❗️Russian forces struck the infrastructure of military airfields, storage sites for attack drones, and training sites for Ukrainian drone operators, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

🇷🇺🪖More statements from the Russian Defense Ministry's daily briefing on the special military operation's progress:

▪️Ukraine lost up to 375 troops in the Russian Tsentr Battlegroup's combat zone.

▪️Russian aviation shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 aircraft.

▪️Ukraine lost up to 125 soldiers in the areas of responsibility of Russia's Battlegroup Dnepr and Sever.

▪️Ukraine lost up a Leopard tank in the Russian Vostok Battlegroup's combat zone.

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Ukraine in search of 'attractive girls' to provide for foreign mercs - source

Ukrainian special services recruit escorts "under the age of 25, who are disengaged from society and speak English or French,” Sputnik reports, citing a source in the pro-Russian underground resistance movement.

About 15 such girls have been selected over the past week, during which they were transported from the city of Nikolayev to Odessa, the source added.

The selective process is controlled by the Ukrainian Security Service and the Main Directorate of Intelligence with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, the insider said.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated that the West showed itself as a party to the Ukraine conflict by ordering mercenaries to take part in hostilities on the side of the Kiev regime.

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🌋🔥 Kilauea unleashes fury again: Lava fountains soar to 120 meters!

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano has erupted for the 10th time in two months, with lava fountains reaching 120 meters high — equivalent to a 35-story building. The eruption lasted about 13 hours and was caught on camera.

Experts from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory warn that another eruption could occur as soon as tomorrow.

Kilauea remains one of the most active volcanoes in the world.

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Putin urges Russian energy giant Gazprom to team up with Elon Musk for tech ventures

“He [Musk] will finish reforming the administrative bodies in the US and focus on science. You should cooperate with him,” the Russian president told Gazprombank Deputy CEO Dmitry Zauers during the Future Technologies Forum in Moscow on February 22.

Vladimir Putin added that Russia’s collaboration with Musk in the space sector is already on the table.

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❗️Russian troops have liberated the settlement of Novolyubovka in the Lugansk People's Republic, Russia's Defense Ministry announced

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🇲🇩 'Maya, go away!'

Protesters in Chisinau rally outside the Moldovan presidential building, chanting against President Sandu’s party. Many signs display messages like "End Censorship!" as the crowd demands change.

Moldova’s economy, hit by 30.2% inflation in 2022, stabilized by late 2023 with inflation at 7%; however, rising energy prices in 2025 have triggered a new crisis.

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