Medvedchuk’s golden car, the earthquake in Afghanistan, the shooting of a journalist by the Russian military. Highlights of the day

Journalist Maksim Levin shot by Russian military - RSF

Ukrainian journalist Maxim Levin, who died in March, was shot by Russian soldiers. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) wrote about this in their investigation.

According to him, Levin and his friend, military man Alexei Chernyshov, were looking for the journalist's drone in the forests occupied by Russia. Levin went into the thicket of the forest, while Chernyshov remained in the car. All this time they were followed by the Russian military who noticed them. They shot Levin, and Chernyshov, hearing the shots, got out of the car. The military opened automatic fire at the car, one of the bullets hit Chernyshov. They then set fire to the car. It is also possible that the Russian military burned Chernyshov alive.

More than a thousand people died in Afghanistan from the earthquake

In Afghanistan, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 killed more than a thousand people, 1.5 thousand were injured. Such data are provided by Mohammad Amin Khozaifa, director of information and culture of Paktika, in an interview with Reuters.

The epicenter of the earthquake was located about 44 km from the center of Khost province. In addition to Afghanistan, the tremors were felt by residents of Pakistan and India.

Medvedchuk's restaurant car with a golden samovar and emblems of Russia was arrested in Ukraine

The Lychakovsky District Court of Lvov arrested some property belonging to Putin's godfather Viktor Medvedchuk, including a railway dining car. Medvedchuk himself had his arrest extended.

Sledstvo.Info journalists found and showed the dining car back in March. It has a main hall for 40 people, a kitchen, a VIP compartment and a toilet, a bar counter. Also on the train were found glasses with a gilded coat of arms of Russia worth 5,000 hryvnias apiece. In addition, Medvedchuk's car is decorated with a table lamp of the French brand Bronze D'Art Français "Napoleon lll" for 100,000 hryvnias, a gilded samovar, and table sets from the French luxury brand Cristofle Paris. A chest for storing silver forks, spoons and knives costs 14,000 hryvnias, and each silver fork and spoon costs from 3,000 to 9,000 hryvnias.

According to the authorities of Mariupol, the Russian military killed more than 22 thousand residents of the city

The Russian military killed more than 22 thousand residents of Mariupol. Mayor of Mariupol Vadym Boychenko told about it:

“Our cautious figure, while we could still count, is 22,000 civilians killed by the occupying forces. This is many times more than Nazi Germany did during the two years of occupation.”

Earlier, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol, Petr Andryushchenko , told The Insider that those who remained and survived in the city are being evicted by the Russian military to the streets. Their houses are being demolished and symbolically compensated for this.

Since the beginning of the war, pro-Russian hackers have attacked 128 organizations in 42 countries

Microsoft was told that since the beginning of the war, pro-Russian hackers have attacked 128 organizations in 42 countries.

The company's report says that one of their main targets was Poland, where the delivery of most of the military and humanitarian aid is coordinated. Russian hackers have also attacked the Baltic countries, and in the past two months, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Turkey.

The list of targets of hackers includes think tanks, humanitarian organizations, IT companies, energy and other critical infrastructure facilities.

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