Military special operation in Donbass

A video recording of the alleged murder of an allegedly Ukrainian serviceman by unknown persons has been sent to the investigative authorities to assess the reliability and make the necessary decisions. This was reported in the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

American intelligence does not expect the start of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in 2023, and also considers it unlikely that the conflict will end within a year under all the scenarios studied. This is reported by The Washington Post (WP) newspaper, relying on secret documents that got into social networks.

According to the American newspaper The Washington Post, the Ukrainian authorities postponed the counteroffensive due to weather conditions, lack of ammunition and slow delivery of military equipment.

The Ukrainian authorities unilaterally withdrew from the agreement with Russia on the procedure for crossing the border by residents of border regions. This was announced by the deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Alexey Goncharenko.

The increase in the number of air defense systems is designed to protect infrastructure facilities in the country.

The governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov reported a mortar attack on the village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Shebekinsky city district. To evacuate the population of the shelled streets, the administration of the settlement used "armored cars".

The Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia, Tatiana Moskalkova, said that the Russian side handed over to Ukraine five wounded servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which was a response to the transfer of five seriously wounded Russian soldiers at the end of March.

The office of Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova reported that the project on vocational training and retraining of citizens "Employment Promotion" was proposed to expand to new categories of citizens: participants of the SMO, their family members and families of fallen soldiers.

The head of the Turkish Rodina party, Dogu Perincek, and one of Erdogan's competitors in the presidential elections, said in an interview that he recognizes Crimea as part of the territory of Russia.