Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, in an interview with The Economist, called on the alliance countries to allow Ukraine to beat Western weapons around Russia. According to him, since now the fighting is on the border of the Kharkov region, the ban on the use of Western weapons prevents the Ukrainian side from defending themselves. Ukraine could, using it, hit the personnel and enemy warehouses located in the Russian Federation.

The PRC authorities announced the completion of two -day military exercises off the coast of Taiwan, which are considered by the world community as an act of intimidation of the democratically elected government of the island, DW reports . Beijing, who considers Taiwan as his territory, noted that the exercises are held to “punish” the newly elected president of the island of Lai Qinde for his inaugural speech, in which he spoke about Taiwan's independence from China.

The Ural security forces detained the organizer of the BDSM Vozda in the district house of officers Stanislav Slovikovsky. The Kommersant-Ural source claims that a criminal case has been instituted against Slovikovsky, but does not specify the article on which article.

Russia’s “patriotic” circles have mostly welcomed Putin's purge of the top brass — especially the arrest of Vadim Shamarin, who was in charge of communications, and the dismissal of Sukhrab Akhmedov, commander of the 20th Army.

The Russian army attacked Kharkov to Kabba . One blow fell into the construction hypermarket "Epicenter", and the second to the central park of the city. This was reported by the mayor of Kharkov Igor Terekhov and the head of the regional administration Oleg Sinegubov. According to official information , six local residents died, at least 40 people were injured. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky specified that at the time of attack in the hypermarket there could be more than 200 people.

The American rap artist Nicky Minaj was detained at the Dutch Schiphol Airport on suspicion of drug storage, NU.NL reported with reference to sources. The representative of the military police told another Nos.nl for the detention of a 41-year-old American suspected of storing mild drugs in a scheme. The police did not reveal the name of the detainee, while her age coincides with the age of mines. Before the detention, Nicky Minage broadcast on Instagram (now the recording is not available).

The owner of the Golden Palm Branch, the main award of the 77th Cannes Film Festival, was the painting by the “Anora” of the American director Sean Bekeri. One of the main roles in the film was performed by Russian actor Yura Borisov. In addition, Russian actors Alexei Serebryakov and Daria Yekamasova starred in the picture . The second most important reward-the Grand Prix of the festival-received the drama from India “All we represent how the light” the director sold Kapadia.

In the Z environment, the "purges" are generally perceived with enthusiasm , in particular the arrest of Vadim Shamarin, who was responsible for communications, and the removal of the commander of the 20th Army, Sukhrab Akhmedov.

The deputy of the Legislative Assembly of the Irkutsk Region from the Communist Party Anatoly Obukhov said that the local communists perpeturated the memory of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin on the slope of Mount Kitkay in the Ust-Udinsky district, next to the gazebo, also built in honor of him. According to Obukhov, the inscription was established in honor of the first link of Stalin to Siberia. Five local residents were engaged in the creation of an art object.

The Ukrainian Air Force Command reports unprecedented successes in fending off Russian Shahed UAVs ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ): according to their information, Ukrainian air defense assets failed to down only one out of 131 drones launched on the territory of Ukraine over the past week. Nevertheless, Russian drone raids caused power outages in three regions, including Sumy Oblast . In addition, one of the raids injured three people and set fire to several private houses in Kharkiv .

Hungary blocked the approval of the EU withdrawal of profit from Russian assets that were going to send for military assistance to Ukraine, reports Financial Times, referring to sources. The decision on this should be made unanimously, but the Hungarian ambassador at the meeting on Wednesday voted against him.

In the materials of the investigation, according to which General Ivan Popov, a former commander of the 58th Army, was originally another accused, also a general who died at the front before the investigation, he was posthumously awarded the title of Hero of Russia, Kommersant writes . Since after his death the criminal prosecution became impossible, Popov turned out to be “extreme”, which received 500 thousand rubles from the first general to the card.

Doctor of Psychology and Pedagogy, Head of the Department of MGIMO, Laureate of the Government Prize in the field of education Vitold Yasvin became the victim of telephone scammers who introduced themselves as administrators of Wikipedia, Baza reports . According to the publication, Yasvina “did not confuse” the call of the “employees” of the online encyclopedia in which the article is dedicated to him.

Researchers found one of the most famous American submarines of World War II - USS Harder, writes Business Insider. It was found at the bottom of the South China Sea almost in general, with the exception of damage to the cutting, as reported in the archaeological department of the US Navy and the US Heritage (US NHC).