🇺🇦🇷🇺At night, drones attacked an oil depot in the Russian city of Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod region).
Authorities reported that drone debris fell in an industrial zone. Publics showed a video of the fire.
🇷🇺🇺🇦The defeat of the Swedish CV9040C IFV of the Ukrainian army by strikes from FPV drones on fiber optics, the border of Kursk and Sumy regions near the Ukrainian village of Zhuravka .
Читать полностью…🇨🇳The Chinese New Year has begun according to the Eastern calendar.
The Year of the Wooden Snake will last until February 16, 2026.
🇺🇸🇺🇦❗️The American military has sent about 90 anti-missiles for Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems from Israel to Poland with the aim of their subsequent transfer to Ukraine, the American portal Axios reported, citing sources.
Читать полностью…🇩🇰Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen:
There is no reason to believe that there is any military threat to Greenland or Denmark.
🇷🇺Russia to create single center for production of unmanned military boats for Navy — Patrushev
The Russian Navy is already being equipped with unmanned boats; their production has increased significantly given the experience of the special operation, said Nikolai Patrushev, assistant to the Russian President and Chairman of the Russian Maritime Board.
🇩🇰🇷🇺The Danish Ministry of Energy has issued a permit to Nord Stream AG, the operator of the Nord Stream pipeline, to carry out work to preserve the damaged branch of the pipeline.
Читать полностью…🇩🇰🇫🇷 ❌ 🇺🇸 France floated sending troops to Greenland, foreign minister says
France has discussed with Denmark sending troops to Greenland in response to United States President Donald Trump's repeated threats to annex the Danish territory, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said.
Barrot's comments came as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was in the middle of a lightning tour of European capitals to drum up support from allies in dealing with Trump.
Frederiksen was in Berlin and Paris Tuesday morning to speak with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron, respectively, and is set to meet NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Brussels.
"If Denmark calls for help, France will be there," he said. "The European borders are sovereign whether it's north, south, east and west ... nobody can allow themselves to mess around with our borders."
Barrot also said that during a European Union foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels on Monday, his counterparts had expressed their "very strong support" for Copenhagen and "were ready to consider [sending troops]" if needed.
🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡️Russian Defense Ministry: the settlement of Dvurechnaya in the Kharkiv region has come under the control of Russian troops
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦The Russian army will advance in several areas between Pokrovsk and Kurakhovo, according to the Deep State map.
Читать полностью…🇺🇸🇺🇦❗️US suspends program for refugees from Ukraine
This was reported by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services. Applications for funding are no longer being accepted.
🇺🇸Trump will ban transgender people from serving in the military today and end the military's diversity program, The New York Post reports.
According to the publication, the US President plans to sign two new decrees.
Earlier it was reported that the new US Secretary of Defense Hegseth has already begun to banish the policy of "inclusiveness" from the Pentagon.
🇩🇰Denmark to spend $2.1bn to boost its military presence in the Arctic amid Trump's interest in controlling Greenland.
Reuters writes about this.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the EU Military Committee, Robert Briger, said that the European Union could deploy troops in Greenland.
"This will send a strong signal and will promote stability," Politico quotes the official as saying.
However, Briger noted that such a decision requires political will.
🇺🇸The US authorities wanted to carry out terrorist attacks against their own citizens in order to start a war with Cuba.
This was reported by the Daily Mail, citing a draft of Operation Northwoods received by the publication.
Operation Northwoods, devised in 1962 by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, involved false flag provocations.
This plan included:
- the explosion of the American ship in Guantanamo - the scenario repeated the incident of 1898, after which the United States began a war with Spain,
- terrorist attacks in Miami and other cities in Florida - the secret services were supposed to plant bombs in public places and attack Cuban refugees,
- the downing of a civilian aircraft - with subsequent media coverage and accusations against Cuba,
- attack on a US military base near Cuba.
As the publication notes, the goal of all these actions was to convince the Americans of the need to invade Cuba.
The plan was rejected by President John Kennedy.
🇺🇦A criminal case has been opened against Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov for abuse of power in the procurement of weapons and the management of military aid.
This was confirmed by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, reports the TV channel "Public".
