Ukraine has developed drone models capable of flying more than 1,000 kilometers, the country's Minister of Digital Transformation Mikhail Fedorov said in an interview with the German newspaper Die Welt. According to Fedorov, in 2024 Ukraine will increase its production of long-range drones tenfold compared to last year. Most drones have a range of 700 to 1,000 kilometers, but there are models with a range of more than 1,000 kilometers. Fedorov did not give specific names.

Moscow’s Basmanny Court has remanded a 10th suspect in the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack case, Yakubjon Yusufzoda, into pre-trial detention until May 22. Yusufzoda is a citizen of Tajikistan. According to Russian investigators, Yusufzoda transferred money for the alleged terrorists’ accommodation to an accomplice days before the attack.

A native of Chechnya, Askhab Uspanov, who was detained on the night of March 22, after the terrorist attack at Crocus City Hall, died a few hours later for unknown reasons, the Agency writes with reference to his mother Taisa Uspanova. According to her, Uspanov was detained at a bus stop while he was on his way to work with his wife. She did not specify where exactly this happened. After the arrest, as Taisa Uspanova says, her son called his wife.

How Russia is turning schools into training grounds for future soldiers Ilya Naymushin / Sputnik / IMAGO / Scanpix / LETA Since the start of Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian authorities have begun integrating ideological and military-themed lessons into school curricula. However, their plans for the upcoming academic year are even more drastic.

Yaroslav Chingaev / Agentstvo ‘Moskva’ An election campaign ad in Moscow. February 2024. Having secured a fifth presidential term for Vladimir Putin, Russian officials are turning their attention to another vote: the Moscow City Duma elections set for September 2024.

The American company Open AI announced the start of providing access to the ChatGPT chatbot without registration. “Starting today, you can use ChatGPT instantly, without the need for registration. We are introducing this gradually to make AI accessible to everyone who is interested in its capabilities,” the company said in a blog post. Registration was necessary for users to be able to correspond with artificial intelligence.

The Western Interregional Transport Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case after a collision between a bus and a train at a crossing near the village of Berendeevo in the Yaroslavl region. The case was initiated under an article on violation of traffic safety rules and operation of railway transport, which through negligence resulted in the death of two or more persons (Part 3 of Article 263 of the Criminal Code).

Updated. The IRGC-linked Fars News agency confirmed the death of Mohammad Zahedi. The Iranian agency Irna reported, citing the press service of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, that the strike on the consulate also killed General Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi and five other members of the IRGC. Israeli aircraft attacked the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Reuters reports .

In Tomsk, the home of the artists from the art group “Baby 18:22” , sisters Aksinya and Nika Sarychev, was searched, reported artist and gallery owner Vitaly Bezpalov and Novaya Gazeta Evropa . During the search of the Sarychevs, equipment was confiscated. The artists themselves were released after the search. Relatives of the sisters told journalists that the Sarychevs are witnesses in the case of former Mediazona publisher and Pussy Riot member Pyotr Verzilov.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Ministry of Justice and other relevant departments, is “working on the issue” of removing the status of a terrorist organization from the Taliban movement, the Foreign Ministry said . The final decision will be made by the country's top political leadership, the department added.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. From the fifth period of Putin, only bad were expected: new repression and growth of the influence of security forces. Will it be even worse after Crocus? Will they return the death penalty and rewrite the constitution? The terrorist attack in Crocus City Hall, as a result of which, according to the latest data, 144 people were killed , less than a week after Putin’s victory in the presidential election with a result of almost 90% of the vote.

Russian air defense forces destroyed 17 rockets from the Vampire multiple launch rocket system over the Belgorod region, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. The agency blamed the “Kyiv regime” for the attack. Air defense systems worked over Belgorod and the Belgorod region, said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov. As a result of the shelling, according to preliminary data, nine people were injured.

Families of hostages captured by Hamas terrorists united with an opposition that requires the resignation of the Israeli government Abir Sultan / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Protesters near the Israeli Defense Headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 30, 2024 In Tel Aviv, on March 30, one of the largest shares against the government since the beginning of the war in the gas sector took place.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Local elections were held in Turkey. They are called the largest defeat of Erdogan - after all, the opposition won. That is, does its regime come to an end? On March 31, municipal elections were held in Turkey. Based on the results of processing, more than 99% of the protocols from polling stations are leaded by the opposition People's Republican Party (NCP).

What can Putin learn from Rahmon? Maxim Shipenkov / EPA / Scanpix / Leta Vladimir Putin and Emomali Rahmon in Kazan. February 21, 2024 The post -Soviet autocracies have long adopted from each other mechanisms for preserving power. But March 2024 demonstrated the previously not manifested similarity between Russia and one of the most cruel and opaque regimes in Central Asia - Tajikistan under the leadership of Emomali Rahmon.