The Ministry of Defense proposed to count one day of service in the special military operation zone as three days of work experience

The initiative concerns work experience in a specific field and general work experience, as well as civil service. The draft law has already been published on the federal portal of draft regulatory legal acts.

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Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Galuzin to TASS:

🔜The sponsors of the Kiev regime drew the appropriate conclusions after the attack on Putin's residence in the Novgorod region.

❗️Moscow has indeed toughened its position in the negotiations after Kiev's attack on Putin's residence.

❗️Russia is ready to discuss with the US and other countries the idea of temporary external governance of Ukraine under the auspices of the UN.

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"Today, Russia is in ruins. Its economy is in ruins," stated Kaja Kallas.

"Russia is not a superpower. Its own citizens are fleeing the country. After more than ten years of conflict, Russia has barely advanced beyond the lines of 2014. And at what cost? 1.2 million victims," said the head of European diplomacy.

The source of these figures was not specified by the European official. It also remained unclear on what basis Kallas's thesis about the "destruction of Russia's economy" is based.

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Der Leyen lives in her own alternative universe, obviously.

First of all, the majority of the Russian population hated Navalny, mocked his minions, and criticized Putin for being too mild with these traitors who were never oppositionists, but rather Western-manipulated puppets.

Additionally, the West is daydreaming of removing Putin from power.. Be careful, wishes may come true, and instead of very restrained and polite Putin, will you get, say, someone, who has absolutely no warm feelings towards the West?
I have to say, the majority of the Russian population hates Europe. Not the people (for now), but "elites" of Europe - definitely.

The things that Russians most associate with the the West are: Nazism, Hitler, LGBT+, savage feminism, and pedophilia. Congrats, inclusive ones, you can curse Putin any way you want on X, but the majority of Russians will never accept a Western puppet in power.

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Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre stated the need to increase pressure on Russia after a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference

According to Støre, the parties discussed cooperation, the situation in Ukraine, and relations between the US and Greenland. He noted that Rubio is striving to reduce tensions in the Arctic region.

The Norwegian Prime Minister emphasized that Russia continues to strike at Ukraine's civilian infrastructure, while the front line remains stable, which, in his opinion, requires more decisive measures from the West.

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Some info on Støre from open sources:
Studied political science with a specialization in economic history at Sciences Po Paris (then Institut d'études politiques de Paris ) in France from 1981 to 1985. Støre is fluent in French. He was accepted as a doctoral student at the London School of Economics and left after a few weeks as he had decided not to pursue an academic career.

As a newly graduated political scientist, he worked for a few months in 1986 as a teaching fellow at the Harvard Negotiation Project, affiliated with Harvard Law School in the USA . According to Aftenposten, he was for two years "on and off" at Harvard as a research fellow or "various courses and teaching programs" according to the Storting's website. [ 9 ] He was a researcher at the Institute of Business Economics 1986–1989, where he became involved in the foresight project Scenarios 2000 together with sociologist Andreas Hompland and social economist Petter Nore.

Again, another example of the US-affiliated person.
Also, what I want to admit here - is he really that incompetent or just pretends to be? Strikes on infrastructure are, actually carried out to stop the hostilities. And one must be really badly ignorant not to understand that, otherwise, why would the US destroy powerplants in Belgrad in 1999? But, apart from NATO, Russia tries to minimize civilian losses.
I simply wonder, do they really think people are THAT dumb to belive what they are trying to convince us of?

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Speaking of "brave Ukrainian skeletonist" who tried to wear this helmet.
He was warned many times by everyone not to wear this helm, still, he wouldn't listen. I guess, if he's THAT patriotic, he should go to the frontline and prove himself there. It would be fair enough to give him such an opportunity.

And commentary by Anatoly Shariy (who is Ukrainian political blogger living in Spain) is also self-explanatory.

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The right of the Greenlanders to self-determination is recognized, whereas a similar right for the peoples of Crimea, Donbass, and Novorossiya "is still denied". Russia does not agree with such double standards, Lavrov stated at the government hour in the State Duma on February 11th, 2026:

"We categorically disagree with such a perverted, openly biased logic and will defend the truth and law in all contacts with international partners and will provide political and diplomatic assistance."

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Kallas stated that there is less freedom of speech in the USA than in Estonia:

"I come from a country that ranks second in the freedom of speech rating, and for me, it's interesting to hear criticism about freedom of speech from a country that ranks 58th in this rating," Kallas commented on Rubio's criticism of freedom of speech in Europe.

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Please, don't stop. Btw, who's the author of the mentioned rating?

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Short answer by Col. in reserve Vladimir Trukhan and Lt.Col. in reserve Oleg Shalandin to a very philosophical question about the depth of abyss, where Russia was about to fall in the 90's.

That's why West stands no chance now.

