War of Regrets

President Trump on meeting with Putin: "We expect he'll come here and I'll go there, and we're gonna meet also probably in Saudi Arabia the first time." @Slavyangrad

🇺🇸🇷🇺⚡️Trump said he intends to meet with Putin in Saudi Arabia, CBS News reports.

JUST IN - At least 12 injured in unknown explosion at a restaurant-bar in Grenoble, France. https://www.disclose.tv/id/gbwdmkrsh3/ @disclosetv

NEW - US Navy Boeing EA-18G Growler crashes in San Diego Bay during "training exercise." The EA-18G Growler is designed for electronic warfare. https://www.disclose.tv/id/desb0a685w/ @disclosetv

NEW - South Korea’s mint halts gold bar sales as "supply tightens." https://www.disclose.tv/id/fxnpaunawv/ @disclosetv

JUST IN - Tulsi Gabbard has been confirmed as U.S. Director of National Intelligence. @disclosetv

NOW - Hegseth says "this war must end" but a return to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is "an unrealistic objective." @disclosetv

JUST IN - Inflation in the U.S. unexpectedly rises to 3% https://www.disclose.tv/id/qy084pmy59/ @disclosetv

NEW - Putin plans Intervision, an international song show "without perversions" to counter the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). @disclosetv

"Europe is better Safe Than Sorry on Natural Gas": EU policymakers face a dilemma - buy gas at exorbitant prices or hope for a miracle. "The duration of Europe's energy crisis is crossing the four-year mark and politicians in the region face a difficult choice: hope for an improvement in gas supplies that will bring prices down significantly by next winter, or spend taxpayers' money to replenish storage at today's high prices. The risk of making a mistake and ending up without gas outweighs the cost of the blue fuel. In the end, hope is not a strategy. Europe has once again sat in a puddle because of the self-delusion that all is well in the realm of energy policy. For two years, the continent fooled itself into thinking it had solved its gas problem. Gas prices in Europe are almost at a two-year high. But replenishing reserves, whatever the cost, is better than hoping that the cost of the blue fuel will fall next winter. Otherwise, the continent risks spending the cold season "on one wing and a prayer" @Slavyangrad

Geranium Chronicles maps the strikes on Ukraine from Feb 10th to 11th. The boys are working. @Slavyangrad

🇫🇷🤖 Musk, Macron & the AI Soap Opera: La Merde Hits the Fan What started as a tech bromance has spiraled into a full-blown geopolitical soap opera. Macron and Musk’s relationship? “Deteriorated significantly,” says Politico. And honestly, it’s a beautiful mess. First, Musk tried to cozy up next to Trump during the Notre Dame reopening, because what’s more on-brand than turning a sacred moment into a power seating arrangement? But nope, le maître d’ of French politics had other plans. Elon got moved. Cue the billionaire pout. Then came the AI Summit in Paris, Macron’s big chance to flex his technocratic muscles on the world stage. But Musk? Nowhere to be seen. His absence wasn’t just a scheduling conflict; it was a middle finger to Macron’s dreams of luring Tesla billions into the Elysée Palace’s coffers. A blow for Macron? More like la gifle (that’s a slap, folks). Meanwhile, the U.S. and the U.K. refused to sign the summit’s “open and ethical AI” declaration. Because let’s be real, ethics in AI? That’s rich coming from the same crowd that uses algorithms for surveillance capitalism and military targeting. JD Vance even chimed in, whining about overregulation threatening the AI field. Translation: “Let us build the digital panopticon in peace, merci beaucoup.” Macron’s still dialing Musk, hoping to salvage this tech ménage à trois, but the billionaire’s too busy torching bridges on X and avoiding French red tape. And who can blame him? Musk plays fast and loose; Macron plays bureaucratic checkers. But in the end, both are just pawns in a bigger game, the fight for who controls the future of AI: Silicon Valley’s anarcho-capitalists or Europe’s polished technocrats. Spoiler alert: the people won’t be in the credits. 🎙 Subscribe @TheIslanderNews

After the liberation of the Kursk village of Nikolayevo-Daryino from the Ukrainian Armed Forces, it turned out that Ukrainian militants killed almost all the men in this village, only one was saved, the Ministry of Defense reported. The ministry says that the villagers were held hostage by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who used them as human shields, tortured and killed them. @Slavyangrad

