Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjarto:

The EU wants to allocate another 20 to 40 billion euros and an unimaginable amount of weapons to Ukraine, Hungary will always vote against these measures.

AFP claims that a US-Russian meeting will be held in Riyadh tomorrow, Tuesday, to follow up on the path to ending the conflict in Ukraine.

Putin:

Russia attacked Ukraine because that's how fate worked out and that's how God wanted it.

Washington will commit to a free, sovereign and secure Ukraine as part of the minerals deal that now appears imminent.

Washington will agree to a permanent partnership with Kiev and will indicate its intention to invest in Ukraine.

The new draft has been almost agreed upon and is awaiting a response from Washington, but the text is still not final.

Source: Bloomberg

US National Security Advisor Waltz:

There are enough minerals in Ukraine for everyone, including Europe.

Trump did not greet Macron at the entrance of White House.

Approximately 46% of Ukraine's population faces mental health problems due to the war, according to the WHO.

Germany’s likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggests Europe might need its own defense alliance, independent of NATO.

"Since the U.S. nuclear umbrella can no longer be relied upon, we must negotiate with the UK and France to expand their nuclear support for other European nations."

🇺🇸U.S. Military Presence in Germany 🇩🇪

36,000 U.S. military personnel stationed across 40+ bases.

Key bases:
Ramstein (13,000-15,000)
Baumholder (5,000-7,000)
Grafenwoehr (4,000-6,000)

That's new: Russian AK-306 navla autocannon spotted mounted on the back of a KamAZ truck in Crimea.

East vs. West: Maps of Germany’s regional development still show a clear divide between the former West and Communist East—35 years after reunification.

Germany’s likely next Chancellor Friedrich Merz:

I wonder if by June we will still be talking about NATO as it is today, or if we will have to create an independent European defense structure much sooner.

Someone hacked screens at U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to display an AI-generated video of Trump licking Elon Musk’s feet, captioned “LONG LIVE THE REAL KING.”

US Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on 16 entities and 13 ships related to the Iranian oil industry.

Russia's UN Envoy Nebenzya:

The capitulation of the Kyiv regime is only a matter of time.

European Commission President von der Leyen:

Ukraine could join the EU before 2030 if they continue at current speed and quality.

WSJ, citing Trump administration officials:

We want to see a more inclusive Syrian government than the current one dominated by Islamists.

Rheinmetall, Europe’s leading ammunition manufacturer, is set to repurpose two of its automotive plants in Germany—located in Berlin and Neuss—to focus on defense equipment production.

They'll be integrated into Rheinmetall’s Weapon and Ammunition division.

Source: Reuters

Turkish President Erdogan:

Only Turkey, with its full membership, can save the European Union from the deadlock it has fallen into—ranging from the economy and defense to politics and international reputation.

South Korea begins lifting sanctions on Russia.

Starting February 28, South Korea will remove restrictions on medical equipment supplies.

Mousa Abu Marzouk, the head of Hamas’s foreign relations office, says he would not have supported the October 7, 2023 attack on Israel had he known the extent of devastation it would bring upon Gaza.

Reflecting on the consequences, he admitted that had he known the scale of destruction Gaza would suffer, it would have been “impossible” for him to support the attack.

He compared Hamas’s survival to an untrained person surviving a fight against Mike Tyson, suggesting that while Hamas still exists, it has suffered greatly.

“If it was expected that what happened would happen, there wouldn’t have been October 7.”

Source: NYT