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🇭🇺🇸🇰🇷🇺 Hungary and Slovakia have asked Croatia to help to deliver Russian oil, Hungary's foreign minister said on Monday, after disruption to flows via Ukraine and conflicting accusations of blame.
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Hungary asks Croatia for help after Russian oil flows via Ukraine halted
Hungary and Slovakia have asked Croatia to help to deliver Russian oil, Hungary's foreign minister said on Monday, after disruption to flows via Ukraine and conflicting accusations of blame.
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February 16, 2026 at 12:02 PM
🇭🇺🇸🇰🇷🇺 Hungary and Slovakia have asked Croatia to help to deliver Russian oil, Hungary's foreign minister said on Monday, after disruption to flows via Ukraine and conflicting accusations of blame.
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🇩🇪🇫🇷☢️ Talks between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron over creating a joint European nuclear deterrent are at an early stage and not aimed at diminishing the role of the United States, a German government spokesperson said on Monday.
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Germany says talks with France on nuclear deterrence are at an early stage
Talks between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron over creating a joint European nuclear deterrent are at an early stage and not aimed at diminishing the role of the ...
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February 16, 2026 at 12:00 PM
🇩🇪🇫🇷☢️ Talks between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron over creating a joint European nuclear deterrent are at an early stage and not aimed at diminishing the role of the United States, a German government spokesperson said on Monday.
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💬 #Ukraine has received 4.4 million rounds of large-calibre ammunition under a plan pulling together #Czech arms traders and producers and funding from foreign donors, President Petr Pavel told a Czech news website in an interview.
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Ukraine got 4.4 mln large-calibre rounds under Czech initiative, president says
Ukraine has received 4.4 million rounds of large-calibre ammunition under a plan pulling together Czech arms traders and producers and funding from foreign donors, President Petr Pavel told a Czech ne...
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February 16, 2026 at 11:59 AM
💬 #Ukraine has received 4.4 million rounds of large-calibre ammunition under a plan pulling together #Czech arms traders and producers and funding from foreign donors, President Petr Pavel told a Czech news website in an interview.
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🇨🇳🇷🇺🛢️ China's Russian oil imports are set to climb for a third straight month to a new record high in February as independent refiners snapped up deeply discounted cargoes after India slashed purchases, according to traders and ship-tracking data.
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China's Russian oil imports to hit new record in February as India cuts back
China's Russian oil imports are set to climb for a third straight month to a new record high in February as independent refiners snapped up deeply discounted cargoes after India slashed purchases, acc...
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February 16, 2026 at 11:56 AM
🇨🇳🇷🇺🛢️ China's Russian oil imports are set to climb for a third straight month to a new record high in February as independent refiners snapped up deeply discounted cargoes after India slashed purchases, according to traders and ship-tracking data.
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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
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It comes after Ukrainian officials said they found the bodies of two Nigerians who they said were killed in combat last year
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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.
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February 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
🇳🇬 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
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It comes after Ukrainian officials said they found the bodies of two Nigerians who they said were killed in combat last year
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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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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...
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February 16, 2026 at 7:56 AM
🇭🇺 #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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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 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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- 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
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 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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- 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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🇷🇺 🇪🇺 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.
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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…
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February 16, 2026 at 7:03 AM
🇷🇺 🇪🇺 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.
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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.
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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...
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February 16, 2026 at 7:02 AM
🇺🇦 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.
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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.
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Ukrainian civilian casualties surged by 26% in 2025, say researchers
Exclusive: Figures said to reflect increased Russian military targeting of cities and infrastructure
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February 16, 2026 at 7:01 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 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.
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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.
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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...
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February 16, 2026 at 6:59 AM
💬 #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.
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast on Feb. 15 caused damage to local infrastructure and injured four people, local officials reported.
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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.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:58 AM
🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast on Feb. 15 caused damage to local infrastructure and injured four people, local officials reported.
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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.
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February 16, 2026 at 6:57 AM
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Recent Ukrainian tactical counterattacks have reportedly liberated multiple small settlements along the Yanchur and Haichur rivers in the Oleksandrivka and Hulyaipole directions.
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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.
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'Meat machine' for foreigners: Russia struggles to conceal huge battlefield losses
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February 15, 2026 at 7:16 PM
🇷🇺 #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.
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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
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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
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February 15, 2026 at 7:13 PM
🇬🇧🇩🇪 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
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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.
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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".
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February 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
🇬🇧 The UK wants action taken following evidence #Russia killed political prisoner Alexei Navalny with frog poison, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper said.
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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.
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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...
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February 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
💬 #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.
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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.
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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.
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February 15, 2026 at 11:20 AM
🇺🇦 Former Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko was detained while attempting to cross the border, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of #Ukraine said on Feb. 15.
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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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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.
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February 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM
🇬🇭 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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🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian drones struck several targets throughout southern Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on Feb. 14-15, including an oil depot, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said.
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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.
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February 15, 2026 at 6:34 AM
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian drones struck several targets throughout southern Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on Feb. 14-15, including an oil depot, Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said.
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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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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...
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February 14, 2026 at 6:16 PM
🇷🇺 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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💬 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.
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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...
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February 14, 2026 at 5:40 PM
💬 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.
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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.
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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.
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February 14, 2026 at 2:41 PM
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 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.
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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.
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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.
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February 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
💬 #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.
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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.
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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...
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February 14, 2026 at 2:35 PM
💬 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.
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