Daily brief
The Russian Foreign Ministry has commented on the release of documents related to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein, stating they show how the West treats children. Separately, newly released files reportedly show a 2015 conversation between Epstein and former Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak about moving 'a million Russians' to Israel.
Cuba has reported a historic temperature drop to the freezing point, with the cold spell continuing from yesterday.
President Vladimir Putin has ordered the development of a new unified school textbook and the creation of Russian language faculties in universities.
Over 1,000 buildings in Kyiv are without heating amid temperatures as low as -20°C, while Ukrainian civilians are reportedly fleeing the southeast as Russian forces advance.
A Russian comedian has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for a joke about a war veteran.