Photo: Francis Chung / EPA-EFE Employees of the Government Efficiency Department, who, after the victory of Donald Trump under the leadership of Ilon Mask, were engaged in dismissal and liquidation of entire departments, due to the quarrel of the chiefs, they began to worry about their own potential dismissal. It is reported by The Wall Street Journal.

Ukrainian prisoners of war celebrate after being freed from Russian captivity as part of a swap, 14 September 2024 Photo: EPA-EFE Russia has delivered the bodies of Ukrainian soldiers killed in action to the Russian-Ukrainian border, in accordance with an agreement made during the second round of face-to-face negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv in Istanbul on Monday, despite the apparent postponement of a major prisoner of war exchange that was due to take place this weekend.

We publish a fragment from the book of Ksenia Luchenko “Good intentions” about the history of the Russian Orthodox Church The cover of the book of Ksenia Luchenko “Good intentions”. Collage: "New Gazeta Europe" A few weeks later, the publishing house "Echo of Book" is "with good intentions. The Russian church and power from Gorbachev to Putin ”Ksenia Lucenko is an exhaustive story about how and why the Russian Orthodox Church turned into the appendage of the Kremlin.

Russian airstrikes on Ukraine are being carried out by increasingly complex drones that are harder than ever to stop Rescuers work at the site of a drone strike in Kharkiv, Ukraine, 23 April 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE /SERGEY KOZLOV Russia launched its largest single drone attack of the war against Ukraine’s cities on 1 June, when the Ukrainian Air Force reported that they faced 472 one-way attack (OWA) drones overnight.

Rescuers work at the site of a drone strike in Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, 7 June 2025. Photo: EPA-EFE / SERGEY KOZLOV The United States believes Russia is still preparing its response to Ukraine’s unprecedented drone strikes on military airfields deep inside the country last Sunday, with officials warning that a “vicious and unrelenting” multi-pronged retaliation could come within days, Reuters reported on Saturday.

Ukrainian expert called this information “stuffing” The Russian Ministry of Defense claims that units of the 90th Tank Division of the Center group of troops have reached the western border of the Donetsk region of Ukraine and “continue to develop an offensive on the territory of the Dnepropetrovsk region.” This was reported in a press release from the department.

How Ukrainian film festivals survive during the war Docudays UA Festival, June 1, 2024. Photo: docudays.ua Artists always find ways to express themselves, no matter how unfavorable the external circumstances may be. Another thing is the cultural industry, based on much more prosaic mechanisms. This is especially true for film festivals.

Photo: EPA-EFE Donald Trump will send two thousand National Guard troops to Los Angeles to quell unrest caused by raids against illegal migrants. The BBC writes about this. California's governor said the decision was "deliberately provocative" and would "only increase tensions." Trump responded by accusing the official of failing to do his job. Protests in Los Angeles.

Photo: EPA-EFE Tehran has obtained a huge amount of "strategic and sensitive" Israeli intelligence information, including files related to Israeli nuclear facilities and defense plans. Iranian state media Isna and Tasnim , as well as Hezbollah-affiliated media al-Mayadeen , write about this.

What is known about the case of archaeologist Andrei Veryanov, sentenced to 24 years for treason Andrey Veryanov. Photo: Telegram / Politzek-Info At the end of May, another verdict was handed down under Article 275 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation “Treason”. This time the convict is a self-taught scientist, archaeologist and builder Andrei Veryanov. He is 55 years old. His case is ambiguous, and so is his biography.