NEW: Russian officials are unlikely to deviate from their original war demands during the upcoming February 17 to 18 trilateral US- #Ukrainian-Russian talks in Geneva.
Read the #Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 16, 2026: isw.pub/UkrWar021626
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, Feb 16, 2026 | ISW
Russian officials are unlikely to deviate from their original war demands during the upcoming February 17 to 18 trilateral talks in Geneva.Fiona Noonan (Understanding War)
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Epstein was invited to gatherings with a dozen members of Congress years after his initial arrest, documents reveal
There was a congressman’s birthday gala, a senator’s fundraiser at a billionaire’s home and a breakfast to discuss ‘homeland security’Brendan Rascius (The Independent)
❗️US and Dutch veteran pilots on F-16s have begun shooting down Russian missiles and UAVs in Ukraine, – Intelligence Online.
According to the publication, they serve in a unit alongside Ukrainian pilots.
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Putin's forces at the front get hammered while Russian cities go dark.
youtu.be/F34cOLzhdow
#ukraine #russoukrainianwar #politics #putin
2-16-2026
Russian Forces Getting Wiped Out As Ukraine Counterattacks
Russian forces are under mounting pressure as Ukraine exploits a critical vulnerability: the loss of both Starlink and Telegram access across key Russian uni...YouTube
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The #Starlink Shutdown - Russian #Military Communications, Corruption & Satellites in #Ukraine
2-16-2026
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#military analysis 🧐 #russia #ukrainewar break down
The Starlink Shutdown - Russian Military Communications, Corruption & Satellites in Ukraine
On the modern battlefield, Comms are king and in Ukraine the demand for effective communication tools has been intense with drone warfare and a drive for fas...YouTube
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The Starlink Shutdown - Russian Military Communications, Corruption & Satellites in Ukraine"
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Chief Judge James Boasberg ordered the Trump administration to allow the Venezuelan men it sent to El Salvador last year to return to the U.S. and challenge their removal.
The order comes amid the federal government’s ongoing resistance to bring the Venezuelan nationals back.
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Judge orders Trump administration to allow men expelled to El Salvador to return, challenge removal - Democracy Docket
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to allow Venezuelan men who were previously expelled to a notorious megaprison in El Salvador to return to the United States and challenge their removal from the country.Democracy Docket
#UKRAINEWAR :
2/17/2026
#SitRep : 🚨 significant aerial assault all 🇺🇦 #Tu95 #Shahed 🤖
LIVE: #Ukraine real-time skyline cameras from #Kharkiv, Donetsk, #Kyiv 🇺🇦, Sumy and more!
#Livestream 📺
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#Fab #kab #missiles #kpszsu #uav #Kinzhal
LIVE: Ukraine real-time skyline cameras from Kharkiv, Donetsk, Kyiv, Sumy and more
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Presidential' Rubio Demands Europe Falls In Line With Trump
#nato #eu #russia #ukraine #trump #eurasianism
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'Presidential' Rubio Demands Europe Falls In Line With Trump
Trump's Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke this weekend at the Munich Security Conference, and he made probably the most cogent and professional speech on ...YouTube
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⚡️ Monitoring channels report that around 75 Shahed-type kamikaze drones are currently in #Ukraine’s airspace, flying over Odesa and the Odesa region, as well as Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad, Kharkiv and Sumy regions.
@glushko.bsky.social
⚡️💡 After a series of massive Russian strikes, Kyiv’s power grid is struggling to handle the load, causing streetlights across the city to flicker amid ongoing electricity transmission issues.
@annafromukraine.bsky.social
RUSSIAN BANKRUPT GIANTS: LUKOIL ROSNEFT GAZPROM RZD Vlog 1322: War in Ukraine
youtu.be/zj0eWCr7epI
#russia
#russiaiscollapsing slowly then Putin becomes #Stalin 2.0 😒🇷🇺
2/16/2026
RUSSIAN BANKRUPT GIANTS: LUKOIL ROSNEFT GAZPROM RZD Vlog 1322: War in Ukraine
russian giants Lukoil, Rosneft, Gazprom and Russian Railroads are on the brink of bankruptcy, losing up to 50% of their annual revenue and begging Kremlin fo...YouTube
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Kirovohrad region:
7x through Holovanivskyi district towards Vinnytsia region.
6x UAVs through Kropyvnytskyi district.
5x through Oleksandrijskyi district.
Source : bsky.app/profile/monitor.bsky.…
@24hoursukraine
Dear Ukrainians, if you have a chance, please try to sleep and rest now. The night may be sleepless. There is a possibility that Russia could launch another massive attack on Ukraine tonight. (I hope not). Please Do not ignore the air raid alerts. Stay safe.
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The hot airmass from Chad moved North to Egypt and the Red Sea area:
36.8C Aswan, Egypt
36.0C Red Sea AP , Saudi Arabia
33C in Israel
Widespread 40/42C allover the Sahel.
