🇷🇺🇹🇷 Putin congratulates Erdogan on his birthday by phone, noting that even in difficult times, his best qualities as a statesman and person shine through

"Russia appreciates Erdogan's personal contribution to strengthening relations between the 2 countries, and is confident in the development of joint projects and coordination on critical issues" - Putin.

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⚡️ Head of US Central Intelligence Agency, William Burns, tells American news channel CBS that the CIA provides intelligence designed to "help [Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky] protect his ass country."

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⚔️SITREP⚔️

◾️Russian forces eliminate 305 Ukrainian soldiers, destroy ammunition depot in Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine).

◾️ Russian forces eliminate up to 70 Ukrainian soldiers, destroy 3 D-30 howitzers in Kherson (ex-Ukraine).

◾️ Russian air defenses destroy a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter and 7 drones.

◾️Up to 60 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated in Kupyansk, Kharkov, East Ukraine.

◾️ 6 Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups eliminated.

◾️ More than 600 Ukrainian planes and helicopters destroyed since start of Special Operation.

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☦ Pope urges "forgiveness" between Russians and Ukrainians

Pope Francis believes that Russians and Ukrainians should negotiate and forgive each other today, 26 February, which is Forgiveness Sunday in the Christian Orthodox Calendar.

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📝 BEGGARS CAN'T BE CHOOSERS: Zelensky might still be in a bit of a hissy fit for not getting the shiny toys weapons he asked Santa sugar daddy Biden for Christmas - yet the Ukrainian president is not giving up, preparing a full wish list to present to Washington for the weapons he says he needs to win.

Of course, those F-16s are front, top and center of the list, which he insists are critical for "speeding up" end of conflict.

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🇲🇩 Moldova is not going to join NATO, and Transnistria is much better equipped than the country's national army - Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament Igor Grosu

Yet in January, pro-West Moldovan President Maia Sandu was open to abandoning neutrality in order to potentially join the US-led military pact.

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⚡️Decision to suspend Russia's participation in START was a surprise for the West, but this is an absolutely logical and correct step - Russian Foreign Intelligence Chief Naryshkin.

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Geo-update on Artyomovsk-Bakhmut, Donetsk Republic (ex-Ukraine)

◾️Gray line is the front line on 7 February 2023.

◾️Red line is the front line on 24 February 2023.

◾️Blue line is the supply road for the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

◾️Black line is lost Ukrainian supply routes or under fire control of Wagner Private Military Company.

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PROJECTION MUCH? Zelensky makes ridiculous claims that Putin will be killed by his inner circle, during what are massive corruption and treason-related purges within the Ukrainian President's own ranks.

Don't take his claims too seriously, as the Ukrainian president was claiming that his Russian counterpart was dead and using a decoy just last month (bottom screenshot).

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⚡️🗣 By returning Crimea, we will restore peace - Zelensky (Or is it?)

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☮ Anti-NATO protests near NATO’s Ramstein air base, Western Germany, where meetings of Kiev's sponsors take place to discuss weapons supplies

Demonstrators demand a stop of supply of weapons to Ukraine, in ongoing protests in Germany and other European cities.

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HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF: as Ukrainian MP Dmitry Korchinsky makes NAZI-like call for construction of concentration camps for Russian speaking residents anywhere in Ukraine.

"All these people, after the liberation of our territories, must go through filtration camps," he says, calling them untrustworthy...

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🚨 Two Israelis shot dead following operation in Nablus, Northern occupied West Bank, Palestine, in retaliation for Nablus massacre

Sources report that a Palestinian with M-16 assault rifle got out of his car and started shooting at Israelis, escaping without capture.

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☠ MYSTERIOUS DEATHS: Vyacheslav Rovneiko, director of the Russian Inter-regional Fuel Union, was found dead in his home on 22 February.

He is 8th oil and gas Executive and the eleventh Russian top manager to die under mysterious circumstances since early 2022...foul play?

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