Participants in the riots on the temple mountain in Jerusalem, April 15, 2022 At least 300 Palestinians were detained, 150 were injured during clashes in Jerusalem on the temple mountain, which is considered sacred by both Jews and Muslims. Three Israeli police officers were injured. The clashes lasted six hours. Mass unrest arose on Friday morning, April 15, during the morning prayer on the temple mountain on the occasion of the second Friday of the Holy Muslims of the month of Ramadan.

Kyiv In Kyiv on Friday night, explosions were heard. According to Reuters , they became one of the most powerful from the beginning of the war. An eyewitness told the BBC correspondent that the explosions were heard in the south-west of the Ukrainian capital. What exactly exploded and whether there are victims is unknown. According to Ukrainian media, this could be the result of the work of the air defense.

A survey of passers -by on the streets of Moscow

“I think that with the participation of Medvedchuk, a decision was made that Kyiv could be surrendered in two days,” said Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine. Medvedchuk, who tried to escape from house arrest, is known for his friendly relations with Vladimir Putin.

The writer Anatoly Shot lives in Akhtyrka - a town in the Sumy region of Ukraine. Russian troops subjected this city to severe shelling. Now the invaders have left the Sumy region. We continue the publication of excerpts from the diary, which Anatoly Shot is on Facebook . See also under the shelling.

CIA head William Burns CIA Director William Burns believes that Russia cannot be frivolously treated to the threat of tactical nuclear weapons or small -power nuclear weapons in Ukraine, "taking into account the possible despair of President Putin," if he cannot achieve likeness of victory in this war. It is reported by the Voice of America.

Radio Liberty and the investigation project "Schemes" found a Russian soldier whom his wife punished the rape of Ukrainian women. Now he is wounded and treated in a hospital in Sevastopol. The conversation in which the woman offers a man to rape Ukrainians was published by the Security Service of Ukraine on April 12. By record, it can be assumed that the published fragment is part of a longer dialogue.

Ukrainian brands with the cruiser "Moscow" and sending him far by the military of the Armed Forces Ukrainian troops flooded the flagship cruiser of the Russian Black Sea Fleet "Moscow" - his death was confirmed by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. The cruiser became the largest loss of Russia in this war: Forbes estimates its cost of about $ 750 million.

The funeral of the military who died in Ukraine, Buryatia The FSB asked the government to increase by 17% allocation for burial and tombstones for the military. The BBC drew attention to this. At the moment, no more than 20,350 rubles are allocated to pay for ritual services, and not more than 28 178 rubles in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The FSB asks to increase these amounts to 23,837 and 33 005 rubles, respectively. The cost of one tombstone is proposed to increase by 4.8-6 thousand rubles.

The flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet Moskva missile cruiser sank on April 14 as a result of two Ukrainian missiles. This was announced on Friday by anonymity by a senior representative of the United States. His words quote agencies. According to the representative of the United States, apparently, we are talking about the anti -ship missiles "Neptune".

The Supervisory Board of the Russian Chess Federation voted to join the Asian Chess Federation. It is reported by Sports.ru with reference to the federation. "Now legal actions should begin. First we must write a letter to the European Chess Union for an exclusion request. That is, first FSHR must be technically entered, and then write an application for joining the Asian Chess Federation," said Albert Stepanyan, a member of the Supervisory Board of the FSR.

In the village of Russian-Vysotskoye in the Leningrad Region, at the store of activist Dmitry Skurikhin, unknown persons launched the inscriptions "traitor" and "Nazism will not pass." A pile of manure was dumped under the door of the store. Skurikhin wrote about this on Facebook. According to him, the inscriptions appeared at night, they were inflicted on three young people, and then fled.

Foreign Ministry of Northern Macedonia North Macedonia sends six more Russian diplomats. As reported on the website of the country's Foreign Ministry, they were involved in activities contrary to the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations. The Russian ambassador in North Macedonia was awarded the appropriate note. The representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova warned of response measures from Moscow.

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