This hot airmass will move East to Central Asia (again !) and than East Asia (will reach Japan by Sunday).
#ClimateChange
#GlobalWarming
#Climate
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“Why hasn’t the #FBI taken over?” — Trump Pressed on Nancy Guthrie Case & and a Flurry of Follow-Ups
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Don't Use Any AI Agents or Browsers Until You Watch This
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Don't Use Any AI Agents or Browsers Until You Watch This
#AI #CyberSecurity #AIAgents #PromptInjection #TechSafety #InternetOfBugs #AIModels #PrivacyMicrosoft says 2026 is the "Year of the Agent," but are we walkin...YouTube
#Starship #SpaceX Update with Max Evans
Premiering on YouTube at 7:32 EST (00:32 UTC)!
Starship V3 Update: Booster 19 Breakthrough, Ship 39 Delay & Pad 2 Status | Starship Update
Booster 19 has officially completed its cryogenic proof testing campaign and is now back inside Mega Bay 1 ahead of Raptor 3 engine installation — a major mi...YouTube
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#christiandavenport
SpaceX IPO? Moon Over Mars? And Why We Can’t Let China Win w/ Christian Davenport
2/16/2026
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SpaceX IPO? Moon Over Mars? And Why We Can’t Let China Win w/ Christian Davenport
Order 'Rocket Dreams' by Christian Davenport today!: https://a.co/d/02cX5ATVSponsorship requests: ellieinspace@smoothmedia.coThank you for supporting my chan...YouTube
17 February 1884 | Czech Jewish man, Emanuel Glasner, was born in Třebíč.
In #Auschwitz from 21 November 1941
No. 23138
He perished in the camp on 12 December 1941.
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📖 Jewish prisoners at KL Auschwitz: lekcja.auschwitz.org/29_zydzi_…
From 24.02.2022 to 17.02.2026 (Day 1455), estimated losses #Russia suffered in #Ukraine.
Highlights:
+890 Personnel
+614 UAVs
+71 Other Vehicles
Statistics: redd.it/1r6xd82
This Week In Spaceflight, with Elysia Segal!
Premiering Saturday morning at 9:00am EST (14:00 UTC) here:
China’s Moon Capsule Passes Critical Test as Europe’s Orbital Hopes Falter
Europe’s commercial launch ambitions take a major hit as Orbex enters administration, raising serious questions about the future of the European Launcher Cha...YouTube
#Democrats are Reviewing Secret #Epstein Files -- "And Trump Should Be Worried"
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Democrats are Reviewing Secret Epstein Files -- And Trump Should Be Worried
Congresswoman Becca Balint (D-VT) reviewed the unredacted Epstein files at the Department of Justice and dropped a bombshell: Trump's claim that he kicked Je...YouTube
Croatia suspended all Russian oil supplies from its main terminal port at Adriatic coast in Krk to Hungary.
Croatian Economy Minister Ante Šušnjar says that he is willing to allow oil supplies to Hungary, if it originates from countries other than Russia.
16 February 1928 | German Jewish girl, Renate Chaim, was born in Kaiserslauter. She emigrated to the Netherlands.
She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Westerbork in February 1943. She did not survive.
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Children at Auschwitz
📖 Lesson: lekcja.auschwitz.org/dzieci_EN…
🎧 Podcast: youtu.be/aYKx_zpLSqA
"On Auschwitz" (8): Children at Auschwitz
Using only estimates based on the examination of the existing incomplete documentation, it can only be acknowledged that there were around 232,000 children a...YouTube
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🇷🇺 Russian-born athletes who changed nationality and now compete for countries such as Poland are to be banned from reentering their homeland, stripped of their titles or even face prosecution, #Russia’s sports minister has warned.
Remember: Viktor Orban has built a corrupt, stagnant Hungary that is much poorer than it should be
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Orbán’s Hungary Could Be America’s Future
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic)
Банки подняли ставки по кредитным картам россиянам до 50%
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🇱🇹 Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys on Feb. 14 dismissed the concept of "Article 5-like" security guarantees that #Ukraine is negotiating with the West, urging realistic solutions instead of "hollow" promises.
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Lithuania warns against 'hollow' Article 5-like guarantees for Ukraine
Dismissing any approximations to Article 5 as mere "rhetorical expressions," Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys named financial support for Ukraine's military or future EU membership as more realistic guarantees.Martin Fornusek (The Kyiv Independent)
Stimmt. Auch unsere Verfassung ist nichts anderes als in Normen gegossener Antifaschismus… 👍
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16 February 1911 | A Polish woman, Zofia Adamczyk, was born in Gołonóg.
In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943.
No. 30704
She perished in the camp on 7 April 1943.
