Ukraine has a military presence in Libya, and the Ukrainian military was behind the attack on the Russian tanker Arctic Metagas in the Mediterranean Sea in early March, writes French RFI, citing sources. According to two Libyan interlocutors of the publication, more than 200 Ukrainian officers and specialists are stationed in western Libya with the consent of the government in Tripoli, headed by Abdelhamid Dbeibah. RFI writes that the Ukrainian military is present at three sites.

The United States has lifted sanctions against the former chairman of the board of Otkritie Bank and former Russian Finance Minister Mikhail Zadornov, according to the website of the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Treasury Department. Mikhail Zadornov has headed the board of Otkritie Bank since 2018. In April 2022, sanctions were imposed against him, and on January 1, 2023, he left his position as head of the bank.

According to experts, the RKN is to blame for everything again Asatur Yesayants / Sputnik / Profimedia On April 3, a large-scale failure occurred in RuNet. Users primarily complained about the operation of banking applications and services. For several hours they were unable to transfer money, withdraw cash or pay for purchases with cards. Failures were also recorded in the operation of the Fast Payment System (FPS).

An American F-15 fighter jet was shot down in Iran, Axios and The New York Times report, citing sources. The Pentagon did not respond to a request for comment and has not officially confirmed the incident, but Iranian government agencies are releasing photos and videos said to show debris from the downed plane.

Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin ordered to “give a legal assessment” of the actions of Yuri Dud due to an interview with the commander of the Russian Volunteer Corps Denis Kapustin. An interview with Kapustin lasting 4 hours and 42 minutes was aired on Yuri Dud’s channel on April 2.

1500th day. Ukraine has submitted a request to the United States for a truce for Easter. Near Kyiv, a Russian drone hit a veterinary clinic, killing animals Since February 24, 2022, Meduza has been broadcasting live about the Russian-Ukrainian war. We publish your letters every day because we are sure that we need to continue talking about the war. Share with us your thoughts about the war. What feelings are you experiencing? How does war affect your life and your attitude towards the world?

The magistrate of the 418th judicial district of the Presnensky district of Moscow dismissed the case of a fight in “Coffeemania” against the former Russian national team football player Fedor Smolov for reconciliation of the parties, RIA Novosti reports. The fight at Coffeemania on Bolshaya Nikitskaya in Moscow occurred in May 2025. CCTV footage showed Fyodor Smolov approaching two cafe visitors sitting at a table, saying something to them, and then hitting one of them, and then the second.

The card of Meduza correspondent Andrei Pertsev appeared in the search database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and Mediazona drew attention. The card indicates that Pertsev is wanted under an article of the Criminal Code, but it is not reported under which specific article. In February 2026, it became known that a criminal case was opened against Andrei Pertsev for participation in an “undesirable” organization (Part 1 of Article 284.1 of the Criminal Code).

Meduza asked representatives of the largest VPN services about how they resist Roskomnadzor Russian authorities are increasingly fighting VPN services. At the end of March, the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Maksut Shadayev, said that the department faces the task of getting Russians to use VPNs less. Later, news appeared in the media that from May 1, foreign traffic will be limited to 15 gigabytes per month. Despite this, more and more people are using means to bypass blocking.

In Moscow, an attempt was prevented on the life of a high-ranking leader of one of the law enforcement agencies, who was going to be blown up using a mined electric scooter, the FSB Public Relations Center (PSC) said. An electric scooter with a mined power bank in the trunk was located near one of the Moscow business centers, the intelligence service claims.

The Moscow Arbitration Court partially satisfied Rusnano's claim to recover damages from the former head of the company, Anatoly Chubais, and several other top managers. The lawsuit was filed on March 31, 2025 and is related to losses that Rusnano incurred during the implementation of the Plastic Logic project, a flexible tablet for schoolchildren.

The container ship CMA CGM Kribi, owned by a French company, left the Strait of Hormuz - and apparently became the first ship connected to Western Europe to pass through it, Bloomberg writes. The ship, which flies the Maltese flag, left the port of Ghantoot, located between Dubai and Abu Dhabi, on March 28. The container ship stayed close to the Iranian coast, passing between the islands of Qeshm and Larak, and openly broadcast its route.

The Orion spacecraft of the Artemis 2 mission has left low-Earth orbit and headed towards the Moon, NASA reported. At 19:49 US East Coast time (02:49 Moscow time), the crew turned on the main engine for 5 minutes 50 seconds, and the Orion spacecraft successfully completed an acceleration maneuver to enter the trajectory to the Moon.

Updated. Sberbank reported that services have been restored. Everything is working - our team quickly fixed everything, access to all services has been fully restored,” the bank said in a statement. The Downdetector and Failure RF services indicate that the number of complaints from clients of large banks about application failures has begun to decline. The applications of Sberbank, VTB and T-Bank are malfunctioning, according to data from the Downdetector and Sboi.rf services.

Steve Carell plays an elderly writer who becomes a lecturer at a progressive college. HBO HBO has released The Rooster, a sitcom starring Steve Carell as a slightly childish 60-year-old writer who lectures at a liberal college. This is a topical and at the same time extremely kind comedy, which is not surprising, because one of the creators is the producer of “Scrubs”, “Ted Lasso” and “Therapy” Bill Lawrence.