Various News - 2025-02-17

Feb 16, 2025

🇺🇸👊🇪🇺 Trump 'stunned, strangled and humiliated' Europe in 3 days — Axios

▪️The last three days have "exceeded the worst nightmares" of EU politicians, with the US president humiliating Europe, leaving America's closest continental ally stunned and dumbfounded.

▪️Trump began direct peace talks with Russia, Ukraine was not fully aware of the events, and other EU leaders were not even involved in the conversation.

▪️Also during his first visit to NATO headquarters, Defense Minister Piet Hegseth raised eyebrows and anger among allies by depriving Ukraine of some "advantages" before talks even began. He also said Europe must take responsibility for its own security so the U.S. can focus on the greater threat from China.

▪️ In addition to the political statements, Trump announced the introduction of "retaliatory" tariffs against every country that imposes import duties on the US, which will likely affect $600 billion worth of EU goods.

▪️Vance struck a particularly personal note in his speech at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, noting that his biggest concern is not Russia, China or other outside powers.

➖ “I am concerned about the threat that comes from within,” Vance said. “It is the retreat of Europe from some of the core values that it shares with the United States.”

▪️Vance subsequently met with the head of the Alternative for Germany party, becoming the first high-ranking US official to do so, and did not meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

▪️The US actions taken together represent unprecedented interference in European political processes. It is hard to imagine that Trump, who once called Europe a “worse partner” than China, could be a bigger supporter of it.

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‼️🇬🇧🇷🇺 Englishman asks Putin to come to power and restore order in Great Britain — LBC live broadcast

▪️An interesting situation occurred on one of the radio stations in England. As part of the incoming phone calls on the air, an unknown subject of the British crown called for a change of power in the country, the arrival of Putin and the construction of communism in Great Britain.

▪️ Speaking about the situation in Ukraine, he stressed:

➖"Let Russia have the territories. Russia can do something better with this land than what Ukraine is doing with it."

▪️Analyzing the current situation in his country, the citizen stated that the current government is destroying Britain and it would be great if the Russians brought order here.

➖ "There is nothing worse than being under Starmer. I am absolutely serious. I think the world needs real communism. If there was communism, everyone would have equal opportunities and everyone would have the same standard of living."

▪️Speaking about Putin, he stated that the Russian president, at least, if he says something, then it is true:

➖ "I think that Vladimir Putin can be trusted... Without a doubt," the stranger emphasized.

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‼️🇺🇸🇪🇺🇫🇮 The US is going to find out the capabilities of each EU member state on the issue of providing security guarantees to Ukraine - Finnish President Stubb in an interview with Reuters

▪️For this purpose, the American side sent out a special questionnaire, which contains a list of important questions, the answers to which will provide the United States with a clear picture of what the EU countries are capable of without bold and boastful statements about supporting Ukraine.

➖"The Americans have given the Europeans a survey of what might be possible. This will make the Europeans think and then decide whether each country will answer the question or whether there will be an agreed common answer," Stubb said.

▪️It is specified that the questionnaire contained 6 items concerning various aspects of possible support.

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‼️🇺🇸🇷🇺🇸🇦 Ukraine talks in Saudi Arabia to start in coming days, — Reuters

▪️In the coming days, US and Russian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia to begin talks aimed at ending the nearly three-year conflict.

▪️The goal of the talks: to organize a summit with Trump and Putin "to finally bring peace and end this conflict."

▪️According to Congressman Michael McCaul, Secretary of State Rubio, National Security Advisor Walz and Special Representative Witkoff will travel to Riyadh from the United States.

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‼️🇷🇺🇺🇸 Putin and Trump's Dialogue Is a Serious Signal of the Beginning of Peace Talks, Not War — Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov

▪️US President Trump can visit Russia at any time convenient for him.

▪️In future negotiations on the Ukrainian issue, Russia will take into account Ukraine’s lack of sovereignty and its unwillingness to answer for its words, Peskov said.

