White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said during a briefing that over the past five months, 20,000 Russian soldiers have died in the battles for Bakhmut, half of them are Wagner PMC fighters, Reuters . reports According to Kirby, this figure is based on US intelligence estimates. The White House has calculated that in just five months, Russian forces have suffered about 100,000 casualties, including those killed and wounded.

Finland and the United States have begun discussing a bilateral defense agreement that would allow the Pentagon to use Finnish military bases and station weapons in the country. This is reported by Helsingin Sanomat. The document will also allow the United States to build new infrastructure facilities in Finland. Nuclear weapons are not covered by the agreement.

What happened in Kenya, where, after a voluntary refusal of food, almost a hundred participants in a religious cult died The survivor and a follower of the Christian cult called “International Church of Good News”, who believed that he would fall into heaven if he is hungry in a shakahole, eats in the ward of the district hospital of Malindi, Kilifi.

The Uspensky District Court of the Krasnodar Territory fined Olga Shkiryatova 30 thousand rubles under the article on “discrediting” the Russian army (part 1 of article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) due to damage to six patriotic banners, the press service of the court . reports Caucasus The . Realities".

France continues to rage due to the question of when people retired. Look at these photos Clashes between the police and the protesters during the May Day demonstration. Paris, France, May 1, 2023 Photo: Lafargue Raphael/ABACA Via Reuters Clashes between the police and the protesters during the May Day demonstration. Paris, France, May 1, 2023 Photo: Lafargue Raphael/ABACA Via Reuters In France, on May 1, people again took to the streets against the already adopted pension reform.

During the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on April 26, China supported the resolution on cooperation with the Council of Europe, which mentions the aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine. The text of the document is published on the UN official website. In total, 122 countries voted, including Armenia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Israel, India, Brazil and Turkey. Five states opposed the resolution: Russia, Belarus, Syria, Nicaragua and North Korea.

A fourteen-year-old was killed in the airstrike on the Chernihiv region of Ukraine carried out by Russia’s Armed Forces, press service of Ukraine’s Armed Forces Operational Command North reports . “Around 2:50 PM (local time) the launch of two guided bombs from Russian aircraft Su-35 on the Lyzunivka village was recorded,” the statement reads.

The story of the main Soviet couturier Vyacheslav Zaitsev Glory to the hares on the catwalk after his show at the Mercedes-Benz fashion week fall-winter 2016/2017 in Moscow. Photo: EPA/Sergei ILNITSKY Glory to Zaitsev died. One of the key figures in the domestic culture of the last 60 years. In fact, he was the first and only couturier in the USSR. Everyone who came after, were forced to look at him in one way or another.

A 14-year-old child was killed as a result of an air strike by the Russian army on the border of the Chernihiv region, reports . the press service of the Operational Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine "Sever" “At about 14:50, launches of 2 guided bombs from Russian Su-35 aircraft were recorded at the settlement. Lizunovka,” the message says.

A draft law banning propaganda of totalitarian and authoritarian regimes has come into force in Lithuania, reports . the press service of the Seimas of Lithuania The law creates a procedure for the removal of monuments, memorial sites and street names from public space. The document in any form prohibits the perpetuation and depiction of people, symbols and information that promotes authoritarian and totalitarian regimes, as well as their ideology.

The EU is preparing to radically reconsider its own rules for migration. Show on the cards why reform is actively discussed right now The border wall on the Polish-Belarusian border in the area of ​​the village of Novodzel. Photo: Artur Widak/Reuters A few years ago, Europe experienced an acute migration crisis: thousands of refugees from the Middle East tried to get in boats to Greece and Italy and died on the way.

The European Champion in short water, Anastasia Kirpichnikova, announced that she changed her sports citizenship from Russian to French. She wrote about this on Instagram. Photo: Instagram Anastasia Kirpichnikova “I am glad to announce an important change that consists in my naturalization as a Frenchwoman. Thanks to this country that accepted me four and a half years ago. I am proud to represent France at the next world championship, ”the athlete wrote.

In the city of Borzya in the Trans-Baikal Territory, nine residential buildings and the roof of a store caught fire, according to the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations. As a result of the fire, 13 people, including five children, were left homeless. There were no casualties.

The President of Uzbekistan Mirziyoyev rewritten the Constitution and can now rule until 2040. Did he learn from Putin like that? The expert of the center of Carnegie Temur Umarov answers Vladimir Putin and Shavkat Mirziyoyev. Photo: EPA-EFE/Sergei Bobylev On April 30, a referendum on amendments to the Constitution was held in Uzbekistan.

South Africa’s authorities have asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to come to the country to participate in the upcoming BRICS Summit, Sunday Times reports , citing sources. According to the outlet, the South African government is currently negotiating with the Kremlin. They are asking for Putin to participate in the summit via Zoom and not in person, so they do not have to arrest him because of the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant issued against him.