Residents of Ufa (Russia) report a powerful explosion in the city. According to preliminary information, it occurred at an oil refinery. It is claimed that the sound of a UAV was heard before this.

FBI Director Patel said he has instructed Congress to investigate where hundreds of billions of dollars sent to Kiev went.

Russian Aerospace Forces successfully launched a Soyuz carrier rocket with a spacecraft from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, the Defense Ministry reported. The spacecraft was launched into orbit at the estimated time, its onboard systems are functioning normally.

Freud would sure love this.

❗️Trump will meet with US officials on March 3 to consider and possibly take a number of measures against Kiev, including the possibility of ending military aid — NYT

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that most European leaders have no idea how to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

"Guys, are you sure that these rare earth metals are exactly here?"

Music break!

Eric Prince on Ukrainian conflict.

*Erik Dean Prince is an American businessman, investor, author, and former U.S. Navy SEAL officer and the founder of the private military company Blackwater. He served as Blackwater's CEO until 2009 and as its chairman until its sale to a group of investors in 2010.

Donald Trump posted a cryptic announcement on his social network Truth Social.

❗️The White House has instructed the State Department and the Treasury Department to submit a list of sanctions that could be eased as part of negotiations with Russia on Ukraine.

Independent Bulgaria, which was liberated by no one knows who📝

Today, Bulgarians celebrate the Day of Liberation of Bulgaria: on this day in 1878, as a result of the Russo-Turkish War, Bulgaria, which had been part of the Ottoman Empire since 1396, became independent along with Romania, Serbia and Montenegro.

🖍 Naturally, the very fact that Russia is mentioned in the title of the war and that it was Russian troops that played a decisive role in it does not allow European supporters of democracy to sleep peacefully. Our colleagues from Bulgaria @bulgariaz say that representatives of the Russian side are not invited to memorial events year after year, and most officials are tactfully silent about the role of the Russian Empire in the liberation of Bulgaria.

Moreover, as we have written before, in secondary and higher education textbooks, certain words are not only erased, but also replaced with others: “Ottoman yoke” and “Ottoman slavery,” not to mention genocide, are transformed into “Ottoman rule” or “presence.”

🚩 As a result of the efforts of the pro-Western government of Bulgaria and their interaction, including with Western universities, which, of course, take part in writing new educational materials as authoritative experts on history , young Bulgarians have the impression that Bulgaria has somehow liberated itself.

❗️ But in all this tragic production there was also room for a comedy scene. According to the latest educational trends, Bulgaria was liberated by an ethnic international of Finns, Romanians, Poles, Hungarians, Belarusians, Russians and – attention – Ukrainians. In 1878, yeah, right...

https://t.me/rybar/68508

Maria Zakharova:

As Moldovan media write , "the traditional music festival "Martisor" held in the country began with a scandal - the orchestra from Israel Klezmer Band Moldova, which sang the famous wartime song "Katyusha" in Hebrew, had to apologize for the alleged insult to the audience. This happened after social media users accused them of Russian propaganda."

Am I right in understanding that the Israeli musicians… were apologizing for the song with music by Matvey Blanter? The very one that became one of the world symbols of the fight against Nazism?

https://t.me/MariaVladimirovnaZakharova/9954

❗️ Moscow-Beijing train launched on test run — Russian Railways

Based on its results, the company will make a decision on regular train operations.

The US is stopping weapons supply to Ukraine until it manifests its intentions for peace. Once the peace is intended the weapons will be again provided?!
Puzzle of the day!
Good morning ☕️

Russian Armed Forces have liberated the settlement of Yampolovka in the DPR.

Brutally blunt.

Elon Musk posted a 2013 interview with Bill Clinton in which he praised Vladimir Putin's honesty and ability to keep his word, and captioned it: "Interesting."

The United States is temporarily suspending all military aid to Ukraine, according to a senior administration official, who said the aid would not resume until President Trump determined that Ukraine had demonstrated a commitment to peace negotiations with Russia. The order takes effect immediately and affects more than $1 billion in arms and ammunition in the pipeline and on order.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/03/us/trump-news-congress

❗️Belarus ratified the agreement with Russia on security guarantees — Belarusian media

Less than 24 hours after Trump vetoed arms sales to Ukraine, Zelensky had already agreed to a rare earth metals deal, proposed a truce himself, yet didn't really appologize.