April 20 Update : TikTok is back in the Russian App Store. Applications of the short video service TikTok disappeared from the Russian App Store, drew attention the media . It is still available on Google Play. According to Sota, the TikTok application has been removed from the Russian App Store search, but is available via a direct link. Already downloaded applications continue to work. Why the application disappeared from the Apple store is not reported.

The Russian Ministry of Defense is asking the government to transfer to the military registration and enlistment offices the authority to issue certificates for a member of the military family who died in the war in Ukraine. This is stated in the draft resolution , which was prepared by the department. BBC Russian Service drew attention to him.

The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation has revoked the already issued rental certificate for the online screening of Paul Verhoeven's film "Temptation". The department said that the employee who issued the documents for the "illegal issuance" of the certificate was fired. This is reported by Interfax .

Russian bombardment reportedly destroys Mariupol metalworks plant — a Ukrainian stronghold also sheltering civilians Mariupol City Council / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA The Azovstal plant. Image published on April 19, 2022.

The United States, Great Britain and Canada intend to send artillery guns to Ukraine, which the country's military could use to repel a Russian offensive in Donbas. US President Joe Biden and British and Canadian Prime Ministers Boris Johnson and Justin Trudeau made these statements following talks between Western leaders , Reuters reports. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also announced military and financial aid to Ukraine after the meeting.

The American auto concern General Motors (GM) dismisses employees of the Russian office, and a notice was sent to dealers about the termination of the supply of cars and spare parts. This was told by three sources of "Kommersant" in the car market. On March 11, the United States announced a ban on the export of luxury goods to Russia, including expensive cars.

The Krasava football club, owned by blogger and former football player Yevgeny Savin, was banned from training at the Zorkiy stadium in Krasnogorsk. This was reported by journalist Ivan Karpov . drew attention to his post Novaya Gazeta . Europe" and Sports.ru . According to Karpov, Savin “received a letter of happiness” from the “authorities”, who notified that the club would not be able to continue training in Krasnogorsk from April 20.

German software developer SAP has announced that it will completely stop working in Russia amid the ongoing war in Ukraine. Earlier, the company stopped sales of its products in Russia and Belarus. SAP is going to refuse service and support of local products in Russia. It is noted that customers of such services will be able to continue using them. In addition, the company said it was closing all cloud operations in Russia.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who is in a penal colony, commented on the murder of local resident Ilya Navalny in Bucha, Ukraine. All circumstances indicate that they killed him because of his last name. Therefore, the passport was thrown nearby defiantly. A completely innocent person was killed by Putin's executioners (well, how else to call them? Not “Russian soldiers”, though) because we have namesakes with him. Apparently, they hoped that a relative.

How residents of the Belgorod region learn to live under shelling. Report "Medusa" and "7 × 7" Evgeny Silantyev / TASS The consequences of the shelling in the village of Golovchino on the border with Ukraine, 50 kilometers from Belgorod. April 19, 2022 From the first days of the war, the Belgorod region is the frontline region. From Belgorod itself to the border with Ukraine - only 39 kilometers. From the suburbs and sat down - even less.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. The cruiser "Moscow" is sunk. Russian propaganda says that the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet was "old and useless." And how is everything really? Up to 37 people died on the Moscow cruiser, sank in the Black Sea, the sources of Medusa say . In total, about 500 people were on the ship. The exact number of missing is unknown, about 100 people were injured. The cruiser also had soldiers who served.

Artist and activist Yelena Osipova on Russia’s war against Ukraine and her 20 years of protesting Putin’s regime The Elena Osipova group on Vkontakte They call her “the conscience of St. Petersburg.” For twenty years now, 76-year-old Yelena Andreyevna Osipova has been protesting war and the Russian government. An artist and teacher by training, Osipova spent her career teaching children to draw. These days, she brings her anti-war posters out to St. Petersburg’s central streets.

The Russian presidential administration has banned Yandex from conducting a deal to sell the Yandex.News and Yandex.Zen services. Two managers of the company told The Moscow Times about this. One of the publication’s sources stated that, against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, Yandex’s media assets have become “toxic” and negatively affect the company’s reputation.

The Ukrainian authorities say that a thousand civilians are hiding there - and superheavy bombs drop them on them Mariupol City Council / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta territory of the Azovstal plant.

The New York Times told how the psychoneurological boarding school in Borodyanka survived the Russian occupation Alexey Furman / Getty images residential building in Borodianka, destroyed by Russian shelling. April 9, 2022 The village of Borodyanka, located 80 kilometers north-west of Kyiv, was under Russian occupation all of March. After terrible evidence of mass murders in Buch, located in the same area, the Ukrainian authorities said that the situation in Borodyanka may be even worse.