In the Kharkiv region, as a result of shelling by the Russian military on May 26, nine people were killed, including a five-month-old child and his father. This was stated by the head of the regional administration Oleg Sinegubov. 19 people were injured, including the mother of the deceased infant and a nine-year-old child. Most of the dead and injured were in Kharkov, follows from the message "Suspilne".

In Kyiv, a court sentenced to 14 years in prison military serviceman Mikhail Kazarenko, who was accused of treason and desertion. According to the Grati publication, until 2014, Kazarenko served in the Crimea in the coast guard of the Ukrainian Navy and, when the peninsula was annexed to Russia, he joined the coast guard of the Russian Federation. On March 3, 2022, he was taken into Ukrainian captivity in the Mykolaiv region.

The participant of the Depeche Mode group Andy Fletcher died at the age of 60. A message about this appeared in the official twitter account of the group. The cause of death is not named there. Gonzales Photo / Imago Images / Scanpix / Leta “Fletch had a golden heart and he was always there when someone needed support, a lively conversation, laughter or a cold pint of beer,” the group members said. Andy Fletcher was one of the founders of Depeche Mode. He played in the group on the keys.

Condemning the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine is a criminal offense in Russia. Here’s how investigators are building their cases. Konstantin Zavrazhin / Getty Images Riot police carrying out arrests at an anti-war protest in Moscow. March 6, 2022. Days after launching its full-fledged invasion of Ukraine, Russia outlawed the spread of “knowingly false information” about the country’s armed forces.

The head of Roskomnadzor, Andrey Lipov, said that since the end of February, the agency had deleted 38,000 messages calling for protests against the war in Ukraine. This follows from the message on the website of Roskomnadzor.

Eight years to be given for “secret” connections with a foreign organization Deputies from United Russia have introduced a bill to the State Duma that adds two new articles to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation and toughens five old ones. They concern cooperation with foreign organizations and participation in military actions. The amendments are apparently related to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Meduza reports on the main ones.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said that during a telephone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he “saw no hope for peace.” Draghi stated this in response to a journalist’s question. His conversation with Putin on May 26 focused primarily on the threat of a global food crisis due to blocked grain supplies from Ukraine. According to Draghi, Putin said that Ukrainian ports were blocked due to the fault of Kyiv, which allegedly mined the approaches to them.

On May 26, the Italian Embassy in Russia announced that now only those Russians who have already paid the consular fee or are exempted from paying it will be able to apply for a visa. This is due, as The Bell previously reported , to the restrictions imposed by the Central Bank on the Intesa bank, which accepted payment of the consular fee.

American actor Ray Lutta died at the age of 67. According to Deadline, he died in a dream in the Dominican Republic, where he starred in the film “Dangerous Waters”. The causes of death are not reported. Xavier Colin / Image Press Agency / Scanpix / Leta Ray Lutta is known for roles in the films “Glorious Guys” by Martin Scorsese, “Cocaine” Ted Demme, “Hannibal” Ridley Scott, “Revolver” Guy Richi and others.

Alarming comments by Ukrainian officials suggest problems for Kyiv in the Donbas, where Russian troops seek a ‘new Mariupol’ Rick Mave / SOPA Images / ZUMA Press Wire / Scanpix / LETA A Ukrainian soldier in the city of Soledar, in the Donetsk region, roughly 60 kilometers (almost 40 miles) from Severodonetsk, on May 24, 2022 Since mid-April, Russia has focused its invasion of Ukraine on capturing the eastern region known as the Donbas.

He stated that "the territory was controlled by nationalist units" March 9 ↓ Correspondent Mstislav Chernov and photographer Evgeny Menletka reported the detection of mass burial in Mariupol. Photos and videos of graves were published by the Associated Press agency, with which journalists cooperate.

In Chisinau, a court has placed former Moldovan President Igor Dodon, who is accused of treason, corruption and other crimes , under house arrest. The prosecutor's office asked to put Dodon in a pretrial detention center. The politician's brother-in-law Petru Merineanu, who is also involved in the case, was sent to a pretrial detention center by the court.

Former Airborne Forces commander, State Duma deputy General Vladimir Shamanov called one of the main mistakes of the “special military operation” the idea that Ukrainians would “meet the flowers” ​​of the Russian military. In an interview, published on May 22, RBC paid attention to . “Those who hoped that they would meet us with flowers ... Well, this is one of the main mistakes that we very sharply felt in the first five days.

Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said that the technical default that threatens Russia due to the fact that the United States refused to renew a license to service external debt "will not affect the economy in any way." Siluanov stressed, TASS reports, that Russia is a reliable borrower. “We will try to pay off our obligations. And we will find such a form,” said the Minister of Finance. Russia has enough currency and resources to pay off the public debt, quoted Siluanov as saying.

Interview Sofia Subbotina - Girls Sasha Skochilenko, artists who are judged for anti -war price tags Sophia Sophia Sophia Personal Archive Sasha Skochilenko On April 13, the Vasileostrovsky District Court of St. Petersburg sent the artist Sasha Skochilenko under arrest. She is accused under the article on the spread of “fakes” about the Russian armed forces due to the fact that she replaced the price tags in a grocery store with anti-war leaflets.