The UN General Assembly has supported a resolution proposed by Ukraine and its allies that calls on Russia to cease military action on Ukrainian territory and withdraw its troops, the UN reported on Twitter. 141 countries voted for the resolution. Another 32 countries abstained from voting (including China, Kazakhstan and Iran). Seven countries - Russia, Belarus, Syria, North Korea, Eritrea, Nicaragua and Mali - voted against the document.

The Polish authorities have decided to install defensive barriers on the borders with Russia and Belarus. This was written on Twitter by Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak. "We have begun a preventive expansion of security measures on the border with Russia and Belarus. This is part of our defense and deterrence strategy. The first fortifications are already being built on the border with the Kaliningrad region," Blaszczak said.

Musician Paul McCartney, a former member of The Beatles, took part in the recording of the new album of The Rolling Stones. This was reported by The Guardian on February 22, citing a representative of The Rolling Stones. On February 21, Variety wrote, citing sources, that not only Paul McCartney, but also former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr participated in the recording of the band’s new album. However, a representative of The Rolling Stones confirmed only McCartney's participation.

Ukraine intensified preparations for the invasion of Transnistria , the Ministry of Defense of Russia said on the evening of February 23. The agency claims that it records “a significant accumulation of personnel and military equipment of Ukrainian units near the Ukrainian-Podnestrovsky border, the deployment of artillery on fire positions, as well as an unprecedented increase in unmanned Airborne Forces of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of the PMR”.

Your browser does not support the audio element. What the hell is Russia’s Wagner Group? Amid an escalating public conflict between Russia’s Defense Ministry and Evgeny Prigozhin, The Naked Pravda builds on last year’s episode about the warlord-tycoon, looking more closely at the paramilitary cartel he fronts. To understand how Wagner Group should be defined, why its brutality is so valuable to Moscow, and how its recruitment of prisoners has played out, Meduza spoke to three experts.

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has named himself a candidate for the post of NATO Secretary General. He stated this on Ukrainian television , European Pravda reports . “Lead NATO? Good idea. You know, it’s just very successful. I would like to announce, dear friends, that there is such a plan, and let no one forget about such a candidate. This time I think I'll be lucky. <…>I, of course, consider myself as a candidate. It’s a good and important position,” Johnson said.

Member of the Latvian Saeima, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Rihards Kols, spoke out against the presence of the Russian delegation at the meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PA). Kols posted a video of his speech on Twitter. He stressed that the delegation included people who had fallen under EU sanctions in connection with Russia's annexation of part of Ukraine. "And we are sitting here as if nothing is happening.

Moscow courts have ordered the deportation of at least four trans women under the new law on “LGBT propaganda,” reports Mediazona. The law banning “LGBT propaganda” came into effect in December 2022. Since then, the Moscow city courts have made seven charges related to the law, all against trans women who engaged in sex work and advertised their services on the Internet. None are Russian citizens. Rulings in four of the cases have already been announced.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. Since the beginning of the war, Dmitry Kuznets monitors the course of hostilities and analyzes them for you. On the eve of the anniversary of the invasion, we speak with him - about the results and future of the conflict On February 23, the founder of the PMC Wagner Evgeny Prigozhin said that the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation began shipping ammunition for his military company.

How ‘Ukraine’s outpost’ and its people are faring after one year of all-out war Story by Aliide Naylor for The Beet . Edited by Eilish Hart . Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow reportedly expected to last just three days but is now a year old, continues to take a massive human toll. The total confirmed number of civilians killed since February 2022 — 8,000 per the latest U.N. Human Rights Office data — is undoubtedly a fraction of the souls lost in Russia’s invasion.

Belgorod Region Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov stated that on the evening of February 23, the village of Borisovka in the Volokonovsky District came under fire. According to the official, a woman born in 1951 died as a result of a shell hitting a private residential house. Her daughters were given first aid on the spot. Another shell destroyed a second private, empty house, the head of the region reported. Two more houses were damaged by shrapnel, and gas supply was also disrupted in the village.

Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov on defending Bakhmut, ‘technological penetration,’ and why recruiting spies still matters Valentyn Ogirenko / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA This article is a very brief summary of what Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov told Forbes Ukraine, in an extended interview that surveyed the first year of Russia’s invasion, what it revealed about Russia to Ukrainian intelligence, and what predictions can be made on that basis.

A Ukrainian court seized the property of Oksana Marchenko, wife of former Ukrainian pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk. Marchenko is suspected of financing Russian law enforcement agencies. According to the Ukrainian Security Service, the seized assets are valued at more than 5.6 billion hryvnias (more than 152 million USD).

Moscow courts have ruled to deport at least four transgender women from Russia under a new law banning “LGBT propaganda,” Mediazona reports, citing data from the Moscow City Court. The law banning "LGBT propaganda" came into force in December 2022. Since then, the Moscow City Court has registered seven administrative protocols on "LGBT propaganda." The decisions on four of them have already been published.

Here's what the EU, the USA, China, India and other countries think about it. The results of a global study Peter Parks / AFP / Scanpix / Leta story about the beginning of the war in Ukraine in Chinese news. Hong Kong, February 24, 2022 The European Council on International Relations ( ECFR ), together with the College of St. Anthony at Oxford University, published the results of a global public opinion poll about the war in Ukraine and its consequences in terms of future world order.