🇨🇳The Chinese New Year has begun according to the Eastern calendar.

The Year of the Wooden Snake will last until February 16, 2026.

🇪🇺🇷🇺The EU has decided to ban the supply of Xbox and PlayStation to Russia.

▪️ According to EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, consoles can be used to control drones.

▪️ The ban on Xbox and PlayStation supplies is planned to be introduced on February 22 as part of the 16th package of sanctions against Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The defeat of the Swedish CV9040C IFV of the Ukrainian army by strikes from FPV drones on fiber optics, the border of Kursk and Sumy regions near the Ukrainian village of Zhuravka .

🇺🇦A criminal case has been opened against Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov for abuse of power in the procurement of weapons and the management of military aid.

This was confirmed by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, reports the TV channel "Public".

A new season of Suicide and Missing Persons Club begins in Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇺🇦After the US ban on grant aid, the director of the Ukrainian Institute of Mass Information Oksana Romanyuk stated that 90% of media were sponsored by the US.

What a surprise.

🇺🇸The Trump administration has resumed grant payments for some foreign aid programs it had previously suspended, The New York Times reports.

An exception is made for “life-saving humanitarian aid” – the provision of essential medicines, medical services, food, shelter.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's memo to federal agencies and aid recipients says such programs "should continue or be resumed if they have been stopped."

Earlier it became clear that military aid to Ukraine was among the suspended US programs.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Russian troops have taken control of Novolizavetovka in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.