Ukraine took the main temple of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra - the Assumption Cathedral - from the use of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate). This was announced by the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Oleksandr Tkachenko on Facebook. Also, the Refectory Church, which is a national architectural monument, passed into the use of Ukraine. The work of the commission for the reception and transfer of buildings lasted three days.

Alexander Lukashenko, who occupies the chair of the President of Belarus, signed a law that allows depriving citizenship of those who are convicted under "extremist" articles or for causing "serious harm" to the Republic of Belarus and at the same time left the country. This was reported by the press service of the politician.

Interview of the former US ambassador to Russia Michael McFola Yulia Latinina - about the strategy of the Biden administration aimed at restraining the Kremlin aggression Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFol.

The death toll from the strike on the occupied Vasilyevka in the Zaporozhye region has risen to six. This was announced by the representative of the occupying "authorities" of the region Yevgeny Balitsky. He said that among the 37 injured was a 16-year-old girl and one of the rescuers who evacuated people from the rubble. The teenager is in the hospital, the rescuer is in intensive care. The occupying "authorities" of the Zaporozhye region reported a missile attack on the city on January 4.

Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Recep Erdoğan have held negotiations over the phone. The Turkish president stated that “peace efforts in the Russia-Ukraine war should be supported by a unilateral ceasefire and a vision for a fair solution”, Reuters reports .

In Riga, the special services were detained by Sputnik chief editor Lithuania Marat Kasem on suspicion of violation of economic sanctions and espionage. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to Sputnik for the near abroad. Marat Kasem on PMEF According to RT, today the court hearing was held at which he was elected a preventive measure. Kase was sent to the Riga Central Prison.

Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed to introduce a ceasefire in Ukraine from 12:00 Moscow time on January 6 to 24:00 on January 7, TASS reports with reference to the Kremlin. Putin also called on Ukraine to declare a ceasefire "to enable believers to attend services on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day." The decree was published on the Kremlin website. The Supreme Commander of the Russian Army, Sergei Shoigu, gave instructions to introduce an appropriate regime.

The head of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, Alexander Starukh, reported the death of two people and the injury of three as a result of the shelling of the cities of Orekhov and Stepnogorsk by the Russian army. This is stated in the telegram channel Staruha. “As a result of the morning shelling of the village of Primorskoye in the Stepnogorsk territorial community, two people were killed and three more were injured.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held telephone conversations. The Turkish president said calls for peace talks with Ukraine must be accompanied by "a unilateral ceasefire and a fair settlement of differences," reported .

France became the first country to declare the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the Party of Western Tanks. Earlier, allies refused such supplies due to fears of “escalation” with Moscow French-made tanks AMX-10 RC. Photo: Telegram / francediplomatie France will put tanks to Ukrainians - news, sounding like a thunderous shot. President Macron, who was always the leader of telephone diplomacy, was the first to announce the transfer of non -establishment tanks.

In Berislav, Kherson region, a 12-year-old child and his parents were killed due to shelling by the Russian army. This was announced by the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko in the telegram channel. “As a result of a shell hitting the house, a family was killed. This is the whole baseness and meanness of Russia. In the morning they talk about the “Christmas truce”, and in the afternoon they kill the whole family,” Tymoshenko wrote.

We taught the neural network to write in the style of Dmitry Medvedev. Here is her first post Photo: Sefa Karacan / Anadolu Agency / Getty images Dmitry Medvedev began to conduct a telegram channel in mid-March, and since then each publication has become a meme (there were 229 with an average coverage of almost 2 million people). What are only “grueling gentures” or “cannabis cannabis who smoked cannibals”.

McDonald's has announced it will stop operating in Kazakhstan due to supply disruptions. The company released a statement on social media. “The resumption of activities and the timing of the opening of new fast food restaurants under the new name will be announced in the near future. <…> Fast food restaurants will continue to operate in accordance with the current high standards,” the message says. Bloomberg reports that the company is shutting down due to interruptions in the supply of meat.

Olaf Sholts explains changes in Germany's foreign policy and offers a path that will help to avoid a new cold war German Chancellor Olaf Sholts. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/Picture Alliance Via Getty Images From the editorial office The foreign policy of Germany in 2022 has seriously changed.

As a politician and his supporters opposed Putin and hostilities in Ukraine: he is because of the grill, they are from emigration Photo: Contributor / Getty images Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, Alexei Navalny, who remains the main political prisoner of Russia, and his supporters are back into the background, but still continue to work: the video of the Channel “Popular Policy” gain hundreds of thousands of views (at the beginning of the war the number of spectators sometimes