After another Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow, federal television channels devoted only a few seconds of airtime to the consequences of the raid. Rossiya 1 and Channel One limited themselves to short reports about downed drones, and NTV did not mention the attack at all in its morning news broadcast. The publication “That’s So” drew attention to this. At the same time, TASS claims that this is the largest drone attack on Moscow in the last two years.

A suspect has been detained in Poland for involvement in the murder of Russian opposition artist and cartoonist Semyon Skrepetsky (real name Robert Kuzovkov). As Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Twitter, the detainee “uses a Georgian passport.” According to Tusk, the arrest was carried out by the Lublin Voivodeship police and the Polish Internal Security Agency.

An international team of geochemists and paleontologists led by Curtin University (Australia) has discovered a rare combination of preserved soft tissue, minerals and molecular biomarkers in the wing phalanx of a 113-million-year-old pterosaur, providing the first direct chemical evidence of the flying lizard's fish and squid diet. The fossil was found in the Romualdo Formation in the Araripe Basin in northeastern Brazil, an area famous for the exceptional preservation of Cretaceous vertebrates.

Cyprus extradited Alexey Korotenko, a former member of the board of directors of Ugra Bank, to Russia. At home, he is accused of tax evasion amounting to more than 2.6 billion rubles. Last year he was detained in Cyprus and has now been handed over to a Russian convoy. This was reported by TASS and the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation .

US Vice President J.D. Vance said that the US Navy allowed more than a dozen ships into Iranian ports, thus effectively lifting the blockade as part of the agreements to end the war. He announced this on Thursday at a briefing at the White House, reports the Associated Press. More oil is now moving through the Strait of Hormuz, with more than 12.5 million barrels passing through the strait as of Wednesday night, Vance said.

China's Ministry of Commerce announced 17 measures to encourage the use of artificial intelligence in the consumer sector - both in the goods and services sectors. This was reported by the state television channel CCTV, Reuters reports . According to the department, the measures are aimed at expanding the integration of AI into the daily life of households and businesses across the country.

Following the largest drone attack on Moscow since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kremlin-controlled domestic television channels devoted only a few seconds of airtime to the aftermath of the strikes. Rossiya 1 and Perviy Kanal (“Channel One”) limited their coverage to brief summaries about downed drones, while NTV did not mention the attack at all in its morning news broadcast, according to a report by the outlet Vot Tak.

Доступно на русском Ukrainian drones attacked the Moscow Oil Refinery in the Russian capital’s southwest Kapotnya District overnight into June 18. Judging by the photos and videos published on social media, the strike hit several key facilities at the plant. It was the third attack on the Moscow refinery in less than a month and the second in the past two days. The Telegram channel Astra counted at least five fire sites on the refinery’s grounds.

Available in English The tanker FORWARDER (IMO: 9419448), which is under sanctions from the UK, EU, USA, Canada, Switzerland, Ukraine and other countries, entered the English Channel under the Russian flag and continues to move south. This is the first known Russian shadow fleet vessel to pass through the strait since the tanker SMYRTOS (IMO: 9389100) was seized by British authorities on June 14. Judging by the vessel's draft data, which The Insider examined, it is loaded.

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted unanimously to make it easier for artificial intelligence data centers and other large electricity users to connect to the national grid, the Associated Press reports .

On the night of June 18, Ukrainian drones again attacked the Moscow oil refinery in Kapotnya. Judging by the published photos and videos, the blow hit several key facilities of the enterprise at once. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin admitted that several UAVs managed to reach the plant. This is the third attack on the Moscow oil refinery in less than a month and the second in the last two days. The Astra Telegram channel counted at least five fires on the territory of the refinery.

The city court of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky decided to fine US citizen Paul Gione 30 thousand rubles and expel him from Russia. As follows from the decision published on the court’s website, he was found guilty of violating the law on religious associations due to “religious conversations” that he conducted at the local Full Gospel Church on May 23.

Blogger Alexander Mitroshin was sentenced to 3 years of probation and a fine of 900 thousand rubles in the case of laundering 127 million rubles. According to RIA Novosti, the court also decided to confiscate 115 million rubles from her. The prosecutor's office requested 3 years in prison for Mitroshina and a fine of 900 thousand rubles. A criminal case was opened against Mitroshina in 2023.

Turkey is assembling a new “Sumud” flotilla for another attempt to break Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. Participants in the pro-Palestinian effort accuse Israeli military personnel of abduction and even sexualized violence, and the behavior of Israeli National Security Miniser Itmar Ben-Gvir toward the flotilla’s participants has drawn criticism and condemnation within Israel itself.

The deleted post contained a message about the arrest of Traber and Alisultan Nadirbegov, as well as a video from the courtroom. 75-year-old Ilya Traber was detained on June 17 in St. Petersburg, after which he was transported to Moscow and taken to the Basmanny Court. He sent him to a pre-trial detention center, as reported by many Russian media. Traber was arrested in the case of the contract murder of Vyborg city council deputy and crime boss Alexander Petrov.