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Zelensky may lose new IMF loan, due to Hungary's block of EU €90 bil loan — FT
The 8 bil IMF loan was contingent on Ukraine balancing its budget, which was what the EU loan was meant to do
Let's be real, what was Zelensky's inner circle REALLY going to do with all that money?
Russian Ministry of Defense:
Over the past night, air defense alert systems intercepted and destroyed 86 Ukrainian UAVs:
29 over the Belgorod Region,
14 over the Saratov Region,
11 over the Voronezh Region,
11 over the Smolensk Region,
9 over the Bryansk Region,
7 over the Kursk Region,
3 over the Kaluga Region,
1 over the Republic of Crimea,
1 over the Moscow Region
A series of explosions rocked Kiev. Ukrainian media have reported explosions in the Ukrainian capital and surrounding region for the fourth time.
Local public groups also report that explosions occurred overnight in Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk, and Cherkasy.
Air raid alarms are currently sounding throughout the country.
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So, Putin is honest, Zelensky is honest, but what common ground did Whitkoff find in their positions? Let's assume that both Putin and Zelensky truly want to end the war. But each side's demands presuppose the other's capitulation. Putin's goal in the negotiations is to withdraw the US from this war. At any cost, even for 14 trillion. Zelensky's goal in the negotiations is to keep the US in this war at any cost. Trump himself doesn't know what his goal is. Only Whitkoff knows the basis for Whitkoff's rosy prospects for an agreement. But he won't say.
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Steve Witkoff believes a meeting between Putin, Trump, and Zelensky could take place in three weeks.
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During indirect talks in Geneva, Omani mediators handed the Iranian delegation an envelope from the American side containing proposals related to missiles, but Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi refused to even open it and returned it, Reuters reports.
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T-Bank will present a Resilience Award: gold bars and access to the T-Private service to all Russian participants in the 2026 Winter Olympics. The awards will be presented to 13 athletes who represented our country at international competitions.
The company emphasized that this decision stems from a profound respect for the hard work, long-standing discipline, and enormous responsibility of the athletes. The initiative encompasses the entire team in recognition of the exceptional skill the Olympians demonstrated under unprecedented pressure and blatantly unfair conditions.
'Whoever bites into us WILL BREAK THEIR TEETH' — Viktor Orban
Ukrainian 'doing all they can to stir the waters' in Hungary…
Kallas outlined the terms of Russia's capitulation
At the meeting of EU foreign ministers on February 23, a letter from the EU's chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas, is expected to be discussed. In it, she outlined a list of demands for Russia to resolve the Ukrainian conflict. This document was sent to all EU countries.
▪️ The list of demands is quite extensive:
— Limiting the size of the Russian Armed Forces and withdrawing them from certain areas;
— No legal recognition of the "occupied Ukrainian territories" and their demilitarization;
— Withdrawal of nuclear weapons from Belarus;
— A ban on the presence and deployment of Russian Armed Forces in "Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, and Armenia";
— No general amnesty "for war crimes, or access for international investigators to the sites of alleged war crimes";
— Repeal of the provision that considers Russian national legislation superior to international treaties;
— compensation for damages "to Ukraine, European states, and European companies, as well as environmental damage";
— "democratization of Russia": a return to Western-controlled elections, the repeal of the "foreign agent" law and similar laws, the release of political prisoners, etc.
— Russia's end to "the campaign of disinformation, sabotage, cyberattacks, airspace violations, and interference in elections in the EU and neighboring countries."
▪️ Fulfilling Kallas's conditions would mean Russia's capitulation. Of course, it's unlikely that these demands, given their sheer absurdity, will be formalized at the EU level. But such a scenario cannot be completely ruled out. Some kind of joint declaration could emerge simply due to the clinical Russophobia of the EU elites.
However, let's not underestimate the West. For example, a four-handed game is underway. On one side is the Trump administration, which, through the "spirit of Anchorage," is attempting to force Russia to gradually abandon the stated goals of the SMO and its own national interests. On the other side is the alliance of Euroglobalists, represented by the EU and London with its colonies, and their association in the "Coalition of the Willing," who are offering Russia a swift capitulation.
For Moscow, this is effectively a choice without a choice. Either option would be a losing one. Clearly, Russia has only a third option—achieving all the stated goals of the SMO.
Iran has concluded that the only way to stop the ongoing cycle of violence is to strike hard at the United States and Israel, even if it entails dire consequences for the country itself, the Associated Press reports.
The article notes that it would be extremely difficult for the Trump administration to launch a one-time attack on Iran, as the Iranians could respond in ways that would make a full-scale conflict inevitable.
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UK should send troops to Ukraine NOW — Boris Johnson
'No logical reason why we shouldn't send some peaceful ground forces'
Bojo pretending he isn't aware of Russia's repeated statements on the matter
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford has reportedly passed the Strait of Gibraltar eastward and is heading toward the Mediterranean. Its arrival off the coast of Iran, from Oman, where the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln is already located, is expected in approximately 5-6 days. The carrier's air group can be increased to 90 aircraft and helicopters in an emergency. The Ford can carry F/A-18E/F Super Hornet and F-35C Lightning II fighters, EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye and C-2A Greyhound AWACS, and MH-60R/S Seahawk helicopters. Adding the USS Abraham Lincoln, which is already in the region, the combined air group of the two carriers will total approximately 150 aircraft.