A new season of Suicide and Missing Persons Club begins in Ukraine.
🇪🇺🇷🇺The EU has decided to ban the supply of Xbox and PlayStation to Russia.
▪️ According to EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, consoles can be used to control drones.
▪️ The ban on Xbox and PlayStation supplies is planned to be introduced on February 22 as part of the 16th package of sanctions against Russia.
🇺🇸Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump killed days after release
According to the BBC, 42-year-old Matthew Huttle was shot dead by law enforcement officers.
Indiana State Police said officers stopped Huttle's car to arrest him. However, the man resisted and "confronted" the officer, who shot and fatally wounded Huttle.
Earlier, Donald Trump signed an executive order pardoning about 1,500 people convicted of storming the Capitol in January 2021. Huttle was one of them.
🇸🇰🇺🇦Fico promised to block all aid to Kyiv from the European Union if Ukraine does not resume the transit of Russian gas through its territory.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Zelensky is now an illegitimate leader and cannot lift his own ban on holding negotiations with the Russian Federation, but if he wants to, there are ways to do this, Putin said .
Negotiations can be conducted with anyone, but Zelensky, due to his illegitimacy, cannot sign anything, the Russian president noted.
Putin also stated that during possible negotiations with Kiev, Russia will strive for what corresponds to its interests. In signing documents between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, "there cannot be a single miss, not a single rough spot, everything must be polished." Without sponsorship money and cartridges, "everything will end in a month, a month and a half, or two."
🇺🇦A number of Ukrainian media outlets have asked readers to help them financially after Trump suspended funding for grant programs, the media reports.
Читать полностью…🌐🇷🇺NATO has for the first time publicly accused Russia of preparing the murder of Armin Papperger, the head of Europe's largest arms manufacturer, the German Rheinmetall, which supplies Ukraine.
Speaking to the European Parliament, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General James Appathurai said that there had been episodes of sabotage in the alliance's countries in the past couple of years, including "train derailments, arson, attacks on the property of politicians," as well as "assassination plots," including the head of Rheinmetall, Politico reports.
Appathurai said the “Russians are recruiting” people for their plots online, including using “criminal gangs, unsuspecting youth or migrants.” The NATO spokesman added that this was being done to “sow panic and undermine support for Ukraine.”
🇨🇩In the capital of the DRC, Kinshasa, supporters of the government threw burning tires at the US diplomatic mission building. People are chanting "death to the imperialists."
This is happening because the American government is funding the rebels from the March 23 Movement group.
🇷🇺🇺🇦In the Zaporizhia region, employees of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation detained a citizen who, on instructions from the Ukrainian special services, was planning to commit a terrorist act in the region.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇸🇾Russian military equipment has been removed from Syria, according to satellite images of the port of Tartus.
Earlier, dozens of military vehicles were concentrated in Tartus after most Russian military facilities in Syria, with the exception of the Khmeimim airbase and the Tartus naval base, were closed.
🇷🇺🇺🇦In the Kursk region, UAV crews of the 56th Airborne Assault Regiment of the Airborne Forces, using fiber-optic FPV drones "Prince Vandal Novgorodsky", hit another T-64BV of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Читать полностью…🇷🇺🇺🇦A beautiful fire raid and assault on a stronghold of the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out by the Russian Special Operations Forces (SOF RF).
The enemy observers were eliminated by sniper fire, after which the Ukrainian soldiers were suppressed by dense small arms and grenade launcher fire and driven into trenches, where some of the Ukrainian soldiers were killed and some surrendered after being smoked out of their dugouts by setting them on fire.
🇲🇽🇺🇸Mexican drug cartel gunmen have opened fire on U.S. Border Patrol agents near Fronton, Texas.
Читать полностью…🇺🇦Zelensky said in an interview with an Italian media outlet that there are not enough men over 25 years old for mobilization, as the law currently provides.
A thick hint at lowering the mobilization age to 18.
🇨🇩🇷🇼❗️ A new war has begun in Africa
DR Congo forces have crossed the border into Rwanda and entered the town of Gisenyi. Fighting is currently raging in and around the town.