In the Samara region, Denis Zubov, the son of Igor Zubov, the deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, was detained in the case of a bribe. This was reported by TASS and RIA Novosti sources in law enforcement agencies.

Why do many countries evacuate embassies from Kyiv or ask their citizens to leave Ukraine? Russia really needs a war? Mikhail Metzel / TASS / Scanpix / Leta On February 12, the situation around Ukraine has noticeably aggravated: dozens of countries called on their citizens to leave Ukrainian territory, some countries evacuated diplomatic employees from Kiev to Lviv.

On February 12, a US Navy Virginia -class submarine was discovered in the area of ​​the Kuril island of Urup, where scheduled exercises of the Russian Pacific Fleet were taking place. This was reported by the Russian Ministry of Defense. The submarine crew was sent a message in Russian and English via underwater sound communication: “You are in Russian territorial waters.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden held telephone conversations. They lasted a little over an hour, according to CNN, citing a White House spokesman.

Sergey Dolzhenko / EPA / Scanpix / Leta in Kiev on February 12, a march of unity was held, whose participants announced their readiness to unite Russia in Ukraine (on the eve of the United States, they admitted that it could happen “at any time”, although Russia denies military aggression against Ukraine). According to the Ukrainian media, from a thousand to several thousand people took part in the march.

Kyiv Sikorsky Airport On February 11, the US Presidential Administration Joe Biden said that Russia has been prepared enough for the possible invasion of Ukraine and can start it “at any time”. The White House advised the Americans to leave the country in the next two days, explaining that then the situation with air transportation could be complicated. For a day with calls to leave Ukraine or to refrain from trips to their citizens, 30 countries turned to their citizens. Here is their list.

Dutch airline KLM is halting flights to Ukraine amid the threat of a Russian invasion. This was reported by the publication De Telegraaf, citing an official representative of the company. Today's KLM flight to Kyiv has been cancelled. It is still unknown when the company will resume flights to Ukraine. A KLM spokesman said the decision to halt flights came after the Dutch Foreign Ministry issued Ukraine a red travel warning on Feb. 12 and advised its citizens not to visit the country.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Emmanuel Macron held telephone conversations. This information was confirmed to Interfax by the Russian president's press secretary Dmitry Peskov. The French television channel Europe1 reported, citing the Elysee Palace, that the conversation lasted 1 hour and 40 minutes. It was devoted to the escalation of tensions around Ukraine.

The US State Department ordered the evacuation of non-critical American embassy employees from Ukraine. The US Embassy in Ukraine announced this on its Twitter page. The website of the Bureau of the State Department for Consular Affairs states that from February 13, the provision of consular services in Kiev will be suspended.

There is too much discussion in the information space about the alleged Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believes. The video recording of his statement was published by the Ukrainian service of the BBC, I believe that today in the information space there is too much information about a deep full-scale war on the part of the Russian Federation. They even say the dates. We understand all the risks, we understand that these risks exist.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Almost all the leaders of the opposition were in exile - a year after they planted Navalny. What can they affect Russia from abroad? This week, Femactivist Daria Serenko was arrested for 15 days: on her page on Instagram they found a post with the symbols of “smart voting” - technologies that the supporters of Alexei Navalny proposed to use in the elections.

NASA Telescope James Webb sent the first images to the ground, on February 11 they were published by NASA. The picture is the star of HD 84406, which is located in 260 light years from the sun. Rather, in the picture - 18 of its images. The star itself is not of particular interest for scientists, but it is bright enough so that the telescope can be calibrated on it.

President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov has decided to leave his post. This follows from his statement at a meeting of the Halk Maslakhaty, the upper house of the parliament of Turkmenistan. Berdimuhamedov's words were retold by the state news agency Turkmenistan Today.

The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has decided to “some optimization” of its staff in Ukraine. This was stated by the official representative of the department Maria Zakharova. She recalled that The New York Times reported a month ago , citing sources, that the families of Russian diplomats were evacuated from Ukraine. This message, according to Zakharova, was intended to create an "information cover" for the removal of Western diplomats and their families from Ukraine.

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