Meanwhile in the temple of Democracy and freedom...

🌒@EastCalling

Military Chronicle:

A panorama of winter Kupyansk. Positional skirmishes continue in the city, with varying success for both sides. It's clear that there are almost no movements in the city's built-up areas, as it's practically impossible to gather a large enough group for an assault. Both on the Russian and Ukrainian sides, a large number of drones are flying over the city.

🌒@EastCalling

UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan received the special representative of the Russian President, Kirill Dmitriev, in Abu Dhabi.

"During the meeting, the parties discussed cooperation and joint work between the UAE and Russia, the possibilities of their development in various fields, including economics, investments and development, as well as a number of other topics of interest to both sides," reported the state agency WAM.

It is noted that Dmitriev also expressed gratitude to the UAE for holding trilateral negotiations with the participation of the USA, Russia and Ukraine on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict.

Source: Izvestia
➖➖➖
🌒@EastCalling

Well, yes. Life must become better from now on.

🌒@EastCalling

The Secretary-General of the Islamic Resistance, the Hezbollah Brigades, Hajj Abu Hussein Al-Hamidawi

We address our call to our Mujahideen brothers in all corners of the earth, to all those who fill their hearts with faith and love for Allah and His Prophet, and who believe that might belongs to Allah, His Prophet, and the believers; and to all those who refuse to let the front of disbelief and hypocrisy dominate over the people of faith and justice; to prepare themselves for a comprehensive war in support and backing of the Islamic Republic in Iran.
➖➖➖
The USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group has arrived in the CENTCOM area of responsibility.

🌒@EastCalling

Kallas considers Ursula von der Leyen a dictator, writes Politico, citing a high-ranking European official.

It is noted that the two politicians have extremely strained relations. Kallas has repeatedly complained about the work of the head of the European Commission, but "can do little or nothing about it".

Source: TASS
➖➖➖
One always can resign? Isn't it an option?

🌒@EastCalling

Protesters against ICE vandalize a hotel in Minneapolis, where, in their opinion, immigration service employees are staying

The police did not intervene, and the entrance to the hotel was guarded by a single injured ICE agent.

Source: Ruptly
➖➖➖
🌒@EastCalling

🤖The footage shows the new combat robots "Varan" and "Kurier", which are being sent to the special operation zone. They can perform the functions of kamikaze drones with a machine gun and grenade launcher on a platform, deliver ammunition and supplies, and evacuate the wounded.

The latest ground-based robotic complexes have increased autonomous operation time and a larger operator-distance zone. Their special feature is a variable communication system. Depending on the combat situation, the robots can be controlled via satellite channels, radio communication, and fiber-optic cable.

Source: Zvezda
➖➖➖
🌒@EastCalling

ТАСС:
Peskov urged not to discuss individual provisions of the negotiation process on Ukraine, which is incorrect.

❕It would be a mistake to expect high results from trilateral contacts on Ukraine. There's a lot of work ahead.

It's unlikely that there will be friendliness in the negotiations on Ukraine, but if they are happening, then we need to try to achieve something.

❗️The continuation of the trilateral contacts is scheduled for next week, but the exact date has not been announced yet.


Other main statements of Dmitry Peskov:

▪️There is no scheduled conversation with Trump yet, but it can be arranged quickly;

▪️The territorial part of the "Anchorage formula" is fundamental for Russia;

▪️Russia is in constant contact with the Venezuelan authorities through diplomatic channels, and for the country, developing relations with Russia is a priority;

▪️The information about a possible blockade of Cuba is alarming;

▪️A strike on Iran could seriously destabilize the situation in the region, and Russia would like to expect restraint from all parties;

▪️Putin will meet with the ruler of Malaysia, Sultan Ibrahim, in St. Petersburg;

Source: ТАСС

The Russian Armed Forces struck energy infrastructure facilities used in the interests of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as ammunition storage depots and drone assembly sites, the Defense Ministry reported.
 
