A military court in the Murmansk region has sentenced Senior Lieutenant Dmitry Vasilets to two years and five months in prison for refusing to return to war, reports Mediazona, citing Vasilets’ lawyer, Elvira Tarasova. According to Tarasova, the court found Vasilets guilty of not following orders during combat, an offense which carries a sentence of three years in prison. The prosecution sought the maximum sentence for Vasilets, reports Telegram channel Military Ombudsmen.

Children from Mariupol left messages and drawings on the walls of a basement where they hid as Russia’s siege destroyed the city Mariupol was almost completely destroyed during the Russian army’s invasion of Ukraine. While the city took artillery fire, many residents, including a number of children, hid in the Priazovskyi State Technical University. The kids sheltering there wrote messages on the building’s walls.

As in October 2022 the special forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to free the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. The main thing from the investigation of The Times AFP / Scanpix / Leta Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant. September 11, 2022 In October 2022, elite Ukrainian units attempted to free the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant (ZAES), captured by Russian troops during the offensive last spring.

The charitable organization Save Ukraine reports that 31 children have returned from Russian-controlled territories to Ukraine. “Children kidnapped by the Russians from Kherson and Kharkiv regions have finally crossed the border with their relatives and now they safe. After a long separation of several months, they will meet their families,” wrote Mykola Kuleba, head of the organization. Kuleba says the latest operation was his organization’s fifth rescue mission.

The PRC has begun a three-day military exercise near Taiwan, during which its armed forces will work out an operation to encircle the island, China Military reports. The exercises will last until April 10. China is calling the exercise a "severe warning" to Taiwan and "outside forces." According to China's Global Times, the exercise involves an aircraft carrier, warships, aviation and various missile systems.

Everything seems to be not as bad as it was in December 2022. But the laws on "gay propaganda" and "foreign agents" do not leave hopes for the future Sergey Vedyashkin / Agency "Moscow" Which preceded the fair this year Non/fiction fairs are not once, but twice a year (in the spring and early winter) was announced less than a week before a full -scale attack on Ukraine.

Russian prisoners who have been recruited by Russia’s Defense Ministry since February 2023 are now signing contracts to serve the Russian military for 18 months, reports Olga Romanova, head of the NGO Russia Behind Bars, on Telegram. Romanova writes that she learned of the new practice in the Sverdlovsk and Yaroslavl regions. Until recently, Romanova notes, prisoners were signing up for six months of service.

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Russian stores are out of Monopoly board games, reports state broadcaster RBC. According to the outlet, the classic version of the game is no longer available in major retail outlet or specialty stores. Journalists noted that in one chain of toy stores, Mosigra, the games have been out of stock since just after the New Year holiday, and no new deliveries are expected. Another store said that they’ve placed an order, but it’s unclear when it might be fulfilled.

Russian prisoners, who have been recruited by the Russian Ministry of Defense since February 2023, began to conclude contracts for 18 months, Olga Romanova, head of the Rus' Sedentary Foundation, said in her telegram channel. According to her, she was informed about this practice in the Sverdlovsk and Yaroslavl regions. As Romanova clarified, before that, contracts were signed with prisoners only for six months.

War blogger Vladlen Tatarsky, who was killed on April 2 in an explosion in a St. Petersburg cafe, was buried in Moscow’s Troyekurovo Cemetery. The Telegram channel Mash reported stepped-up security measures for the funeral — attendees had to pass through a metal detector at the cemetery’s entrance, and police were on duty nearby.

In Russian stores, there was a shortage of Monopoly board games, RBC reports. According to the publication, the classic version of Monopoly is no longer available at retail outlets of the Mosigra network, as well as in specialized Hobby Games and Intellect-Toy stores. Moreover, in one of the stores of the Mosigra network, journalists were told that the stock of the game ran out almost immediately after the New Year, and no new deliveries were expected.

31 children returned to Ukraine from territories controlled by Russia, the Save Ukraine charity foundation reports. “The children who abducted the Russians in the Kherson and Kharkov regions finally crossed the border. They are safe now. After a few months of separation, they will finally meet with their families, ” wrote the head of the Foundation Nikolai Kuleb. According to him, it was already the fifth rescue mission of the fund.

North Korea has tested a Haeil-2 maritime drone capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). According to the agency, the test was conducted between April 4 and 7. During this time, the drone, moving along an 8-shaped trajectory, covered a thousand kilometers. Having reached the stated goal, the test ammunition detonated under water.

"Medusa" publishes the chapter from it - about what the markets are and how they guess the results of the election in the United States Cheet Strange / Bloomberg / Getty Images The publishing house Individuum is published by the book of the programmer and co -founder of the Ethereum project Vitalik Butaterin “More Money. What is Ethereum and how the blockchain changes the world ” (translation by Inna Prorovova).