Photo: Yuri Safronov / especially for Novaya Gazeta Europe In Paris, negotiations of the presidents of France and Ukraine began. After Emmanuel Macron met Vladimir Zelensky at the porch of the Champs Elysees, the presidents went to the “working dinner”.

PMC Wagner’s head previously hinted at this version of events The reason for yesterday’s crashes of Russian Su fighter jets and Mi-8 helicopters in the Bryansk region was Russian air defence, Spokesperson for the Ukrainian Air Force Yurii Ihnat has explained during a TV marathon. According to him, two aircraft and three helicopters were shot down in total.

The Washington Post removed part of the text from an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which journalists question him about contacts between the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine and the head of Wagner PMC Yevgeny Prigozhin. to this Attention was drawn in the Russian service of the BBC. A “partial” transcript of the interview has now been published on the WP website .

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, commenting on the results of the operation in the Gaza Strip, said that the country's army managed to destroy the entire top of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement. His words are reported by The Times of Israel. “The performance was impeccable.

In Russia, they want to limit wags. Biologist Irina Yakutenko sorted out whether they are really so harmful Photo: Mike Kemp/In Pictures Via Getty Images In April, the State Duma adopted a bill prohibiting the sale of wipes and consumables for minors. The document also involves restricting the advertising of electronic cigarettes. Parliamentarians plan to prepare in the Criminal and Administrative Code of amendments that determine sanctions for violation of the new law.

According to preliminary data, less than 50% of voters voted for Erdogan. A second round is possible In Turkey, the presidential election ended. Polling stations throughout the country closed at 17:00. More than 50 million people took part in the vote. Four candidates were presented in the elections - President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, opposition leader Kemal Kylychdaroglu, politician Sinan Ogan and who left Muharrem Indgee from the race.

Not only human beings are waiting for political prisoners to come back from jail. Their pets are waiting, too. Many of them will not survive the wait Illustration by Novaya Gazeta Europe “Dear Eric! Since the first days spent in my temporary place of residence, I have wanted to write you a farewell letter, yet I couldn’t find the strength, as it was painful and tearful.

The speaker of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Yuri Ignat, explained yesterday's crash of Russian military aircraft and helicopters in the Bryansk region with the work of the Russian air defense systems. this He said on the air of the telethon. According to him, two planes and three helicopters were shot down. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner PMC, hinted at the same version of what happened.

Leonid Gozman explains why Putin will not be able to change the past Moscow. Photo: EPA-EFE/MAXIM SHIPENKOV Our country was taken from us. Many were forced to leave, many should sit quietly, realizing what the wrong words were prison. That Russia, in which it was possible to discern the signs of a future normal European country, disappeared, faded, like the Russian monarchy, in three days.

The ecclesiastical court of Moscow has defrocked the clergyman of St. Andrew’s Church, priest John Koval, who had previously replaced the word “victory” with “peace” in a prayer, media outlet Pravmir reports . According to the outlet, the court hearing took place on 11 May. The members of the court voted unanimously. At the beginning of February, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow personally banned the priest from performing services.

Russia’s Defence Ministry has announced the death of two commanders, a brigade commander and a deputy arms corps commander, as per the ministry’s statement . According to the ministry, the Commander of the 4th Motorised Rifle Brigade Colonel Vyacheslav Makarov was leading the battle near the Sontsivka village, Donetsk region. He was “seriously wounded and died while being evacuated from the battlefield”.

American screenwriters are striking against low salaries and artificial intelligence Photo: Beata Zawrzel/Nurphoto Via Getty Images In the USA, the largest strike of scriptwriters in the decades continues. The production of hits like “one of us” and “very strange deeds” is paused. When will the strike end and what does ChatGPT have to do with it?

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced two dead military leaders. It is reported by TASS. According to the agency, commander Vyacheslav Makarov led the battle in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Krasnoye, and deputy commander for military-political work Yuri Brovko died while repelling an attack in Bakhmut.

Eurovision-2023: Songs under the Airy Axiety howl, but with the hope of the world Photo: Anthony Devlin/Getty images The first place is Sweden, singer Loreen with the song Tattoo. This is almost the only performance that is not related to Ukraine. People who all these years complained that there were too many politics in Eurovision, there was simply not enough imagination to imagine a competition in 2023, now there are really a lot of it.

The Russian Combined Grouping of Forces in Ukraine consists of over “200,000 personnel organised into around 70 combat regiments and brigades divided into five Groups of Forces”, as per the UK Defence Intelligence. According to the agency’s data, the number of Russian troops has not changed much since the start of the invasion, on paper.