Trump's special envoy to Ukraine, Keith Kellogg:

Ukraine will be at the negotiating table, but Europe will not be there.

Do Canadians want Canada to become the 51st state of the United States?

No - 82%
Yes - 13%
Don't know - 5%

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte:

NATO members will have to boost their defense spending by considerably more than 3% of GDP.

We will have to prioritize defense over other stuff.

German Vice Chancellor Habeck:

What JD Vance did yesterday is none of his business.

He should mind his own business.

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski:

EU will “sooner or later” have to send troops to Ukraine.

International Coalition MQ-9 UAV strike targeted a vehicle on the Urum al-Jawz road in southern Idlib, Syria.

Zelensky:

I did not allow the signing of the agreement on minerals because it is not ready and does not protect our interests.

Zelensky continues to reference 1938 Munich Agreement:

We will not be signing not honest documents, like the ones that divided Europe and started the biggest tragedy of the 20th century.

We will not repeat the previous big mistakes.

Syrian Intelligence arrested Abu al-Harith al-Iraqi, an ISIS leader who held important positions in Iraq.

He was responsible for multiple assassinations of various figures.

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte:

Putin would not dare attack a NATO country, he would face full onslaught of NATO if he did.

Zelensky:

There are no preparations for peace talks in Saudi Arabia with the participation of Ukraine.

We didn't talk about it. The media is printing something. Well, it's not a serious conversation, I think.

There's now Adolf Hitler account with the grey government checkmark on X.

Zelensky:

Nobody at a high level is raising the issue of elections in Ukraine.

Putin is the one raising it and sometimes there are voices from the US.

It turns out that this account was hacked and is originally owned by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

Adolf Hitler posts are still on.

Israel targeted a vehicle in southern Lebanon which it claimed belonged to Hezbollah drone operatives.

NEW: According to Bloomberg, the meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump may take place before 28 February.

Hamas releases footage of today's hostage release.

French President Emmanuel Macron will convene European leaders for an emergency summit in Paris on Monday, according to Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski.

Sikorski expects the European leaders to discuss the challenges posed by Donald Trump.

The United States aims to reach an agreement with Belarus for the release of numerous political prisoners in exchange for easing sanctions on Belarusian banks and potash exports.

Another important aim is to give Belarusian President Lukashenko some breathing room outside Russia’s orbit of influence.

Source: NYT