The UK may reconsider the decision on military conscription in the event of world war.

"We are not going to create a conscript army in the UK. If, God forbid, we were drawn into a world war, we might have to reconsider (this decision)," UK Defence Secretary Shapps said.

Dutch PM Rutte:

We should stop moaning and whining and nagging about Trump.

It's up to the Americans. I'm not an American, I cannot vote in the U.S. We have to work with whoever is on the dance floor.

Hungary will ratify Sweden's application to join NATO at the end of February.

In the event of a war with the West, the Russian Federation “will strike Kyiv, Berlin, London, Washington and other places that have long been included in the flight targets of the nuclear triad,” Medvedev says.

Germany supplied Ukraine with vehicles unsuitable for combat at inflated prices, Bild reports.

German government supplied 48 BATT UMG APCs to Ukraine.

They turned out to be completely unsuitable for combat.

Prices were tripled: German MoD paid 600,000 euros apiece.

Armenian PM Pashinyan wants to get rid of Russian bases in Armenia, local media claims.

Pashinyan wants to make changes according to which "Armenia will declare itself a neutral country, on the territory of which foreign armed forces cannot be stationed on a permanent basis."

Changes in the situation in Avdiivka area on the map starting January 1, 2024.

On February 17, Ukraine was forced to retreat from the city.

Brazilian President Lula:

What’s happening in the Gaza Strip with the Palestinian people does not exist in any other historical moment.

It’s a genocide that [only] happened when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.

Yemen’s Houthis tried to use an unmanned underwater vessel (UUV) for the first time.

It was destroyed by CENTCOM assets in the region.

📸 Houthi forces capturing a US Navy operated REMUS 600 UUV

The U.S. should give help to Ukraine not for free, but in the form of loans or in exchange for minerals, Republican Senator Graham says, noting that "this is Trump's idea."

“We have a debt of $34 trillion. Ukraine has useful minerals, they have many resources.”

#BREAKING Yemen's Houthis say they’ve shot down American MQ-9 UAV over Al Hudaydah.

Ukrainian Bradley IFV finish off Ukrainian Leopard 2A6 tank and another Bradley IFV near Avdiivka direction, which had been there abandoned and damaged since the end of October 2023.

EU discusses alternative to NATO if Trump wins US elections, WaPo claims.

Discussions are underway to create a continent-wide addition to NATO that would work both in conjunction with US security guarantees and in the event of their withdrawal.

Ukraine claims to have shot down Russian Su-34 & Su-35 fighter jets.

Russian pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who defected to Ukraine in his Mi-8 helicopter last year, found dead in Spain.

Kuzminov was shot dead with at least five bullets in his body.

He was found in an underground parking lot in the province of Alicante, Spain.

Hamas fighters targeted Israeli Hermes 900 UAV with SAM-7 MANPADS over Gaza.