Ukrainian military near Kupyansk (March 2026) The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the dismissal of the command of the 14th separate mechanized brigade named after Prince Roman the Great, which holds the defense of Kupyansk in the Kharkov region, as well as the leadership of the 10th Army Corps, to which it belongs.

The most interesting thing from our common past. An unfinished story. Unhealed wounds. Hopes still alive. Could Russia have taken a different path? Archive project. Ivan Tolstoy selects from our broadcast what is still relevant and has turned out to be eternal.

Israel and Lebanon extended the previously agreed truce by three weeks after a meeting of the ambassadors of the two countries at the White House, US President Donald Trump said on the evening of April 23. This was confirmed by the office of Lebanese President Joseph Aoun. According to Trump, the meeting was attended by US Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and senior representatives of Israel and Lebanon, including ambassadors from both countries.

Ukrainian special services, trying to prevent Telegram from being blocked in Russia, tried to stage a terrorist attack against the leaders of Roskomnadzor, but the head of the group was killed by FSB officers, and seven more people were detained. This was confirmed by the FSB on April 24 , the intelligence service’s message was quoted by Russian media. It is alleged that “supporters of neo-fascist ideology recruited by Kiev” wanted to blow up the car with the leaders of Roskomnadzor.

Satellite image of the fire in Tuapse In the city of Tuapse in the Krasnodar Territory, where fuel burning in the port continues after a drone attack, previously leaked oil products ended up in the sea and on the city beach, writes Kavkaz.Realii.

Archaeologist Alexander Butyagin in the District Court of Warsaw, January 15, 2026 The heads of two institutes of the Russian Academy of Sciences were subject to new EU sanctions. Restrictive measures against them are directly related to the high-profile case of the detention in Poland of a Russian archaeologist, whom Ukraine accuses of destroying its cultural heritage.

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Aircraft carrier "Gerald Ford" An unprecedented group of three American aircraft carriers is now concentrated in the Middle East. This was announced by the US Central Command (CENTCOM) on April 24. According to the command, this happened for the first time in several decades. For the first time in decades, three aircraft carriers are operating in the Middle East at the same time. Accompanied by their carrier air wings, the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Gerald R.

Collage: three Putins Why does Putin choose the FSB and not citizens? The FSB claims to have prevented a terrorist attack against the leaders of Roskomnadzor. Security forces detained seven people, and one suspect was shot dead during the arrest. The FSB statement says that Ukrainian special services are seeking to disrupt the RKN’s measures to ensure the security of the information space, including blocking Telegram. On April 23, Vladimir Putin publicly spoke about Internet blocking.

The state agency VTsIOM recorded another decline in the approval rating of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin's approval level has fallen for the seventh week in a row, according to the results of the latest weekly poll released Friday. The statistics appeared on the VTsIOM website two hours later than the usual publication time, the Agency notes. The level of approval of Putin's activities fell by 1.1% over the week, amounting to 65.5%.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced three defendants in the case of the failed arson of a military registration and enlistment office in Rostov-on-Don to terms of eight to 10 years in prison, Mediazona reports . The court sent all three to a maximum security colony: Ilya Kudinov for 10 years, Ivan Blagodatskikh for 9 years, Akhmed Ramaldanov for 8 years. All convicts will spend the first three years in prison.

Monument to victims of repression in Novosibirsk In Novosibirsk, a sign was torn off from the foundation stone of a memorial to victims of political repression. This was reported by former deputy of the city Legislative Assembly Svetlana Kaverzina and the Siberian Express publication . The sign read: “A monument to the victims of state terror whose graves or burial places are unknown will be built here.” The sign was probably torn down on April 23.

“Lenochka comes to the house, Lenochka was placed in a sanatorium, Lenochka almost hanged herself in this sanatorium.” The search for a female security officer, whose memories are found in the diaries of Marina Tsvetaeva, Ariadna Scriabina, Olga Bessarabova, Ariadna Efron

Strait of Hormuz: screenshot from MarineTraffic April 21 To force Iran to agree to a peace agreement, the United States imposed a naval blockade of the country's ports and ships starting April 13. But while the US blockade has increased pressure on Iran's already crippled economy, it has not yet forced Tehran to make concessions to end the nearly two-month war. Iran has refused to come to the negotiating table until the US lifts the blockade aimed at limiting Tehran's oil revenues.