Update: by 03:00 Moscow time, a fire, in the extinguishing of which helicopters involved, was localized , and by 05:00 Moscow time - it was liquidated . People were not injured, reports RIA Novosti. In the Moscow district, the airport caught fire on the roof of a six -story residential building located at 2 Chernyakhovsky Street, TASS reports . According to operational services, more than 400 people were evacuated from the house. The fire area reached four thousand square meters.

Russia and Ukraine have exchanged prisoners for the second time since a Russian military plane, which Russian authorities claim was carrying Ukrainian POWs, crashed in Russia’s Belgorod region. The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday that Ukraine handed over 100 Russian POWs in return for the release of 100 Ukrainian POWs. The ministry said the United Arab Emirates “played a humanitarian role in mediating” the exchange.

US President Joe Biden will not face criminal charges of improperly storing classified documents for taking them with him when leaving the vice presidency in 2017, said in a report. US Special Counsel Robert Hur The documents found on Biden, according to Reuters, contained classified information about the US war in Afghanistan and other national security issues.

Here’s what we know so far about Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s dismissal from the post of AFU Commander-in-Chief Press service of the President of Ukraine / Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Volodymyr Zelensky and Valerii Zaluzhnyi meet on February 8, 2024. In his daily video address on February 8, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that he had replaced the leadership of Ukraine’s Armed Forces (AFU). “Today, a new management team is taking over the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The Khamovnichesky District Court of Moscow sentenced the administrator of the telegram channel “Kremlin Mamkoved” Stanislav Sadovov to 2.5 years in prison on charges of extorting money from the director of special assignments of Rostec Vasily Brovko (Article 163 of the Criminal Code). this TASS reports with reference to the press service of the court.

The US Senate overwhelmingly supported consideration of a bill that would provide $95.3 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, but does not require a budget to strengthen the country's southern borders. this . reports CNN The bill was supported by 67 senators, 32 people voted against. This means, as NBC News explains , that the Senate can now begin full consideration of the document and voting on it.

Zelensky dismissed the commander -in -chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny. Here are the first reactions to this (for many controversial) solution Pierre Crom / Getty images graffiti with the image of Valery Zaluzhny on the wall in Bakhmut. December 20, 2022 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky resigned the commander in chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny.

Updated. Governor of the Perm Territory Dmitry Makhonin clarified that two victims taken to the hospital were transferred to intensive care. The fire, he said, has been localized. The Ministry of Emergency Situations said that in the village of Kueda there was a rupture of an in-field gas pipeline, after which the fire spread to three private houses. In the Perm region, near the village of Kueda, three railway tanks caught fire, TASS reported , citing a source in the operational services.

At least five people were injured after the village of Rzhevka, in the Belgorod region’s Shebekinsky district, came under fire, reported governor Vyacheslav Gladkov. The village is located near Russia’s border with Ukraine. The governor said that Ukraine was responsible for the attack. Two residences were also reportedly damaged. Earlier, Gladkov wrote that one local resident was injured when a drone hit a bus.

The press service of the President of Ukraine / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta Vladimir Zelensky and Valery Zaluzhny at the meeting, February 8, 2024 Update. On the website of the President of Ukraine, decrees were published on the dismissal of Valery Zaluzhny and the appointment of the new commander in chief of Alexander Syrsky. Vladimir Zelensky replaced the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He reported this in a video message following the results of the 715th day of the war.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that on February 8, Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners. During the exchange, Ukraine transferred 100 Russian military personnel, in return the Russian army transferred 100 military personnel to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “During the return of Russian military personnel from captivity, the United Arab Emirates provided humanitarian mediation,” the military department said in a statement. Update.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, as the new Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces (AFU), according to a statement on Zelensky’s Telegram channel. General Valerii Zaluzhnyi previously held the position of AFU Commander-in-Chief. “Today, a new management team is taking over the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Colonel General Alexander Syrsky has been appointed as the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. this . announced President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky Alexander Syrsky was the commander of the Ground Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. “Today a new management team is taking over the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I want our soldiers in Rabotino or Avdeevka, as well as in the General Staff and Headquarters, to have the same vision of the war.

Update: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, as the new Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces (AFU), replacing Valerii Zaluzhnyi. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with the Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces (AFU) Valerii Zaluzhnyi and proposed that he “remain part of the team,” according to a statement on Zelensky’s Telegram channel. “I met with General Valerii Zaluzhnyi.

Minister of Defense of Ukraine Rustem Umerov said that a decision had been made to change the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “Today a decision was made on the need to change the leadership of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I am sincerely grateful to Valery Fedorovich [Zaluzhny] for all the achievements and victories,” Umerov said in a statement.