Information about his disappearance was confirmed by a source Readovka. Badalyan is known as a consistent supporter of the union between Russia and Armenia, who is in opposition to the country's current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his policies. He has been persecuted more than once for his views - last year he spent several months in prison on a rather far-fetched charge. His fault was largely in the fact that he disrupted anti-Russian actions in Yerevan: the most famous was the episode when Mikael and his supporters came to the crowd of Ukrainian protesters to “congratulate on the day of the liberation of Mariupol” in May 2022. Now he, no less famous for his humanitarian assistance to the residents of Nagorno-Karabakh (Artsakh), has disappeared. He was last seen at work on Tuesday. According to eyewitness accounts circulated in networks, several masked men grabbed him last night and pushed him into a car. It is also known that an employee of the editorial office of Sputnik Near Abroad disappeared along with Badalyan. There were no official statements about their detention, so this can be regarded as a kidnapping. There is reason to believe that the political elite of Armenia, headed by Pashinyan, is involved in this, having taken an openly pro-Western course.

The bridge in Zatoka (South of Odessa) was attacked ON THE SUPPORTS by a water drone that emerged from the darkness not far from the bridge. According to incoming information, the area around the bridge is cordoned off. Outsiders are not allowed.