Ukrainian drones increasingly began to strike Russian factories where military equipment is produced Workers eliminate the consequences of a drone hit in Zelenograd, Moscow region, May 28, 2025. Photo: Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Instead of oil and gas industry facilities, manufacturing enterprises where, in particular, drones are made, are now increasingly coming under fire. New Europe discussed changes in unmanned warfare tactics with experts.

Russia has proposed holding a second round of negotiations with Ukraine in Istanbul on June 2. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov “The Russian side, as agreed, promptly developed a corresponding memorandum, which sets out our position on all aspects of reliably overcoming the root causes of the crisis. Our delegation headed by V.R.

Kherson residents in the aftermath of a Russian strike on the city on 15 March 2025. Photo: Ivan Antypenko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA A new report by the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, which is investigating human rights violations amid the ongoing Russian invasion, has accused Russia of killing almost 150 civilians in southern Ukraine’s Kherson region with the use of drones.

In the Vladimir region, a criminal case of kidnapping has been opened against three residents of Kovrov. The regional Investigative Committee reported this, 7x7 journalists noted . According to investigators, on May 25, they took an 18-year-old young man into the forest, with whom one of the detainees had quarreled. The men tied his hands with tape, put a bag over his head, and punched, kicked, and used a stun gun for at least three hours.

Photo: Moscow Zoo / Telegram Moscow police have detained a local man on suspicion of throwing pills into the lynx and leopard enclosures at the Moscow Zoo, Interior Ministry spokesperson Irina Volk announced on Wednesday. Moscow Zoo director Svetlana Akulova shared surveillance footage showing the man throwing something into the enclosure on Tuesday, describing his actions as “a deliberate and cold-blooded attempt on the lives of animals”. The zoo later recovered 37 pills from the scene.

Roman Morozov (L) and Maria Bontsler. Photo: social media Three defence lawyers in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea were subjected to searches on Wednesday, sources have told Novaya Europe. It is not yet clear why the lawyers — Maria Bontsler, Roman Morozov and a third, who has not been named — were searched or whether they now face criminal charges.

How a campaign of terror from the air works - and why it is a crime against humanity Residents of Kherson at the scene of destruction after a Russian strike on the city, March 15, 2025. Photo: Ivan Antypenko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA The Russian military has committed crimes against humanity - including deliberate killings and the forced displacement of civilians, according to a new report by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.

The Appeal Committee of the Russian Football Union (RFU) upheld the decision to refuse to issue a license to participate in the Russian Premier League (RPL) to the Moscow region club "Khimki", the press service of the RFU reports . “At the meeting, it was decided to reject the appeal and uphold the decision of the RFU commission to refuse to issue Khimki a license for possible participation in the Russian Premier League (RPL) in the 2025/26 sports season.

Screenshot: the Russian Investigative Committee A Russian teenager stabbed four of his friends to death at a house party in Siberia’s Irkutsk region in the early hours of Wednesday, before setting fire to the house and dying in a subsequent gas explosion, according to Russian law enforcement and local media.

Maria Bonzler is suspected of treason Today in Kaliningrad, searches were carried out at the offices of lawyers Maria Bontzler and Roman Morozov, as well as at the third lawyer, whose name is unknown, sources told Novaya-Europa. As the Yabloko press service reported later in the evening, lawyer Maria Bonzler is suspected of treason. According to their information, the second lawyer, Roman Morozov, was told that he was the “partner” of Maria Bonzler.

The Russian authorities have figured out how to ensure that Western business definitely does not return to the country Closed McDonald's restaurant in Moscow, May 19, 2022. Photo: Yuri Kochetkov / EPA Hyundai, Renault, Mercedes-Benz, McDonald's, L'Occitane, British American Tobacco - the chances of these companies returning to Russia are becoming increasingly elusive. Although Russians dream of the return of brands, the Kremlin does not want this.

Photo: Tamara Eidelman / Instagram A fresh criminal case has been opened against Russian historian Tamara Eidelman for spreading “false information” about the Russian military, state-owned news agency RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing a source in law enforcement. The basis for the fresh charges were posts on Eidelman’s Telegram channel said to contain “inaccurate data” about Russian troops, the source said.

History shows that Donald Trump is making a serious error in appeasing Vladimir Putin US President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, 16 July 2018. EPA-EFE/ANATOLY MALTSEV The policy of appeasement — strategic concessions to an aggressor that are designed to avoid war — is generally most closely associated in the UK with the Conservative leader Neville Chamberlain, prime minister between May 1937 and May 1940.

The aftermath of a drone attack in the Moscow region. Photo: Governor Andrey Vorobyov / Telegram Ukrainian drones attacked Moscow, the Moscow region, and regions of western Russia overnight, causing damage but no casualties, according to local reports. Governor Andrey Vorobyov said on Wednesday that 42 drones had been destroyed overnight over the Moscow region. Three private houses were damaged near the town of Chekhov, to the south of Moscow, though nobody was injured, he added.

I read correspondence, beat, left it without eye and left for “sucker”. Monologue Ksenia Dushanova about domestic violence In December 2024, the former partner of Sochi resident Ksenia Dushanova Nikolai Aliyev (aka Rashid Murad Ogly) came to her home, stole the keys to the apartment in advance, and brutally beat the woman, trying to kill her, in front of her son’s eyes from his first marriage.