A dog extended a “helping paw” to American police officers who came to search for a missing three-year-old boy. The dog noticed the officers and immediately began barking, persistently attracting their attention, the Louisville Metro Police Department said in a Facebook post. Officer Thompson was initially wary of the stray dog. However, although she behaved defiantly, she was not aggressive.

Young participants of the Dynamite Center for Patriotic Education demonstrated elements of preparation for shooting from a machine gun and army hand-to-hand combat techniques. They did this in the Peter and Paul Church in Obukhovo, opposite the altar, reports the “Orthodoxy and Zombies” telegram channel.

39-year-old Julia (last name not indicated at the request of the heroine) moved to Portugal. She was going to go to the ocean and work remotely at an IT company. But everything didn’t go according to plan: she was unexpectedly fired. Then Julia found a completely different job, which, as she realized, she liked much more. She spoke to Kholod about what she likes and dislikes about Lisbon and how her experiences in recent years have taught her to approach life in a new way.

Archbishop of Zelenograd Savva, in the world Sergei Tutunov, refused to create a channel in the so-called national messenger Max. Tutunov wrote about this on his Telegram channel. “Dear subscribers, I created a “community” on VK to duplicate posts from this channel, although, to be honest, I don’t see a future for this format. There are no plans to move to the so-called MAX,” Tutunov said.

To allow Ukrainian citizens to vote in a referendum on the terms of the truce, Russia is ready to agree to a ceasefire, but only for one day, instead of 60. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said this in an interview with Axios. According to him, the United States and Ukraine agreed that any peace deal must be approved by the Ukrainian people in a referendum.

The first round of trilateral negotiations between Russia, Ukraine and the United States ended in the capital of international diplomacy, the Swiss city of Geneva. The meeting was held with great tension, TASS reports citing a source. “The negotiations were very tense. Lasted six hours. At the moment they are completed,” an informed source told the news agency.

American Roberta Esposito killed her ex-wife and child during a hockey match between students from two schools in the United States. This was reported by The Telegraph. In 2020, Robert Dorgan revealed that he had undergone gender reassignment surgery and began identifying as a woman under the name Robert Esposito. The shooting occurred on February 16 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. The shooting began in the stands, killing a woman and her child.

The Iranian delegation made it clear during negotiations with the United States that the country is ready to suspend uranium enrichment for up to three years and transfer existing reserves to a third country, sources told The Wall Street Journal. If a deal is concluded with the United States, the Islamic Republic would like to begin business relations with the American side, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hamid Ghanbari said following the negotiations held in Geneva.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs for St. Petersburg opened an administrative case against Kazakh rapper Ruslan “Ganvest” Gominov in connection with promoting the use of narcotic substances. The head of the Safe Internet League, Ekaterina Mizulina, announced this on her Telegram channel. “An administrative investigation is underway, the materials have been sent for examination. This is stated in the response to our appeal,” Mizulina wrote.

The European Commission has announced the launch of an official investigation into the Chinese online retailer Shein, The Guardian reported . The reason was suspicions of numerous violations of European legislation, including the sale of sex dolls with childish features and weapons. The investigation will cover three areas of the platform’s activities.

Users began to complain that one of the most popular VPN protocols, VLESS, began to work intermittently. This is associated with the actions of Roskomnadzor (RKN), which probably began to use artificial intelligence algorithms for more effective blocking, the DTF says . “Presumably, RKN is actively using AI to detect VPN traffic. Complaints are coming from different regions of Russia, both from private users and from VPN service operators,” write RuNet users.

Over the past five years, China has increased its production of nuclear submarines and, for the first time, has begun launching them faster than world naval leader the United States, CNN reports , citing a report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS). “More Chinese submarines at sea pose a growing challenge to the US and other Western countries as they try to increase their own production,” the IISS report said.

Apple announced the launch of an updated video podcast format in the Apple Podcasts app. The new feature will be available this spring and will allow users to watch and download video episodes directly within the app. CNBC reports this. The company attributes the changes to the growing popularity of the video format. According to Edison Research, about 37% of people over the age of 12 watch video versions of podcasts monthly.

The Ukrainian delegation participating in the trilateral peace talks in Geneva has disagreements regarding the strategy for further action. The Economist reports this. Some of the negotiators, which, according to the journalists’ interlocutors, was headed by the head of Zelensky’s office, Kirill Budanov, believe that “the interests of Ukraine are best served by an early conclusion of an agreement under American leadership.” They believe the window of opportunity may soon close.

Russian propagandists sharply criticized the blocking of Telegram in the country, Bloomberg noted . The messenger's restrictions have drawn disapproval from unexpected figures: propagandists, Russian military personnel who use the service to communicate at the front, pro-war bloggers and regional officials. Thus, propagandist Vladimir Solovyov on February 15, during the “Moscow. Kremlin.