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Since the beginning of the year, Ukrainian forces have neutralized more than 1,500 (1,609) enemy armored combat vehicles and 748 tanks, according to Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Belarus’ self-proclaimed President Alexander Lukashenko has ordered a combat readiness test for the country’s armed forces. The exercises will include live firing, as well as the deployment of strike drones and aircraft.
Alexander Lukashenko has officially become the president of Belarus for the seventh consecutive time. Since the creation of the presidential position in the country, he has been its first and only leader.
During the inauguration ceremony, Lukashenko remarked, “Half the world dreams of our ‘dictatorship.’”
The enemy launched a massive strike on an enterprise in Izium, Kharkiv region, using 14 UAVs, according to the State Emergency Service.
The attack destroyed seven buildings of the industrial complex and caused a fire at the site. Three cars and a grassy area near the enterprise also caught fire.
Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Russians struck the city of Zaporizhzhia. Preliminary reports indicate no casualties. Emergency services are working to assess the consequences.
The railway station near the attacked Kavkazskaya oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar region was used for military purposes, according to Alexander Shabanov, a former station driver, in an interview with Astra.
Shabanov revealed that the nearby Getmanovskaya station, connected to the oil terminal, facilitated the supply, formation, and parking of military trains. "When something is transported from Stavropol or to Stavropol, they pass through this station," said Shabanov, who worked at the Kavkazskaya locomotive depot for 12 years.
Shabanov, who opposed the Russian-Ukrainian war in 2022, admitted to sabotaging the railway junction in protest. Facing pressure due to his anti-war stance, he emigrated to France with his wife and three daughters.
McDonald’s is investing over UAH 1.8 billion to expand and upgrade its network in Ukraine.
In 2025, the company plans to open nine new restaurants across the country.
The president of Argentina has ordered the declassification of all files related to Nazis who fled to the country from Germany after World War II, according to Cabinet Secretary Guillermo Francos.
He stated that unpublished documents on Nazi banking and financial transactions remain in Argentina’s archives.
The decision followed a meeting between President Javier Milei and U.S. Senator Steve Daines, who has advocated for years to release information on Nazis who escaped to Argentina.
The spiral visible in the sky is the result of rocket fuel emissions dumped into the atmosphere. This phenomenon occurred following the launch of the NROL-69 reconnaissance satellite by the U.S.
Similar spirals were also observed in France, Poland, and Germany.
The severe exhaustion of Ukrainian soldiers returning from Russian captivity, marked by extreme emaciation, can be classified as torture, according to Gunduz Mammadov, an expert in national and international criminal law.