UK, Estonia, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Czech Republic, Netherlands and Slovakia jointly commit to collectively pursuing the delivery of an "unprecedented set of donations" to Ukraine, including main battle tanks.

The German Bundestag failed to vote for the supply of tanks to Ukraine.

The issue was referred to specialized committees for consideration.

Lithuanian Defence Minister:

Several countries will announce sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine tomorrow at a meeting at the Ramstein Air Base.

Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas:

Some of the countries will definitely send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, that's for sure.

The total number of armored vehicles promised in Ramstein will be in the hundreds.

Serbia has a stock of oil and oil products for three to four months, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic says; commenting on the cessation of Russian oil supplies from February 5.

Estonia is reportedly sending all of its FH-70 155 mm Towed Howitzers to Ukraine.

Estonia has 24 FH-70s in its inventory.

Meanwhile Russian Wagner PMC artillery is using 152mm D-1 howitzer, developed in 1943.

Hungary blocked the approval by the EU of the 7th package of European support for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine, worth about half a billion euros.

Netherlands is ready to pay for Leopard tanks.

Netherlands previously paid for the shipment of Soviet T-72 tanks from the Czech Republic to Kyiv, and this approach could be repeated for German-made Leopard tanks.

Pentagon:

It doesn't make sense to supply Ukraine with Abrams tanks at the present time because of their high maintenance costs.

British Defence Minister Ben Wallace today:

We are not going anywhere, Mr. Putin. We are here for long haul.

We are standing by Ukraine. You need to recalculate.

You need to leave Ukraine.

New German Defence Minister Pistorius:

A link between German and U.S. tanks is not something that I am aware of.

Russian TOS-1A MLRS strikes on Ukrainian targets near Svatove, Luhansk.

New U.S. military aid package for Ukraine, worth $2.5 billion.

-Additional munition for HIMARS & NASAMS

-8 x Avenger AD systems

-59 x Bradley IFVs

-90 x Stryker APCs

-? x HARM missiles

CIA Director William Burns held a meeting with Vladimir Zelensky at the end of last week in Kyiv.

Burns told Zelensky about his "expectations about Russia's military plans for the coming weeks and months”.

Former Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev was hospitalized for a cardiological examination, expected to undergo surgery.

Nazarbayev underwent heart surgery, the operation was successful.

The issue of transferring Western tanks to Ukraine was not resolved during Lloyd Austin- Boris Pistorius meeting.

German officials claim moral reasons: “German tanks against Russians", which is unacceptable because of the analogies with World War II.

Poland’s Deputy Foreign Minister Paweł Jabłoński:

Poland is ready to take non-standard actions if Germany opposes sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

Finland will send its biggest (12th) military aid to Ukraine, worth more than 400 million euros.

The equipment that’ll be sent will not be revealed for security reasons.

Kazakh Ak Zhol Party kicked out Azamat Abildayev, one of its deputies, after he supported the Russian invasion of Ukraine in an interview.

Abildayev described the Kyiv government as "Nazis".