The statement contains several extremely strange theses. First of all, the mention of Berlin, which allegedly “prudently refused to participate in this dangerous adventure,” is striking. Germany not only does not have nuclear weapons, it has even completely abandoned nuclear energy, so it is completely unclear how it could even participate in this project. The technical details mentioned by the press bureau also look awkward.

The Russian Embassy in Seoul on February 24 removed the “Victory will be ours” banner in the colors of the Russian flag that hung on the outer wall of the diplomatic mission building, Yonhap reports . Earlier, the South Korean Foreign Ministry expressed dissatisfaction with the banner, saying that the slogan, which was used during World War II, is now read as a reference to Russia's war against Ukraine.

News The Insider February 24, 2026 Dog Dodobonya in the Togo shelter / Photo: Togo shelter The founder of Dodo Pizza, Fyodor Ovchinnikov, promised to make all establishments of the chain pet-friendly, systematically help animal shelters, and also apologized to the courier, who was fired after he covered a stray dog ​​lying at the entrance to the pizzeria in Chelyabinsk with a blanket. The entrepreneur wrote about this in his Telegram channel. The dog is now in a shelter.

Russia is restructuring the logistics of oil supplies in connection with the growth of exports to China. It is becoming its main buyer (instead of India, which has reduced purchases of Russian raw materials in recent months), and this requires the use of larger tankers for long sea crossings, writes Bloomberg.

Australia has introduced additional targeted sanctions against 180 individuals and legal entities, as well as vessels of the Russian “shadow fleet”. The corresponding joint statement by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong was published on the government website.

News The Insider February 24, 2026 #Military report In today's summary: In the Liman direction, Russian troops are expanding the zone of control on the eastern approaches to the Liman In the Konstantinovsky direction, Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters are still trying to break through to their own from the Toretsk area “Agency” - the weekly pace of territorial advancement of the Russian Armed Forces fell to the lowest since March 2025 The Insider published material on key figures following the

Iran is close to concluding a deal with China to buy CM-302 anti-ship cruise missiles, Reuters reports , citing six sources familiar with the negotiations. According to the publication, the agreement is almost concluded, but the date for delivery of the missiles has not yet been determined. The talks, which began at least two years ago, accelerated sharply after the 12-day war between Israel and Iran last June.

Logistics company FedEx has sued the US government seeking a full refund of the tariffs it has paid since President Donald Trump imposed them. Reuters agency and the Financial Times newspaper write about this. Last week, the US Supreme Court ruled most of the tariffs illegal, and US customs will stop collecting them on February 24. FedEx became the first major US company to sue the US government after most of Trump's tariffs were found illegal last week.

The UK authorities have updated the anti-Russian sanctions list. It included the Transneft company and Rosatom structures, as follows from the official press release . London explains the new British sanctions by tightening control over sources of income from Russian energy, as well as key suppliers of military equipment. In particular, Transneft PJSC, which is responsible for transporting more than 80% of Russian oil exports, was subject to restrictions, the press release states.

Two employees of the Russian Moran Security Group were aboard the tanker Boracay (IMO 9332810) when French authorities detained it in September as it transited the English Channel, according to a report by Agence France-Presse (AFP) citing an informed source. The two were aboard the ship in order to monitor the crew and collect intelligence.

Viacheslav Onyshchenko – Global Images Ukraine / Getty Images Politics Veaceslav Epureanu February 24, 2026 February 24 marked four years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. The war against Ukraine is already longer than the Great Patriotic War, and so far there are no prerequisites for a speedy end to the largest and bloodiest conflict in Europe since 1945.

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said that Russian authorities have opened a criminal case against him under the article of “promoting terrorism.” In his Telegram channel, he wrote that the authorities “come up with new reasons every day” to restrict Russians’ access to the messenger, and called what was happening “a sad spectacle of a state that is afraid of its own citizens.” According to reports from Rossiyskaya Gazeta and Komsomolskaya Pravda, citing materials from the FSB, Durov is accused of

In Moscow, two people were killed as a result of an explosion on the Savyolovsky railway station square. According to the Investigative Committee, a police officer and the attacker were killed, two more police officers were hospitalized with injuries.

On board the tanker Boracay (IMO 9332810), which French authorities detained in September while passing through the English Channel, were two employees of the Russian security company Moran Security Group. An informed source told AFP they were monitoring the crew and collecting intelligence information.

News The Insider February 23, 2026 #Military report In today's summary: In the Liman direction, Russian troops are trying to block Liman from the north-west On the Seversky ledge, the Russian Armed Forces are developing an offensive from Seversk towards the Slavic-Kramatorsk agglomeration In the Konstantinovka direction, the Russian command is in no hurry to start urban battles in Konstantinovka In the southern Donetsk direction, it is announced that Ukrainian troops have liberated up to 400