"I asked myself if I am alive or not": An eyewitness speaks about how Ukrainian troops shelled a village in the Zaporozhye region

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Footage of a bridge over the Karachekrak River in the Zaporozhye region: it was destroyed after Ukrainian forces shelled it with ‘Uragan’ MLRS

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An auto parade is being held in Lebanon in support of Russia

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❗Ukrainian opposition politician Medvedchuk placed under arrest without possibility of bail: report

❗L’Occitane announces closure of retail, online stores in Russia

❗Russia's Investigative Committee says it will interrogate a British mercenary detained in Mariupol

💬Zelensky: 'Elimination' of Ukrainian troops in Mariupol will doom talks with Russia

A Toronto Maple Leafs fan was caught on camera mercilessly beating another fan bloody in the stands. He wanted punish him for allegedly touching a girl in an inappropriate way. When the spectators intervened, the fan claimed he was “done”.

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❗The crew of the sunken Moskva cruiser will continue to serve in the fleet - Russian Defence Ministry

Medvedchuk's wife said that her husband agreed to the exchange and extradition to Russia if Kiev and Moscow reached an agreement

Medvedchuk's wife asked Putin for help in exchanging her husband

Ukrainian troops have shelled the Petrovsky district of Donetsk today: several people, including two children, have been injured

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"Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich! I am the wife of Ukrainian opposition politician Viktor Medvedchuk. I am addressing you to ask for your help in freeing my husband, who was illegally detained by the Kiev authorities for political reasons... Viktor Medvedchuk has given his consent to an exchange and extradition to Russia if the Russian and Ukrainian sides reach relevant agreements," Marchenko said.

The latest updates on the Ukraine op from the Russian Defence Ministry:

▪️Ukrainian armed forces lost more than 4,000 people in Mariupol;

▪️Zelensky's claims that the Ukrainian military lost 2,500-3,000 troops is “simply a lie”, Ukraine’s military losses exceed 23,300;

▪️A Ukrainian plane, delivering a large batch of Western weapons supplied to the country, was downed near Odessa;

▪️Up to 2,500 "Azov" neo-Nazis, foreign mercenaries and Ukrainian troops remain at the Azovstal plant in Mariupol;

▪️Russian military has struck 317 Ukrainian military facilities, including: 274 strong points and areas of concentration of enemy manpower, 24 control points and 2 field fuel storage facilities of Ukrainian troops

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🎥The commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy met with the crew of the Moskva cruiser in Sevastopol

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⚡️🇺🇸Several people have been reportedly shot at Columbiana Centre mall in South Carolina

😳👉Drama erupted in the Missouri State House over a proposed law that would prevent trans women from participating in women’s sports.

In a passionate speech on Thursday, state Representative Ian Mackey, 35, blasted Representative Chuck Basye, 63, over his support of the Save Women’s Sports bill, which would ban those who are biologically male from competing for women’s athletics scholarships. The legislation was an amendment to a different bill designed to audit the state’s voter rolls, the Springfield News-Leader reported.

“This is the legislation you want to put forward. This is what consumes your time… I was afraid of people like you growing up,” said Mackey, who is gay. “Thank God, I made it out. I think every day of the kids who are still there who haven’t made it out, who haven’t escaped from this kind of bigotry. Gentlemen, I’m not afraid of you anymore.

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🔻North Korean head of state Kim Jong-Un oversaw a huge civilian parade Friday in the country’s capital of Pyongyang marking the 110th birth anniversary of his state-founding grandfather.

Thousands of North Koreans marched in the event to pay tribute to the Kim family and celebrate the birthday of Kim Il Sung, who died in 1994, according to state media reports Saturday.

Released media images showed Kim Jong Un waves from a balcony overlooking Kim Il Sung Square, named after his grandfather, to the large swaths of people below carrying red plastic flowers and marching alongside floats with political slogans.

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UPDATE❗️ A total of 12 people were injured as a result of the shooting that occurred at a mall in the city of Columbia, South Carolina, according to the Columbia Police Department

😱😷For weeks, China’s most populous city, Shanghai, has been under strict lockdown orders in an effort to control a coronavirus outbreak. Its 25 million residents have been trapped at home, struggling to feed themselves or get medical help for sick family members. Others have been corralled into makeshift quarantine centers and temporary hospitals, unsure when they will be allowed to leave.

Under government rules, the almost 300,000 residents who have tested positive for the coronavirus since early March and their close contacts must be sent to mass quarantine centers or to hospitals, depending on the severity of their symptoms.

Videos have shown people fighting over stretched-thin supplies, trying to plug leaks, and in some cases attempting to escape centers. On Thursday, residents at an apartment complex in the Zhangjiang high-tech park in Pudong clashed with police after authorities said the compound would be converted into an isolation site.

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👀🔎In Missouri, Georgia, Ohio, and now Nebraska, Republican men running for high office face significant allegations of domestic violence, stalking, and even sexual assault — accusations that once would have derailed any run for office.

But in an era of Republican politics when Donald J. Trump could survive and thrive amid accusations of sexual assault. Republican candidates, by and large, have remained defiant. One exception is Sean Parnell, Mr. Trump’s pick for an open Senate seat in Pennsylvania, who suspended his campaign after his estranged wife testified that he had repeatedly abused her and their children.

Political scientists are not surprised by Republicans’ tolerance for accusations. Charges of misogyny, sexual harassment, and even domestic abuse have “become deeply partisan in terms of beliefs about what is acceptable and what is appropriate,” said Kelly Dittmar, a professor at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University.

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