Ukraine exchanged one of the UOC-MP priests convicted of collaboration for 28 prisoners of war. The head of the SBU announced this.

On 21 April 1996, the President of the Chechen Republic, Jokhar Dudayev, was assassinated by the Russian military in a land-based missile strike.

In the Southern District Military Court, the arrest of political prisoners Alimu Sufyanov and Seyran Hayredinov was extended for three months in the pre-trial detention centre. Aleksandr Sisikov with a disability of the first group of vision was extended his house arrest for the same period.

In Georgia 228 mosques have been handed over to the Muslim community and 70 more are planned. Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has said.
According to him, in 2013-2015 the center of the Muslim community was established in Adjara and now the land in Tbilisi has been transferred to it. "We highly appreciate the contribution that your community, distinguished by hard work and devotion to the motherland, makes to the progress and strengthening of our country," said Garibashvili.

The court in Baku extended the period of arrest of public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev for another two months - until June 28. The defense disagreed with this decision.   

The Embassy of Azerbaijan sent a protest note to the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs due to recent statements by State Duma deputy Oleg Matveichev. His remarks were deemed unacceptable and aimed at destabilizing the situation in the South Caucasus. 

Uraza Bayram is one of the two main days in the Muslim calendar. It is celebrated on the first day of the month following the sacred month «Ramadan». «Id mubarak» - this is how believers greet each other on the day of the end of fasting, which means congratulating with a blessed holiday.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has accepted the claim of «Georgia against Russia». In it, the complainant requested clarification of the deaths of three Georgian citizens whose murderers were allegedly being sheltered in Russia. We are talking about the deaths of David Basharuli, Archil Tatunashvili and Giga Otkhozoria. Tbilisi believes that Moscow is harboring the security forces responsible for their deaths. 

Heavy fighting continues for the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region. The Ukrainian side repelled 22 Russian attacks.

Mahdi Magomedov, one of the alleged participants of the detachments of field commanders Shamil Basayev and Khattab, was found guilty of attempting to harm the lives of soldiers. According to the investigation, in February 2000, a man attacked the Airborne Forces.