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From Davos to Sanctions: What Epstein Files Reveal About Russian Oligarchs​

Epstein Files in 2026: The Truth They Let Us Know​

NATO Soldiers in Arctic Report Challenges Operating Weapons in Extreme Cold - Reports

NATO soldiers deployed in the Arctic region are reporting significant difficulties using standard-issue weapons in freezing temperatures, with firearms becoming quickly inoperative due to ice formation and condensation, Business Insider reported on Tuesday, citing NATO personnel undergoing...

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'No One Left to Put in Trenches': How Ukraine's Coercive Draft Erodes Its Own Army from Within

The massive military mobilization in Ukraine continues at a rapid pace. Any man of draft age found on the street...

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Military Situation In Ukraine On February 3, 2026 (Maps Update)

Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Odesa, Chernihiv, Kyiv and Vinnytsia regions;The Russian army struck Tripoli Thermal Power Station and the Darnitsa Thermal Power Station in Kyiv region;The Russian army struck Ladizhyn Thermal Power Station in...

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First Round of Russia-Ukraine Negotiations Shows Military Gains​

Emergence of New Nuclear-Armed European Nations Out of Line With Russia’s Interests – Analyst

Officially, five countries—members of the so-called “nuclear club”—currently possess nuclear weapons, including Russia, the US, UK, France, and China.

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Zelensky Needs No Peace in Ukraine, It Will Mean End of His Career - Lavrov

Volodymyr Zelensky does not need peace in Ukraine because it would mean the end of his political career, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.

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Military Situation In Ukraine On February 4, 2026 (Maps Update)

Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Sumy, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Odesa, and Kherson regions;The Russian army struck critical infrastructure in Odessa;The Russian army struck energy facilities in Lozova, Kharkiv region;

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Zelensky Needs No Peace in Ukraine, It Will Mean End of His Career - Lavrov

Volodymyr Zelensky does not need peace in Ukraine because it would mean the end of his political career, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday.

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I think this is the big deal with Zelensky, after peace prevails, how will Zelensky explain his decisions and actions?

Ukrainian peopel will ask the big question Why? Informed politicians will ask was changing the consitution to become member of that aggressive defensive alliance called NATO worth the cost? To whose benefit was it for?

Given the benefit of where international rule based system and NATO is now, was it really Worth.


The Ukrainian people will say Zelensky can take NATO and shove it up somewhere sun don't shine.

 

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New Aggression Will Trigger ‘Absolute and Strategic Defeat’ of Iran’s Enemies: Top General

“The enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran are well aware that any adventure or attempt to impose war against Islamic Iran will not only lead to their absolute and strategic defeat but will also cause the expansion of war and crisis throughout the region,” Armed Forces Chief of Staff...

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Trump Authorizes up to 25% Tariffs on Countries Trading With Iran — Executive Order

The White House published an executive order authorizing additional tariffs of up to 25% on imports from foreign countries that directly or indirectly trade with Iran.

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A Tale Of Two Presidents: Zelensky Cries Foul As Trump Backs Putin's Ceasefire Claim

On February 3, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky informed the media that Russia had violated the ceasefire by launching strikes ahead...

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France, UK Should Be Included if Russia-US Arms Control Extends to China - US Expert

France and the United Kingdom should also be involved if a new arms control treaty between Russia and the United States extends to China, former US Army Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen told Sputnik.

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Why Recognition of Donbas Matters for Russia’s Relations With the West​

Swedish Defense Companies Profit From Conflict in Ukraine

Sweden has provided Ukraine with $9 billion in military aid since the start of Russia’s special military operation and plans to allocate another $8 billion to Ukraine for the purchase of weapons and other assistance, Russian Ambassador in Stockholm Sergey Belyaev told Sputnik.

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Ukrainian Generals Caught Embezzling Millions Through Faulty Command & Control Software Contract

Corruption watchdog NABU has completed its probe into suspected fraud related to the creation of Ukraine’s DZVIN automated command & control battlefield management system.

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Military Situation In Ukraine On February 7, 2026 (Maps Update)

Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Sumy, Volyn, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv regions;The Russian army struck the Kyiv substation;The Russian army struck the Vinnytsia substation;

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New Aggression Will Trigger ‘Absolute and Strategic Defeat’ of Iran’s Enemies: Top General

“The enemies of the Islamic Republic of Iran are well aware that any adventure or attempt to impose war against Islamic Iran will not only lead to their absolute and strategic defeat but will also cause the expansion of war and crisis throughout the region,” Armed Forces Chief of Staff...

