Israel shot down a plane from Syria, and Russia is looking for the murderer of Tatarsky: last night's highlights

Search for the killer of 'war correspondent' Tatarsky

Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, denied Kyiv's involvement in the death of Russian 'war corespondent' Vladlen Tatarsky. The Russian Foreign Ministry complained about the “Kyiv regime”, although it did not directly accuse Ukraine.

A little later, a 26-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, Daria Trepova, was detained on suspicion of Tatarsky's murder. She has already been taken to the investigator. Law enforcement officials suspect that it was she who brought a box with a statuette containing explosives to the meeting with Tatarsky.

According to Russian media, Trepova was detained twice in February 2022 at anti-war rallies. Russian special forces have also arrived at the girl's home to search.

Nuclear weapons of the Russian Federation on the border with the West

Russia's ambassador to Minsk, Boris Gryzlov, said that his country will deploy nuclear weapons on the western border of the Union State, which includes Russia and Belarus.

“It will be moved to the western borders of our Union State and will increase the ability to guarantee our security. This will be done despite the noise in Europe and the United States,” Gryzlov said.

Service center in Romania

The German concern Rheinmetall is building a maintenance and logistics center in Romania, near the border with Ukraine.

Initially, the hub will be used to maintain Western combat systems for Ukraine, such as Leopard 2. In the future, Rheinmetall plans to maintain and repair weapons from Ukraine, such as battle tanks and self-propelled howitzers.

Israel shoots down a plane from Syria

The Israeli army said it shot down an unidentified aircraft on Sunday, April 2, that allegedly entered its territory from Syria. Israel has been attacking targets in Syria linked to Iran for years. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, in March alone, Israel carried out 6 strikes on Syrian territory.

Montenegro elects new president

Opposition candidate Jakov Milatović won the Montenegrin presidential election. In the second round, he won 58.9% of the vote, beating the incumbent, Milo Đukanović.

Milatović, 36, is an economist with little experience in politics. He ran in the election as a member of the pro-European movement Europe Now. During the election campaign, Milatović advocated for the country's European integration and welfare. However, he was also supported by pro-Serbian parties and the Serbian Orthodox Church.

The party of the Finnish Prime Minister lost to the opposition in the elections

In the Finnish parliamentary elections held on April 2, two opposition parties won the most votes, while the party of the current head of government, Sanna Marin, came in third.

The winner was the National Coalition party led by Petteri Orpo, which gained 20.8% of the vote. The leader of the party that received the most votes in the parliamentary elections has the first right to form a new government.

Other news:

• The number of wounded increased to 11 as a result of the shelling of Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast. Kurakhove and Toretsk were also hit;
• More than 50 shell hits per day in Sumy Oblast: a farm and residential buildings were damaged;
• The Netherlands will assist Ukraine in restoring critical infrastructure and provide comprehensive support in the security and humanitarian spheres;
• General Serhii Naiev told how the Shahed drones are trying to avoid Ukrainian air defense and how Ukrainian anti-aircraft gunners are fighting them;
• According to a spokesman for the Operation Command “South”, Collaborators on the left bank of Kherson Oblast are preparing for pseudo-elections in the autumn.