🇩🇰🇷🇺The Danish Ministry of Energy has issued a permit to Nord Stream AG, the operator of the Nord Stream pipeline, to carry out work to preserve the damaged branch of the pipeline.

🌐🇷🇺NATO has for the first time publicly accused Russia of preparing the murder of Armin Papperger, the head of Europe's largest arms manufacturer, the German Rheinmetall, which supplies Ukraine.

Speaking to the European Parliament, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General James Appathurai said that there had been episodes of sabotage in the alliance's countries in the past couple of years, including "train derailments, arson, attacks on the property of politicians," as well as "assassination plots," including the head of Rheinmetall, Politico reports.

Appathurai said the “Russians are recruiting” people for their plots online, including using “criminal gangs, unsuspecting youth or migrants.” The NATO spokesman added that this was being done to “sow panic and undermine support for Ukraine.”

🇷🇺Russia to create single center for production of unmanned military boats for Navy — Patrushev

The Russian Navy is already being equipped with unmanned boats; their production has increased significantly given the experience of the special operation, said Nikolai Patrushev, assistant to the Russian President and Chairman of the Russian Maritime Board.

🇺🇦A number of Ukrainian media outlets have asked readers to help them financially after Trump suspended funding for grant programs, the media reports.

🇩🇰Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen:

There is no reason to believe that there is any military threat to Greenland or Denmark.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Zelensky is now an illegitimate leader and cannot lift his own ban on holding negotiations with the Russian Federation, but if he wants to, there are ways to do this, Putin said .

Negotiations can be conducted with anyone, but Zelensky, due to his illegitimacy, cannot sign anything, the Russian president noted.

Putin also stated that during possible negotiations with Kiev, Russia will strive for what corresponds to its interests. In signing documents between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, "there cannot be a single miss, not a single rough spot, everything must be polished." Without sponsorship money and cartridges, "everything will end in a month, a month and a half, or two."

🇺🇸🇺🇦❗️The American military has sent about 90 anti-missiles for Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems from Israel to Poland with the aim of their subsequent transfer to Ukraine, the American portal Axios reported, citing sources.

🇸🇰🇺🇦Fico promised to block all aid to Kyiv from the European Union if Ukraine does not resume the transit of Russian gas through its territory.

🇺🇸F-35 crashes in Alaska, pilot survives, US Air Force says

🇺🇸Capitol rioter pardoned by Trump killed days after release

According to the BBC, 42-year-old Matthew Huttle was shot dead by law enforcement officers.

Indiana State Police said officers stopped Huttle's car to arrest him. However, the man resisted and "confronted" the officer, who shot and fatally wounded Huttle.

Earlier, Donald Trump signed an executive order pardoning about 1,500 people convicted of storming the Capitol in January 2021. Huttle was one of them.

🇨🇳The Chinese New Year has begun according to the Eastern calendar.

The Year of the Wooden Snake will last until February 16, 2026.

🇪🇺🇷🇺The EU has decided to ban the supply of Xbox and PlayStation to Russia.

▪️ According to EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, consoles can be used to control drones.

▪️ The ban on Xbox and PlayStation supplies is planned to be introduced on February 22 as part of the 16th package of sanctions against Russia.

🇷🇺🇺🇦The defeat of the Swedish CV9040C IFV of the Ukrainian army by strikes from FPV drones on fiber optics, the border of Kursk and Sumy regions near the Ukrainian village of Zhuravka .

🇺🇦A criminal case has been opened against Ukrainian Defense Minister Umerov for abuse of power in the procurement of weapons and the management of military aid.

This was confirmed by the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine, reports the TV channel "Public".

A new season of Suicide and Missing Persons Club begins in Ukraine.

🇺🇸🇺🇦After the US ban on grant aid, the director of the Ukrainian Institute of Mass Information Oksana Romanyuk stated that 90% of media were sponsored by the US.

What a surprise.

🇺🇸The Trump administration has resumed grant payments for some foreign aid programs it had previously suspended, The New York Times reports.

An exception is made for “life-saving humanitarian aid” – the provision of essential medicines, medical services, food, shelter.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's memo to federal agencies and aid recipients says such programs "should continue or be resumed if they have been stopped."

Earlier it became clear that military aid to Ukraine was among the suspended US programs.

🇷🇺🇺🇦❗️Russian troops have taken control of Novolizavetovka in the DPR, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.