mariupol. Moskalkova said on her Telegram channel that the sailors were released “thanks to the coordinated actions of the Russian military,” who are evacuating them to a safe place.