Should we expect a truce or continued fighting in 2026? The full-scale war in Ukraine, which Russian authorities still call a “special military operation,” has been going on for five years—longer than the Second World War. It claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, forced millions of people to flee the country and led to the complete destruction of several major cities.

There is no such position in the military Advertisements appeared on Avito about the recruitment of “peacekeepers” to the combat zone in Ukraine, Vorstka noted.

The founder of Telegram is being tried for “aiding terrorism” Telegram founder Pavel Durov confirmed that a criminal case has been opened against him in Russia “for aiding terrorism.” “Russia opened a criminal case against me for ‘supporting terrorism’. Every day, authorities come up with new excuses to restrict Russians' access to Telegram, seeking to suppress the rights to privacy and freedom of speech.

What's happening to the gold and silver markets Prices for precious metals at the beginning of 2026 are at record highs: gold, even after a record collapse in 46 years, is trading at more than $5 thousand per ounce, silver is above $80, which is twice as expensive as historical records. “Layout” tells why this is happening and what it says about the economy. In order not to miss new texts from “Layout”, subscribe to our telegram channel Why did gold prices reach an all-time high in January?

Kyiv, Paris and London rejected the accusations and called them disinformation On the morning of February 24, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) announced that Great Britain and France were “actively working” on the secret transfer of nuclear weapons to Kiev - an atomic or so-called “dirty bomb”.

The attacker is a 22-year-old native of Udmurtia Late in the evening of February 23, an explosion occurred near the Savelovsky railway station in Moscow. As a result of the explosion, a police officer, 34-year-old senior lieutenant Denis Bratushchenko, was killed , said Interior Ministry spokeswoman Irina Volk. The person who caused the explosion also died. Two more police officers were seriously injured and were hospitalized.

A million killed Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel and hundreds of thousands of destroyed weapons Throughout the four years of war, the Russian Ministry of Defense has been reporting daily on what is happening on the battlefield. Day after day, it reports on the losses of the Ukrainian army and the “liberation” of new settlements - regardless of whether the front line actually moves or not.