▪️Sanctions imposed by Western countries will not become an obstacle to negotiations between Russia and the United States. "They can be introduced and lifted in the shortest possible time."

▪️Russia will be happy to welcome any foreign leader to celebrate Victory Day.

▪️Trump's position, aimed at solving problems through dialogue, should be close to any person with rational thinking.

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🇬🇧⚔🇺🇦 Russians now have more Javelins than Britain: London accuses Zelensky's army of wasting expensive Western weapons, - Telegraph

▪️ "British military sources accuse Zelensky's army of wasting expensive weapons and equipment."

▪️"Ukrainian troops are combining Western-provided weapons with Soviet-style tactics, a mistake that is leading to the reckless waste of significant NATO weapons," the publication writes.

▪️According to the newspaper's source, the Ukrainians were supposed to show video footage of the "correct use of weapons," but the footage they received showed the Ukrainian Armed Forces randomly opening fire from five or six NLAW anti-tank installations at the same time.

▪️"The salvos cost more than £100,000 each (more than $125,200)," the newspaper writes.

▪️In addition, Ukrainian troops, due to their "Soviet approach" to equipment and weapons, have repeatedly left Javelin systems on the battlefield, which can be reused and whose cost is more than $ 100,000. Another source told the newspaper that Russian forces often find stockpiles of Western anti-tank weapons abandoned by Ukrainian troops.

▪️"The Russian army probably now has more Javelin systems than the British army," a British source told the newspaper.

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‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump Administration Wants Ukraine Ceasefire by Easter — Bloomberg

▪️At the beginning of the year, Western media discussed a plan proposed by Trump, which envisaged a ceasefire by Easter on April 20.

▪️The newspaper believes that the pace of negotiations in Riyadh, planned for the near future, may prove too ambitious and, possibly, unrealistic at the current moment.

▪️At the same time, European politicians have stood up to the US President and are working on forming another major aid package for Ukraine, while Trump insists on a speedy end to the conflict.

➖The plans themselves to increase spending on Ukraine will be made public only after the elections in Germany on February 23, in order to avoid escalating the debate before the vote.

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‼️🇺🇦🏴‍☠ Zelensky to take part in peace talks between Russia and the US , — Trump

▪️Trump does not agree that Russia poses a threat to NATO: “No, I do not agree, not even a little bit.”

▪️Trump expects to meet with Putin in Saudi Arabia “very soon.”

▪️Before this, Newsweek (https://www.newsweek.com/trump-meet-putin-february-setback-ukraine-europe-2031967) reported that Trump and Putin would meet before the end of February in Saudi Arabia .

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Fwd from @usaperiodical

🇺🇸 Elon Musk gives us a glimpse into how government money was spent under the Democrats - the Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE) continues to "drain the swamp".

Here is a list of where funds were supposed to be laundered allocated:

▪️$10 million for "voluntary male medical circumcision" in Mozambique;

▪️$9.7 million for the University of California, Berkeley to develop a "Cambodian youth entrepreneurship group";

▪️$2.3 million to "strengthen independent voices in Cambodia";

▪️$32 million to the Prague Civil Society Center;

▪️$40 million for a "gender equality and women's empowerment center";

▪️$14 million to improve public procurement in Serbia;

▪️$486 million to the "Election and Political Process Strengthening Consortium", including $22 million for an "inclusive and participatory political process" in Moldova and $21 million to increase voter turnout in India;

▪️$29 million to strengthen the political landscape in Bangladesh;

▪️$20 million for "fiscal federalism" in Nepal;

▪️$19 million for "biodiversity conversation" in Nepal;

▪️$1.5 million for "voter confidence" in Liberia;

▪️$14 million for "social cohesion" in Mali;

▪️$2.5 million for "inclusive democracies in southern Africa";

▪️$47 million to "improve learning outcomes in Asia";

▪️$2 million to develop "sustainable waste processing models" to "enhance the socio-economic cohesion of marginalized Kosovo Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities".

