Vladimir Bandura has appeared in a video, claiming Kiev’s forces had killed monks and set fire to an Orthodox monastery The Kiev-appointed mayor of Sviatogorsk, Vladimir Bandura, has switched his allegiance to the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) following the town’s liberation from Ukrainian forces.

Russia became India’s second biggest crude oil supplier in May, as New Delhi stocked up on discounted Russian deliveries, Reuters reported on Monday, citing trade sources. According to the report, Indian refiners received around 819,000 barrels per day of Russian oil last month, compared to some 277,000 in April.

The defection of a key lawmaker has left PM Naftali Bennett’s government holding fewer than half of parliamentary seats Israel may be headed for its fifth election in three years as the ruling coalition headed by Prime Minister Naftali Bennett shows signs of unraveling and losing its grip on power.