The government of Khakassia has refused to publish obituaries of soldiers killed in Ukraine at the request of the Russian Ministry of Defense, sources close to the regional authorities told Sibir.Realii. One of the publication's sources said that the government's press service has stopped publishing data on Wagner PMC mercenaries killed in Ukraine.

American writer Cormac McCarthy died at the age of 89. It is reported by Variety with reference to the book publishing house Penguin Random House and the son of the novelist John McCarthy. Evan Agostini / AP / Scanpix / Leta Reportedly , Kormak McCarthy died in his house in Santa Fe “for natural reasons”. McCarthy was born on July 20, 1933. His first novel “The Keeper of the Garden” was released in 1965.

The 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump, arrived at a Miami courthouse where he was formally arrested for the duration of the hearing and formally charged with illegally storing classified documents, CNN reports. During the hearing, the politician pleaded not guilty. Then, the conditions for Trump's release before the trial began were discussed.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin confirmed that he signs decrees to pardon convicts that agree to fight in Ukraine. “The government must do everything to fulfil its obligations to those fighting in the war. […] There are, of course, those who are convicted again, in which case the person must answer to the fullest extent of the law,” said Putin at a meeting with “war correspondents.” Putin added that former convicts who fight in Ukraine rarely become repeat offenders.

The fighters of the Chechen battalion "West-Akhmat", together with other Russian units, will protect the border areas of the Belgorod region from "sabotage attacks" from Ukraine. According to the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, this issue was discussed during a meeting of his colleague, State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov with the region's governor Vyacheslav Gladkov, representatives of the Russian Defense Ministry and the leadership of the regional department of the Russian Guard.

The authorities of Ecuador began an investigation against the hospital of Martin Ikas in the city of Babaoi, after the elderly woman, whom the doctors announced dead, began to breathe during preparation for her funeral. According to The Guardian with reference to the Ecuador Ministry of Health, 76-year-old Bella Montauy was hospitalized on June 9 with suspicion of stroke and heart arrest. Doctors tried to help a woman, but she did not respond to resuscitation events.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated the need to bring the status of private military companies and volunteer units into line with “common sense, established practice and the law” – to do this, they will have to sign a contract with the Russian Defense Ministry. "This is the only way to ensure social guarantees [for mercenaries], because if there is no contract with the state, no contract with the Ministry of Defense, then there are no legal grounds for social guarantees from the state.

No one noticed this-and no one told him that "something is wrong" MARK MITCHELL / New Zealand HERALD PhotoGRAPH / AP / Scanpix / Leta The New Zealand state radio station Rnz began an internal audit after, in several publications on its website dedicated to Ukraine, changes were made repeating Russian propaganda. The head of the radio station Paul Thomson apologized for the Prochrevsky garbage in the articles, and the employee making changes was removed from work during the investigation.

A bill exempting "SVO" participants from criminal liability for minor and medium-gravity crimes has been submitted to the State Duma. The corresponding document has been published on the State Duma website. It is entitled: "On the specifics of criminal liability of persons involved in a special military operation." The authors of the bill propose to exempt from criminal liability military personnel serving during mobilization, martial law or wartime.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has confirmed that he is signing decrees to pardon prisoners who agree to go fight in Ukraine. "A person is fighting, the state must do everything to fulfill its obligations to these people. <…> And I sign decrees on pardons.

The prosecutor's office demanded a sentence of 19 years and six months in a strict regime colony for Muscovite Vitaly Koltsov, who in May 2022 threw two bottles of gasoline into the paddy wagons of the Russian Guard, Mediazona reports. Koltsov is being tried under the article on the attempt on the life of law enforcement officers (namely, 12 riot policemen) and under the article on the deliberate destruction of property.

During a meeting with Russian "war correspondents", Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that conscripts took part in the battles in the Belgorod region. "I spoke with the battalion commander who fought in the Belgorod direction. I asked him how many of you have mobilized and how many conscripts. He said - all conscripts. No mobilized, at all. Battalion commander! I asked - how did the guys behave? Brilliantly! No one wavered. No one wavered at all," Putin said.

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Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Why does Ukraine come already in three directions at once - and even with small forces? Can she break through the defense of the Russian army? We discuss with Dmitry Kuznets During the offensive in the Zaporizhzhya region, Ukraine suffered significant losses in technology and manpower, writes The Economist with reference to a source in the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

At a meeting of Vladimir Putin with the “military commissar”, the correspondent Evgeny Poddubny asked the president the question of how the goals and objectives of the “special military operation” (that is, war) that Russia conducts against Ukraine change. “You have repeatedly said that during a special military operation all the goals that you personally set, they will be achieved. A special military operation has been going on for quite some time.