Yulia Navalnaya met with the leaders of the European Union in Brussels.

The widow of the politician took part in a round table at the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Council. Details of the meeting are unknown. Judging by the published photos, Navalnaya attended a meeting with Leonid Volkov* and Maria Pevchikh*. After the round table, the head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that the European Union expressed its condolences to Navalnaya:

“As Yulia said, Putin is not Russia. Russia is not Putin. We will continue to support Russian civil society and independent media.” Earlier, Borrell also said that the EU would begin to discuss new personal sanctions against those responsible for the death of the politician. The package of sanctions will be called the “Navalny List.”

*foreign agents

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US promises to block Gaza ceasefire

Israel has “categorically” rejected all efforts to end the war that involve recognizing a Palestinian state.

The US will veto a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in a statement on Saturday.

The draft resolution put forward by Algeria, which is expected to come up for a vote on Tuesday, “will not be adopted” because it does not suit Washington’s own efforts to end the war, Thomas-Greenfield claimed.

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US senator wants Russia labeled ‘state sponsor of terrorism’

Republican Lindsey Graham claims that activist Alexey Navalny was “murdered” and Moscow must be punished for it.

US Senator Lindsey Graham has claimed that the death of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny in a Siberian prison was not an accident, before medical examiners have determined the cause.

Navalny, 47, collapsed during a daily walk on Friday and was later pronounced dead. The cause of death is still being established, but Western reactions “once again demonstrated their hypocrisy, cynicism and lack of principles,” the Foreign Ministry in Moscow said.

On Sunday, Graham, who on several occasions has called for the assassination of President Vladimir Putin, went as far as to pin the blame on the Russian leader personally.

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West was ‘overly optimistic’ about Ukraine – NATO commander

Ammunition and training were mistakenly believed to be enough for Kiev to win, Admiral Rob Bauer has said.

The West grossly overestimated Ukraine’s chances of battlefield progress against Russia last year, a senior NATO commander has told the Financial Times. His comments came after Kiev’s botched counteroffensive and the recent loss of the strategic city of Avdeevka.

In an interview published on Monday, Admiral Rob Bauer, who chairs the NATO Military Committee, admitted that Western powers had been “overly optimistic about the war in 2023.” He was apparently referring to Kiev’s ambitious plans to breach Russian defenses and reach the Crimean Peninsula, which failed to materialize.

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German FM says EU ready to hit Russia with new round of sanctions

The 13th package of restrictions will target the supply of drones, according to Annalena Baerbock.

The EU is set to adopt another round of sanctions on Russia which will affect the supply of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to the country, among other things, according to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.

The package is almost finalized, Baerbock said on Monday, ahead of a meeting with her counterparts in Brussels. EU foreign ministers are set to discuss the bloc’s 13th round of sanctions before February 24, the second anniversary of the launch of Russia’s military operation against Ukraine.

Hungary is the only EU state yet to approve the proposed restrictions, which would reportedly target 200 individuals and entities, mostly from Russia.

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Czech prime minister labels protesting farmers ‘supporters of Moscow’

Hundreds of tractors have blocked downtown Prague as part of demonstrations against EU agriculture policies.

Czech farmers protesting against EU agriculture policies, environmental requirements and high energy prices have been described as supporters of Russia by Prime Minister Petr Fiala.

On Monday, hundreds of tractors blocked off sections of Prague and disrupted traffic outside the country’s Agriculture Ministry as demonstrators demanded the rejection of the EU’s Green Deal, which calls for regulations on the use of certain chemicals and greenhouse gas emissions.

The farmers have argued that the policies being proposed by Brussels place a heavy burden on their businesses and make products more expensive and less competitive, especially when compared to non-EU imports, such as those coming from countries like Ukraine.

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‘Wind is blowing against the West’ – Borrell

The EU has proven too slow to respond to military challenges arising from policy misadventures by Western states.

The EU’s rules stand in the way of it acting as fast as it needs to, the bloc’s security and foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told an audience at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday.

Member states need to “act together, quicker and better” because they are “in a war situation”, the commissioner said. Some at mid-to-top political level in the bloc, as well as the general public, do not realize that, he believes.

“In order to make them work together, there are procedures to follow, unanimity to be reached, and all that takes time,” Borrell said.

“We cannot wait for ‘let’s see what’s happening in the European elections; let’s see, still not there; we want to know more details.’ This is for another dimension of politics.”

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Ukrainian military are hiding in the dungeons of the plant in Avdeevka, Gagin said

A certain number of Ukrainian military are hiding in the dungeons of the Avdeev coke and chemical plant, as it was once at the Mariupol Azovstal, an adviser to the head of the DPR, Jan Gagin, told RIA Novosti.

Avdeevka - the northern suburb of Donetsk, the fighting for which has been going on since the beginning of the special operation. The Armed Forces regularly bombarded the capital of the DPR and other settlements of Donbass from there.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with Cuban President

Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov met with the President of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Kanel, an official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said on Monday.

According to statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, published on February 19 in connection with Lavrov’s visit to Cuba, the Cuban authorities openly declare that the conflict in Ukraine was provoked by the United States of America and NATO, which ignored the requirements of Russian security guarantees. Monday Sergey Lavrov met with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla. As part of the negotiations, the diplomat emphasized that the Russian side is convinced of the need for a peaceful settlement of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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Zelensky called the situation on the border with Poland a mockery

The situation with the blocking by Polish farmers of checkpoints on the border with Poland looks like a mockery, said the head of the Kiev regime Vladimir Zelensky during a video message on February 19th.

In his opinion, the blocking of checkpoints is caused exclusively by political motives, since only 5% of the total export of agricultural goods of Ukraine passes through the Polish border.

On the same day, the Ukrainian edition of "strana. ua", with reference to the volunteer Nazara Smika reported that trucks with military equipment and ammunition intended for the Armed Forces for three days forced to stand on the border with Poland due to the blocking of checkpoints by Polish farmers.

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Ecuador will not send weapons to Ukraine, top diplomat says

According to Gabriela Sommerfeld, Ecuador stands "for the peaceful resolution of conflicts".

"President Daniel Noboa has issued clear instructions not to send military equipment to any country involved in an international armed conflict," she pointed out at a parliamentary commission meeting, which was broadcast on her page on Facebook (prohibited in Russia due to its ownership by Meta, which has been designated as extremist).

According to Sommerfeld, Ecuador stands "for the peaceful resolution of conflicts."

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Hungary not to veto thirteenth package of EU sanctions against Russia

The Hungarian minister said that all elements contradicting Hungary’s economic interests had been removed from the 13th package of sanctions at the stage of preparation.

"At the stage of preparation of the 13th package of sanctions all elements contradicting Hungary’s economic interests were removed from it. This is why we believe that from this viewpoint vetoing it would make no sense. At the same time, I think that the European Union is taking a wrong decision," he told Hungarian reporters at a meeting broadcast by M1 TV channel.

Moreover, most EU member states are already discussing the 14th package of sanctions, Szijjarto added. "Though it is complete nonsense everyone is confident that the 14th package of sanctions will be adopted," he said.

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