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⚡️ So Joe Biden announced the overall transfer of 700 tanks and thousands of armored vehicles to Ukraine in cooperation with 50 partner countries
The US president also signed a new $500 million military aid package.
It included HIMARS missiles, JAVELIN anti-tank missile systems, artillery ammunition, anti-tank systems and aerial surveillance systems.
Biden was offered to meet with Zelenskyy at the border or in Lviv, but he chose Kyiv, – Rolling Stone with reference to a White House official
The EU has already adopted all the main sanctions against Russia, said the head of the European Council, Charles Michel
According to him, there are "not many things" that can be done. [except he says sanction the children of oligarchs etc]
Russia is preparing sabotage against critical infrastructure in the North Sea, — Reuters with reference to Dutch Intelligence
These are Internet cables, gas pipelines, and wind generators. The head of intelligence, General Jan Swillens, said that a Russian ship was discovered near one of these turbines in the Dutch part of the sea.
[I suspect that Russian sabotage of infrastructure and economic entities is going to rocket :/ ]
China supports the draft Russian resolution on the investigation of explosions at the "Nord Stream," – Deputy Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the UN Zhang Jun
A new $460 million military aid package to Ukraine includes:
◾️additional ammunition for HIMARS MLRS
◾️155-mm artillery shells and 120-mm mortar shells
◾️four radar systems
◾️Additional Javelin anti-tank systems
◾️about 2 thousand anti-tank missiles
◾️four Bradley infantry fighting vehicles
◾️two tactical vehicles, Claymore anti-personnel mines, night vision devices, communications equipment, as well as medical equipment and equipment parts
Russia sells weapons at Abu Dhabi show despite sanctions over war in Ukraine, — AP
"Ukraine will have at least 2 battalions of Leopard-2 tanks and possibly 6-7 battalions of Leopard-1 tanks with ammunition," — Reznikov
Serbia rejects Russian fighter jets and will buy French ones, – President Vučić
According to Vučić, it has become impossible to keep Russian MiG-29s, the last batch of which Serbia received in 2017.
The EU deploys a civilian mission on the border of Armenia and Azerbaijan, Russia is outraged
100 observers will work in the mission, half of whom will not have weapons, the EU Council reported.
The mission will contribute to the stabilization of the situation on the border and the normalization of relations between the countries. The duration of the mission is two years, it will be headed by the former head of the Federal Police Department in Stuttgart, Markus Ritter.
The spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, said that Moscow views this mission as "an attempt to squeeze Russia out of the region."
G7 financial leaders to meet on February 23 to discuss measures against Russia that will affect its end of war in Ukraine, — Reuters
Putin may soon mobilize hundreds of thousands more in addition to the 300,000 already recruited, — NYT citing US intelligence
20 units of the Marder BMP for Ukraine will be ready by the end of March, — CEO of Rheinmetall
⚡️The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany urges its citizens not to visit Russia in the coming days and to be careful from February 20 to 26
If there is sufficient support from the West in Ukraine, which will arrive on time, this year the Armed Forces will be able to regain the initiative, — ISW
“We are not at war with the people of Ukraine,” Putin during his February 21 address
Key points from Putin's message to the Federal Assembly:
▫️ Russia was open to a constructive dialogue with the West and for many years offered to work on a joint security system. At the same time, the West was preparing the enslaved Ukraine for a great war, and today it recognizes this;
▫️We protect our homes and the lives of people, and the goal of the West is unlimited power;
▫️ The West declares perversion, including pedophilia, the norm of life, destroys its values, calls on priests to bless same-sex marriages;
▫️ The West seeks to turn the conflict "in" Ukraine into a phase of global confrontation;
▫️ The more long-range systems Ukraine gets, the further we will repel the threat;
▫️ Residents of Donbas, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson determined their own future, despite threats and terror, they decided to be with the Motherland;
▫️ Russia suspends its participation in the Strategic Offensive Weapons Treaty;
▫️ The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and Rosatom must ensure readiness for the test of Russian nuclear weapons if the USA does it first.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni arrived in Kyiv by train on Tuesday around noon, – La Repubblica
There is no final decision regarding the admission of Russian and Belarusian athletes to the selection for the 2024 Olympics, – the IOC statement
Romania suspended the work of the Russian Center of Culture and Science in Bucharest due to manipulation of public opinion
"The center deliberately participated in actions to distort the perception of reality and historical truth at the level of public opinion in Romania. These actions have recently intensified and acquired new, especially serious accents," the ministry emphasized.
NATO has conducted a complete inventory of ammunition arsenals and will increase production volumes, — Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg
They say this is the first photo of the American BMP Bradley in Ukraine ☝️