 32 years passed since the Khojali genocide in which more than 600 Azerbaijanis killed by Armenian army. 32 years ago, the Khojali genocide was committed and Khojali city was occupied by the Armenian armed forces with the help of the post-Soviet armies' 366th Motor Rifle Regiment. Azerbaijan marks the next anniversary of the bloody tragedy. All that on the night of February 25th to 26th, 1992, Armenian forces with the help of the former Soviet 366th Motor Rifle Regiment invaded Khojali village, which had been under blockade since October 1991. All roads leading to the city were blocked and the only available transport was via helicopter. Continuous gunfire began on the evening of February 25th, 1992, when 2,500 civilians remaining in the village left their territory with the hope of reaching Agdam Armenians started to shoot at people. As a result of this tragedy, 613 Khojali civilians, including 63 children, 106 women and 70 elderly people were killed, 8 families were annihilated, 130 children lost one of their parents and another 25 lost both of them. 76 out of 487 people wounded by an enemy bullet were children, 1,275 Khojali residents were taken prisoner and 150 went missing. On September 27th, 2022, the Azerbaijani army launched a counter-offensive to liberate the lands occupied by the Armenian armed forces for almost 30 years. During the 44-day fighting, 5 cities, 4 settlements and 286 villages were liberated. The city of Khojali was cleared of separatists on September 19th to 20th, 2023 as a result of local anti-terrorist measures carried out by the Azerbaijani army in Karabakh. On October 15th, 2023, President Ilham Aliyev raised the state flag of the Republic of Azerbaijan in the city of Khojali. Along with Agdara and Asgharan, Khojavand and Hanqandi. On February 7th, 2024, extraordinary presidential elections of the Republic of Azerbaijan were held in Khojali District 2. The leaders of the military hunter regime who participated in the Khojali tragedy were arrested and brought to Baku and are currently being interrogated under the laws of Azerbaijan. President Vladimir Putin may announce the annexation of the pro-Russian breakaway region of Transnistria, the Institute for the Study of War ISW has said. While the Washington think tank said such a possibility was unlikely in the short term, its report describes a continuing hybrid operation by Moscow to destabilize the former Soviet state which borders Ukraine according to Newsweek, internationally recognised as part of Moldova whose European Union aspirations have angered the Kremlin, Transnistria is located between the Dynista River and the Moldovan-Ukrainian border. Moldova has no control over the Russian-speaking region that claimed independence after the collapse of the USSR, sparking an intervention by Moscow. Russian troops remain in the territory while Transnistria's independence is not recognised by Moscow or the international community, the territory where Russian troops are based remains a useful tool for the Kremlin to stop Moldova from seeking greater ties with the EU and NATO. The ISW said that the Transnistrian Congress of deputies held a rare meeting in their capital, Tiraspol. During it, they blamed Chizinor for destroying the region's economy and violating the freedoms of population of around half a million. Transnistrian opposition activist Genadi Sioba said that deputies will ask on February 28 for Moscow to annex Transnistria a day before Putin addresses the Russian Federal Assembly Moldovan outlet Deshide reported. ISW said it could see Putin in the most dangerous course of action declare Russia's annexation of Transnistria during his planned address, although that appears unlikely. The Russian president will more likely welcome whatever action the Transnistrian Congress of deputies takes and offer observations on the situation. The ISW said the deputies will likely either initiate a new referendum seeking Moscow's annexation or demand action on ballots held in 2006 unrecognized internationally, one of which backed joining Russia. The ISW said Putin will likely welcome whatever actions the Congress takes, although he may stop short of acting on a request for immediate annexation. It added. Russia occupied more than 62,000 square kilometers of Ukraine territory during the war. Since February 24, 2022, Russia has occupied more than 62,000 square kilometers of Ukraine. This was stated in the report of the Ukrainian Deep State Telegram channel in the first week of military operations. Russia occupied part of Ukraine's Kiev, Chernigov, Sum, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kursan, Donetsk and Luhansk regions. However, in late March to early April 2022, the Russian army was forced to leave the territory of the occupied Kiev, Chernigov and Sum provinces. On September 6, as a result of counter-offensive operations launched by the Ukrainian army, the occupied territories of Kharkiv region were cleared of Russians. As a result of September 6 to October 10, Ukraine restored the state border in the direction of Kharkiv. In addition, some occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions were also liberated. The counter-offensive operations of the Ukrainian armed forces in the direction of Kursan, which began on August 29, ended on November 11 with the withdrawal of the Russian army from the city of Kursan. As a result of this operation, the Russian army was forced to withdraw from the right bank of the Nipah River. The counter-offensive operation launched by the Ukrainian army in the direction of Zaporose in June 2023 ended in failure. The Ukrainians could not fully create a line of defence, which the Russians called Serovikins line. As a result, the Ukrainian army was able to liberate only a few hundred square kilometres of territory. Currently, the Russian army is on the offensive and has recently occupied the city of Avdiivka.