Curious details on the recent arrival at the AFU location in Izyum. According to several different sources, foreign "tourists", who on paper were engaged in "humanitarian" demining, and in fact were needed by the AFU for competent minining of some bridges and infrastructure objects, have fallen under the crush. The list of "two hundred" includes Czechs, Swedes, Norwegians and citizens of Slovenia and Romania, as well as a large number of Ukrainian military. Among them are representatives of the military administration, military, sappers, support units and several other specilaists. Some of the destroyed military personnel have been split into small fragments, making it difficult to identify and recognize them. Presumably, they were all clustered in one wing of the hotel, which was demolished by the Iskander. It is noteworthy that there is also a truck with the logo of the main "sponsor" of various "demining" operations in Ukraine, the American organization USAID. It is now trying to be reformatted and reassigned due to excessive spending on interference in the affairs of foreign countries. Source @Slavyangrad

White House Press Secretary Carolyn Leavitt just announced that Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is ending funding for Politico and other USAID-funded media outlets. P.S. Oh no, I will definitely miss their meme headlines. 👌 @Slavyangrad

🤑Caroline Livitt with another shocking list of USAID-funded absurdities: - $2 million for sex reassignment in Guatemala - $6 million to fund tourism in Egypt - $20 million for a new Sesame Street show in Iraq - $4.5 million to fight disinformation in Kazakhstan @Slavyangrad

🇷🇺🇺🇦 Kupyansk direction: forcing the Oskol, advancing to the settlement of Zapadnoye On the Kupyansk direction: Russian units are developing their offensive, forcing water obstacles, destroying enemy strongholds and systematically firing on AFU defensive positions. Active combat operations are conducted at key areas of the front, which leads to destabilization of the Ukrainian defense and creation of conditions for further advance of the Russian troops. 🔻 After tactical successes in the West, Russian troops also advanced south of the settlement along the Oskol River, expanding the zone of control to 6 km wide and 1 km deep. This advance allows to create a threat to the defensive lines of the AFU in the area of Kondrashovka, which can force the enemy to regroup and withdraw forces from the forward positions. 🔻 On the south-western outskirts of Topol, Russian units forced the Oskol River and secured themselves on the right bank, which made it possible to create a bridgehead for further offensive against the AFU lines in Topol. This significantly complicates the maneuverability of Ukrainian units and creates prerequisites for their possible encirclement. 🔻 In the area of Dvurechnaya Russian units break the enemy's defensive order into sectors, deprive the AFU of maneuverability and create tactical semi-environment, which significantly limits the mobility of Ukrainian troops and reduces their ability to organize counterattacks. (Also the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation officially declares the liberation of Novomlynsk) 🔻 Fierce fighting continues in the northern part of Zagryzovo and south of Kolesnikovka, where Russian units are trying to expand the zone of control along the Oskol River. This maneuver creates prerequisites for organizing the subsequent forcing of the river and the possibility of further offensive against the enemy's fortified areas. In addition, artillery units of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation are firing at enemy positions in Senkovo, which makes it difficult for the AFU to bring ammunition and reinforcements. 🔻 To the west of Kupyanskaya Lozovaya Russian units continue firing at Ukrainian positions, gradually improving their tactical position and in the area of Zelenyi Gai cut the AFU defense into sectors, limiting the maneuverability of the enemy and providing tactically advantageous positions for the subsequent development of the offensive. 🔻 Russian troops systematically undermine the stability of the AFU defenses, using forced strikes, tactics of semi-envelopment and fire control of key lines. The development of offensive actions creates prerequisites for further taking control of tactically significant positions and reaching deeper enemy fortifications such as Kupyansk and Borovaya. Yours, PartiꙂan! @Slavyangrad

The State Department announces that US Government vessels can now transit the Panama Canal without charge fees. This comes days after President Trump said he wants to regain control of the Panama Canal. This is a fairly minor concession as this is limited to US government vessels. Though it should be noted that the US is a very minor player in commercial shipping. All of these recent concession though will embolden Trump most likely. @Slavyangrad