Scientists of the British Antarctic Service (BAS) discovered microplastics in the snow near three camps by the Union and Schanz glaciers at the South Pole. This is the first time that tiny pieces of plastic were found in such distant places, reports the Daily Mail tabloid. The analysis revealed the presence of microplasty in a concentration of 73 to 3099 particles per liter of snow. Most (95%) of particles were less than 50 micrometers.

The news The Insider February 8, 2025 Czech President Petr Pavel signed the Lex Ukrajin law aimed at extending the temporary protection of Ukrainian refugees in the country. One of the amendments introduces a ban on the issuance of Czech citizenship to Russians. Formally, it will not apply only to a small number of people. Among them are refugees, children under 15 years of age, as well as those who have made a special contribution to the economy or culture of the Czech Republic.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, in turn, reported ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ) on the destruction per week above the territory of Russia , The Crimean Peninsula and in the water area of ​​the Black and Azov Seas 138 Ukrainian UAVs of aircraft type, two backing and winged missile "Neptune".

“DOGE to the Department of State Efficiency , headed by Ilon Mask, by decision of the court closed access to the US Department of Finance Payment Base. In addition, the mask command was obliged to delete all the files they received. This was announced on the official page on Twitter (X), the general prosecutor of New York Letisha James.

Rybar also criticized the Russian practice of false reporting and also decried the so-called “Navalny Rule,” which has purportedly led to brigade commanders in this sector retaining their positions due to media scrutiny from so-called “foreign agent” publications — similar to the way Russian officials targeted in Alexei Navalny’s investigations often remained in their positions.

For its part, Russia's Ministry of Defense ( 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ) reported that 138 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones, two unmanned surface vessels, and a Neptune cruise missile had been destroyed over the past week across Russia, the occupied Crimean Peninsula, and the Black and Azov seas. Ukrainian forces carried out strikes on the following confirmed targets: The Volgograd oil refinery and the Astrakhan gas processing plant (night of Feb.

The Syrian armed forces, controlled by the ruling group Haiyat Tahrir al-Sham (KHTSh), continue to shelling and ground operations in the areas of the Livan areas. And on both side there are losses. According to Aliva edition of Al Mayadeen, close to the Hezbollah Shiite movement, on February 8, more than 10 people were hospitalized after the artillery of the Lebanese district of El Hirmil in the Province of Bekaa.

200 former US intelligence officers appealed to Congress demanding an investigation into the initiative of the CIA leadership, which invited all their employees to quit with the conservation of wages for 8 months. It is reported by Bloomberg.

In the Gulf of Finland, two Russian communication cables connecting St. Petersburg and Kaliningrad were torn. The place of the cliff is in the exclusive economic zone of Finland. This was reported by the Finnish edition of Yle. According to the publication, it became known about the cliff of cables on December 27, now the Russian ship began to repair one of them, called Baltika, and the Finnish coast guard is watching the work.

The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu published a video message in which he promised to bring the deal to release the hostages to the end, and destroy Hamas after they all return from captivity. “Today we saw the Hamas monsters again. These are the same monsters who killed our citizens and mocked our hostages. I tell them again: they will pay for it. We will do everything to return all our hostages. We will take care of their safety.

The head of the administration of the Baltic city district of Sergey Melnikov and his deputy Maxim Kovalenko were detained on suspicion of corruption, reports the SC in the Kaliningrad region. According to investigators, Kovalenko gave Melnikov a bribe in the amount of at least 575 thousand rubles for "general protection and connivance on the service." Each of the detainees faces up to 12 years in prison.

The reserve lieutenant and member of United Russia Andrei Gurulev will move from the Duma defense committee to the Committee on Regional Policy and Local Self-Government. This follows from the draft resolution , which is entered on February 7. This decision is connected with its regular sharp statements that did not suit the country's leadership, Kommersant writes with reference to sources.

On February 8, the energy system of the Kaliningrad region began to work in autonomous mode after the exit of Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia from the Bral’s energy ring, created back in the USSR. This was reported by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Energy. Now the Baltic countries will independently manage their power supply systems.

A 22-year-old student of St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design in the evening of February 7 threw Molotov cocktail at the FSB building on Litein Prospekt. According to Fontanka, the man was detained 50 meters from the crime scene, a criminal case of a terrorist attack was instituted (Article 205 of the Criminal Code).

According to him, explosives were found in the whole party, which was transmitted by a man named Roman. “We have quite a lot of people engaged in humanitarian aid, they are all quite known. And when some benefactor sharply appears with the desire to help-this, of course, is fine, but such people always need to be checked, ”Igor Popov warned and called on the military to be vigilant when receiving humanitarian assistance from unknown persons.