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Trump Authorizes up to 25% Tariffs on Countries Trading With Iran — Executive Order

The White House published an executive order authorizing additional tariffs of up to 25% on imports from foreign countries that directly or indirectly trade with Iran.

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A Tale Of Two Presidents: Zelensky Cries Foul As Trump Backs Putin's Ceasefire Claim

On February 3, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky informed the media that Russia had violated the ceasefire by launching strikes ahead...

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France, UK Should Be Included if Russia-US Arms Control Extends to China - US Expert

France and the United Kingdom should also be involved if a new arms control treaty between Russia and the United States extends to China, former US Army Lt. Col. Earl Rasmussen told Sputnik.

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Why Recognition of Donbas Matters for Russia’s Relations With the West​

Swedish Defense Companies Profit From Conflict in Ukraine

Sweden has provided Ukraine with $9 billion in military aid since the start of Russia’s special military operation and plans to allocate another $8 billion to Ukraine for the purchase of weapons and other assistance, Russian Ambassador in Stockholm Sergey Belyaev told Sputnik.

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Ukrainian Generals Caught Embezzling Millions Through Faulty Command & Control Software Contract

Corruption watchdog NABU has completed its probe into suspected fraud related to the creation of Ukraine’s DZVIN automated command & control battlefield management system.

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Military Situation In Ukraine On February 7, 2026 (Maps Update)

Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, Sumy, Volyn, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Lviv regions;The Russian army struck the Kyiv substation;The Russian army struck the Vinnytsia substation;

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The Western war machines continue to profit from wars and human suffering.

Follow the money.

 

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Attack on Russian General Is Obvious Ukrainian Attempt to Sabotage Negotiations - Expert

“They don’t want peace. With peace, they will stop receiving Western arms and money, which are currently being plundered, and will disappear from the global spotlight,” Russian military expert Viktor Litovkin told Sputnik, commenting on the attempted assassination of Gen. Alexeyev, the deputy of...

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Putin Thanks UAE President for Assistance in Gen. Alexeyev Attack Arrest - Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation yesterday evening with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, thanking him for cooperation between the intelligence services and for the assistance in detaining the suspect involved in the terrorist attack against Lt. Gen. Vladimir...

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Attack on Russian General: Zelensky Could Go to Any Lengths to Woo Western Handlers – Expert

The FSB earlier said that they have detained two suspects in connection with the attempted assassination of General Vladimir Alexeyev, the first deputy chief of Russia’s Main Intelligence Directorate, also known as GRU.

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Military Situation In Ukraine On February 8, 2026 (Maps Update)

Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Dnipropetrovsk, Volyn, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Poltava, Kherson, Vinnytsia, Ivano-Frankivsk, and Odesa regions;The Russian army struck a locomotive in the Kharkiv region;The Russian army struck AFU...

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Photograph of Russian soldier taped upside down to a tree in the freezing cold proves it - Putin's army is now a penal colony driven forward by terror and kept in line by execution: DAVID PATRIKARAKOS​

Putin's army is now a penal colony controlled by terror and executions

They've hung him upside down like a slab of meat. Stripped to his underwear. Arms bound tight with tape. Ankles lashed to a tree trunk in the open winter air.

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Military Situation In Ukraine On February 9, 2026 (Maps Update)

Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Sumy, Kherson, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Odesa, and Volyn regions;The Russian army struck the Kachanovsky gas processing plant in the Sumy region;The Russian army struck port and gas distribution infrastructure in Odessa;

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French U-Turn: Macron’s Russia Comments Highlight Growing Rifts Inside the EU​

Military Situation In Ukraine On February 11, 2026 (Maps Update)

Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, and Odesa regions;The Russian army struck the Alexandrovskaya-2 electrical substation in the Zaporizhia region;The Russian army struck an ammunition warehouse, a hangar with artillery installations in...

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Erosion of US Credibility in NATO Approaches Critical Threshold – Expert

Polls show NATO allies are increasingly considering the US unreliable – but that perception does not emerge in a vacuum, says Adriel Kasonta, a London-based foreign affairs analyst.

