🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is conducting naval exercises in the Strait of Hormuz for the second day in a row, as negotiations continue in Geneva, Switzerland.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️- Parts of the Strait of Hormuz will be closed for a few hours during the IRGC exercises.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇭⚡- The second-round of US-Iran talks in Geneva have ended.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇭⚡- The White House reports that progress was made in today's US-Iran talks in Geneva, but a lot of details still need addressing.

The third-round of talks will be held in the next two weeks.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇨🇭⚡- Tehran floated the idea of temporarily hating all enrichment on Iranian soil for three years and sending its stockpile of 400kg+ highly enriched uranium abroad, The Wall Street Journal reported.

In return, Iran wants major sanctions relief and possible US-Iran joint business deals.

🇺🇸⚡️- Tricia McLaughlin, Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, plans to step down and leave the Trump administration. - POLITICO.

Notably, this comes in the wake of shake-ups in the administration after Trump caved on mass deportations.

🇺🇸 - A squadron of US jets being dragged towards the CENTCOM AoR.

The image was taken over over the UK or Western Europe.

🇺🇸🇬🇧⚡- 6 F-22s have arrived at RAF Lakenheath en route to the Middle East arena.

🇺🇸⚡- An E-11A BACN (Battlefield Airborne Communications Node) has departed towards Europe, with its final destination likely the Middle East.

🇺🇸⚡- Aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) has entered the Atlantic Ocean, leaving the Carribbean waters.

🇺🇸🇮🇷🇮🇱⚡- "Striking Iran is not just a political decision. It's an operational one. And the conditions are coming together," - Yoav Gallant, former Israeli Defense Minister.

🇺🇸⚡- Two tankers for the E-3G AWACS have gone airborne over mainland US, carrying another two E-3Gs to the UK, bringing the total to an unprecedented four in Europe.

🇺🇸 - The scale of US aerial movement to Europe / the Middle East over the past 24 hours has been extraordinary, by far the largest in decades.

🇺🇸 - In the past 12 hours, 12 F-16s and 12 F-22s departed from mainland US towards Europe. 24 F-16s departed from Europe towards the Middle East.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Russia has agreed only to a one-day ceasefire to organize and hold a nationwide vote, and not to the 60 days that Zelensky believes are necessary," - Axios.

🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "The Ukrainian people would reject a peace deal that involves Ukraine unilaterally withdrawing from the eastern Donbas region and turning it over to Russia," - Ukrainian President Zelensky tells Axios.

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦⚡- "Zelensky said it was 'not fair' that President Trump kept publicly calling on Ukraine, not Russia, to make concessions for peace.

He contended that, while it might be easier for Trump to pressure Ukraine than the much larger Russia, the way to create a lasting peace is not 'to give victory' to Russian President Vladimir Putin," - Axios.

🇺🇸🇻🇪⚡- "Late on Feb. 16, at the direction of SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted three lethal kinetic strikes on three vessels operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations.

Intelligence confirmed the vessels were transiting along known narco-trafficking routes and were engaged in narco-trafficking operations.

Eleven male narco-terrorists were killed during these actions, 4 on the first vessel in the Eastern Pacific, 4 on the second vessel in the Eastern Pacific, and 3 on the third vessel in the Caribbean. No U.S. military forces were harmed," - SOUTHCOM.

🇺🇸🇯🇵⚡- "Our MASSIVE Trade Deal with Japan has just launched!

Japan is now officially, and financially, moving forward with the FIRST set of Investments under its $550 BILLION Dollar Commitment to invest in the United States of America — part of our Historic Trade Deal to REVITALIZE the American Industrial Base, create HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of GREAT American Jobs, and strengthen our National and Economic Security like never before.

Today, I am pleased to announce three TREMENDOUS Projects in the Strategic Areas of Oil & Gas in the Great State of Texas, Power Generation in the Great State of Ohio, and Critical Minerals in the Great State of Georgia.

The scale of these projects are so large, and could not be done without one very special word, TARIFFS. The Gas Power Plant in Ohio (A State I won THREE TIMES!) will be the largest in History, the LNG Facility in the Gulf of America will drive Exports, and further our Country's Energy DOMINANCE, and our Critical Minerals Facility will end our FOOLISH dependance on Foreign Sources.

America is building again. America is producing again. And America is WINNING again.

This is a very exciting and HISTORIC time for the United States of America and Japan. Congratulations to all!

Thank you for your attention to this matter," - President Donald Trump.