The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces stated that the Ukrainian military hit several Russian fifth-generation Su-57 fighters and one Su-34 fighter-bomber at the Shagol airfield in the Chelyabinsk region. According to the Ukrainian side, the strike was carried out on April 25 by unmanned systems, and the targets were located approximately 1,700 km from the Ukrainian border.

Drones attacked the sea terminal in Tuapse - a fire broke out on the spot, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory reported . There are reportedly no casualties. The regional governor and the city mayor have not yet commented on the incident. In the morning they only congratulated the residents on the holiday of spring and labor. The Ministry of Defense reported the interception of 141 UAVs over eight regions, annexed Crimea, as well as over the Black and Azov Seas.

The day before yesterday, April 29, security forces detained the leader of the regional branch of Yabloko, Maxim Petlin, as well as party member Yegor Tkachenko, former activist of the youth movement Elizaveta Kabak and two other supporters. They were questioned about last year's evening of letters to political prisoners, after which they were released. Equipment was also confiscated from the detainees.

Russia has become Syria's main oil supplier since the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime in December 2024, despite the fact that the new Syrian leadership is Western-oriented and remains distrustful of Moscow. Reuters reports this with reference to its own calculations and sources. According to the agency, Russian oil supplies increased by 75% and reached approximately 60 thousand barrels per day in 2026.

The Swedish prosecutor's office, at the request of Ukraine, arrested the bulk carrier Caffa ( IMO : 9143611), detained off the coast of Sweden on March 6. The ship was traveling from Casablanca to St. Petersburg, the Swedish authorities called it sailing under a false flag, and Ukraine added it to the sanctions list for transporting grain from occupied Sevastopol to Syria. Eleven crew members remain on board Caffa, ten of them are Russian citizens.

Wildberries and Ozon removed goods from Armenian companies from sale, said businesswoman Shushan Mkrtchyan. According to her, goods began to disappear from catalogs the day before and the marketplaces did not explain this decision in any way. “Many sellers find themselves in an uncertain situation. Especially for small businesses, the marketplace was not only a sales platform, but also an effective tool for generating cash flows and increasing brand awareness in the EAEU countries.

The above cover image was generated using ChatGPT Доступно на русском The Russian bot network Matryoshka has launched a new disinformation campaign amid a dispute between Ukraine and Israel over grain shipments. Researchers from Antibot4Navalny , a project that tracks pro-Russian bot activity on social media, provided The Insider with information about the campaign, which began on April 29, 2026.

Update (15:52): the figurine was found in Germany, writes DW with reference to the Lufthansa airline. The award is located at Frankfurt am Main airport. The film about propaganda in Russian schools during the war won an Oscar for best documentary in March.

Army reform will be carried out in Ukraine this year, President Vladimir Zelensky announced . He ordered an increase in military salaries: the minimum is about $680 for rear positions, the maximum is more than $9 thousand for those fighting at the front. Infantrymen will receive the highest payments. Their size will depend on the completion of combat missions, the head of state explained.

Russian archaeologist Alexander Butyagin has returned home to St. Petersburg, according to the Telegram channel of his support group. Poland released him earlier this week as part of a prisoner exchange with Belarus. The head of the archeology sector of the Northern Black Sea region of the Hermitage was detained in Warsaw in December at the request of Ukraine. These days he was on a trip to Europe, where he gave lectures.

The Russian government has banned the import into the country of radio-electronic equipment for transmitting and receiving signals from communication satellites of foreign countries - this category includes, in particular, Starlink satellite Internet terminals. The corresponding resolution dated April 29, 2026 was published on the official legal information portal.

US President Donald Trump has notified Congress that the war with Iran is “over,” citing the current truce. Politico writes about this, the information is also confirmed by the Associated Press. The White House letter comes as the 60-day deadline expires, after which congressional approval is required by law to continue military operations. In the letter, Trump claims that since the ceasefire, “there have been no exchanges of blows” since April 7, which means the fighting can be considered over.

Donald Trump has announced plans to raise tariffs on cars and trucks from the European Union to 25%. He wrote about this on his social network Truth Social, claiming that the EU “is not fully respecting the agreed trade deal.” At the same time, Trump did not specify which provisions of the agreement, in his opinion, the European side is violating. We are talking about a trade agreement between the US and the EU, agreed in 2025 and partially advanced in 2026.

The Prosecutor General's Office demanded that the property of the founder of Rusagro, Vadim Moshkovich, and the former general director of the company, Maxim Basov, be converted into state income. The claim was received by the Khamovnichesky Court of Moscow on April 30, and a hearing on the case was scheduled for May 4.

The Russian Ministry of Defense estimated the damage from the attack of Ukrainian drones on military airfields on June 1, 2025 at 2 billion rubles. This amount is indicated in the materials of the criminal case about Operation Web, the investigation of which was completed by the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Russia, writes Kommersant. Four heavy truck drivers are accused in the case: Mikhail Ryumin, Alexander Zaitsev, Andrey Merkuryev and Sergey Kanurin.