The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church has decided to postpone the Bishops’ Council , scheduled for May 26-29, due to the “international situation.” The meeting of bishops is now expected to take place in the fall or winter, the Moscow Patriarchate website reports. "The international situation makes it difficult for many members of the Bishops' Council to arrive in Moscow," the statement said. The previous council in 2017 was attended by 377 bishops from 22 countries.

A resident of Yalta spoke about the death of his son, who served on the Moscow cruiser. The mother of another conscript told reporters about the "about 40" dead Dmitry Shkrabz Page in VKontakte Egor Shkrebets On April 17, Vkontakte user Dmitry Shkrebets reported that his son Yegor was a military service on the Moscow cruiser. Shkrebets said that after the death of his son, his son, according to the statements of officers, was brought into the lists of missing.

The General Staff of Ukraine said that Russia has begun forced mobilization in the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region, which is under the control of the Russian military. “For lack of human resources, the invaders are trying to involve the local residents of the temporarily occupied territories in the war. So, in the city of Izyum, a forced mobilization of men has begun, ”the summary of the General Staff, published on the evening of April 17, says.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi told Corriere della Sera that he is beginning to consider telephone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin "useless." Draghi said that during their last conversation on March 30, he asked Putin when he would meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to resolve the conflict, to which the Russian president replied that "the time has not come yet." I insisted: "Agree on a ceasefire." Again: "The time has not come yet." According to Draghi, at

Correction: In fact, most of the Soyuzmultfilm catalog was hidden for Russian YouTube users in 2020 due to its transfer to paid platforms. We apologize to readers. The YouTube channel "Cartoons of Soyuzmultfilm Studio" has restricted access to the 1973 cartoon "Treasures of Sunken Ships", in which parallels with the events of the war in Ukraine were found. This was noted by the Telegram channel Share.

Joint research "Medusa" and "7 × 7" Marina Lystseva / TASS With the consequences of the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian education system faced the first days: foreign universities began to refuse to cooperate with domestic universities, teachers began to force the remaining in Russia, lectures “explaining” the war, and propaganda reported supposedly the persecution of Russians in Western universities.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded Rear Admiral Oleksiy Neizhpapa, Commander of the Ukrainian Naval Forces, the rank of Vice Admiral. Officially, Zelensky has not yet commented on the promotion of the commander of the Navy in rank. Viktoria Strakhova, adviser to the presidential office , commented on the appointment with the words “And everyone knows what a brilliant operation!” Correction.

At least five people were killed and 13 more were injured as a result of the shelling of residential buildings in the center of Kharkiv on the afternoon of April 17, Suspilna reports, citing the health department of the regional military administration. telegram channels Video evidence of shelling is published, in particular, by the Trukha and Kharkiv Life .

The Ministry of Justice of Ukraine announced the simplification of the procedure for registering marriage in the conditions of martial law in the country. Now you can apply and get married within one day. “Today's circumstances lead to the fact that people sometimes do not have the opportunity to wait. Because we all find ourselves in circumstances where we don’t know what will happen tomorrow and even today until the evening,” said Deputy Minister of Justice Valeria Kolomiets.

Where did he come from, how it affects modern Ukraine - and how does Russian propaganda portray it Sergii Kharchenko / Pacific Press / Lightroket / Getty images Marsh of Ukrainian nationalists on the 107th anniversary of the birth of Stepan Bandera. Kyiv, January 1, 2016 Starting the “special military operation”, Vladimir Putin said that its goal is “denazification” of Ukraine.

Roskomnadzor demanded that Google immediately restore access to the YouTube channel of the Vainakh State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company, a branch of the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company in the Chechen Republic.

Medusa talked with the editor -in -chief of the Altai newspaper Listov. Its publisher was sent to the pre -trial detention center for "spreading fakes" "Left" Sergey Mikhailov For almost two months of the war, the Russian government carried out global stripping of independent media. After the closure of the federal “rain”, “Novaya Gazeta” and “Echo of Moscow”, the prosecutor's office and RKN took up regional publications.

In the Ukrainian city of Bucha, the Russian military killed a local resident, Ilya Navalny. Neighbors of the deceased told journalists of the German publication Bild about this. They suggest that the man could have been shot because he turned out to be the namesake of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

On the night of April 17, the Russian military destroyed an ammunition factory near the city of Brovary in the Kyiv region. This was announced at a briefing on Sunday by the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Igor Konashenkov. Information about the Russian shelling was confirmed by the mayor of Brovary Igor Sapozhko. He reported damage to infrastructure facilities in the city. The extent of the damage and possible casualties is still unknown.

The EU authorities are discussing the next, sixth package of sanctions against Russia because of the war in Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen told Bild am Sonntag in an interview that it will include further restrictions on the Russian banking sector and will particularly affect Sberbank, which accounts for 37% of the sector. The new package will also include restrictions against the Russian energy sector.