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Women at Auschwitz:
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🎧 Podcast: youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
"On Auschwitz" (44): Women at Auschwitz
The Auschwitz camp was established in June 1940 for male prisoners. The first groups of women were incarcerated by the Germans more than a year and a half la...YouTube
🇭🇷 #Croatia refused to transport Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia following a request from the two countries, Croatian Economy Minister Ante Susnjar said on Feb. 16.
kyivindependent.com/croatia-re…
Croatia rejects transporting Russian oil to Hungary, Slovakia as flows via Ukraine halted
Zagreb is ready to help resolve the disruption in compliance with EU law and the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations, Croatian Economy Minister Ante Susnjar said.Kateryna Denisova (The Kyiv Independent)
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«Фактически обанкротились». Правительство экстренно повышает железнодорожные тарифы, чтобы спасти РЖД
Правительство России запускает внеплановое повышение железнодорожных тарифов, чтобы поддержать ОАО «Российские железные дорогие», которые с начала войны потеряли 14% грузоперевозок, накопили 4 триллиона рублей долга и получили первый с пандемии чисты…Русская служба The Moscow Times
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⚡️🚨 The likely aim of the attack is to ramp up pressure ahead of #Geneva talks scheduled for tomorrow and to trigger massive electricity, water and heating outages in major cities as severe cold returns across #Ukraine especially in #Kyiv and the western regions.
Russia may use a mix of drones and different types of missiles. If you are in Ukraine, follow air alerts and take basic precautions in advance, including charging devices where possible.
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 Russian troops have scaled up their offensives from villages north of Pokrovsk, intensifying efforts to encircle the city and its sister town of Myrnohrad, the 7th Rapid Response Corps reported on Feb. 16.
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Russia scales up offensive from north of Pokrovsk, Ukrainian military says
The 7th Corps report comes as Ukraine clings to its last positions in Pokrovsk and Myrnohrad in eastern Donetsk Oblast, both of which have mostly been occupied by Russia, Emil Kastehelmi, a military analyst with the Black Bird Group, told the Kyiv In…Asami Terajima (The Kyiv Independent)
🇺🇦 🇷🇺 Ukrainian strikes hit several "important" military targets in Russian-occupied parts of Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, the General Staff of #Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Feb. 16.
kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-…
Ukrainian forces hit several 'important' Russian military targets in 3 regions, General Staff says
The strikes targeted areas where Moscow had concentrated its troops, along with a Russian communications hub and a drone control center, the report read.Asami Terajima (The Kyiv Independent)
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Доля гражданских поставок «КамАЗ» опустилась до минимума
Крупнейший российский производитель грузовиков практически превратился в предприятие ВПК: почти половину своей продукции «КамАЗ», судя по всему, поставляет по гособоронзаказу.Русская служба The Moscow Times
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🇷🇺 🇺🇦 #Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General has named senior commanders of #Russia’s Black Sea Fleet as suspects in connection with the missile strike on Lviv and sites within the UNESCO buffer zone on July 6, 2023, an attack that killed nine civilians and damaged historic cultural landmarks.
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Ukraine Names Russian Admirals in War Crimes Probe Over Lviv UNESCO Zone Strike
Ukraine names Black Sea Fleet commanders suspects over Kalibr strike on Lviv; civilians killed and UNESCO buffer zone landmarks damaged.Dariia Mykhailenko (UNITED24 Media)
@kateinkharkiv
Ukraine has been under russian drone attacks for most of the night.
Russian cruise missiles are expected to enter our airspace in half an hour, bringing more death and destruction.
Again, we play this deadly lottery while the world watches.
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russia is prosecuting a #German carnival float builder — he responded by making another putin float
✍️ Yuri Zoria
moscow charges Jacques Tilly with “defaming russian state organs” and threatens him with up to 10 years in prison, but Düsseldorf’s legendary satirist says he won’t be intimidated and is rolling out a new putin wagon for Monday’s Rose Monday parade.
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“There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.”
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There's a massive WhatsApp account takeover campaign in Armenia right now
This seems to be a commodity spam operation, but investigators believe the attackers are exploiting SS7 👀
cyberhub.am/en/blog/2026/02/16…
Massive Wave of WhatsApp Takeover Attacks Targeting Armenian Users — What Happened - CyberHUB-AM
Since mid-January 2026, a broad campaign of attacks targeting thousands of Armenian WhatsApp users has been observed. CyberHUB-AM’s digital support helpdesk received upwords of 2 thousand reports related to account takeovers.CyberHUB-AM
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Phishing tests, an art form in their own right
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Ran our first Phishing Campaign last week, didnt go as planned at all.
I kicked off our first Phishing Campaign last week at my org. We have roughly 150 users and it's delivered to 30 of them so far. Out of those 30,...reddit
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Software engineer Brandon Li has released yt-media-storage, a tool to store files on YouTube by encoding them as lossless video files and then retrieving them when needed. This sounds like a perfect way to store malware on the site, ngl
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GitHub - PulseBeat02/yt-media-storage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=l03Os5uwWmk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l03Os5uwWmk. Contribute to PulseBeat02/yt-media-storage development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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