As a result of the impact on the evening of April 12 to Tokmak in the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhya region, at least 10 people were killed, the appointed “head” of the region Yevgeny Balitsky reported by the Russian Federation. He claims that the blow was inflicted on the private sector of the city, all the victims were civilian, among the dead there are children. Currently, the analysis of the rubble is ongoing, two more people are missing.

The husband of the blogger Elena Blinovskaya, who was in a pre -trial detention center in the tax evasion case, Alexei Blinovsky went to the war, reports citing a SHOT source. It is alleged that in this way he wants to rehabilitate himself in the eyes of the state, rescue his wife, and also protect his business. Several Blinovsky firms are at the liquidation stage, he himself entered the debt due to freezing accounts.

The Iranian military captured a tanker who went to India from the UAE near the Portuguese flag and belonging to the Zodiac Group of the Israeli billionaire Eil Ofer, Times of Israel reports . At the same time, as it became known later, the MSC Geneva company is the container operator . According to the Associated Press, special forces of the Islamic Revolution Corps (Ksir) landed on the deck of the ship from the helicopter.

In 39 Russian regions, about 12,700 residential buildings remain flooded due to floods, the Russian Emergencies Ministry said. In Orenburg, the situation is especially serious: about 3,000 houses and almost 4900 household plots are flooded. Although, in general, the situation is improving, in Orenburg the number of flooded objects and evacuated people is growing.

On the morning of April 13, the reactor installation of power unit No. 4 of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which is under the control of Russia in the occupied part of the Zaporizhzhya region, was successfully transferred to a state of “cold stop”, said Rosatom. The state corporations noted that the radiation background on the industrial site, in the sanitary protection zone and surveillance zone remains stable and is within natural values.

On the morning of April 13, Joe Biden announced that he was returning to Washington “for consultations with his national security team regarding events in the Middle East.” This happened against the background of increased tension between Israel and Iran, reports The Guardian with reference to the White House. The US President planned to spend a weekend in Delaware in his residence on the beach.

Former US Ambassador to Bolivia Victor Manuel Rosh was sentenced to 15 years in prison for many years of espionage in favor of Cuba. It is reported by Reuters. Rosha is accused of promoting the interests of the Cuban government. The 73-year-old ambassador, who held this post from 2000 to 2002, pleaded guilty to two points of charge, saying that he acted as an illegal foreign agent.

The Kiev District Court of Kharkov sentenced the lifelong deprivation of the liberty of the 38-year-old local resident Denis Panikarov. He was charged with bringing the Russian missile to the regional administration building in March 2022. This was reported by the publication "Suspilne".

Law enforcement officers qualified the explosion of a car of a former employee of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) Vasily Prozorov as an attempt to kill. It is reported by RIA "Novosti" with reference to the source. On April 12, an explosion occurred on the Korovinsky highway in the north of Moscow, as a result of which the Toyota Land Cruiser Prado SUV was damaged.

Finland will suspend the work of marine checkpoints on the border with Russia from April 15, 2024, the Federal Customs Service of the Russian Federation reports . Movement along the Simen Canal through Novyamaa will be suspended for walking vessels, also for an indefinite time, sea points of passage of Haapasaari and Santio are closed. This decision was made after Finland extended the closure of the land border with Russia, postponing the opening of the border crossings, scheduled for April 15.

The United States transferred warships to the positions to protect Israel and American forces in the region to repel Iran’s direct attack on Israel, which may occur in the near future, reports The Wall Street Journal. At the same time, a source in Iranian ruling circles notes that although such plans are discussed, the final decision on the attack has not yet been made.

The United States announced the introduction of sanctions against Russia, limiting the import of Russian aluminum, copper and nickel. The purpose of these measures is to deprive the authorities of the Russian Federation, which can be used to support war in Ukraine. The decision was published on April 12 on the website of the American Ministry of Finance.

The German Ministry of Defense announced the decision to transfer to Ukraine the air defense system of the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system (SAM). The DPA agency reported this on April 13 with reference to the German Ministry of Defense. Earlier, the Financial Times wrote that European countries rejected Ukraine’s requests for the transfer of Patriot air defense systems. We were talking about Poland, Romania and Spain.