Serbian sniper Dejan Beric, who recruits Serbs into the Russian army, complained about the command of the 119th Parachute Regiment, where foreign mercenaries serve. He spoke about this in a message that he published on social networks. to the recording . drew attention The BBC Russian Service Recruited Serbs are fighting in the “Wolf” unit, which is part of the Ryazan 119th Airborne Regiment, Beric said.

Swedish Civil Defense Minister Karl-Oskar Bulin called on the country's citizens to be prepared for the possibility of war. He stated this while speaking at the defense conference “Folk och Forsvar”. His words are quoted by the Swedish government portal. “Many people have said this before me, but let me say it in an official capacity, more clearly and clearly: a war could start in Sweden,” the minister said, noting that he was not trying to scare the Swedes.

Apple will open sales of Vision Pro mixed reality helmets in the United States on February 2, said company CEO Tim Cook. Pre-orders can be made from January 19, according to the company’s website. It is not yet known when the device will go on sale in other countries. The Vision Pro was positioned as Apple's most important device since the iPhone. The company has been developing a mixed reality headset since at least 2015. Vision Pro was presented at a presentation in June 2023.

In a Russian border city, shelling attacks are becoming a dangerous new normal Vyacheslav Gladkov on Telegram A vehicle in Belgorod that caught fire in a shelling attack. January 5, 2024. The Russian city of Belgorod, which lies less than 20 miles from the Russia-Ukraine border, has faced near-constant shelling attacks over the past week and a half.

There was an explosion on a railway in Russia’s Nizhny Tagil, reports the Telegram channel Baza. According to the Telegram channel 112, an explosive device was attached to a tanker car of a train that had left a nearby oil depot. Military security personnel, who were guarding other train cars not far away, were the first to hear the blast.

The German football player Franz Beckenbauer died. This was reported by the German news agency DPA. Bongarts / Getty images Bekkenbauer was 78 years old. Beckenbaeur is considered one of the best defenders in the history of football. He is the only player of this position who twice received the Golden Ball - in 1974 and 1976. Bekkenbauer spent the main part of his career in Bavaria.

The European Commission has called on Google, Meta and other major technology companies to help independent media in Belarus by promoting their material higher in news feeds and aggregators than the publications of pro-government publications. The Financial Times writes about this. Corrections. Initially, the headline and text of the news stated that the European Commission also called on Google and Meta to promote materials from Russian independent media in news feeds and aggregators.

The businessman replied that WSJ is worse than tabloids Antonio Masiello / Getty images For several years, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX took LSD, cocaine, ecstasy, mushrooms and ketamine in closed parties around the world, and people in his environment claim that the businessman continues to use drugs, the newspaper The Wall Street Journal writes. Mask leaders are afraid that by his actions he can cause damage not only to his health, but also to business.

Meduza’s Russian readers on how two years of full-scale war has changed them Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine is quickly approaching its two-year mark. While many Russians are just as horrified by their country’s actions as they were on day one, the hope of a swift Ukrainian victory that brings the collapse of the Putin regime has long since faded, leaving despair, numbness, or cynicism in its wake.

The Ukrainian hacker group Kiborg has published the full client database of Alfa Bank in the public domain, writes Vazhie Istorii, which drew attention to the leak. In October 2023, hackers from Kiborg claimed to have gained access to data from all Alfa Bank clients. At that time, they published the personal data of almost 44 thousand of the bank's clients. The bank called the reports of the information leak "fake".

Update. Investigators have opened a criminal case on improper provision of services in connection with a mass accident in the Novgorod region, TASS reports . A total of 20 people were injured : four died, another 16 people, including five children, were injured. About 50 cars collided on the M-11 highway in the Novgorod region, said the region's governor Andrei Nikitin.

An explosion on the railway tracks occurred near the San Donato station, located within the city of Nizhny Tagil, Baza reported . The explosive device was attached to the tank of a train that left a nearby oil depot, writes the telegram channel “112”. The first to hear the explosion were paramilitary security officers who were guarding wagons with metal nearby. They inspected the site and found a damaged tank and another explosive device attached with a magnet to a nearby tank, writes 112.

In southern Lebanon, an Israeli airstrike killed a senior Hezbollah commander, Wissam al-Tawil, Reuters and AFP reported , citing sources. The group confirmed his death. Wissam al-Tawil was the deputy head of one of the units of the Radwan forces.

Anton Dolin summarizes the results of the first New Year's Cinema Michael Buckner / Golden Globes 2024 / Getty images Oprah Winfrey, Oppenheimer producer Emma Thomas, Christopher Nolan, Kilian Murphy, Robert Dauni Jr., Oppenheimer's producer Charles Odimon, Matt Deimon and Oppenheimer composer Ludwig Joranisson on the stage of the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where the 81st Golden Globe Award ceremony was held. January 7, 2024 Warning .

Russian rapper Vacio (Nikolai Vasiliev), who served 15 days in jail (before being sentenced to another 10 days ) for attending TV presenter Nastya Ivleeva’s “ almost naked ” party in Moscow, has been served with a military summons, reports Moskovsky Komsomolets, citing a member of Russia’s Public Oversight Commission, Alexey Lobarev. Members of the commission visited Vacio in the Moscow jail where the rapper is currently serving his sentence.