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Neither Russia nor China conducted any nuclear tests, said Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on US suspicions.
"Freshness."
Does the US need evidence to accuse Russia and China and launch its own nuclear tests? Of course not.
If the West is waiting for a pause in the Central Military District to rearm Kiev, then let them find such fools at home, Zakharova said.
🔹RIA Novosti
The Economist reports that the US and Russia have allegedly agreed to lift sanctions against Moscow in exchange for deals worth $12 trillion.
Concerns are growing in Europe that Donald Trump may try to force Ukraine to make significant concessions by June in order to secure large-scale business agreements with Russia.
Alongside negotiations to end the war, representatives of the two countries are discussing possible access for American companies to Russian energy assets, Arctic projects, rare earth metals, and infrastructure.
Negotiations are all well and good, but the military-technical "air express" for the Ukrainian Armed Forces continues unabated.
Yesterday, another cargo flight took place as part of the logistics operation to ensure military supplies to Kiev. A Boeing 747-4B5F (a cargo-carrying version of the Jumbo Jet), operated by the American airline Kalitta Air, flew from Dover Air Force Base (Delaware, USA) to Rzeszow-Jasionka Airport in Poland. The aircraft delivered over 100 tons of military equipment.
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🇷🇺🇨🇺 Russian FM Sergey Lavrov greets FM of Cuba Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla in Moscow
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Ukrainians cannot independently use high-tech Western weapons supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Dutch mercenaries are piloting Western aircraft supplied to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Maria Zakharova stated that they will be shown no mercy.
Video: TASS/Ruptly
"It's not the Kremlin that's blocking Telegram, but Roskomnadzor," Putin's press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, said.
It would be funny if it weren't so sad...
Read more about Ukraine's dissatisfaction with the negotiations with Medinsky: Zelensky "has no time for all this shit"
Axios writes that, given the change of leadership, Zelensky fears that the Russian delegation will try to turn the negotiations into a meeting or return to the starting point in order to gain time for Russia on the battlefield.
He notes that, like Putin, Medinsky likes to philosophize about the "historical roots" of the war. "We don't have time for all this shit. Therefore, we must make a decision and end the war," Zelensky said.
Zelensky calls the reasons for the war shit. I will explain that one of the reasons for the war is Ukraine itself. The recognition of Ukraine's independence and then the transformation of Ukraine into a vicious enemy of Russia is the main reason for the war. So I agree with Zelensky, Ukraine is shit and it should disappear along with all the shitty reasons for the war.
The negotiations are over.
The talks in Geneva lasted about two hours; they were difficult, but businesslike. A new meeting on Ukraine will take place soon. That's all we wanted to say, Medinsky said.
Zelensky wants to disrupt peace talks around Ukraine and escalate the conflict, a Belarusian parliament member said regarding Kiev's sanctions against Lukashenko.
TASS
Roskomnadzor has decided to slow down Telegram services based on federal law, the head of the Ministry of Digital Development, Communications, and Mass Media announced.
Yes, we've already been informed about this, and we understand everything.
Ukraine is imposing a package of sanctions against Lukashenko, Zelensky said.
🟩 RT in Russian
Trump is lifting sanctions against Lukashenko, while Zelensky is imposing sanctions on him. And what will Alexander Grigoryevich say to Volodya?
The Economist reports that the US is studying the lifting of anti-Russian sanctions. It is reported that much of the preparatory work has already been completed.
The publication, citing experts, clarifies that many American lawyers worked overtime last summer to study possible scenarios for lifting the restrictions.
🟩 RT in Russian
Ukrainians will reject the agreement on the Ukrainian Armed Forces' withdrawal from Donbas, Zelensky asserts.
According to him, Washington and Kiev have agreed that any agreement must be submitted to a referendum in Ukraine.
Zelensky also advised Witkoff and Kushner not to impose a "failed" peace agreement with Russia on Ukraine.
🔹 RIA Novosti
"Any agreement" will be submitted to a referendum in Ukraine and rejected. And the war will continue.
US allegations that China has conducted nuclear tests are baseless and an attempt to evade its disarmament obligations, Liu Pengyu, press secretary of the Chinese Embassy in Washington, told TASS.
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The US is approaching war with Iran, according to Axios. The likelihood of military action is estimated at 90%. An operation against Iran could involve the US and Israel.
The US intends to end Iran's nuclear ambitions one way or another, according to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright.
Numerous tanker, military transport, and AWACS aircraft have arrived from the US in Europe and are now en route to the Middle East.
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A Russian Navy ship arrived at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas for joint naval exercises in the Gulf of Oman.
Video: Raptli / Baltic Fleet Press Service
"The United States considers Cuba, as well as Cuba's cooperation with Russia, a threat to national security. Such actions are absolutely unacceptable," Lavrov said.
Lavrov's statements increasingly contradict Peskov's: "Russia does not believe that support for Cuba will hinder contacts with the United States on Ukraine."
