Telegram messaging app chief freed from custody ahead of court appearance
Pavel Durov was detained at Le Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday.
Pavel Durov was detained at Le Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday.
Durov faces claims his platform is being used to sell child abuse material and drug trafficking, prosecutors said.
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday the arrest was not a political move but part of an independent investigation.
Volodymyr Zelensky condemned Russia’s overnight and early-morning attack on his country as ‘vile’.
At least three people were reported killed in the barrage, which appeared to target energy infrastructure.
The 39-year-old is the subject of an arrest warrant based on allegations that his platform has been used for money laundering and drug trafficking.
Meanwhile, a Reuters journalist is missing after Russian fire struck a hotel in eastern Ukraine where a team from the news agency were staying.
The prime minister met President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss Ukraine’s peace formula.
Ukraine is making gains in Kursk but continues to lose ground in its eastern Donetsk region.
The attack comes as Kyiv continues its offensive in the Kursk region where it has taken territory and prisoners.
Kyiv’s incursion into the Kursk region is changing the war’s trajectory but Russia’s push in eastern Ukraine is poised to claim another key centre.
Pro-Kremlin military bloggers acknowledged the destruction of the first bridge on the Seim River near the town of Glushkovo
It is the first time Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has clearly stated the aim of the operation, which was launched on August 6.
Russian media report the attacks have left the area with just one intact bridge.
The president of the republic described the vehicle as a ‘beast’.