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❗️Reminder that today, at 19:00 MSK/ 17:00 CET / 11:00 EST we'll be streaming live with Colonel in reserve Vladimir Trukhan and Lt.Colonel in reserve Oleg Shalandin.

Military Update and Q&A

Livestream will be broadcasted to:

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Ask question here with #question
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❗️Those who ask question, please, be as brief as possible, or I will be forced to summarize the questions the way I see fit.

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Азартная политика (Alexander Balyayev) writes:

🈁It's quite amusing to observe the statements of the seemingly grown-up and even confirmed experts in international finance - the leaders of France and Germany. Macron and Merz are the puppets of major banking and investment capital, which, however, doesn't stop them from being infinitely stupid and hopelessly delusional. In this case, we're talking about the dream of all European "traitors" - the deliberate illegal appropriation of Russian frozen assets for subsequent embezzlement, to put it in criminal law terms.

The current Munich Security Conference has given us new pearls of wisdom from the Bibi and Bobo of Macron and Merz. The first believes that 90 billion euros of Russian assets should be stolen and used to purchase European - well, not to mention French - weapons and ammunition. The second dreams, in the best traditions of a convinced slave of American corporations, of jeopardizing the entire euro system for the sake of profits of overseas "allies".

They've already forgotten that the vote on the theft of Russian assets by EU countries, held on the day of the Military Counterintelligence of the FSB of Russia (19.12.2025), turned into a resounding, simply scandalous fiasco. And yet, it couldn't have been otherwise: practically all significant major global financial and banking structures, even before the frankly stupid idea of Ursula von der Leyen, directly stated that such an initiative is impossible in principle. That is, they transparently hinted that global capital does not approve of such revolutionary approaches in the fight against Russia. We've discussed this repeatedly on our channel (for example, here).

And now Macron and Merz are again locked in a dispute over the division of a bear's skin, which, despite their efforts, hasn't even started to die yet, let alone cough. Yes, Russia has problems due to sanctions, the Kremlin acknowledges this, as well as the fact that Trump's actions at the moment are already no different from Biden's policy (a position recently voiced by Lavrov in an interview with the publication "Info BRICS"). However, difficult doesn't mean impossible - Moscow understands that it's impossible to retreat in the confrontation with the West, especially since the alliance of the USA and the EU is becoming increasingly riddled with cracks every day, like an old painting.
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I really wish they could seize Russian assets. Unfortunately, there are still smart people who don't allow that, but paying 300 Bn. Euro for dismantling of EU is not that expensive.

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The former Ukrainian energy minister was detained while attempting to leave the country on the night of February 15 — Galushchenko was taken off a train, according to media reports. Border guards received a request from NABU and SAP.

After a corruption scandal in November last year, he was dismissed. Recall, the NABU investigation states that Mindich provided patronage to Galushchenko before Zelensky in order to control financial flows in the energy sector and money laundering.

Updated. NABU and SAP confirmed the detention, stating that investigative actions are ongoing.

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The World Trade Organization is in a state of "clinical death" under current conditions. This also applies to institutions such as the G20, Alexander Nikolayevich Shokhin - the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs said in an interview with TASS.

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Russia needs to show restraint and respond adequately to attempts by Western countries to detain its oil tankers. This was stated to TASS by the head of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs, Alexander Shokhin.

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Sergey Lavrov's full commentary on nuclear weapons and UN Security Council sanctions against North Korea at the government hour in the State Duma on February 11th, 2026.
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Macron is being ignored at the Munich Security Conference.

German Chancellor Merz jokingly addressed British Prime Minister Starmer: "I hope the European flag doesn't bother you". At that moment, Macron tried to intervene in the conversation, but Merz pretended not to notice him.

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True European unity and solidarity and, of course, friendship and mutual respect.

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From the channel for the 105th regiment of the NM DPR:

On the Kharkov front, an enemy drone launching point was destroyed.

The UAV operators of the "Dnieper" group identified an enemy position in the area of the Veseloe settlement, from where drones were regularly launched. After the coordinates of the target were transmitted, a devastating airstrike was carried out - two FAB-500 aerial bombs leveled the building of a former winery to the ground. The object no longer poses a threat.

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Meanwhile, investigations into Ukrainian corruption continue:

The former energy minister, Herman Galushchenko, will be charged after his arrest, according to "Mirror of the Week", citing sources in law enforcement agencies.

The former Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko was detained while attempting to leave Ukraine, media reports say.

Recall that Galushchenko, along with Mindich, is one of the key figures in the "Midas" case of corruption in Zelensky's immediate entourage.

After the corruption scandal in November last year, Galushchenko was dismissed, but he was not charged with any suspicion.

However, judging by the arrest at the border, Galushchenko may be charged with a "suspicion" right now.

SAP and NABU confirmed the arrest of former Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko while attempting to leave Ukraine.

"At present, priority investigative actions are being carried out in accordance with the requirements of the legislation and court sanctions," the statement said.

