Alexander Ermochenko / Reuters / Scanpix / Leta District near the Avdeevsky Koksochemical Plant in Avdeevka, February 15, 2024 In Avdeevka, Donetsk region, a critical situation for the Armed Forces of Ukraine has developed , said John Kirby’s national security council, a briefing for journalists. “We receive messages from Ukrainians that the situation is critical, and Russian troops continue to put pressure on Ukrainian positions every day.

German electric guitar maker Karl Hofner has announced that Paul McCartney's first bass guitar, a 1961 Hofner 500/1 that went missing more than 50 years ago, has been found as part of the international project The Lost Bass. "Hofner has authenticated the guitar and Paul is incredibly grateful to everyone involved," the company said in a statement posted on McCartney's website.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky signed a law on the legalization of cannabis for medical purposes. This follows from the message of the Verkhovna Rada newspaper “Voice of Ukraine”, which published the text of the law on February 15 ( .pdf ). The law card on the website of the Ukrainian parliament says that Zelensky returned the document with his signature to the Rada on February 13. The Verkhovna Rada adopted the law on December 21, 2023.

The Ukrainian military announced that it had begun a partial withdrawal of troops from Avdeevka, Donetsk region, an important fortified area of ​​the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the outskirts of Donetsk. This was reported by the American newspaper The Washington Post with reference to the Ukrainian military.

Russian troops have captured the main entrance to Avdiivka in Ukraine’s Donetsk region. Russian war blogger Evgeny Poddubny published a video on Thursday showing a Russian flag planted on the northern outskirts of the city. Judging by the video’s geolocation , there is a sign with the city’s name nearby. Ukrainian soldiers have taken photographs by the sign and, in late December 2023, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky recorded a video there.

Meanwhile, the Israeli defense army has a different goal - the capture of the last city in the gas sector AFP / Scanpix / Leta Rafach, February 11, 2024 The White House administration discusses the plan of the long -term world between Israel and the Palestinians with the Middle Eastern partners, including the “clear terms” of the creation of the Palestinian state, the Washington Post found out .

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that the alliance countries have committed to transfer a million drones to Ukraine. He said this at a briefing in Brussels. This decision was made following two days of negotiations in the Ramstein format and the Ukraine-NATO Council. “A group of NATO members have come forward with the goal of supplying Ukraine with one million drones,” Stoltenberg said (quoted by Ukrainska Pravda).

An interview with Mikhail Lokshin - director "Master and Margarita." About how the plot of Bulgakov revealed in a new way during the war Mars Media The most discussed Russian film of 2024 is still the film adaptation of the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov, “Master and Margarita,” staged by Mikhail Lokshin. Lokshin is a US citizen who moved to Russia as a child with his family, but then returned to his homeland.

Your Browser Does Not Support the Audio Element. How does Sobyanin help Putin wage war and kill people in Ukraine? And what is now the mayor of Moscow in the system of power? On February 21, 2022, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin took part in an extraordinary meeting of the Russian Security Council, the result of which was the recognition of the Russian Federation of independence of the Lugansk and Donetsk people's republics.

Russia’s Supreme Court has rejected Putin challenger Boris Nadezhdin’s first claim in his dispute of the Russian Central Election Commission’s (CEC) handling of his candidacy application for the country’s upcoming presidential election. Nadezhdin contested the CEC’s stipulation that signature collectors on lists notarized in one region not be allowed to collect signatures from citizens registered in another, wrote RIA Novosti.

Russian troops have captured the main entrance to Avdeevka, Donetsk region. A Russian flag was installed on the northern outskirts of the city, as follows from a video published on February 15 by Russian “military correspondent” Yevgeny Poddubny. Judging by the geolocation of the video, there is a stele with the name of the city nearby, near which the Ukrainian military took photographs, and at the end of December 2023, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky recorded a video.

What happened to the "patriotic activists", we think, it is not necessary to explain (although the article is about that) Evgeny Vdovin / 161.ru On February 13, in the center of Rostov-on-Don, a monument was opened by a satirist writer Mikhail Zhvanetsky, a native of Odessa. The ceremony attended by the assistant to the President of Russia Igor Levitin, Governor of the Rostov Region Vasily Golubev, the widow and son of the artist, were timed to the 90th anniversary of the writer's birth.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow arrested Alexei Navalny's lawyers Olga Mikhailova and Alexander Fedulov in absentia. this . reports Mediazona They were charged with participation in an “extremist community” (Part 2 of Article 282.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). Similar charges have been brought against three more of the politician’s lawyers: Vadim Kobzev, Alexei Liptser and Igor Sergunin.

The Security Service of Ukraine has informed Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska in absentia of suspicion on seven criminal charges. The SBU press service reports that two Ukrainian top managers of the businessman have been detained in different regions of Ukraine. We are talking about the director of the mining company "Glukhovsky Quarry of Quartzites" and "the curator of this institution from the Russian oligarch," the special service specified.

The Gagarinsky District Court of Moscow has issued a ruling on the arrest in absentia of actor Alexei Panin , who is accused of public calls for terrorism. This was reported by the press service of the Moscow courts of general jurisdiction. Panin lives outside of Russia. The term of his arrest will be calculated from the moment of his extradition or deportation to Russia or from the moment of his actual detention in the Russian Federation.