Ukraine's response to the US peace plan suggests that Kyiv should retain control over the territories in the east of the country that are now under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - and which the Donald Trump administration wanted to transfer to Russia in the original version. The New York Times writes about this with reference to two high-ranking European officials and one former American.

114 of the 123 released prisoners who were pardoned by Alexander Lukashenko in agreement with the United States were taken to Ukraine, the Ukrainian Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported. Belarus transferred those released to Ukraine “as a result of preliminary agreements and effective negotiations at the request and with the assistance of American partners,” the headquarters said.

Watch a documentary about Pavel Kushnir The streaming platform Votvot released a documentary film by Sergei Erzhenkov “Kushnir”. This is the story of pianist, writer and anti-war activist Pavel Kushnir, who in 2024 was accused of calls for terrorism because of videos on a YouTube channel where during Kushnir’s lifetime there were only five subscribers. On July 28, 2024, he died in a Birobidzhan pre-trial detention center after a dry hunger strike. Votvot The unknown story of Pavel Kushnir | Doc.

One thousand three hundred and eighty-nine day. Witkoff will meet with Zelensky in Berlin. Europe fears Russian 'Trojan horse' in peace deal Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters in our daily materials because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us the thoughts you have about the war. What feelings are you experiencing?

Look at how the Russian North lives. Photographer Emil Gataullin photographed the banks of the Mezen River for four years A book by Russian photographer Emil Gataullin “Mezen. At the edge of the sky." It is dedicated to life in the Russian North, on the banks of the Mezen River. The photographer worked on this project for four years - and went seven times to hard-to-reach villages located on the banks of the Mezen River (the one-way journey from Moscow took him three days).

Main Project “I want to live” Maria Kolesnikova after release on December 13, 2025 123 political prisoners have been released in Belarus, including the leaders of the 2020 protests .

Alexander Lukashenko pardoned more than 120 convicts and released the leader of the Belarusian opposition Maria Kolesnikova, write Zerkalo , Nasha Niva and the human rights center Viasna . Kolesnikova’s sister Tatyana Khomich was already able to talk to her on the phone.

The German publication Deutsche Welle has been declared an “undesirable organization,” said Vasily Piskarev, head of the State Duma commission to investigate the facts of interference of foreign states in the internal affairs of Russia. “We welcome the decision of the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office, which supported our proposal to recognize the undesirable activities of the German state federal media company Deutsche Welle,” says a message published on the commission’s telegram channel.

Now she is engaged in activism, playing serious roles and openly criticizing the industry that saw her as an object Lexie Moreland/WWD/Getty Images Pamela Anderson in fall 2025 In December 2015, Playboy magazine announced that it would no longer publish photographs of nude girls. On the cover of the issue was actress Pamela Anderson, who starred for the erotic magazine 14 times.

US Special Envoy for Belarus John Cole, who is visiting Minsk, announced the lifting of sanctions on Belarusian potassium. “In accordance with the instructions of President Trump, the United States is lifting sanctions on potassium. I think this is a very good move on the part of the United States for Belarus. We are filming them now,” Cole said (quoted by BelTA).

Rusnano filed a claim for recovery of 11.9 billion rubles in losses for the Crocus project against its former managers, including Anatoly Chubais, TASS and RBC write with reference to the company’s press service.

Questions have arisen about this study: it seems that scientists manipulated sectarians In December 1954, a group of American sectarians who called themselves the Seekers expected that aliens were about to fly in from outer space and take them away from the doomed Earth. No one arrived on the promised day. Two years later, psychologists Leon Festinger, Henry Riecken and Stanley Schechter published the scientific bestseller “When Prophecy Fails” about this event.

Russian troops attacked civilian infrastructure in the Odessa region, as well as critical infrastructure in the Nikolaev region. At least seven people were injured in the attacks. The head of the military administration of the Odessa region, Oleg Kiper, called the night attack “one of the most massive.” According to him, two people were injured, no deaths were reported. According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, four people were injured.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met in Pyongyang soldiers of the 528th Engineer Regiment of the Korean People's Army, who returned home after completing missions “in the overseas combat zone,” the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reports.

King Charles III of Great Britain recorded a video message in support of the campaign against cancer (Stand Up To Cancer). Karl said that during his own treatment he felt greatly supported by the “community of care” that surrounds every cancer patient. However, not all citizens of the country are diagnosed on time, the king noted. In this regard, he said, the country is launching an online nationwide screening program to help people know what tests they can undergo and when.