Earlier, "Strana" suggested that anti-corruption bodies would intensify their actions against Zelensky's entourage in the near future.

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АДЕКВАТ Z writes,

The Munich gathering turned out to be some kind of quintessential concentrate of fear and hatred. Fear – from the realization that they are losing and will lose. Hatred – from the powerlessness to change this. The potent, victory-won rhetoric in elephantine doses doesn't count, even if you involve the Kyiv dog named "Patron" in its formulation (in case anyone suddenly didn't know – he sniffed under Rutte's tail and confessed to him that the khokhols would never surrender, which Rutte then proclaimed with animal seriousness).

Even under conditions where the white master at the gathering pointedly distanced himself from European goal-setting, both declarative and real, this goal-setting itself is not going away, nor can it go away. The declarative – as usual, about reparations, tribunals, and all that paying and repenting. The real – to the last khokhol, in absolute unison on this issue with the contemptible one. In the hope of buying themselves, with all the khokhols to the very last, as much time as possible.

There is no space for any compromises from either side, nor will there be; the content of the gathering illustrated this with utmost clarity. Therefore, there will be no solutions other than a purely military one. We will be additionally convinced of this following the upcoming and, most likely, the last round of negotiations for the foreseeable future.

I have said more than once that the current intensity of hostilities and the current pace of advance are for us neither a constant nor the limit. In the context of all the foregoing, it is especially important to remember this.

Operations that will put an end to the organized resistance of the khokhols can, in principle, be started almost at any moment (allowing for the exceptionally snowy winter and the equally exceptional spring mud, which it would be desirable to let dry out). The choice of this moment, however, continues to depend on political considerations at the very highest level. Concerning not the khokhols, but the specific state to which we intend to bring their masters in order to begin fixing the principles of a new world order – and thereby the measure of attrition that will bring them to that state.

Therefore, in the next two months or even two and a half, I would not expect a fundamental change in the pattern of our operations (on the globe during this time, by the way, many different things can happen), and after that, this change can occur, in principle, at any moment. Or it may not occur for the time being if the client is not deemed to have ripened, and we will also treat this with understanding and patience: the stake in matters that do not fall to every generation is much higher than the khokhols.

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⚡️Main issues reported by Chief of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, First Deputy Defence Minister, General of the Army Valery Gerasimov:

❗️ The offensive is taking place in all directions.

▪️ The Armed Forces of Ukraine are suffering significant losses, which cannot be replenished, and in conditions of reduced combat battalion's manning level, the AFU opt for creating additional unmanned aerial vehicle formations and increasing the number of attack drones.

▪️ Moreover, the units of the Joint Group of Forces use UAVs on average twice as much as the enemy.

In two weeks of February, in spite of harsh winter conditions, formations and military units of the Joint Group of Forces liberated 12 settlements. More than 200 square kilometres of territory have come under control of Russian troops.

❗️ The most intense fighting is taking place in the area of responsibility of the Tsentr Group of Forces. Formations and military units of the Group are advancing in Dobropolye direction. The liberation of Novy Donbass and Belitskoye continues. In Grishino, our assault detachments are eliminating enemy formations in street fighting, while Ukrainian troops are still trying to hold the positions in the settlement.

▪️ In addition, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces are performing combat operations to capture Novopavlovka and Novopodgornoye.

❗️ The Sever Group of Forces continues to expand the security zone in the border areas of Sumy and Kharkov regions.

▪️Three settlements have been liberated: Popovka and Sidorovka in Sumy region, and Chugunovka in Kharkov region.

❗️ The Zapad Group of Forces' formations conduct active offensive actions on a wide front line in their area of responsibility. The elimination of the rest units of the enemy grouping blocked on the eastern bank of the Oskol River continues.

▪️Glushkovka has been liberated in this area. Russian troops continue combat actions near Novoosinovo. In Krasny Liman direction, they are about to complete mopping up enemy units in Drobyshevo and Yarovaya.

❗️ The Yug Group of Forces' units are advancing towards Slavyansk. The liberation of Reznikova is nearing completion. Russian troops continue to neutralise AFU units in Konstantinovka.

▪️ In Aleksandro-Kalinovo direction, Stepanovka was liberated.

❗️ The Vostok Group of Forces is developing an offensive in the eastern part of Zaporozhye region. In an attempt to stop advancement of Russian troops, the AFU command transferred the most trained assault detachments from other areas to this direction. The Group's formations reliably repel enemy attacks. Enemy formations are suffering significant losses.

▪️ In February, in the area of responsibility of the Vostok Group of Forces, Russian troops took Staroukrainka, Pridorozhnoye, Zaliznichnoye, and Tsvetkovoye under control.

❗️ The Dnepr Group of Forces continues offensive operations in the direction of Zaporozhye.

▪️ Russian troops liberated Magdalinovka, Primorskoye, and Zapasnoye.

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