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Russia-Ukraine Daily News
The latest news about Russia and Ukraine, hand-picked for you every weekday morning (09:30 GMT+3).
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🇳🇬 Nigeria has issued an urgent warning over what it describes as the increasing illegal recruitment of its citizens to fight in foreign conflicts.

It comes after Ukrainian officials said they found the bodies of two Nigerians who they said were killed in combat last year
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigeria warns against enlisting abroad after reports of deaths in Ukraine
The authorities say a growing number of citizens are being illegally recruited to fight elsewhere.
www.bbc.com
February 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
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🇭🇺 #Hungary is buying Russian oil despite alternative supplies being available, according to a report that accuses Budapest of failing to pass down to consumers the savings it makes from buying cheap Russian fuels.

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edition.cnn.com/2026/02/16/b...
By buying Russia’s oil, Hungary is fueling the Kremlin’s war machine – and enriching foundations linked to Orban | CNN Business
Hungary is buying Russian oil despite alternative supplies being available, according to a report that accuses Budapest of failing to pass down to consumers the savings it makes from buying cheap Russ...
edition.cnn.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:56 AM
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Morning Briefing:

- British and German military chiefs press ‘moral’ case for rearmament
- UK wants action taken on Russia after Navalny poisoning
- Zelensky says allies to provide new energy, military aid within 10 days
- France 'reasonably optimistic' of G7 maritime ban on Russian oil

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February 16, 2026 at 7:23 AM
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🇷🇺 🇪🇺 The FSB and GRU are recruiting ex-Wagner recruiters to create a network of "disposable agents" in EU countries. They organize sabotage and reconnaissance of #NATO facilities, particularly on "shadow fleet" vessels.

unn.ua/en/news/russ...

#russia #europe
Russian special services are using the Wagner PMC network to prepare sabotage and reconnaissance in Europe
УНН Politics ✎ The FSB and GRU are recruiting ex-Wagner recruiters to create a network of "disposable agents" in EU countries. They organize sabotage and reconnaissa…
unn.ua
February 16, 2026 at 7:03 AM
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🇺🇦 A Ukrainian former energy minister has been detained as a suspect in a high-profile kickback case for crimes such as moneylaundering and participation in criminal activity, anti-graft prosecutors said on Monday, but did not name him.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...

#Ukraine
Ukraine prosecutors say former energy minister is suspect in kickback case
A Ukrainian former energy minister has been detained as a suspect in a high-profile kickback case for crimes such as moneylaundering and participation in criminal activity, anti-graft prosecutors said...
www.reuters.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Civilian casualties in #Ukraine caused by bombing soared by 26% during 2025, reflecting increased Russian targeting of cities and infrastructure in the country, according a global conflict monitoring group.

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

#russia #russianwarcrimes
Ukrainian civilian casualties surged by 26% in 2025, say researchers
Exclusive: Figures said to reflect increased Russian military targeting of cities and infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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💬 #Russia is reinforcing its strategic assets in the #Arctic and building up new facilities along the border with #Finland, the Scandinavian country’s defence minister told Euronews, stressing the Arctic is “critical” to European defence.

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...
Russia builing up Arctic assets near Finnish border, minister warns
Arctic security is paramount for European stability, Finland's defence minister told Euronews in a wide-ranging interview. He added talk of European nuclear deterrence is welcome but cannot replace NA...
www.euronews.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:59 AM
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast on Feb. 15 caused damage to local infrastructure and injured four people, local officials reported.

kyivindependent.com/russian-atta...

#russia #ukraine
Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast injure 4, damage 'medical infrastructure'
Sumy Oblast Governor Oleh Hryhoriv reported that a Russian drone targeted unspecified "medical infrastructure" in the city of Sumy overnight on Feb. 14-15, causing damage to the target.
kyivindependent.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Recent Ukrainian tactical counterattacks have reportedly liberated multiple small settlements along the Yanchur and Haichur rivers in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions.

understandingwar.org/research/rus...

#russia #ukraine
February 16, 2026 at 6:57 AM
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🇷🇺 #Russia is becoming increasingly reliant on foreign fighters in the war on #Ukraine as its forces sustain more losses than they’re able to replace, UK Defence Secretary John Healey said.

newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/meat-ma...
'Meat machine' for foreigners: Russia struggles to conceal huge battlefield losses
Read more
newsukraine.rbc.ua
February 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
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🇬🇧🇩🇪 Britain and Germany’s highest ranking military leaders have made an unprecedented joint appeal to the public to accept the “moral” case for rearmament and prepare for the threat of war with #Russia

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Top British and German military chiefs press ‘moral’ case for rearmament
Defence leaders write joint appeal urging public on need to be prepared for war with Russia and resulting costs
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
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🇬🇧 The UK wants action taken following evidence #Russia killed political prisoner Alexei Navalny with frog poison, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK wants action taken on Russia after Navalny frog poisoning, Cooper says
The foreign secretary said the UK would "continue to look at co-ordinated action, including increasing sanctions on the Russian regime".
www.bbc.com
February 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
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💬 #Ukraine has agreed new energy and military support packages with European allies ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on February 24, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday.

