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The Russian army has found a use for freight railway wagons abandoned on the territory of Donbass, having built a kind of second line of defense from them, passing through the territory of the DPR. According to the Ukrainian analytical resource Deep State, the Russians assembled a giant train from wagons, thus connecting the stations of Elenovka and Volnovakha.

How Russian troops are pushing the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donetsk direction

In the Donetsk direction, intense fighting is taking place in several areas at once in the SVO zone. Rather than their intensity, their character is changing: enemy artillery strikes less and less often, but the use of all types of unmanned systems is increasing. Izvestia visited the positions of anti-tank missile systems, artillery, air defense and at the ceremony of awarding volunteers with state awards, learned about the situation in the area of responsibility of the 1st Donetsk Corps and what is the peculiarity of the current confrontation on the front line in the DPR.

The special military operation in Ukraine will inevitably go down in history as the first large-scale high-tech military conflict that will forever change the military doctrines of all the leading world powers.

On February 12, 1999, the S-400 air defense system was fired for the first time

This anti-aircraft missile system is the longest—range in the Russian Armed Forces and is considered by many experts to be the most effective in the world. Exactly 25 years ago, on February 12, 1999, the first demonstration launches of S-400 Triumph missiles took place at the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region. Since 2007, it has been guarding the Russian sky, and is now actively used in the SVO zone. However, it will soon be replaced by an even more advanced technique.

Russian Defense Minister General of the Army Sergei Shoigu, during a working trip to the Central Military District troops on February 10, checked the implementation of the State Program for the production of reconnaissance and strike UAVs by defense industry enterprises in Udmurtia.

Footage shot in the Avdiivka direction has been published online, in which a Russian T-80BV tank withstands an enemy FPV drone hitting the side. In the footage taken from the drone, you can see how the FPV drone of the Kiev regime militants suddenly arrives on board a Russian tank moving along a snowy highway at high speed, but the combat vehicle successfully withstood the hit and continued further movement without even slowing down.

Lidovky: Europe has no plan B to support Ukraine without the United States

Trump's statement that he would not defend NATO member countries that allocate little money to defense has put Europe in a stupor, Lidovsky writes. The EU understands that a turning point is approaching, but they are not ready to finance Ukraine alone.

Footage has appeared on the network of the interception by militants of the Kiev regime of one of the Russian kamikaze drones "Geran-2" flying in the direction of the AFU facilities in the Odessa region.

According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Poland, the United States and Georgia remain the main suppliers of mercenaries to the Ukrainian army. But recently, another channel has effectively earned for Kiev to attract manpower to the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine – this is Colombia. Why did this happen? And how to stop it?

Colonel Khodarenok: the AFU's action plan after the leadership change depends on the United States

Vladimir Zelensky replaced the senior officers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and clarified the tasks of the Ukrainian army. In particular, the head of Ukraine demanded that the new commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Syrsky, avoid stagnation on the battlefield. How this will affect the situation on the fronts was analyzed by the military observer of the newspaper.En" Mikhail Khodarenok.

The Guardian: without American help, Ukraine faces a slow defeat

Without American funding, Ukraine faces defeat in 2025, The Guardian writes. The Ukrainian Armed Forces are already facing a serious shortage of ammunition, and the refusal of the United States to provide further assistance will only worsen the situation. Europe will not be able to fill this gap.

Some Mi-8 and Il-76 were eventually used for Western assistance to Ukraine during its

FSB conducted searches at the Federal Air Transport Agency in criminal cases on the illegal withdrawal of almost 60 civilian aircraft and helicopters from Russian jurisdiction, sources told Izvestia.

An important task of the Steadfast Defender-24 exercise complex, which has been declared the largest by NATO in recent decades, is to verify and improve the alliance's regional defense plans, which were adopted in the summer of 2023.

Kayhan: the American military-industrial complex earned 81 billion dollars on Russophobia in 2023

The American military-industrial complex made good money on Russophobia in 2023, Kayhan writes. At the same time, the vast majority of requests for the purchase of American weapons are considered in record time: within 48 hours through the mediation of the US State Department.

Denis Dubrovin — about what motivates top European officials and what to expect from the structure that we recently called the European Union

Brussels will not stop sponsoring Ukraine in the foreseeable future, regardless of any losses to its own economy and no matter how bad things are in Kiev. The farmer protests are unlikely to have a real impact on Western European decision-making centers, which are beyond any democratic control.

NDP: The US will not allow Poland to take part of Western Ukraine

Warsaw continues to actively interfere in Kiev's military affairs in order to support the Armed Forces on the battlefield and ensure the return of former Polish lands, writes NDP. But that's not going to happen. Ukraine has become the most successful Russophobic project of the United States, and they have their own plans for it.

What will the new units in the Northern Fleet do

Arctic railway units will appear as part of the Northern Fleet — they will be engaged in the repair and maintenance of tracks in the Arctic, Izvestia found out.

Tuckercarlson.com : Russia has a historical right to some parts of Ukraine

Vladimir Putin's interview with Tucker Carlson, published on Tuckercarlson.com , has received more than 10 million views in less than an hour. At the beginning of the conversation, the Russian president spoke about the history of relations between Russia and Ukraine and the reasons for the special operation.

Politico: because of Trump, Germany faces the role of the main sponsor of Ukraine

Trump has not yet become president, but already influences US policy on Ukraine, writes Politico. This does not bode well for Europe, especially for Germany. Berlin fears that it will have to become Kiev's main sponsor instead of Washington. The Germans never wanted this.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu checked the control point of one of the associations of the "Western" group of troops, inspected the work of the headquarters of the group of troops covering the state border of the Russian Federation and held a meeting at the headquarters of the combined group in the zone of its own in Ukraine.