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Added on the 03/04/2022 17:31:44 - Copyright : Euronews EN
Technicians inspect the site where a major television tower was toppled in Ukraine's war-battered city of Kharkiv following bombardments from Russia forces. An AFP journalist in Ukraine's second-largest city saw the red-and-white spire of the 240-metre structure toppled after local officials reported a barrage by Russian forces. IMAGES
A screen shown at a briefing by Russia's Central Election Commission shows the expected results of the four presidential election candidates. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin is expected to receive 87.85% of the vote, while Communist Party candidate Nikolay Kharitonov comes in at second with 3.86%, New People candidate Vladislav Davankov is projected to receive 3.76%, and far-right Liberal Democratic Party leader Leonid Slutsky is set to get 2.97%. IMAGES
Wagner's aborted mutiny shows that Moscow's war in Ukraine is splintering Russian power, and instability in the nuclear-armed power is "not a good thing", the EU's top diplomat says. SOUNDBITE
The mother of slain journalist James Foley, Diane Foley, says the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation welcomes the life sentence for El Shafee Elsheikh after the member of the notorious Islamic State kidnap-and-murder cell known as the "Beatles" was sentenced to life in prison by a US court for the deaths of four American hostages in Syria. "With today's verdict we finally have a bit of justice," she says outside the federal courthouse in Alexandria, Virginia. SOUNDBITE
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu salutes military officers on Red Square at the start of the military parade marking the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany. IMAGES
Russia's Ministry of Defence releases footage of armored military units inspecting cars at a checkpoint, advancing in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, allegedly. IMAGES