🔶 Trump to host Board of Peace meeting on Feb. 19

🔶 Russian drones bypass NATO electronic warfare systems in special operation zone

🔶 DOJ releases 'all' Epstein files, names 300+ public figures

🔶 US boards Veronica III under Venezuela 'quarantine'

🔶 Kim Jong-un inaugurates Saeppyol Street for families of fallen heroes

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🇨🇳⭐️ China's servicemen wish Happy New Year from aboard aircraft carrier Fujian

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🚨 Talks on Ukraine, Iran to be held in Geneva on February 17 - source

"The negotiations on Ukraine and Iran will take place at the same time on Tuesday [February 17]. The negotiations on Iran are being held with Oman acting as mediator," a diplomatic source told Sputnik.

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🚨Ukraine talks in Geneva to include main issues, including those related to territories - Kremlin

Key statements by Kremlin Spox Dmitry Peskov on the forthcoming Ukraine talks:

◻️ Russian delegation to be expanded, with Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin, GRU head Igor Kostyukov and others joining Presidential Aide Vladimir Medinsky

◻️ Meetings will be held in Geneva within framework of working group on economic issues, which includes Russian special presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev. He's working on separate track on economic issues

Russian delegation received detailed instructions from President Putin on eve of departure for talks

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🚨🇷🇺💥 RUSSIAN MOD UPDATE: HUGE GAINS AND DEVASTATING UKRAINIAN LOSSES

⚡️ POKROVKA IN THE SUMY REGION AND MINKOVKA IN THE DONETSK REGION FREED

By liberating the settlement of Pokrovka in the Sumy region, Russian forces have expanded the buffer zone along the border with the Belgorod region.

The capture of the settlement of Minkovka in the Donetsk region facilitates the Russian army's further advance towards the city of Slavyansk - the center of the largest Kiev-controlled agglomeration in the Donbass.

🟠 Russian air and missile firepower obliterated energy and transport infrastructure supporting the Kiev regime’s forces

🟠 Air defense superiority: eight HIMARS rockets and 345 UAVs were shot down by Russian air defense systems over the past 24 hours

🟠 Ukrainian losses: around 1,100 troops killed or wounded

Read about the origins of Russia's special military op HERE

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🇺🇸 Rubio on Ukraine: ‘We are not seeking to impose a deal on anybody’

💬 "The United States [is] interested to see the war end, and we want to do what we can to make it and we are the only nation on earth that apparently can get both sides to the table to talk. We are not seeking to impose a deal on anybody. We are not trying to force anyone to take a deal they do not want to take. We just want to help them, because we think it is a war that is incredibly damaging,” Rubio told a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

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📹 WATCH Russian Geran drones strike fuel storage in Poltava region

Russia’s Defense Ministry has released footage showing a Geran UAV striking a Ukrainian Army fuel storage facility near the settlement of Kachanovo in the Poltava region.

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🇩🇪 AfD leader: ‘Everyone is building nuclear — Germany is dismantling it’

Alice Weidel accuses Berlin of sacrificing energy security and industry to ideology while electricity costs keep climbing.

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🇵🇸🇮🇱 Palestine slams Israel’s West Bank land registration as ’de-facto annexation’

It is little more than “a declaration of the commencement of annexation plans aimed at entrenching the occupation through illegal settlement activity," the office of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas stressed.

Last week, Israel gave the green light to new steps to strengthen its control over the occupied West Bank and ease the process for settlers to acquire land.

The Palestinians see the West Bank as a core territory in their pursuit of an independent state.

Much of the region remains under Israeli military rule, while certain areas operate with limited self-governance through the Palestinian Authority.

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🪖🇮🇷 Military drills Smart Control over the Strait of Hormuz kick off in Iran

Tasks:

✅ Test the readiness of IRGC units

✅ Rehearse scenarios for countering security threats in the Strait of Hormuz

✅ Practice rapid, decisive, and comprehensive military responses

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🇭🇺 Orban slams Ukraine over election interference

💬 “Ukrainians and their president have clearly interfered in Hungary’s election campaign. Such direct interference in another country’s elections is a rare occurrence. You don’t see this often,” Hungarian ⁠Prime Minister Viktor Orban ⁠said during a joint press conference with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Budapest.

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🇺🇸🇭🇺 Rubio to Orban: ‘Trump deeply committed to your success’

US President Donald Trump would be prepared to assist Hungary if it faced financial difficulties, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, speaking alongside Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest.

💬 “I can say to you with confidence that President Trump is deeply committed to your success, because your success is our success,” Rubio said.

Rubio signaled support for Orban ahead of the country’s April elections, saying Hungary’s stability is important for US interests.

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🇮🇷🇺🇸 Iran marks ‘red lines’ for of Geneva talks with US

Iran has defined its position ahead of upcoming negotiations with the US, saying the dialogue must focus strictly on the issue of nuclear weapons and sanctions relief – and that uranium enrichment remains non-negotiable, an Iranian source told Sputnik.

Israel is attempting to influence the talks and complicate efforts to reach an agreement, the source added.

Iran has already said it is ready to consider US proposals — but only on nuclear arms.

A new round of indirect Iranian-US talks, mediated by Oman, will be held in Geneva on Tuesday.

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🇮🇱🇵🇸 Israel will attack Gaza again if Hamas refuses to disarm – Netanyahu aide

Israel will restart its war on the besieged Gaza Strip in 60 days if Hamas does not disarm, Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs told a conference in Jerusalem.

Fuchs, an advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said US President Donald Trump’s government set the deadline.

Israel will wait for the outcome of US-Iranian talks in Geneva before deciding on further action, he said.

If Hamas refuses to surrender its weapons and tunnels are not dismantled, the Israeli Defense Forces will “complete the mission,” Fuchs warned.

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🚨🇮🇷🇮🇱 Iranian special forces arrest several agents linked to Mossad in Tehran

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🪖🇳🇱 Dutch military gears up for major war readiness by 2028

The Netherlands expects to achieve operational readiness by the end of 2028, according to Dutch State Secretary for Defense Gijs Tuinman.

Speaking to BNR radio, the politician said the Netherlands will receive tanks, additional batches of F-35 fighter jets, Tomahawk missiles, and artillery systems by that time.

On February 13, Tuinman informed the Dutch parliament that the kingdom’s Defense Ministry would expand its military capabilities in preparation for a potential “large-scale conflict.”

The ministry also plans to procure radar systems to secure the North Sea area, armored vehicles, and special trains equipped as mobile hospitals to transport the wounded.

The defense official’s rhetoric echoes NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte’s allegation that Russia could attack the alliance within the next five years — a claim the Kremlin has firmly dismissed as nonsensical.

Russia considers allegations that it plans to attack NATO countries to be false and aimed at justifying increases in Western military budgets.

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⚔️ Hezbollah Secretary-General: Lebanon upheld agreement, Israel 'did not' — reports

Hezbollah Secretary-General Naeem Qassem said “the occupation requires the existence of resistance to expel it,” describing the resistance in Lebanon as “national, Arab, Islamic and humanitarian,” local media reported.

Qassem said Lebanon committed to implementing an agreement “while Israel did not implement it,” adding that it is the state’s responsibility to confront Israeli aggression.

He also criticized the Lebanese government’s focus on disarmament, calling it a “major sin” and arguing it would serve Israel’s goals.

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