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“Grinch”, a tanker suspected of belonging to the Russian “ghost fleet”, which was confiscated on Thursday, is anchored in the Fos Bay, near the oil terminal of the Marseille-Fos port, under the guard of the French Navy and at the disposal of the judiciary, according to Le Monde. The ship was escorted to Marseille to be “held at the disposal of the Marseille prosecutor, as part of the preliminary investigation into the accusation of not displaying the flag”, the Mediterranean Maritime Prefecture announced on Saturday. The Marseille prosecutor’s office, together with the maritime gendarmerie investigators, is to carry out a…

While the front in Ukraine continues to consume lives and resources, a portion of the Russian elite was caught partying in some of the most exclusive resorts in Western Europe. Recently surfaced images on social networks show influencers and celebrities close to Moscow’s power circles skiing, parading on the red carpet, and consuming luxury champagne in Courchevel, the famous resort in the French Alps. Among the participants was also Ksenia Sobchak, a TV presenter and media owner, known as Vladimir Putin’s goddaughter. Her father, Anatoli Sobchak, former mayor of Saint Petersburg, played an essential role in the political rise of…

The American document regarding security guarantees for Ukraine is fully finalized, and Kiev is waiting for a time and place for it to be signed, stated Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, during a visit to Vilnius, reports Agerpres. “For us, security guarantees are primarily security guarantees from the US. The document is 100% ready and we are waiting for our partners to confirm the date and place when we will sign it,” Zelensky declared during a press conference in the Lithuanian capital. “The document will be sent for ratification to the US Congress and the Ukrainian parliament,” he said.…

Russia and Ukraine have made significant strides in recent days towards arranging a direct discussion between the Kremlin leader, Vladimir Putin, and the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, for negotiations aimed at concluding a peace agreement in Ukraine, American officials told Axios, reports The Moscow Times. The announcement was made following the meeting held recently in Abu Dhabi, mediated by the Americans, between representatives from Moscow and Kiev. “We are very close to a meeting between Putin and Zelensky,” an anonymous member of the American delegation involved in the negotiations told Axios. Thus, neither the Russian delegation nor the Ukrainian one…

A Russian soldier was allegedly fatally shot by one of his comrades, following a conflict that erupted over attempts to sell a thermal vision device captured from the front, according to information provided by the partisan movement Ateș. In a statement published on Saturday, Ateș claims that the incident involved three soldiers from the 33rd Motorized Infantry Regiment of the Russian Federation and would have taken place in the Kirovski district of the Donetsk region, under Russian occupation. The exact date of the event is not specified, writes kyivpost.com. According to the report, the three soldiers were in a local…

China’s highest-ranking general is accused of leaking information about the country’s nuclear weapons program to the US and accepting bribes for official acts, including promoting an officer to the position of defense minister, according to individuals familiar with a high-level briefing on the allegations, according to WSJ. The briefing – attended by some of the highest-ranking military officers on Saturday morning – took place just before China’s National Defense Ministry made the bombshell announcement about an investigation into General Zhang Youxia, once considered the most trusted military ally of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. The statement provided few details beyond an…

Participants in the invasion of Ukraine will begin to teach in schools in the Novosibirsk region a new discipline titled “Basics of Security and Defense of the Homeland” (BSAP), which includes modules of basic military training. The announcement was made by the press service of the regional government. These are the so-called “heroes of the special military operation”, who have undergone a professional retraining program at the Institute for the Improvement and Retraining of Teaching Staff in Novosibirsk, within the “Rehabilitation Certificate” program. The diplomas of the first series of “veterans” were handed over on January 20 by the Minister…

A residential building in the town of Novaya Adygeya was damaged by the impact of a Russian anti-aircraft defense missile, which deviated from its trajectory. This conclusion was reached by OSINT analysts after analyzing images from the scene of the incident. The Republic of Adygea was attacked by Ukrainian drones on the evening of January 20. During the repulsion of the attack, a residential block and a car park caught fire, according to Governor Murat Kumpilov. Nine people were hospitalized, and later, fragments of a human body were found under the rubble. The exact number of victims is to be…

Vladimir Putin has proposed, during a government meeting, to extend the program of nursery groups and kindergartens until 8:00 PM. According to him, this measure is necessary for mothers to be able to return to work sooner and to “not lose their qualifications”. “It is very important for a woman, after giving birth, to return to work as soon as possible. […] What could help in this regard? Precisely the nursery groups and the extension of the time the child spends in the nursery and kindergarten,” he stated. Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Chernyshenko assured that the government will analyze this…

A woman with dual citizenship, German and Ukrainian, was arrested on Wednesday in Berlin, on the basis of a warrant issued by the investigating judge of the Federal Court of Justice, suspected of acting as an agent of the Russian secret services, announced the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office, quoted by EFE, reports Agerpres. The suspect, identified as Ilona W., was detained by agents of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, who carried out searches at her residence in Brandenburg (east), as well as at properties in Rhineland-Palatinate (west) and Munich (south), connected to two other suspects still at large. According to a…