UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that the United Nations is launching a mission whose task will be to collect facts about the deaths of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka. According to Guterres, quoted by Reuters, both Russia and Ukraine have asked the UN to conduct such an investigation. Details will be announced later, Guterres said, adding that both sides of the conflict should agree on the work of the mission.

Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that the International Criminal Court cannot consider Russia's invasion as “aggression,” UNIAN reports. “In his (International Criminal Court), the charter says that one of the crimes by which he can judge is aggression. But in practice, purely for legal reasons, he cannot apply this article specifically to the case of Ukraine and Russia, ”Kuleba said. What exactly are legal reasons, the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry did not explain.

Forbes magazine is planning to sell to a new owner. According to The New York Times, publisher Forbes brought in Citigroup to find a new owner for the asset. Purchase offers have been sent to major media holdings, three people familiar with the matter, including Yahoo, told the New York Times. According to the publication, the owners of Forbes intend to fetch at least $630 million for it - the company was valued at this amount in May 2022, when it was preparing to go public.

Employees of state-owned enterprises in Russia’s Leningrad region have begun receiving orders to report “for military retraining.” According to Novaya Gazeta Europe, men ages 18-60 are being served summons at their workplaces either directly or through their superiors. The day after the summons is served, the men are required to go to their local enlistment offices and are sent from there to military bases.

The Leninsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod has satisfied the claim of the sushi bar chain Tanuki for compensation due to the action of supporters of the " Male State " who made orders at the chain's restaurants in Nizhny Novgorod and refused to pay for them, Kommersant writes. Tanuki's claim named three defendants: the founder of the "Male State" Vladislav Pozdnyakov and its participants from Nizhny Novgorod, Dmitry Gubanov and Igor Nosov.

The war-skeptical Sverdlovsk region has been under attack from conservative pundits. That's great news for its Putin-backed governor. Natache / URA.RU / ТАСС An exhibit by artist Erik Bulatov at the Yeltsin Center. 2018 Story by Andrey Pertsev . Abridged translation by Sam Breazeale . Over the last decade, Yekaterinburg has shown itself to be a city of edgy street art , opposition politicians , and a fair amount of old-fashioned protesting .

The authorities of the Leningrad region sent an order to state-owned enterprises to send employees "for military retraining." Writes about it "Novaya Gazeta. Europe". According to the publication, men between the ages of 18 and 60 are handed summons directly at the workplace, or they are asked to appear at the military registration and enlistment office through management. The next day after receiving the summons, they are sent to the military unit.

Meduza investigates who’s behind one of the major propaganda outlets covering Russia’s war against Ukraine Story by Daniil Belovodiev. Abridged Translation by Meghan Vicks. The website Russian Spring (along with its Telegram channel “Operation Z: Russian Spring War Correspondents”) is one of the largest propaganda outlets writing about the war in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced on Wednesday that the International Criminal Court cannot declare Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to be a crime of aggression “purely for legal reasons.” Though wars of aggression exist as one of the crimes the court can judge, the ICC cannot apply this statute specifically to the case of Ukraine and Russia, Kuleba said without explaining further.

Finnish companies have begun to restrict the sale of sanctioned goods to Russian tourists, writes Yle. In particular, Gigantti and Power stores, which sell smartphones, computers and household appliances, say they have stopped selling goods going to Russia duty-free. In turn, the Kymen seudun osuuskauppa network stated that it had limited the sale of goods for which Tax Free is issued to products that are not included in the sanctions list.

Victor Moriyama / Getty Images February 11, 2016. The biologist works with genetically modified barren mosquitoes in Campinas (Brazil). The spread of such mosquitoes in the territory where mosquitoes often tolerate dangerous viruses and parasites is another way to combat such diseases Denge is a deadly disease that often spreads in densely populated places.

The Italian authorities have seized 141 million euros’ ($143 million) worth of assets from Lanfranco Cirillo , the architect behind “ Putin’s palace ” on the Black Sea, according to a government press release . The seized property includes multiple homes, a helicopter, bank holdings, cash, jewelry, and works of art, including paintings by Picasso, Cézanne, and Kandinsky. Cirillo, who stands accused of violating Italian tax law and laundering money, was not named in the press release.

The Financial Guard of Italy seized assets belonging to the architect of the "Putin's Palace" near Gelendzhik, Lanfranco Cirillo, for 141 million euros. This is reported by the Italian media, citing a press release from the department , in which Cirillo's name is not mentioned. The list of seized property included houses, a helicopter, banking assets, cash, jewelry, as well as works of art - according to La Repubblica, including works by Picasso, Cezanne and Kandinsky.

Update: Ozon said that the information that has appeared about the missing 20 employees is explained by the rules for using mobile phones in the warehouse. Workers leave mobile phones in the lockers before entering the warehouse, and during the evacuation, not everyone managed to pick them up, the company representative told Interfax. “Later, when not all employees of operational services were able to get through, a version of the loss of people appeared, but it was not confirmed,” he said.

At a briefing for foreign military attaches, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexander Fomin said that since the beginning of the war, Russia and Ukraine have carried out 27 operations to exchange prisoners of war and the bodies of dead servicemen, RIA Novosti writes. Since the beginning of the war, the Russian side has rarely commented on the exchange of prisoners. So, the Russian Ministry of Defense at official briefings only once - on June 30 - mentioned the exchange.