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Russia scales up offensive from north of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian military says

(Asami Terajima - The Kyiv Independent) Russian troops have scaled up their offensives from villages north of Pokrovsk, intensifying efforts to encircle the city...

Ukrainian forces hit several ‘important’ Russian military targets in 3 regions, General Staff says

(Asami Terajima - The Kyiv Independent) Ukrainian strikes hit several "important" military targets in Russian-occupied parts of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, the General...

Investigation: European companies keep the motors of Russia’s war machine running

(Lucas Tonks, Mykola Khodyeyev - The Kyiv Independent) Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has sought supplies of motor oil additives and...

‘Golden age’: Rubio praises Orbán ahead of Hungary election

(Milena Wälde - Politico) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in Budapest Monday and declared a “golden age”...

EU to send commissioner for Mediterranean to Trump’s Board of Peace meeting

(Gerardo Fortuna - Politico) The EU is sending Dubravka Šuica, the European commissioner for the Mediterranean, to Washington for the first formal meeting of...

Berlin urges Paris to boost defense spending by cutting other costs

(Nette Nöstlinger - Politico) Germany’s Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said France needs to spend more on defense even if it means cutting other kinds...

Starmer: UK needs to go faster on defense spending

(Esther Webber - Politico) Keir Starmer said Monday he will seek to accelerate defense spending as he tries to resolve a deadlock over budgets...

Cyber (In)Security and Surveillance (16 February 2026)

Dior, Louis Vuitton, Tiffany Fined $25 Million in South Korea After Data Breaches (Eduard Kovacs - Security Week) South Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC)...

‘Air defense is a daily necessity’ — Zelensky says additional aid packages expected by Feb. 24 following return from Munich

(Dmytro Basmat - The Kyiv Independent) President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Feb. 15 that Kyiv expects to receive additional aid...

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