The founder of the Wagner PMC, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that his mercenaries seized the Bakhmut administration building in the Donetsk region.

The number of political prisoners and persecuted by the Russian authorities in Crimea is 285. 194 of them are representatives of the Crimean Tatar people. This was reported by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center.

Russia still occupies 20 per cent of Georgia’s territory. That is why Georgians understand the suffering of Ukrainians and express unwavering solidarity with them. This was stated by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, who participated remotely in the «Butcha - Russia’s Responsibility for the Crimes Committed in Ukraine». 

The Presidium of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People called on the Crimean Tatars, Ukrainians and representatives of other nationalities living in Crimea to join the ranks of the «Kara Dag» brigade. This is one of the assault brigades of the National Guard of Ukraine, created to liberate the Crimea. Its motto - «Let’s raise our flag over the Crimea».

In 2022, liquor sales in Chechnya fell by 42%. However, in Ingushetia, according to the Russian Alcohol Regulation, they increased by 26.4%. In Karachay-Cherkessia the growth was 23.9%, in Kabardino-Balkaria - 13.3%, in North Ossetia - 11.6%, in Stavropol territory - 8.1%, in Dagestan - 4.8%. 

Russia imposed partial food sanctions against Armenia, namely a ban on the supply of dairy products from April 5. Rosselkhoznadzor of the Russian Federation «discovered» that Armenian enterprises used raw materials from Iran. The department said that such products can not be delivered to Russia.

Ukraine will buy 100 Rosomak armored personnel carriers from Poland using American and European funds. This was announced by the Prime Minister of the Republic Mateusz Morawiecki.

Novocherkassk City Court continued the consideration of the administrative complaint of the convicted Crimean Tatar human rights defender Server Mustafayev against the Novocherkassk remand centre. The political prisoner demands to recover the material damage connected with the illegal actions of the administration of SIZO-3.