Germany opposes EU plan to transfer Russian assets – FT

EU officials have been debating ways of confiscating the funds and sending them to Ukraine Germany has raised objections to Brussels’s plan to use frozen Russian Central Bank assets for Ukraine’s reconstruction, warning of the legal and financial risks arising from such a move, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

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Russia’s FSB seizes half a ton of cocaine destined for Poland

The agency says it confiscated several hundred packages of drugs on the border with Belarus Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has intercepted a large shipment of cocaine destined for the EU, on the country’s western border, the agency said on Thursday. The agency added that it had apprehended the mastermind behind the smuggling operation.

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Russian defense chief inspects troops that took Avdeevka (VIDEO)

Sergey Shoigu was told that 200 Ukrainian soldiers have been captured during the mop-up operation in the city Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has inspected the ‘Center’ group of troops which recently drove Ukrainian forces out of the strategic Donbass city of Avdeevka after several months of bitter fighting.

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