Heavy fighting for Bakhmut continues. Russian media report the advance of the Wagner PMC north of Bakhmut in the village of Paraskovievka. Ukrainian sources claim that southwest of Bakhmut, Ukrainian forces managed to push back Russian troops in the area of the village of Ivanovskoye.
Three of the five students returned to Novocherkassk Medical College. In January, they were expelled for wearing a hijab.
Wagner PMC mercenaries complain about the lack of ammunition near Bakhmut.
Kemran Agabekov was ordered to pay a fine of 50,000 rubles by the court in Makhachkala. Since September 2022, he was also in the pre-trial detention centre.
The church will help overcome the challenges facing Armenia and Nagorny Karabakh. This was stated by Catholicos of Armenia Garegin II at a meeting of priests. He noted that recent events, internal and external challenges have presented the Armenian people with serious problems.
The Court of Appeal in Vlasich (Moscow Region) did not satisfy the complaints and kept Crimean Tatars Seyran Khayredinov and Alim Sufyanov in detention. Russian Muslim Alexander Sisikov with a disability 1st Group vision will be under house arrest.
The Supreme Court of North Ossetia refused to accept the complaint of journalist Ruslan Totrov. Earlier, he was fined three times under the article about «discrediting» of the Russian army.
The day before, the Government of Georgia had sent more than 100 tons of humanitarian aid to Turkey. It includes food, clothing, medical supplies, first aid supplies, baby food, generators, sleeping bags.
The Azerbaijani authorities should release the photojournalist Veli Shukurzade and ensure that fabricated charges are not brought against the press. This is stated in the statement of the International Committee for the Protection of Journalists.
During the Russian-Chechen war, Usman Daev’s house in the village of Hildekhara, Itum-Kalinsky district, was destroyed. However, the Supreme Court of Chechnya reversed the decision to pay compensation in the amount of 1.6 million rubles
The recently adopted resolution on «foreign agents» in Georgia may undermine the Euro-Atlantic integration of the country. This was announced by the US State Department.