00:30 (21:30)⇢Rubio: Trump's Controversial Pick
⌨The newspapers extensively cover Trump's selection of Marco Rubio for Secretary of State (Moscow Times, RT, RIA, Vesti), with RT particularly critical of this choice, calling him a "neocon warmonger." A significant prisoner exchange took place with Russia returning nine female cooks from the Azov battalion (Gazeta, Lenta). In military news, Russian media claims NATO and Ukrainian air defense systems are struggling with new Russian stealth missiles (Komsomolskaya Pravda).