www.reuters.com/business/aer...
Ukraine's Zelenskiy says allies to provide new energy and military aid within 10 days
Ukraine has agreed new energy and military support packages with European allies ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion on February 24, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on S...
www.reuters.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
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🇺🇦 Former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko was detained while attempting to cross the border, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of #Ukraine said on Feb. 15.

kyivindependent.com/former-energ...
Former Energy Minister detained at border in Ukraine's biggest corruption case, NABU says
Former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko was detained while attempting to cross the state border, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) said on Feb. 15.
kyivindependent.com
February 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
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🇬🇭 Ghana has requested the extradition of a Russian man accused of illegally recording his sexual encounters with several women and sharing the videos online without their consent.

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www.bbc.com/news/article...
Russian man accused of secretly filming women in Ghana
Ghana has called on Russia to extradite the man, who is accused of recording sexual encounters without consent.
www.bbc.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian drones struck several targets throughout southern Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on Feb. 14-15, including an oil depot, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said.

kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-dr...

#Ukraine
Ukrainian drones strike oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, local authorities claim
Ukrainian drones struck several targets throughout southern Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on Feb. 14-15, including an oil depot, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said.
kyivindependent.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:34 AM
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🇷🇺 In 2013, employees of the Moscow-based State Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, known by its Russian acronym GosNIIOKhT, published a scientific paper describing a method for producing epibatidine.

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theins.ru/en/news/289394

#Russia
Toxin used to poison Alexei Navalny was synthesized at the same institute that created the Novichok nerve agent
In 2013, employees of the Moscow-based State Research Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology, known by its Russian acronym GosNIIOKhT, published a scientific paper describing a method for produ...
theins.ru
February 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
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💬 President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 14 that territorial concessions by #Ukraine would not bring peace, just like the 1938 Munich Agreement did not prevent World War II.

kyivindependent.com/zelensky-giv...
Territorial concessions by Ukraine won't bring peace, Zelensky says in Munich
"It would be an illusion to believe that this war can now be reliably ended by dividing Ukraine – just as it was an illusion to believe that sacrificing Czechoslovakia would save Europe from a greater...
kyivindependent.com
February 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukraine’s Security Service reported that its Alpha special operations unit destroyed approximately half of Russia’s Pantsir air defense systems in 2025 through a series of long-range strikes.

united24media.com/latest-news/...
Ukraine Destroyed Half of Russia’s Key Pantsir Air Defenses Worth Up to $20 Million Each
SBU says Alpha unit destroyed about half of Russia’s Pantsir systems in 2025, weakening air defense and enabling deeper Ukrainian strikes.
united24media.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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💬 #Russia is suffering "crazy losses" in #Ukraine, tallying around 65,000 soldiers over the last two months, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference.

www.reuters.com/world/europe...
NATO's Rutte says Russians suffering 'crazy losses' in Ukraine
Russia is suffering "crazy losses" in Ukraine, tallying around 65,000 soldiers over the last two months, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Saturday at the Munich Security Conference.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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💬 French Foreign Minister Jean‑Noel Barrot on Saturday said #Putin was willing to use chemical weapons against Russians, citing latest Western conclusions that Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal nerve agent.

www.reuters.com/world/france...

#Russia
France: Navalny poisoning shows Putin ready to use nerve agents on own people
French Foreign Minister Jean‑Noel Barrot on Saturday said President Vladimir Putin was willing to use chemical weapons against Russians, citing latest Western conclusions that Kremlin critic Alexei Na...
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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⚡️ The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands are confident that Alexei #Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin.

This is the conclusion of our Governments based on analyses of samples from Alexei Navalny. These analyses have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidine.

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February 14, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck a Russian BK-16 landing craft and several other military targets in occupied #Crimea and southern Ukraine on February 12–13, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of #Ukraine

united24media.com/latest-news/...
Ukraine Hits Russian BK-16 Assault Boat And RSP-10 Radar In Crimea
Ukraine’s General Staff reports strikes on a Russian BK-16 craft, radar, comms site, and ammo depot in occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine.
united24media.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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💬 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed hope on Saturday that U.S.-brokered peace talks next week in Geneva will be serious and substantive, but he voiced concern that #Ukraine was being asked "too often" to make concessions.

www.reuters.com/business/aer...

#usa #russia
Zelenskiy says US too often asks Ukraine, not Russia, for concessions
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy expressed hope on Saturday that U.S.-brokered peace talks next week in Geneva will be serious and substantive, but he voiced concern that Ukraine was being aske...
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:20 PM
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Google Threat Intelligence Group identified a previously undocumented threat actor behind attacks on Ukrainian organizations using CANFAIL malware. The group is possibly linked to Russian intelligence services.

securityaffairs.com/187976/hacki...

#russia #ukraine
Suspected Russian hackers deploy CANFAIL malware against Ukraine
A new alleged Russia-linked APT group targeted Ukrainian defense, government, and energy groups, with CANFAIL malware.
securityaffairs.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:46 AM