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Military Situation In Ukraine On February 12, 2026 (Maps Update)

Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Sumy, Lviv, Odesa, and Kyiv regions;The Russian army struck TPP-5, TPP-4, and the Darnitsa TPP in the Kyiv region;The Russian army struck Pridneprovskaya TPP in Dnipropetrovsk;

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US Navy Destroyer Collides with Supply Ship During At-Sea Refueling​

Rubio’s Munich Remarks Were Attempt ‘to Systematize a Worldview That Does Not Truly Exist’ - Expert

The current administration’s foreign policy “is inherently difficult to analyze” because its statements “often lack a coherent foundation or consistent meaning,” Prof. Joe Siracusa of Curtin University’s Global Futures Platform told Sputnik, commenting on Secretary Rubio’s speech at this year’s...

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Europe Decided to Go to War With Russia by 2030, Already Preparing - Orban

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday that Europe has decided to go to war with Russia by 2030 and that preparations are already underway in certain European countries.

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Trump Says Zelensky Has to Get Moving, Russia Wants to Make a Deal

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump said on Friday that Volodymyr Zelensky should hurry up because Russia is willing to make a deal, otherwise, an opportunity will be missed.

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The Invisible War Within: Why Violence Against TRC Staff is Growing in Ukraine

In recent weeks, Ukraine has seen a sharp increase in armed attacks on personnel of Territorial Recruitment Centers (TRC). Servicemen...

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Military Situation In Ukraine On February 14, 2026 (Maps Update)

Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Mykolaiv, Rivne, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions;The Russian army struck TPP-6 in the Kyiv region;The Russian army struck AFU targets in the Kharkiv region;

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Rubio’s Munich Remarks Were Attempt ‘to Systematize a Worldview That Does Not Truly Exist’ - Expert

The current administration’s foreign policy “is inherently difficult to analyze” because its statements “often lack a coherent foundation or consistent meaning,” Prof. Joe Siracusa of Curtin University’s Global Futures Platform told Sputnik, commenting on Secretary Rubio’s speech at this year’s...

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I think Trump sadly has picked people around him who think like he does or opportunist who lack a brain and are simply yes men. Rubio is one of those lackie's who is in a position way way above his true abilities.

Also, that other news bite about Europe planning for war (aka Nuclear war) by 2030, I have heard said before so not sure if there is some substance behind it. Whether the politicians can sell it to their people is another story.

 

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Ball in US court to prove seriousness about making nuclear deal: Iran’s deputy FM

Iran’s deputy foreign minister says it is the United States’ turn to demonstrate its resolve to reach an agreement aimed at resolving Tehran’s nuclear issue.

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'Munich Circus': Under destruction​

Zelensky’s Attack on Orban Cheap Ploy, Won’t Bring Ukraine Closer to EU - Expert

“Zelensky thinks he’s just winning easy points because the elite of the EU will be happy to see him taking swipes at Orban,” prolific commentator Dr. George Szamuely told Sputnik, commenting on Zelensky’s personal attack against Hungary’s PM at the Munich Security Conference, and Orban’s...

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Germany’s Proposal to Use $106B From Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine Fails – Report

French President Emmanuel Macron rejected Germany’s proposal to use $106 billion from frozen Russian assets to purchase US weapons for Ukraine at a meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, German media reports.

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US, Norway Eye Critical Minerals Cooperation as China Warns Against ‘Exclusive Blocs’

The US has repeatedly expressed concern over the fact that the mining and processing of critical minerals, which include rare earths, is dominated by China.

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Alberta Secession Talk Grows, Trump Allies Cheer — Reports

Oil-rich Alberta is preparing for a possible independence referendum later this year, with supporters crediting President Donald Trump’s rhetoric for energizing their movement, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Russia and Ukraine Continue Mutual Strikes. Energy Truce and Munich Conference's Outcomes

At the upcoming talks in Geneva, Kyiv intends to raise the issue of a new energy truce. The head of...

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Military Situation In Ukraine On February 15, 2026 (Maps Update)

Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Kherson, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Odesa, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv regions;The Russian army struck the Luzanovka railway in the Odessa region;The Russian army struck AFU targets in the Dnipropetrovsk region;The Russian army struck...

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