Russian submarine resurfaces in the Mediterranean Sea

• Russian submarine B-265 Krasnodar entered the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday night alongside the navy's rescue tugboat Evgeny Churov - according to information from MarineTraffic, which monitors maritime navigation. Both vessels departed from the Baltic Sea at the beginning of February, escorted by the Royal Danish Navy frigate HDMS Triton, a Thetis-class ship. In the North Sea, they were accompanied by German patrol boats Bamberg and Neustadt. Since 3 January, Russia has not had any submarines in the Mediterranean Sea. On that day, the B-261 Novorossiysk left and, after passing through the Strait of Gibraltar, headed north towards the Baltic Sea. Previously, the submarine had been stationed in the Syrian port of Tartus, which the Russians vacated in December following the fall of Bashar al-Assad's regime.

• "Ukraine and Europe must be part of any negotiations. Ukraine should receive solid security guarantees," - stated representatives of six European countries, including Poland, on Wednesday evening. The foreign ministers of the Weimar Triangle - Germany, France, and Poland - along with Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom, issued a statement in Paris on Wednesday evening, pledging further support for Ukraine.

• On Wednesday in Grenoble, southeastern France, a grenade was thrown into a bar. As a result of the explosion, 12 people were injured, two of whom are in critical condition. Prosecutor Francois Touret-de-Courcy reported that the perpetrator entered the establishment, threw the grenade, and fled without saying a word.

• The case concerning the renovation of the railway station in Novi Sad in northern Serbia, where 15 people died in an accident in early November last year, has been handed over to the prosecutor's office dealing with organised crime - announced the Higher Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad on Wednesday. The prosecutor's office dealing with organised crime cases will investigate whether incidents of corruption occurred during the renovation, which had been completed several months before the tragedy on 1 November. "The decision was made because the established facts indicate reasonable suspicion that criminal acts falling under the jurisdiction of state bodies dealing with organised crime and terrorism have occurred," - wrote the Novi Sad prosecutor's office, which has been handling the case so far.

• Donald Trump began his presidency with the support of the majority of Americans in polls. But that is starting to change. "For the first time since Trump's inauguration, the disapproval rate was higher than his approval," - reports "Newsweek".

Source: PAP