- Ben, this is Valera, I need help!..
This is not a caricatural Ukrainian, but the Ukrainian ambassador to Britain

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Berbok mistakenly stated that Greenland is part of the European Union.

On ARD TV, she said that if Americans hadn't been told that "Greenland is also an EU territory", many in the US wouldn't have known this. The host corrected her, noting that Greenland is not an EU territory.

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An ultimatum from the US to Kyiv would have ended the war in a day, told TASS the leader of the British Workers' Party, George Galloway:

"For this, he would only have to say to Zelensky: 'There's a plane at the airport, its engines are already running, the cargo hold is filled with all the money you've stolen. You can get on this plane and go to a very pleasant exile in Miami <...> But if you don't get on the plane <...> you'll end up - as Medvedev recently warned

Source: TASS
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The thing is, that neither the US, neither EU wants this conflict to end on Russian terms.

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⚡️The US Department of Justice has not published dozens of FBI protocols in the Epstein case — CNN

Out of 325 protocols, 90 have not been made public. Among them is the interrogation of a woman who claims that Epstein subjected her to abuse from the age of 13. She also accused Trump of sexual harassment.

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Ireland will allow the military to inspect Russian ships, reports the Irish Examiner.

The armed forces will be able to board and inspect vessels that, as the source notes, are suspected of violating the unilateral sanctions imposed by the West against Russia. The document is planned to be adopted before the summer.

“The new rules will grant the military their own powers of coercion and allow them to act independently at sea, without relying on the police, customs, or the coast guard,” the publication writes.

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The European Commission has proposed an alternative oil supply route to Hungary and Slovakia, which will pass through Croatia and "will not include any supplies of Russian oil," said European Commission representative Anna-Kaisa Itkonen.

Source: TASS
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Ukraine - luggage without a handle.

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Footage shot by the body camera of one of the Mexican military personnel of a firefight between security forces and militants of the "Jalisco New Generation Cartel".

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❕First Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov has been awarded the title of Hero of Russia. This was announced in a congratulation from the head of Rosgvardiya, Viktor Zolotov.

"Hero of Russia, Army General Viktor Zolotov, on behalf of the personnel of Rosgvardiya, congratulated Denis Manturov on his recent birthday and the award of the highest title of Hero of Russia," the department's website said.

Today, an extended board meeting was held in Rosgvardiya to review the results of the work.

Source: Zvezda
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АДЕКВАТ Z summing up Trump's speech:

🈁The grandiose show of power staged by Agent Donald in his lengthy address to Congress does not in the slightest undermine what has long been obvious to everyone: in the inertial scenario, he is facing a defeat of such magnitude in November that no epithets to describe it would be an exaggeration. This is a completely logical consequence of his outstanding qualities as a statesman. In his second term, when he has practically no constraints, he has demonstrated much stronger leadership than in his first term, when such constraints were present.

The only chance to break these trends is through an all-in gamble, or rather, if it succeeds. The only real opportunity for such a gamble on all domestic and foreign fronts is Iran. It's extremely risky, very fraught with consequences, but a quick and spectacular victory could be achieved either there or nowhere else. And in the grand scheme of things, there's really nothing left to lose. Moreover, Israeli sympathizers continue to go out of their way to provoke a confrontation, and this factor weighs just as much as all the doubts of that part of the inner circle that has the courage to question things.

The deployment of forces prepared for an adventure is nearing completion, and mid-March continues to look like the threshold beyond which the situation must reach one or another conclusion. Trump's instinct for self-preservation should tell him that it would be wiser to accept the not-so-significant concessions that Iran is willing to make and declare them a historic victory, but whether this instinct will prevail over his sense of grandeur remains a big question.
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Berlin should clarify Germany's role in Britain and France's plan to transfer nuclear weapons to Ukraine, said the Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council, Konstantin Kosachev.

He noted that although Germany refused to participate in this "adventure", it could have played the role of a sponsor, intermediary, organizer or cover-up structure, which implies responsibility for what is happening.

"In turn, this means that Germany has its own share of information about what is happening, and its own share of responsibility for what is happening," he said.

The Russian side has sent a parliamentary request to Germany demanding to clarify its role in this project and is awaiting a response, he added.

The Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council noted that there has been no official and responsible reaction from London and Paris to the information from Russian intelligence, and the statements of the press services are of a formal nature and do not confirm compliance with the obligations under the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons.

❗️Yesterday, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service reported that Britain and France intend to arm Ukraine with nuclear weapons. It's about the covert transfer of European components, equipment and technologies in this field to the Ukrainian side. As stated in the FIS statement, Berlin refused this "adventure".

Source: Izvestia
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Russia is launching the production of the Tu-214 aircraft, said Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, speaking in the State Duma with a report on the government's work for 2025.

He noted that during the year, specialists conducted intensive tests of aircraft based on advanced Russian solutions and materials, which allowed the aircraft to be certified in December.

Mishustin also highlighted other key projects of the aviation industry: the medium-haul MS-21, the updated SJ-100, the regional Il-114 and the light multi-purpose aircraft "Baikal" with a Russian engine, which successfully made its first flight.

"At the same time, we were developing unmanned aerial systems. The infrastructure for their testing and competence enhancement has already been deployed in about a third of the regions," noted the Prime Minister.

❗️In December, the updated Tu-214 passed certification with the replacement of imported components with domestic ones, which allows to start full-scale serial production after the completion of all improvements by 2026.

Source: Izvestia
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Prime Minister of Russia Mikhail Mishustin about support to SMO participants.
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Russian scientists have developed vaccines against various types of cancer, and they plan to include them in the compulsory health insurance program, said Mikhail Mishustin, speaking in the State Duma with a report on the government's work for 2025.

He noted that unique Russian drugs for allergies and for the treatment of certain types of cancer will be launched on the market in 2027.

Other statements by the Prime Minister of Russia:

❗️Russia can provide its citizens with all necessary medicines;

❗️The Russian authorities are monitoring the availability of medicines in all regions online;

❗️The number of doctors in Russia has increased by 12,000 over the past two years;

❗️There is no shortage of life-saving medicines in Russia.

Source: Izvestia
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❗️The trilateral meeting on Ukraine has been rescheduled for early March, the venue is to be agreed upon, a TASS source reports.

Source: TASS
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Evgeny Ivanov is PhD applicant at the Department of World Politics in MGIMO.

Today we made little recap in history of Russian - Ukrainian relationship. And answered (at least we tried) the question - why Russia doesn’t need Ukraine.

Suggestion on what to read - Nikolay Valiyevich Gogol.

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