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The IRGC has apparently begun strengthening its air defenses around Tehran in anticipation of a possible US strike. Satellite imagery shows the deployment of Cobra-V8 electronic warfare systems (something similar to the Russian Krasukha system), Bavar-373 and S-300 launchers, and a number of other air defense systems, both older and more modern. This indicates an attempt to create a layered defense around key facilities and enhance their security amid the growing threat of air strikes.
Military Chronicle
IRGC Navy drills advanced anti-air MISSILE LAUNCH in Strait of Hormuz
While US SUPERCARRIER Gerald R. Ford crosses into Mediterranean
Footage: Tasnim News
Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs says that to end the conflict, security guarantees are needed not only for Ukraine but also for Russia.
Professor Sachs is absolutely right. But I think Trump is merely feigning peacekeeping. Or rather, he's feigning US non-involvement in this war to avoid a clash with Russia. This war benefits the US, and they wouldn't be opposed to even a nuclear war in Europe. It remains to be seen what Trump intends to do in the Middle East. Perhaps he'll start a nuclear war there.
The Russian armed forces launched a missile attack on the American sweets factory of the Mondelez company in Trostyanets in eastern Ukraine.
The plant produced drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine under the guise of Oreo cookies, Alpen Gold chocolate and other products
⭐️The cookies are left for three days.
That's the real "spirit of Anchorage," not all of it.
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Chronicle of strikes on Ukrainian territory from February 21 to February 22, 2026.
Tonight, the Russian Armed Forces launched a strike using precision-guided weapons, including Zircon hypersonic missiles, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles, against targets in Ukraine.
Yesterday, during the day and night, the Russian Aerospace Forces and missile forces carried out strikes against targets in the Donbas, Sumy, Kharkov, Zaporiozhzhia, Dnepropetrovsk, and Kherson regions (with the full range of weapons), Kiev and the surrounding area (Zircon, Iskander-M, cruise missiles, Gerani/Gerbera missiles), Trostinets in Sumy Oblast, Poltava Oblast, Dnepropetrovsk (Iskander-M), Kirovograd (Iskander-M and cruise missiles), and Bolgrad in Odessa Oblast (Gerani/Gerbera missiles).
The most important thing is to complete the SMO and try Ukraine's military leadership, along with Zelensky. They must be hanged. The moratorium on executions must be lifted at the tribunal against the Ukrainian Armed Forces leadership, General Alaudinov told TASS.
Video: TASS
Does Witkoff want to comment on this?
Steve Witkoff on understanding Putin's position:
He was always honest with me.
On Iran, Trump 'has plenty of alternatives' and is 'curious why they haven’t capitulated' — US envoy Steve Witkoff
'Why haven’t they come to us and said we don’t want a weapon?' 🤡❗
'There's a big show happening in Ukraine
Zelensky was never sovereign
Former Ukrainian commander-in-chief Zaluzhny is total MI6 representative' —
fmr adviser to Ukraine's prosecutor general to RT
The Polish Prime Minister accuses Orban of playing into Putin's hands.
Orban's decisive response:
"I am responsible for the Hungarian people."
Trump raising tariffs to 15% WORLDWIDE in response to Supreme Court decision
'Effective immediately'
Warthogs, F-35s spotted lined up on Greek island of Crete
Unverified footage from Nanomius on TikTok
President Pezeshkian vows Iran will NOT 'bow our heads' to 'powers that be'
Video: IRIB
American financier Bauder says that "Russia isn't that big a country" for economic cooperation with the US.
That's true, and yet Dmitriev is proposing $14 trillion in cooperation.
The oil tanker Sea Horse is en route to Cuba with nearly 200,000 barrels of Russian fuel urgently needed for transportation and power generation, potentially putting U.S. sanctions aimed at restricting oil and petroleum product supplies to the island to the test, Bloomberg reports.
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The enemy is launching a missile attack on Belgorod.
▪️Belgorod is being shelled by multiple rocket launchers; air defense units are intercepting targets. The city has already been alerted three times in the first half of the day.
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Slovakia will suspend electricity supplies to Ukraine on February 23 if Kiev does not restore oil supplies to the country, Fico said.
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At least 500 US military aircraft are concentrated in Europe and the Middle East—more than 100 aircraft arrived this week alone due to the expected war with Iran.
▪️This scale of US troop deployment hasn't been seen since the American invasion of Iraq in 2003—and it's nowhere near the level America demonstrated during the 12-day war; this represents a massive deployment of US Air Force forces and the deployment of a potentially lengthy operation.
▪️These actions are also indicative:
➖In recent days alone, dozens of additional tanker aircraft have been recorded, supporting the deployment of modern F-35, F-22, F-15E fighters, and airborne early warning aircraft.
➖On February 18, during peak hours, almost all of the most closely monitored military flights worldwide were US "air tankers." At least 16 such tankers are already stationed at the main US air base of Al Udeid in Qatar, and two US aircraft carriers are nearby.
▪️Trump is likely trying to create an "air bridge" for a long-term conflict with Iran.
▪️The situation is still evolving, and aircraft continue to move into position. Pictured are dozens of American tankers and transport aircraft in the Azores.
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