Funeral of a serviceman in Starobedeevo, Bashkortostan. Illustrative photo As of the morning of June 15, at least 56,306 people from the regions of the Volga Federal District (plus the Astrakhan region) had died. During the period from June 8 to June 14, Idel.Realii identified the names of 300 military personnel from 15 regions of the Volga region who died in the war in Ukraine.

Vladimir Zelensky inspects the damaged Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra Information digest "Time of Freedom with Andrei Sharogradsky." Monday, June 15 01:07 As a result of the Russian strike on Ukraine, at least 11 people were killed, the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra was seriously damaged 05:44 Vladimir Zelensky invited Vladimir Putin to meet at the G7 summit in France, but he refused.

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.

Damage on the roof of the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra as a result of a Russian drone strike. Kyiv, June 15 At least five people were killed and 35 injured in a massive Russian strike on Kyiv. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said that there are fires and destruction in almost all areas of the city. In the Pechersk region, the roof of the Assumption Cathedral of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, which is under the protection of UNESCO, caught fire. The fire area was 800 square meters.

Evgeniy Ashikhmin In May, in the Altai village of Ust-Isha, war participant 22-year-old Evgeny Ashikhmin killed 15-year-old Anton Zyablitsky. As it turned out later, Zyablitsky’s father and brother also fought in Ukraine, but did not return: one went missing, the second died. The village is located on the Chuysky tract, built “on bones” Prisoners who died from overwork and poor living conditions were often buried right under the road. - prisoners in the 1930s.

Consequences of the attack on the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, June 15, 2026 At least five people were killed and 30 were injured as a result of a massive Russian strike on Kiev, the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations (SSES) reported . Damage and fires, as reported by Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko, have been recorded in almost all areas of the city; emergency services are working at 50 sites in the city.

In exile, Galich lives the active life of a free and creative person. He writes new songs, stories, scripts. He gives concerts. He has his own programs on Radio Liberty. But on December 15, 1977, in Paris, his life was tragically cut short. Replay of the broadcast from December 15, 2023.

Show more Collapse Today is June 15, the 1573rd day of the war. In this issue, we summarize the week in the Volga region and tell how the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to change life in the regions.

Serbian passport (illustrative photo) Despite warnings from the EU, the Serbian government this year granted citizenship to four times as many Russian citizens as all other foreigners combined - including those under international sanctions, an investigation by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Balkan Service found.

Gas stations in Tatarstan introduced restrictions on the sale of gasoline after attacks on oil refineries. A drone hit a residential building in Nizhnekamsk. A Ukrainian Flamingo missile attacked a defense plant in Cheboksary, and drones attacked the Kuibyshev Oil Refinery and Togliattikauchuk. The Ministry of Finance of Tatarstan reported a drop in tax revenues from large enterprises.

A residential building damaged as a result of a UAV attack in Ufa. April 2, 2026 Acceptance of work is planned until November 31. In Ufa, repair work in a residential building on Gafuri Street, 54, damaged as a result of a drone attack on April 2, is planned to be completed by the end of October. This was announced at an operational meeting in the government. Mayor of the Bashkortostan capital Rustam Sharipov , writes RBC-Ufa.

Collage: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump against the backdrop of the burning Kiev Pechersk Lavra Russia shelled Kyiv after talks between Putin and Trump The Russian army attacked Kyiv again. Residential buildings, the Dovzhenko film studio and the Kiev Pechersk Lavra, a UNESCO cultural heritage site, came under air attack.

There is another flood in Kuban. It threatens crop failure. People complain about broken storm drains and inaction from the authorities. Officials explain the situation by “abnormal rains.” Is this explanation true? Ecologist Vladimir Slivyak answered this question from the editors of Kavkaz.Realiya.