Fire in Tuapse, April 28, 2026 On the territory of the Tuapse Municipal District, a regional-level emergency regime has been introduced since April 28, reports the operational headquarters. As a result of the fire, some of the burning oil products leaked onto the road. The ASTRA Telegram channel, based on eyewitness videos, determined that oil products spilled along Koshkina Street from the Tuapse Oil Refinery.

View of Bamako, April 25, 2026 The retreat of Russian mercenaries from the northern Malian city of Kidal was a serious failure of the Afrika Korps project, a structure of the Russian Ministry of Defense created after the collapse of the Wagner PMC. This was reported by experts interviewed by Radio Liberty. Russian forces withdrew from Kidal over the weekend amid an offensive by anti-government and jihadist groups. Simultaneously, attacks occurred in the capital Bamako and other cities.

Pickets of parents of diabetic children, archival photo Russian diabetics, including children, are forcibly transferred to domestic insulin. It doesn't suit many of them. To save themselves, people ask their friends to bring medicine from abroad. Often in such situations, mutual aid chats helped them out. One of them, at the request of Roskvonadzor, was removed from the Vkontakte social network in April.

Collage: Craft, Soloviev, Bonya Bonya and Craft scared Putin? TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov nevertheless apologized to blogger Victoria Boney: “Firstly, you look great. Secondly, yes, of course, I must apologize. You are absolutely right.

Vladimir Solovyov Russian TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov apologized to blogger Victoria Boney for insulting her after she recorded a video message to Russian President Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, during a joint broadcast with Bonya in the “Full Contact” program, Solovyov said that he was “too emotional.” “Firstly, you look great. This is one time. Secondly, yes, of course, I have to apologize. You are absolutely right. Of course, I was too emotional.

The Estonian Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared a bill banning citizens of Belarus and Russia who do not have a long-term residence permit from purchasing real estate in the country. This was reported by ERR .

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will withdraw from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC and the OPEC+ format from May 1. The UAE statement said the decision is in line with the country's long-term strategy and aims to develop the energy sector, including increasing investment in production. The authorities also emphasized that they intend to maintain their status as a reliable supplier of energy resources.

In Karabakh's largest city, Khankendi (formerly Stepanakert), Azerbaijani authorities demolished two Christian churches, including the Cathedral of the Holy Protection of the Virgin Mary. Radio Liberty was able to confirm this using high-resolution satellite images taken on April 26 and previously unpublished. Reports that the Cathedral of the Holy Protection of the Virgin Mary in Khankendi was destroyed appeared in the Armenian media in mid-April.

In Andryushkino they celebrate May 9, 2025 In April, the head of the remote Yakut village of Andryushkino in the Nizhnekolymsky ulus, Sergei Tretyakov, told deputies of the Yakut parliament that 72 people from this village had left for the war, at least 22 of them had already died. In total, Tretyakov said, the village is home to 839 people, of which 581 are representatives of indigenous peoples. About half of the total number of residents are men, and even fewer are able-bodied.

Grigory Oster with a reader Sales of Grigory Oster's books on Wildberries increased by 500% in a week after the Investigative Committee announced an inspection of the writer's works. Vedomosti writes about this with reference to the marketplace. The information covers the period from April 21 to April 26. During this time, as stated in the publication, sales increased by almost 500% in physical terms compared to the same period in 2025 and by 220% compared to the beginning of the month.

Ruslan Kutaev The crisis group "SK SOS", which specializes in the evacuation of LGBT people facing violence from the North Caucasus, demanded that the former Chechen political prisoner and president of the "Assembly of the Peoples of the Caucasus" Ruslan Kutaev be removed from participation in the platform of the Russian democratic forces at PACE. The group cited Kutaev’s statements on the YouTube channel The Breakfast Show on April 25 as the reason for the “SK SOS”.

Zaporozhye region, illustrative photo On the night of April 28, Russian troops launched 123 drones across Ukraine, of which 95 were shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force reported . According to the head of the Zaporozhye regional military administration, Ivan Fedorov, two men, 40 and 45 years old, were wounded in the attack in Zaporozhye. Both of them are in moderate condition.

US President Donald Trump expressed extreme dissatisfaction with Tehran's latest proposal to end the war. This reaction is mainly due to the fact that the transferred initiative does not address the complex aspects of the Iranian nuclear program, a senior American official said in an interview with our media corporation.