Laura Loomer "I'm not in Russia because I'm not a propagandist." In this post, Laura Loomer, a far-right American activist closely associated with the MAGA movement and an ardent supporter of President Donald Trump, reported on a trip to Ukraine, where she repented of her previous views on war and Russia. I'm not in Russia because I'm not a propagandist.

Show more Collapse On the morning of July 23, drones attacked Bashkortostan and the Ulyanovsk region. In Bashkortostan, drones hit the Subkhankulovo oil pumping station, Astra has established. It is located in the Tuymazinsky district of the republic and is part of Transneft-Ural JSC. Bashkortostan authorities confirmed the attack on the area, but did not name the enterprise. At the same time, the State Committee for Emergency Situations announced “repelling the attack” and the fire.

Photo: Telegram channel Exilenova+ The Bashkortostan State Committee for Emergency Situations confirmed the attack on the Tuymazinsky district. On the morning of July 23, drones attacked the Subkhankulovo linear production control station (LPDS) in the Tuymazinsky district of Bashkortostan. Ukrainian monitoring Telegram channels write about this and publish footage of the fire.

Fire at the Wildberries warehouse in Krasnodar, July 22, 2026 Damage from attacks on Wildberries warehouses in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk could reach 120 billion rubles (that’s more than one and a half billion dollars) - provided that they were fully loaded and most of the goods stored there were destroyed. This assessment was given by the research agency Data Insight.

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Ambassadors of the European Union countries have agreed on the 21st package of sanctions against Russia, said the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen. According to her, restrictions will be imposed on another 32 Russian banks, as well as cryptocurrency companies and oil trading platforms. "We are freezing the adjustment of the oil price ceiling for a year to prevent the Russian war machine from benefiting from market turmoil.

UNESCO (the UN specialized body for cultural issues) included Chersonesus, an ancient city on the territory of annexed Crimea, on the list of cultural heritage sites under threat. The monument, as noted by the organization, is threatened by construction and archaeological work carried out under Russian occupation.

On the night of July 23, 36 drones were shot down over the Voronezh region, said the head of the region, Alexander Gusev. According to him, the roof of the warehouse of one of the marketplaces and the facade of another similar structure were damaged. Gusev did not specify which marketplace he was talking about. A satellite image confirms a strike on a Wildberries warehouse in the village of Nechaevka near Voronezh, Radio Liberty concluded. Apparently, there was no fire at the Voronezh warehouse.

Yuri Khaschevatsky Belarusian documentary director died at the age of 79 Yuri Khaschevatsky. This was reported on Thursday, among other things, by the publication Nasha Niva . Khaschevatsky is the author of more than 30 films, the most famous of which is the film “An Ordinary President,” filmed in 1996. This film openly expressed criticism of Alexander Lukashenko and showed the essence of his regime, notes the Belarusian service of Radio Liberty .

Ukrainians across the country have been demanding for the seventh day that Mikhail Fedorov be returned to the post of Defense Minister. He served only six months in office before being ousted as part of a government-wide reset. We talked with a Ukrainian political scientist about the future fate of Fedorov

No translations or consular services: the State Duma approved new bans for emigrants - the “law on civil death.” This is a farewell gift from the State Duma of the 8th convocation for Russians who have gone abroad and are “evading punishment” under several articles of the Code of Administrative Offenses or any criminal article

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The European Union has fined Google 890 million euros ($1.015 billion) for violating EU digital rules. The European Commission said in a press release on Thursday that the fine was imposed for favoring its own service in Google's search engine, as well as limiting choice for consumers in the Google Play app store.

Illustrative photography Chechnya, Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia are among the top five Russian regions with the largest increase in juvenile crime. The state agency TASS reports this with reference to a report from the Ministry of Internal Affairs. According to official data , eight minors have committed crimes in Chechnya since the beginning of 2026, while during the period from January to June last year no such crimes were registered in the republic at all.

The fourth monument to Joseph Stalin in two years was opened in the Vologda region. And this seems to be part of a general trend. At the same time, organizations that preserve the memory of the Gulag and the Stalinist dictatorship are declared extremist