Air defense systems shot down two guided aerial bombs and 109 drones.
 
💥 The forces of the Black Sea Fleet in the central part of the Black Sea destroyed an unmanned boat of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Source: Zvezda
➖➖➖
🌒@EastCalling

Азартная политика writes:

🈁The European Council approved a decision to ban the import of Russian liquefied gas into the European Union from 2027. Pipeline supplies are to cease on September 30, 2027. Penalties are envisaged for violators of the restrictions

For violating the ban, penalties would be:

- for individuals, the maximum rate will be no less than €2.5 million;
- for companies - no less than €40 million or no less than 3.5% of the total annual turnover, or no less than 300% of the expected turnover on the transaction.

Despite the obvious thinking in slogans, the option of it being physically impossible to comply with the bans is also envisaged. For this, a state of emergency will be declared. Also, the suspension of the ban is possible if a "serious threat to the security of supplies in one or several EU countries" is recognized. In such cases, the European Commission - in other words, von der Leyen herself - may allow the import of Russian gas for up to four weeks.

Where European officials plan to get the missing volumes of Russian gas supplies, the European Council does not ponder, and it's not its task either. Here it's necessary to recall the utterly surprised statement of Qatar from December 6, 2025, which expressed, to put it mildly, skepticism about the real possibility and necessity for the European Union to refuse to import gas from Russia:

"It's quite puzzling, I'm not sure. I mean, if you look at the figures yourself. What will they do if Qatar reduces LNG supplies and American companies [also] do?", said the State Minister for Energy of Qatar and the head of Qatar Energy, Saad bin Sharida Al-Kaabi. He also stressed that the withdrawal of major suppliers from Europe could be "very detrimental" for it. At the same time, changes will affect not only oil and gas companies, but also the entire business. He added that it's up to Europeans to decide for themselves who to buy gas from, and noted Qatar's readiness to support countries in meeting their needs, if it's commercially justified for both parties."

The last clause is particularly important, as at the same time as the European Commission is engaged in manic antics against Russia, it is trying to put strict control on those very alternative suppliers of blue fuel that are supposed to replace Russian volumes. Here is the statement of the same Qatari representative from November 3, 2025:

"Qatar has warned Europe that it may stop exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) if the European Union does not soften the CSDDD (Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive) on checking all supply chains. <...> If Europe does not actually consider how they can soften or cancel CSDDD and still charge a fine of 5% of the total global turnover in the energy sector, we will not supply LNG to Europe, that's for sure."

I think, this is just wonderful. The process of freezing one's ears in defiance of one's grandmother in Europe is taking on a clearly diagnosable form of mental disorder with pronounced self-harm. At the same time, European structures, it seems, are not at all interested in the problems of European industrialists and households, including statistical data on, for example, chemical production in Germany. However, there is no doubt that Ursula von der Leyen does not consider her homeland worthy of either pity or sympathy.

Therefore, in a little over a month, by March 1, EU countries must separate the wheat from the chaff prepare plans for diversifying gas imports and identify potential problems when replacing supplies from Russia. An easy, pleasant and not causing any internal contradictions in Europe, especially in the mode of dividing Greenland between Denmark and the USA. The latter, by the way, are also a supplier of gas to Europe, which, thanks to the initiatives of European officials... will receive an increase in market share, and with it the opportunity to further influence energy prices.

Could this become a problem? If this happens, Ursula already has a reliable and time-tested universal answer: it's Russia's fault.
➖➖➖

🌒@EastCalling

❗️The Russian armed forces ranked third in the world in terms of military power as of the beginning of 2026, according to the Global Firepower rating.

Source: СМОТРИ
➖➖➖
Well, obviously, Russian armed forces are number one, others are legging behind - like it or not. Not talks about "super-duper" weapons, not military equipment, that was never tested in real combat activities are capable of solving real military tasks.

🌒@EastCalling