At least 59 migrants have died, including 12 children, and dozens more are missing after the ship carrying them sank off the coast of southern Italy. It is reported by the BBC. The ship sailed from Turkey, with at least 150 people on board, mostly citizens of Afghanistan, Iran, Somalia and Pakistan. The ship was wrecked near the coastal town of Crotone in the Calabria region. Many bodies washed ashore. According to the Italian news agency ANSA, a baby was among the dead.

In Belarus, at the Machulishchi military airport, which is 12 kilometers from Minsk, two explosions occurred, as a result of which the Russian military aircraft of the A-50 and snow removal was damaged. It is reported by BYPOL. Screenshot: Google Maps “As a result of two explosions, the front and central parts of the aircraft were injured, avionics and radar antenna were damaged. The damage is serious, the plane will definitely not fly anywhere, ”the organization said .

In various cities of Russia, law enforcement officers conducted raids and detentions in shopping centers. This is reported by local media. In St. Petersburg, the security forces closed the entrances to the shopping center "Gallery". Fontanka, citing sources , writes that a “raid” on teenagers took place in the shopping center. The security forces were allegedly looking for those associated with the PMC Redan movement.

Estonian Minister of Defense Hanno Pevuru visited Kyiv and announced a new military assistance package for Ukraine. This was reported by ERR and Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexei Reznikov on Facebook. Photo: Alexey Reznikov / Facebook The new assistance package includes automatic machines, pistols, unmanned aerial vehicles, thermal imagers, generators and charger, as well as clothing for special forces of Ukraine. “I am delighted with the people of Estonia and their support,” Reznikov wrote.

Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. this The Ukrainian leader himself announced in his Telegram channel. “This is the first official visit of the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom to Ukraine since the establishment of diplomatic relations. I hope that it will give a new impetus to further intensify our mutually beneficial dialogue," Zelensky said.

Tinkoff Investments announced a temporary suspension of trading in foreign securities from February 27. This is stated in the telegram channel "Tinkoff Investments". “We are transferring foreign securities traded on the St. Petersburg Exchange to an unsanctioned campaign. In order to avoid the risk of blocking, as well as to take all necessary actions for the transfer, we are temporarily suspending trading in foreign securities. Within 1-3 weeks, we plan to launch bidding,” the message says.

The UK Defence Ministry has reported that Russia’s 155th Naval Infantry Brigade has apparently suffered extremely high casualties near Ukraine’s Vuhledar, the agency’s daily bulletin reveals . Imagery posted by the British MoD shows concentrated Russian vehicle losses in the Vuhledar sector of the Donetsk region. These vehicles were likely elements of Russia’s 155th Naval Infantry Brigade which has been at the forefront of recent costly offensives, the agency notes.

The American president made a speech to the anniversary of the war in Ukraine in Poland - the old US ally in Europe. We explain whether this will reduce the EU pressure on Warsaw Andrzej Duda (left) and Joe Biden. Photo: Era The world - immediately after Vladimir Putin’s appeal to the two chambers of the Russian parliament on the anniversary of a full -scale invasion - was waiting for the “response” speech of US President Joe Biden, in which his appeal to the Russians was announced.

400 Ukrainian children exported from occupied territories to Russia were distributed in 24 orphanages and boarding schools in August. In 21 of them, children are subjected to a “military-patriotic test”, the Rain TV channel reports . At the disposal of journalists was the correspondence of the Ministry of Education with the regional guardianship authorities. Document with copied correspondence.

The Lomonosov court of the Leningrad region sent to the pre -trial detention center of the entrepreneur Dmitry Skurikhin, who was banned by certain actions in the criminal case of “discrediting” of the Russian army (part 1 of article 280.3 of the Criminal Code). This was reported by the project "Network Freedom". Picket Dmitry Skurikhin. Photo: social networks At the request of the investigator, the court hearing was held closed.

The war in Ukraine forced Georgians to once again think about the Soviet occupation that occurred more than a hundred years ago and whether the current Georgian government was evaluating both of these events correctly Protest Protest in Tbilisi, February 24, 2023.

The UK MoD said the Russian 155th Marine Brigade likely suffered "extremely heavy" casualties at Vuhledar. This is stated in the daily summary of the department. In the pictures published by British intelligence, you can see the loss of Russian equipment near Vuhledar in the Donetsk region. Probably, the destroyed combat vehicles were part of an elite brigade of marines, the department notes.

Croatia’s Defence Ministry has delisted 12 Mi-8MTV-1 and two Mi-8T helicopters from its military and is preparing to transfer those to Ukraine, says Croatian Jutarnji list newspaper, citing its sources. The helicopters will be ready for shipping in 10 days. Jutarnji list believes that some of the aircraft in question are located at an ATC in Velika Gorica, while the rest are located at the Zagreb Airport and the Lučko Airfield in Ježdovec.

Mobilised servicemen of the 1439 regiment from Russia’s Irkutsk region have recorded a video address to Vladimir Putin where they complained that commanders of the so-called “DPR militia” were using assault rifles against them for refusing to become an assault team. The video was published by Lyudi Baikala. The men in the video say that they were unlawfully put under the command of the “DPR militia” where they were transformed into storm troops to be used as “cannon fodder”.

The Ministry of Defense of Croatia withdrew from its own Armed Forces and began to prepare 12 Mi-8MTV-1 helicopters and two Mi-8T helicopters for transfer to Ukraine. This is reported by the Croatian newspaper Jutarnji list, citing its own sources. The helicopters will be ready for transport in 10 days.