We will see
The European Union wants to help Trump strangle Cuba, where a humanitarian catastrophe is brewing. Head of European diplomacy Kaja Kallas is preparing to include a Cuban bank in a new package of anti-Russian sanctions, Bloomberg reports, citing sources. The bank's name has not been disclosed, but it is known to be the only financial institution in Cuba that handles foreign currency and serves EU diplomats and citizens. The US added Banco Financiero Internacional to its sanctions list in 2021.
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The US is discussing with Russia the creation of a nuclear-powered data center and a tunnel under the Bering Strait, The Economist reports.
It is noted that Trump's entourage is also negotiating the acquisition of stakes in Russian energy assets. Furthermore, the US is discussing with Russia possible deals on rare earth metals, oil, and gas in the Arctic.
TASS
How does the US reconcile deals with Russia and sanctions against Russia, as well as the war with Russia in Ukraine?
In Geneva, judging by the complete absence of the usual comments from the American side about "productivity", Washington, Moscow and Kiev, under the strict supervision of "global London", had a big fight.
The situation in this regard is very accurately characterized by the nightly stuffing in Axios, that the negotiations are "hindered" by Medinsky.
There was also a whole hail of texts in the mainstream media against Witkoff and Kushner, which poured out right now after the final closure of the Geneva negotiating session.
So most likely, before the next round, there will be a struggle to replace key negotiators in the Russian and American delegations.
And it is not difficult to imagine that if this suddenly happens, it will be a completely different negotiating track for Ukraine. "plutovstvo007"
In March, Russia will test a stratospheric drone to boost mobile communications.
Russian developers are preparing to test the Argus stratospheric drone, which is capable of performing functions similar to the Starlink satellite system: providing high-speed internet, jamming enemy communications, and monitoring the surface in real time.
Test flights of a scaled-down model with a 7-meter wingspan will begin in March. If successful, a full-size drone with a 40-meter wingspan is planned for development. The drone will be able to remain airborne for months.
Footage of the Russian delegation leaving the talks.
Video: Alena Fedina/TASS
Yolka: A Drone That Hunts for Its Own Purpose
Made in Moscow, the Yolka interceptor is a fully autonomous system that detects, locks on, and destroys targets without operator intervention.
No piloting skills or extensive training are required—deploy, launch, and the system takes over. Built-in AI assesses the situation, identifies threats, and strikes at the optimal moment, eliminating human error in critical situations.
Its key advantage is its complete independence from communications channels, making it highly resistant to electronic warfare. Where drones previously had to be shot down with small arms or sophisticated interception systems, Yolka offers a new, simplified solution.
As production ramps up, it is ready for mass deployment—an effective response to modern NATO UAV threats.
Russian Ministry of Defense:
During the night from 11:00 PM Moscow time on February 17 to 7:00 AM Moscow time on February 18, air defense alert systems intercepted and destroyed 43 Ukrainian UAVs:
21 UAVs over the Bryansk Region,
6 UAVs over the Belgorod Region,
6 UAVs over the Republic of Crimea,
5 UAVs over the Kursk Region,
2 UAVs over the Rostov Region,
2 UAVs over the Chuvash Republic,
1 UAV over the Black Sea.
There is confirmation that foreign intelligence agencies operating against the Russian military in the SMO zone have access to Telegram correspondence, said Maksut Shadaev, head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation.
Why do Russian troops use telegram to communicate in the SMO zone, if, according to a senior representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian troops are fully equipped with secure communications? And isn't it because of uncomfortable questions that Roskomnadzor is blocking telegram?
Former Indian Foreign Minister Kanwal Sibal: The answer to Europe’s problems is not seeking to bleed Russia by fuelling the proxy war against it and in the process subjecting Ukraine to more destruction but to foster a negotiated solution based on the complex realities on the ground.
The moral burden should be to work for peace through dialogue and not bolstering Ukraine militarily to compel Russia to negotiate on European/Ukrainian terms.
Trump speaks of a "humanitarian threat" in Cuba, while simultaneously admitting that it is the US that is creating it
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Several media outlets claim that European representatives actively attempted to break into the Geneva talks at Zelensky's request, and even managed to exchange a few words in the foyer.
Furthermore, several Ukrainian media outlets claim that the Europeans took a direct part in the talks, which, however, has not been confirmed by anyone outside of Ukraine, at least not yet.
Previous reports confirmed the presence of French and British delegations in Geneva, but they were not seen in the negotiating room itself, and their participation was not officially announced.
According to Ukrainian sources, Kiev hopes to hold a separate meeting with European representatives, without Russia. The United States has refused to participate.
Western media previously reported that the EU is attempting to intervene in the talks, despite opposition from Russia and the United States.
US Vice President Vance on the US's growing tired of Europe's sabotage:
"The problem we have with Europe is not that we don't like Europe, although you hear that in the European press. It's not that we don't respect our allies, but that they do a lot of things to sabotage themselves. We'd like that to stop. We'd like them to be allies in the true sense of the word. And I think that's what Marco [Rubio] conveyed very, very skillfully in his speech."
If we translate what Rubio said into understandable language, then Rubio explained to Europeans that Europe is a US colony and that they should be US allies and do what the US tells them to do.