Russia has lost about half of its modern tanks in a year of war in Ukraine, according to a report by the British International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), which was reviewed by Der Spigel. According to the report, since the beginning of the war, Russia has lost about 50% of the pre-war number of T-72B and T-72B3M tanks, as well as a large number of T-80s.

At a cemetery near Lugansk, local residents have discovered 42 fresh graves in which Wagner PMC fighters may be buried, the BBC Russian Service reports. Initially, local residents themselves began distributing photographs of the graves in order to find relatives of the deceased: "We thought that maybe these people were lying here, and their relatives didn't even know about it.

The European Parliament approved a resolution calling on the Georgian authorities to release former President Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been in custody since autumn 2021, and allow him to undergo treatment abroad.

Chechnya governor Ramzan Kadyrov criticized the leaders of Russian regions for publishing information about Russia’s losses in the war with Ukraine. Kadyrov said that “losses are inevitable,” but that he doesn’t understand “when leaders of the regions squawk about the numbers of dead.” “I have a question: what for? They write everything down to the tiniest detail,” he wrote.

EU ambassadors have approved the creation of a special working group “on the use of frozen and immobilized Russian assets to support Ukraine’s reconstruction,” the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the EU announced on Twitter. The group will examine the legal, financial, economic, and political possibilities for directing Russian assets to Ukraine.

In Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar, concerts of Alexander Revva (Artur Pirozhkov), scheduled for February 15 and 16, were cancelled. He announced this on his Instagram. I am forced to inform you that previously planned concerts are being postponed due to “technical problems related to the inability to provide high-quality support for the event” beyond my control.

The State Duma of the Russian Federation voted to denounce the agreement between the governments of Russia and Latvia on the avoidance of double taxation. Interfax reported this. The denunciation bill was introduced into parliament in December. Now it must be approved by the Federation Council and President Vladimir Putin.

The Swiss Ministry of Justice did not find legal grounds for confiscating private assets frozen in the country's banks on the accounts of Russian citizens and transferring them to Ukraine for restoration. This is stated in the message of the ministry.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, criticized the leaders of Russian regions for publishing information about Russia's losses in the war with Ukraine. about this He wrote in his telegram channel. Kadyrov said that in the performance of combat missions "losses are inevitable", but noted that he does not understand "when the leaders of the regions trumpet the number of dead" in the war. “I have a question: for what?

Ukrainian Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov said in an interview with Reuters that the country's President Vladimir Zelensky asked him to remain at the head of the defense department.

In Ukraine, the "decolonization of art" was welcomed. In Russia and Armenia, do not agree with this Ivan Aivazovsky. Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty images The New York Metropolitan Museum changed the signatures to the paintings of Ivan Aivazovsky, Ilya Repin and Arkhip Kuindzhi, who are in the museum collection. Now next to the names of artists it is noted that they are Ukrainians. Earlier, the museum called them Russian painters.

What some authorities have to say On September 21, 2022, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on “partial mobilization” in Russia. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that 300 thousand people would be drafted into the army, but the relevant paragraph of the decree was classified. On November 1, it was announced that the mobilization was over, but Putin did not issue a new decree to that effect. Authorities have given several different explanations as to why the mobilization decree was still in force.

Where do they fly from? What sizes are there? And can all humanity kill? Konstantin Akimov. September 24, 2019 Exactly ten years ago, on February 15, 2013, a bright flash lit up the sky over the Chelyabinsk region - and thousands of people witnessed the last moments of the meteorite fall, the fragments of which were later discovered near Lake Chebarkul. Thanks to numerous records from the DVR, the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite has become the most documented in history.

Sergey Gridin, a Komi Republic native conscripted for mandatory term service in the Russian military, has committed suicide at an army base near Moscow. His family has confirmed this to Sirena and another independent news outlet . Gridin was 20 years old. A Telegram channel covering mobilization writes that Gridin hanged himself on a water tower’s exterior ladder. His fellow conscripts found the body with a suicide note that asked for a criminal investigation of his command.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. In the West, they say that in the war of Russia with Ukraine there is "a turning point." But why do the allies of Kyiv are slow with the supply of combat aircraft? On February 14, the ninth meeting of countries-the Allies of Ukraine was held at the NATO headquarters in Brussels in Brussels. Such negotiations are held to coordinate efforts to support the Armed Forces of Ukraine.