📹 Starmer says he will not resign

"I will never walk away from the mandate I was given to change this country," the UK prime minister said.

📑 Senior aides reportedly give him 50-50 odds of surviving the week, with ministers poised to force him out after his chief of staff and election architect, Morgan McSweeney, resigned under pressure over the Epstein scandal.

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🪖❌ ‘We’d go hungry for five days’ – Ukrainian POW

Ukrainian forces are facing stark frontline supply issues, says a soldier captured by Russian forces, Denys Yakovlev.

According to him, Ukrainian drones would deliver a few bottles of water, maybe some sausage, a couple of loaves of bread, chocolate bars, sugar, coffee, tea – but all that lasted a day or two.

“But they didn't drop off food every day. Sometimes we'd go hungry for up to five days,” he says.
The POW adds that when a Ukrainian drone set off with supplies, the Russian servicemen would shoot it down with an FPV drone or switch on jamming, so it couldn’t get through.

Russian servicemen, to his surprise, provided him with medical assistance when he was captured, gave him food and water, and then escorted him to a safe area.

“What they told us in Ukraine and how it actually is are two very different things. They fed me, gave me cigarettes. If I asked for water, they let me drink. Everything was fine — no one insulted me, no one beat me, nothing like that. A fragment cut my arm and also my leg. They bandaged me up, treated the wounds — everything was fine,” the man said.

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🇮🇷☢️Iran drafting proposal to safeguard right to peaceful nuclear technology - Araghchi

Iran is prepared to offer US negotiators guarantees that it will not pursue nuclear weapons, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said, calling such assurances “achievable” if there is goodwill on both sides.

💬 According to Araghchi, any agreement must safeguard the Islamic Republic’s right to the peaceful use of nuclear technology, for electricity, the production of medicines, and agriculture.

Iran’s uranium enrichment program is strictly peaceful, he reiterated, clarifying that enrichment levels depend on civilian needs.

The minister argued that “there is no solution but a diplomatic solution,” and noted that last year’s bombing attack has fueled Iran’s mistrust of the US.

“We were in the middle of negotiations last June when they decided to attack us,” he reminded.

Iran is “prepared for a diplomatic solution,” assured Araghchi, but it is also prepared to defend itself “against any new aggression.”

Previously following the February 6 talks in Muscat with the US side, Araghchi stressed that Iran will not accept zero enrichment, focusing on ensuring that its nuclear activities remain peaceful.

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🟠 Trump says US might send second aircraft carrier to the Middle East

🟠 Colombian President Petro evades assassination attempt

🟠 Palestinian envoy is among nominees to chair 81st UN General Assembly

🟠 Russia is ready to provide vaccines against melanoma this year

🟠 Iran wants to make a deal — Trump

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🗣 Lavrov: Following the Alaska summit, it was quite realistic to quickly finalize a treaty on a Ukrainian settlement

Russia and the US found a balance of vital interests at the Anchorage summit, but now Europe is dismantling it all, the Russian Foreign Minister said in an interview with the online project Empathy Manuchi.

Key statements by Sergey Lavrov:

🔸 Those commenting on the Abu Dhabi talks "on every street corner" either want to derail them or absolve themselves of blame for a lack of flexibility.

🔸 Europe and Ukraine are proposing "a treaty of tolerance" instead of actually ensuring human rights in Ukraine.

🔸 Zelensky is counting on the fact that, in the event of a ceasefire, NATO will deploy missiles in Ukraine capable of reaching Russian cities.

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🚨Epstein lists just blew the lid off: The West is a satanic elite empire, collapsing in real time (Digital Dugin Edition)

💬 "The West is the toxic core from which the rest of the world must escape, and a new, non-Western order must be built."

Breakdown by AI Dugin 👆

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📹LIVE NOW: Lavrov speaks at the "Government Hour" in the State Duma

👉Watch live in our Telegram

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🚨Accomplice in attack on General Alexeyev acted with terrorist motive

🟠Viktor Vasin, the accomplice in the attempted attack on General Vladimir Alexeyev, was motivated by terrorist intent, Russia’s Investigative Committee (SK RF) said.

🟠The committee has asked a court to place Viktor and Pavel Vasin under arrest in connection with the case.

🟠Meanwhile, General Alexeyev remains in hospital following the incident and is receiving qualified medical care, Investigative Committee spokeswoman Svetlana Petrenko said.

🟠The attack took place on February 6 in a residential building in Moscow. On February 8, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) reported that the suspected perpetrator, Lyubomir Korba, had been detained in Dubai and transferred to Russia, where a court ordered his arrest. Investigators also named two Russian citizens — Zinaida Serebritskaya and Viktor Vasin — as accomplices.

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🇷🇺FM Lavrov: Russia is grateful to the UAE for its mediation on Ukraine, and Russian negotiators continue their work

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🚨 Kremlin: It's premature to discuss Zelensky's alleged intentions to hold elections

More statements by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov:

🔸 Regarding possible elections in Ukraine, one should rely on primary sources — and no such statements have come from them yet

🔸 Russia is interested in discussing economic topics with the United States

🔸 Russia will use existing communication channels with the US to clarify the situation regarding Venezuelan oil. Russia has investments and long-term projects in Venezuela, and Venezuelan partners are interested

🔸 Regarding Armenia and Azerbaijan's dealings with the US, Russia has its own mutually beneficial relations with both countries, which will continue to develop. Russia and Armenia are united by integration projects, and it is beneficial to continue them

🔸 On Armenia-US nuclear projects: Russia's expertise in the nuclear field is superior to that of the US, and its service costs are lower

🔸 Russia believes South Africa should actively participate in the work of the G20

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🚨 The world has entered a period of rapid and profound change that could last for many years or even decades, Russian FM Lavrov said, citing crises in Venezuela, Cuba, Iran, and tensions over Greenland

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🇷🇺 Lavrov: Russia will use all political and diplomatic efforts to achieve the goals and objectives of the special military operation

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🇷🇺 Lavrov: Russia defending its rights in emerging multipolar world

👉 Russia continues to defend its legitimate interests on the global stage despite pressure from Western countries, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a government-hour session in the State Duma. According to the minister, Moscow is acting within the framework of international law and the principle of sovereign equality as the global order undergoes significant transformation.

Key statements:

🟠 The world has entered a period of rapid and profound change that may last for many years

🟠 Russia stands in solidarity with the peoples of Venezuela and Cuba who face strong external pressure and is ready to support them

🟠 Russia assumes the New START moratorium remains in force as long as the US continues to observe its limits

🟠 If Greenland is militarized and used against Russia, Moscow will respond with appropriate military-technical measures

🟠 Understandings on Ukraine were reached between President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump during their meeting in Alaska

🟠 Russia will use all political and diplomatic efforts to achieve the goals and objectives of the special military operation

🟠 Russia expressed gratitude to the DPRK for assistance in liberating the Kursk region from Ukrainian fighters

🟠 The development of Russia-China relations has a stabilizing effect on the international system

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