The Ukrainian national football team defeated the Scottish team in the play-off match for the 2022 World Cup. The meeting, held in Glasgow, ended with the score 3:1 in favor of the guests. Goals for the Ukrainians were scored by Andriy Yarmolenko (33rd minute), Roman Yaremchuk (49th) and Artem Dovbyk (95th), the Scots - Callum McGregor (79th). In the final match for getting into the World Cup, Ukrainians will play against Wales on June 5.

The jury of the jury following the consideration of the case of diffamation between the former spouses Johnny Depp and Amber Hurd made a decision in favor of Depp. The jury considered that the statements of Herd that she was a victim of domestic violence were slander. By decision of the jury, the Herd will have to pay the depp 10 million for moral damage and another 5 million as penalties.

In Pyatigorsk, the concert of Philip Kirkorov was canceled due to complaints from believing citizens and the city administration. This was reported to Komsomolskaya Pravda by the general director of the North Caucasian Philharmonic, where the performance was to take place, Svetlana Berezhnaya.

Several hundred Russian troops serving in the area bordering Ukraine were fired on March 4 for failing to follow orders, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a copy of the dismissal document. The order was signed by the commander of the military unit, according to the article. The newspaper does not provide any other details. In particular, it does not specify the number of dismissed servicemen or what unit they served in.

US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. This was reported on the website of the White House. The package includes, in particular, HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, the range of which is several hundred kilometers. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Kiev guaranteed Washington that the weapon would not be used to strike targets in Russia.

Unemployment in Russia in April 2022 was 4%, which is a historic low, Interfax reports, citing Rosstat data. According to the publication of Rosstat, in April there were three million unemployed and 71.9 million employed in Russia. In February and March, according to the statistical service, the unemployment rate was 4.1%.

Hungary demanded that Patriarch Kirill be removed from the list of individuals subject to sanctions under the next EU package. Bloomberg writes about this, citing sources. The agency does not specify the reasons for such a requirement in Budapest. At the same time, one Bloomberg source said that this week the name of the head of the Russian Orthodox Church was not mentioned at all when discussing sanctions.

The DDT group announced the transfer of a large concert in Moscow for 2023, which was supposed to take place on June 10 at the Opening Bank Arena stadium. “This year, the so -called“ special operation ”began. The DDT group takes a fundamental position - “For the world!” As a result, the organizers were not able to agree on an event with the Department of Regional Security of the city of Moscow, ”the group said on the group’s website.

Viral maps show just how much of Ukraine’s territory Russia has seized Pyotr Kovalev / TASS Russian military vehicles in Mariupol. May 13, 2022. On May 29, Alex Bokoch shared a Facebook post that went viral. “For my European friends! Just keep in mind this area of Ukraine that has been occupied now by Russia, when you listen [to the] statements of your politicians,” he wrote. This message was accompanied by a map showing Ukrainian territory Russia has seized since 2014.

In May, he died in a war in Ukraine Anton Fedoseev VKontakte Page Anton Fedoseeva Under Kharkov in May 2022, 21-year-old Anton Fedoseev from the Leningrad region died. Fedoseev was born with a defect in his face and dreamed of taking a plastic surgery for himself. He signed an army contract to earn money for it. The story of Anton Fedoseeva tells North. Realiy .

The Nobel medal of Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov was put up for auction organized by the American auction house Heritage Auctions. The auction , according to a press release received by Meduza, started on June 1, Children's Day. Bets will first be accepted online, and on June 20 - World Refugee Day - the final auction will be held in the Times Center in Manhattan.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Kyiv often repeats: having received weapons from the West, Ukrainian troops will be able to go on the offensive - and defeat Russia. So it will be? On May 31, in his regular appeal to Ukrainians, President Vladimir Zelensky called on fellow citizens to become “lobbyists for the supply of modern heavy weapons, modern artillery” and “all those systems that can actually accelerate the victory of Ukraine”.

On the night of May 31, the European Union, after a month and a half of negotiations, announced a decision to impose an oil embargo on Russia. The main goal is to deprive Russia of “a huge source of financing for its military machine.” The market responded to this statement by continuing to grow: since the beginning of the year, oil prices have already risen by 58%, and while awaiting the decision on the embargo, by more than 7% over the past four days. Yes, but not all at once and not all.

The whole world followed this process on the air. This is what happened in the last weeks of hearings Steve Helber / EPA / Scanpix / Leta lawyer Johnny Depp Camilla Vasquez performs with the final word. May 27, 2022 The trial in the case of Johnny Depp and Amber Hurd began on April 11 in the city of Fairfax, Virginia, and lasted six weeks. Then the lawyers of both parties made the final word. On June 1, the jury made a decision in favor of Johnny Depp.

How a renowned film director sunk over $100 million in government loans on a bizarre box office flop Zurab Javakhadze / TASS In the late 2000s, Andrey Konchalovsky released his most ambitious project yet: a large-scale movie version of The Nutcracker, with Hollywood actors and cutting edge graphics. He got funding for the film from Vnesheconombank (VEB), Russia’s state development corporation — but the film was a box office bust, leaving him unable to pay back the money.