#Russia-Ukraine war

#Russia-Ukraine war

Air and train traffic in and around the city was suspended after the mobile phone take shelter alert, the first issued in an EU and Nato country since the start of Russia's 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Air raid alert! Go immediately to a shelter or a safe place, take care of your family members and wait for further instructions, read the defence ministry's warning, which was sent at about 10.20am on Wednesday and lasted for about an hour.

The Kyrgyz Justice Ministry has announced that 50 companies will be forced to suspend their activities after they had been flagged by Western partners. "After they report risks, we study them and respond. For example, the United States and the United Kingdom have made allegations regarding 51 companies," Deputy Prime Minister Daniyar Amangeldiev told state news agency Kabar on May 19. "We conducted an investigation and suspended the registration of 50 companies. There may be suspicious circumstances. We will prove it in court," he added.

His films have been hailed as damning allegories of the Russian population's apathy in the face of state oppression. Yet when director Andrey Zvyagintsev learned of his country's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, he too was paralysed, and literally so. A severe infection with Covid-19 had left the film-maker stranded at a clinic in Hanover, Germany, struggling to breathe with 90% lung damage and unable to move or feel his limbs for several months.

Evika Silina announced her resignation on Thursday, a day after the Progressives party, her left-leaning coalition partner, withdrew its support over her decision to fire the defence minister, Andris Spruds, a Progressives member. The Progressives' move left Silina, who leads the centre-right New Unity party, without a ruling majority. Latvia's president, Edgars Rinkevics, is due to meet all party representatives on Friday for talks on a new government.