Events

US sanctions against the DNR and LNR have no meaning for the inhabitants of these regions, expert believes.

Russia's recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk Republics will provoke "strong verbal reactions", but negotiations will continue. Jan Nolte, Bundestag deputy from the Alternative for Germany party, told this.

The Military Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan has put on the wanted list ex-Presidents of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan.

After the brutal beating of two Russian women by migrant teenagers at a bus stop in Yekaterinburg, the vice-governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Oleg Chemezov, declared the guilt of women who become victims of such attacks allegedly because of their behavior.

Two people became victims of shelling of the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he ignored reports about the dates of the country's "invasion" of Ukraine.

Press Secretary of the President of the United States Dmitry Peskov commented on the situation in the Donbass.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, commenting on reports of the alleged "inevitable invasion" of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, urged not to respond to information that changes from day to day.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that Warsaw is preparing for a massive influx of Ukrainian migrants amid the threat of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine.

The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, against the background of unconfirmed rumors about the allegedly upcoming “invasion” of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine on February 15 and 16, announced its version.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg claims that the alliance does not see a practical "de-escalation" in the situation around Ukraine.

The Finnish Defense Forces have raised the level of internal readiness, reports Yle.

British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss called "highly likely" Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine.

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that no decisions related to the recognition of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in the State Duma have been made.

The head of the Crimean Parliament Committee on Public Diplomacy and Interethnic Relations, Yuri Gempel, called the words of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky about the return of the peninsula a bluff.