Monday’s strikes in the Black Sea followed Kiev’s aborted assault on Russia-captured Snake Island, the military said Ukraine used a Turkey-made Bayraktar TB2 strike drone and anti-ship missiles to attack Russian offshore gas rigs in the Black Sea on Monday, the Russian military said in a regular media briefing on Tuesday.

Editor-in-chief of the newspaper Novaya Gazeta Dmitry Muratov has auctioned off his medal to benefit Ukrainian children Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctioned off his Nobel Peace Prize gold medal for a record-shattering $103.5 million on Monday. The editor-in-chief of Novaya Gazeta has said he will donate all of the money to UNICEF to help Ukrainian…

Switzerland reportedly makes first bullion purchase from the sanctioned country since February Switzerland imported gold from Russia in May for the first time since February, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. According to the article, the move suggests that the industry’s stance toward Russian precious metals may be softening.