CIRCLE WITH A DOT

@hajovonta @hanse_mina https://mastodon.online/@hajovonta/116089993898772444Maybe, but let it happen. Europe may finally pull one line against Russia and they won't know what hits them.

@hanse_mina Will journalists at the NYT finally act on the fact that Trump is a liar? Trump's campaign claim to end the war in a day was a lie. It's not "harder than he thought".

@marjolica @osma @hanse_mina Reuters should be ashamed. #Reuters

Ukraine is set to receive 35 missiles for U.S.-produced Patriot air defense systems from its partners soon, German Defense Minister Boris #Pistorius told journalists on Feb. 12 following a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at NATO headquarters.https://kyivindependent.com/allies-pledge-35-patriot-missiles-for-ukraine-sounds-a-lot-but-is-it/#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Germany #NATO #US

About 11,000 North Korean troops are stationed in Russia's Kursk Oblast as of early 2026 to support Moscow's war in Ukraine, Yonhap reported on Feb. 12, citing South Korea's intelligence.https://kyivindependent.com/nearly-11-000-north-korean-troops-stationed-in-russias-kursk-oblast-at-start-of-2026-media-reports/#Ukraine #Russia #NorthKorea

To combat online crime, web services and messaging apps need to be blocked, leaving Russians with only the state-owned messaging app MAX. This proposal was made by Ruslan Gumerov, head of the Tatarstan Ministry of Internal Affairs' Cybercrime Department .https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/13/ostavit-tolko-max-glava-mvd-tatarstana-predlozhil-zapretit-veb-servisi-imessendzheri-chtobi-poborot-prestupnost-a187263#Ukraine #Russia

In 2025, Russian telecom operators blocked 18.45 million SIM cards at the request of Roskomnadzor. This is a 76% increase from the previous year.https://ru.themoscowtimes.com/2026/02/13/rossiyanam-i-inostrantsam-po-trebovaniyu-roskomnadzora-zablokirovali-bolee-18-millionov-sim-kart-a187129#Ukraine #Russia

Ukraine will need Western troops to enforce any ceasefire with Russia’s Vladimir Putin, but voters in Europe’s two most powerful economies Germany and France are deeply reluctant to help.https://www.politico.eu/article/french-german-voters-ukraine-peacekeepers-poll/#Ukraine #Russia #EU #France #Germany

@hanse_mina Trump is how USA decided to suicide

Russia's central bank cut its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 15.5% on Friday and signalled that rates could fall further in a bid to shore up the slowing wartime economy, which is struggling with high borrowing costs.https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/russian-central-bank-cuts-key-rate-by-50-basis-points-155-2026-02-13/#Ukraine #Russi

Facing the possibility of losing power after 16 years, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has cast Hungary's election on April 12 as a stark choice between "war or peace", saying his opponents would drag the country into the war raging next door in Ukraine.https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/orban-scales-up-war-or-peace-campaign-hungary-heads-pivotal-vote-2026-02-13/#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Hungary #Orban

Hungary's main opposition #Tisza party kept a 10-point lead over Prime Minister Viktor Orban's governing nationalist #Fidesz party in February, according to a poll published on Friday, ahead of a parliamentary election scheduled for April 12.https://www.reuters.com/world/hungarys-tisza-party-keeps-its-lead-number-undecided-voters-drops-poll-shows-2026-02-13/#Ukraine #Russia #EU #Hungary #Orban

Russia has no intention of ending its war in Ukraine, according to assessments by eastern NATO member states Poland and Estonia that offer a warning to Washington that Vladimir Putin is likely buying time in peace talks.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-10/russia-aims-only-to-buy-time-in-peace-talks-spy-report-says#Ukraine #Russia