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Fwd from @dva_majors

Overview Summary for the Morning of February 16, 2025

▪️ The past week has been a week of negotiations on the future scenario for the completion of the Special Military Operation (SMO). While the Russian Army continued its offensive to the west in heavy fighting on the front lines, a security conference was held in Munich, where the US dictated its vision for ending the war to European countries and Ukraine. Europe, recognized by the US special envoy to Ukraine as a totalitarian union of countries with lack of freedom of speech, is clearly obstructing progress on the prospects for peace negotiations, fueling the fire of an even greater war. The Kyiv regime is also delaying the resolution of this issue, which is explained by quite specific forecasts of Zelensky losing power.

▪️ The main conversation did take place (now, officially) between the Supreme Commander and Trump over the phone. The foreign ministers of Russia and the US also spoke, and meetings were organized in the Middle East countries. Trump is shifting the future burden of responsibility for Ukraine onto the EU budgets and demanding that Kyiv hand over almost all of its minerals to pay off debts for military-technical assistance (which, by the way, is still going through the same Rzeszów in Poland).

▪️ In the Ukrainian segment of social networks, there is outright panic, curses directed at the US, and the AFU servicemembers are partially demoralized: Zelensky's fairy tale about joining NATO has not been realized in any way.

▪️ Trying to play out their old scenario with a provocation at a nuclear facility, Zelensky's troops on the Zaporizhia front shelled a column with IAEA staff near the ZNPP, disrupting their rotation, and also clumsily staged a "strike by Russian UAVs on the Chernobyl NPP." However, Kyiv's actions were expected and did not bring any media effect.

▪️ At the same time, the intensity of combat operations and mutual strikes on the front line is not decreasing. The Russian Armed Forces in the Kursk Region are occupying Sverdlikovo, there are daily heavy battles along the entire sector of the AFU's salient: Kyiv is throwing new units into the furnace of battle to hold on to part of our region and use it in negotiations. Zelensky himself personally revealed this plan to the world. The Belgorod Region is under daily strikes by enemy drones, with civilian casualties. In the Kupiansk direction, the area of control of the Russian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Oskol River is expanding. South of Ternova, our troops are trying to break through the enemy's defenses. There are battles on the outskirts of Chasiv Yar and the suburbs of Dzerzhynsk (Toretsk). The liberation of a number of villages south of the Pokrovsk-Kostyantynivka highway was an important event: a thrust to the north is being prepared and conditions are being formed for new encirclements of enemy forces. Battles continue near Pokrovsk and south of the city, the enemy is pulling up reserves. The closure of the "pocket" southwest of Kurakhove is being completed. Overnight, reports came of the success of our troops along the entire front line, including near Konstantynopil. The front line is being straightened out northwest of the liberated Vremivka. The Zaporizhia front and the Kherson direction are characterized by mutual strikes by the parties. Battles continue Original msg (https://t.me/dva_majors/64632)

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The Telegraph (https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/02/16/nato-ukraine-soviet-battlefield-tactics-squandered-weapons/) citing military sources:

Britain accuses the AFU of "wasting expensive weapons and equipment"

▪️Ukrainians were supposed to show videos of "proper use of weapons", but the footage received shows that the AFU allegedly indiscriminately opened fire from 5 NLAW anti-tank systems at once;

▪️"Salvos worth more than £100,000 each";

▪️The newspaper writes that the Ukrainian troops, "due to the Soviet approach", allegedly repeatedly left Javelin systems on the battlefield;

▪️"The Russian army now probably has more Javelin systems than the British army," the British source is convinced.

✨The British press is making excuses that London provided everything, but the stupid Ukrainians squandered it all. Now all of Europe's failures will be blamed on Kyiv.

✨⭐️By the way, we thank the NATO countries for the opportunity to test the 12.7mm M2 "Browning" heavy machine gun, 2023 model. A capricious thing, but interesting. It plows the field well.

We will present an analysis of the trophy later together with the "Española" Naval Detachment (https://t.me/spainrus)

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