Commander of the Azov Regiment Denys Prokopenko, who spent several months in a secure facility in Turkey after being captured by Russian troops, returned to Ukraine on July 8 and met with military personnel. Azov’s press service quoted Prokopenko as saying: In prison I said that, to me, this war won’t be over until we return every last fighter from prison and restore the 1991 borders of Ukraine. I’m a soldier. I’m not interested in any other course of action besides military ones.

President of Russia Vladimir Putin said that Russian troops could use cluster munitions if Ukraine’s Armed Forces use the weapons, reports Interfax . “Russia has a sufficient supply of various kinds of cluster munitions,” Putin said in an interview on the program “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin” on state-owned television Network Russia-1.

Russia’s Defense Ministry and Mikhail Razvozhaev, the head of administration of Russian-annexed Sevastopol, said that drones attacked the city in the morning of July 16. Razvozhaev reported that seven drones were destroyed in various parts of the city. Two drones were shot down over the Black Sea by air defenses “at a great distance from the shore,” said the Defense Ministry.

Russian troops hit Kharkhiv with a missile strike — the second such attack today — reports regional governor Oleh Synyehubov. Four people were injured as a result of the attack, says Synyehubov. Emergency services put out a fire that started at the site of the missile strike. Synyehubov emphasized that the danger of new strikes remains, urging residents not to leave shelters. In the early hours of July 16, a missile strike on Kharkiv damaged a four-story residential building.

The commander of the Azov Regiment, Denis Prokopenko, who spent several months under surveillance in Turkey and returned to Ukraine on July 8, met with the personnel. Prokopenko, the Azov press service reported, in particular stated: While in captivity, I said that this war would not end for me until we return our last fighter from captivity and restore the borders of Ukraine to the state of 1991. I'm a soldier. I am not interested in any other areas of activity, except for military affairs.

In Russia, banknotes of 5 and 10 rubles are being returned to circulation. This was first reported by Mash, indicating that cashiers in Moscow and the Moscow region were given instructions on how to determine the authenticity of five- and ten-ruble bills. Then, the press service of Sberbank told TASS that such banknotes were received by the collection centers of the credit organization in Moscow and the Moscow region.

Russian troops fired rockets at Kharkiv for the second time in a day, said . Oleg Sinegubov, head of the regional administration, As a result of the shelling, according to him, four people were injured in the Osnovyansky district of the city. A fire broke out at the site of the rocket hit, which is being eliminated by emergency services. The danger of new strikes remains, Sinegubov warned, urging residents not to leave their shelters.

US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Russia faces a "huge diplomatic cost" if the July 17 grain deal is not extended. Sullivan stated this in an interview with CBS television, answering a question from journalist Margaret Brennan whether there are signs that Putin is ready to extend the deal. “I cannot predict what Vladimir Putin will do,” Sullivan admitted.

The main in his literature remained humor and musicality Pavel Vacha / CTK / DDP / Vida Press Milan Kunder in May 1968 Milan Kunder died - one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century. Almost all his life and career were determined by Prague in the spring of 1968, but he believed that literature is more important than politics, and humor is more valuable than morality.

It was possible to calculate it by a pizza discarded piece and interest in investigating the case James Carbone / NewsDay / AP / Scanpix / Leta Search for the remains of Shannan Gilbert - a missing girl with whom the murder on Gilgo beach began. December 2011 In New York, a suspect in a series of murders of several women, whose bodies were found in 2010 on the beach of Gilgo south of the island of Long Island, was detained.

The company itself is afraid of direct nationalization Yuri Kovalchuk. Alexander Nikolaev / Interpress / AFP / Scanpix / Leta The First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Russian Federation Sergey Kiriyenko proposed to enter the deal to buy the Russian part of Yandex to several investors who may represent the interests of Yuri Kovalchuk at once, Medusa and The Bell found out.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree by which the shares of foreign shareholders of the Baltika brewer and Danone concern are transferred to the Temporary Directorate of the Federal Property Management Agency. The document signed on July 16 was published on the official Internet portal of legal information. The decree of the Danish company Carlsberg in the Baltic and the French Danone in the same food concern is actually nationalized by decree.

On the morning of July 16, the last ship with Ukrainian grain, which Russia agreed to pass through the Black Sea as part of the current grain transaction, went from Odessa, Reuters reported. The Russian authorities since June 27 have not approved applications for grain export. The Samsan ship walking under the flag of Turkey was the last to receive permission. The validity of the grain transaction, reminds the agency, expires on July 17, if Russia does not announce its extension.

Lev Gankin - about the work of Pi Jay Harvey “I Inside the Old Year Dying”, for which she learned a new language Alessandro Bosio / Pacific Press / Lightroket / Getty Images On July 7, the new album of the British Multi -Tiring Room Pi Jay Harvey “I.Side the Old Year Dying” was released - the first in seven years. The work is based on the collection of Harvey’s poetry “Orlam” and talks about life on a farm in the county of Dorset in an unnamed time (it itself grew up in Dorset).

The French actress and singer Jane Birkin died at the age of 76, reports Le Parisien. Brian Rasic / Getty Images Jane Birkin was born in London on December 14, 1946. In 1966, Birkin appeared in the films “Photo Equipment” by Michelangelo Antonioni and “Kaleidoscope” by Jack Smite. In 1969, she played the main female role in the film "Slogan", shot by Pierre Grimbla, the main male role in it was played by Serge Gensbourg, who for many years became a partner of Birkin.