The number of victims of a missile strike on February 1 reached 12 people, the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations (DSNS) reports . Two dead are children. 17 people were injured, including four children. 22 people were saved from under the rubble. The rescue operation continues. Five people are missing, the official representative of the DSNS department in the Poltava region told Suspilna. Update: The number of dead increased to 14 people, reports the DSNS.

The Trump administration removed from the work of two high -ranking heads of the United States Security Service for International Development (USAID). According to the Associated Press, the reason was their refusal to provide access to secret materials to the inspectory groups of entrepreneur Ilon Mask.

The US Department of Finance provided the Department of Efficiency of State Administration (DOGE), which is headed by Ilon Max, access to the federal payment system. This is written by The New York Times with reference to five sources familiar with the question.

By the decision of the Moscow Arbitration Court, 16 warehouse complexes of the British company Raven Russia were transferred to the Federal Property Management Agency, satisfying the lawsuit of the Prosecutor General’s Office, the company's press service reports . The court recognized these objects as “transport terminals acting in a natural monopoly”, which became the basis for their nationalization.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the preliminary decision of President Trump to recognize the current influence and control of the Chinese Communist Party over the Panama Canal zone for its work and violation of the contract on the constant neutrality and operation of the Panama Canal. He reported this during a meeting with Panama President Jose Raul Mulino in Panama City.

In the Little-Willidge area, known as the Mexican District, Chicago (USA), local activists have created an effective system for notifying illegal migrants about ICE immigration service raids, The Wall Street Journal is told in the material. As soon as the SUVs of federal agents appear in the area, activists immediately launch the notification chain through text messages, social networks and calls between local authoritative personalities.

The Novosibirsk Theater "Red Torch" removed the performance "The case" from the show, in the plot of which there is a giving bribe to the official. The announcement published in the social networks of the theater says that the performance that was supposed to be held on February 1 was replaced with another “for technical reasons”. The local publication of the NGS with reference to its own sources writes that in fact the decision was made under pressure from the security forces.

The US Department of Justice has discovered a large -scale circuit for bypassing sanctions, within the framework of which Russia transferred more than $ 5 billion to Turkey under the guise of financing the construction of an nuclear power plant. According to the sources of The Wall Street Journal, familiar with the situation, financial transactions continued to be carried out through American banks Jpmorgan Chase and Citigroup in 2022, after the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced its version of an attack on the eve of a boarding school in Sudge in the Kursk region at night: it is alleged that the Armed Forces of Ukraine were fired by missiles. “The launch of enemy missiles from the Sumy region was recorded by Russian air defense equipment,” the agency said .

US President Donald Trump introduced duties on imports from Canada, Mexico and China. As follows from the document published on the White House website, the following additional tariffs are introduced: All imports from China - 10%, All imports from Mexico - 25%, Import from Canada - 25%, except for energy carriers that will be added 10%. As follows from the document, these measures will act until the “crisis is softened”, caused by illegal migration and drug trafficking.

The Major General of the reserve Eyal Zamir was appointed new chief of the General Staff for the UAC, by the decision of the Minister of Defense of Israel Katz and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reports Jerusalim Post. In this post, he will replace the current head of the General Staff, Lieutenant General Herzi Ho-Levy. The publication notes that Aeal Zamir has a rich track record in the highest military positions.

About 670 thousand illegal migrants are now in the Russian Federation, most of which are women and children. This was announced by the first deputy head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Colonel General of the Police Alexander Gorova on the air of the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station. According to Gorovoy, to resolve the legal status of illegal migrants, a special period has been allocated from late December 2024 to April 2025.

European politicians do not like the new US President Donald Trump, but will soon begin to follow his instructions, said Vladimir Putin. A fragment of the interview, which will be released on the Rossiya TV channel on the evening of February 2, was published in his Telegram officer of the Canal Pavel Zarubin. “I assure you, Trump, with his character, with his perseverance, will restore order there quite quickly. And they will all stand up at the owner’s feet and will gently wave their tail.

The office of the Prosecutor General of Israel announced the beginning of the investigation against Sarah Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, writes Times of Israel. It was opened on December 26, 2024 and is associated with the alleged intimidation of the witness and interference in the case of corruption against her husband. Information about the investigation was disclosed in response to a request from the deputy of the Knesset Naama Lazimi from the Democrats party.

In Tbilisi there were clashes between the police and demonstrators who are trying to block an important highway connecting the capital to the western regions of Georgia, reports Paper Kartuli. The protest, which took place at the Tbilisi Mall shopping center, has become part of the lasting for the suspension of the country's European integration process for more than two months.