Lesson in free speech

🇺🇦💡 For the first time in a long time, Kyiv is almost completely powered — 95% of the capital without outages this evening

Trouble for years to come

🇩🇪🇺🇦 Our lesson for today should be this: we cannot afford another "paper tiger" like Budapest Memorandum. To provide reliable and real security guarantees, all of us - Europeans and Americans - must do our part. Europe and Germany are ready to play their part, — Boris Pistorius.

PM Starmer: We must build our hard power because that is the currency of the age. We must be able to deter aggression. And yes, if necessary, we must be ready to fight. To do whatever it takes to protect our people, our values and our way of life.

Giggle

Once again, a reminder that the "free speech" crusaders were always cynics operating in bad faith

❗️“We can also announce a ceasefire for the Russians if they hold elections in the Russian Federation,” — Zelenskyy.

Rubio just made a speech to the European defense community in Munich that did not mention Ukraine. Or democracy. Or US business deals with Russia. Or the administration's plans to support the European far right. But there were lots of nice words about our common civilization.

It is hard to write this. Kramatorsk. Last night, russia аttacked again. Three brothers were kіІlеd in their own home. Two 19-year-olds and their 8-year-old little brother dіed when a russian strіke hіt the house directly. Their mother and grandmother were іnjured.

Achievement

🇺🇦🇪🇺 European Commissioner Hadja Lahbib arrived in Kyiv and presented generators donated by the EU. Kyiv received more than 230 generators from the EU to bolster the resilience of the power grid and ensure the operation of critical infrastructure.

As a result of the overnight russian attack on Kyiv, the number of apartment buildings left without heating has risen to 3,700. russia is waging war against civilians — against families, against children, against people who are simply trying to survive the winter in their own homes.

What giving up land means

"If remembering the fallen is a violation of the rules,then silence about their killers is complicity” Ukrainian footballers at the Russian‑destroyed Lokomotyv stadium in Kyiv showed their support for Vladyslav Heraskevych,who was disqualified before the first run of the 2026 Olympic skeleton event

🇺🇦🙏 Zelensky: The main target of the strike is the energy sector in Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro, generation and substations. There is damage in the Kharkiv region, Donetsk, Kyiv and Kherson regions. In Kramatorsk, a drone hit the building of State Emergency Service.

France 💔

WCK rock! 💪💪💪

Poland will not participate in Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, despite being invited by the U.S. President himself. The announcement was made by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

❗️The European Parliament approved a €90 billion loan for Ukraine, with 458 lawmakers voting in favor, 140 against and 44 abstaining. #Ukraine

Azerbaijan delivered generators to Ukraine's State Emergency Service amid Russian attacks Once both under Soviet control, Azerbaijan and Ukraine are building cooperation in civil protection, turning a shared past into sovereign solidarity euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/11/f...

🇪🇺🇺🇦 European Parliament approves €90 billion loan for Ukraine MEPs supported the loan for the period 2026-2027 by 458 votes in favor, 140 against and 44 abstentions. It will be financed by a EU loan on financial markets, and the interest will be paid from the European budget.

Peace makers at work

Reliably low euobserver.com/202206/mosco...

International law

No hell hot enough

French authorities have just taken down hundreds of Russian disinformation websites aimed at sowing division and installing far-right candidates in the coming elections. Most of these sites were imitations of popular and trusted news outlets, populated with Ai content.

The price they pay

💔 Russian attacks across four Ukrainian regions kill 3, injure 26 over past day

Cave-dwelling russophobes 🙊

💔 Kharkiv region: a woman and a 10-year-old boy were killed in a Russian UAV strike on Bogodukhov. A residential building was destroyed, — State Emergency Service.

🤬🙏 The Russians attacked Odesa with drones, causing fires in the city and damaging residential infrastructure. One death has already been reported.

Mapping

Romanians are buying generators, other energy equipment, and devices and are bringing them to the Ukrainian Embassy in Bucharest. Thank you, Romania! 🇷🇴🇺🇦 The Ukrainian Embassy will organize the shipment to people affected by Russian energy terror.

Kyiv. Sunday evening. russia is attacking us with ballistic missiles for the second time today. I just wonder if there’s anything left in our energy infrastructure that hasn’t been destroyed yet.

Peace makers

Katja Petrowskaja on cold as a weapon: "The electricians are constantly repairing power plants that are being bombed. They work underwater or in completely iced-over facilities; some have already lost their lives in the process." www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...

Germans donated €200,000 in one week to support Ukraine. This Ukrainian woman, Nataliia, called on people to make donations to purchase gas stoves, heaters, and sleeping bags. 📹 DW

It makes me sad and angry every single time I read about a new attack. We could not even imagine this scale of terrorism 4years ago (well history would have told us a lot). I admire the work of your infrastructure heroes. But they need help. For those who missed this link energizeukraine.com

Freedom of expression

Greetings from Kyiv. Having a warcoffee now. The café in the mall is packed today, and many people are at the skating rink. It’s much better than sitting in dark, often cold apartments. Kyiv won’t surrender. I see it in our eyes.

Seriously

Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help snyder.substack.com/p/the-long-u...

Peace makers

OTD in 2022 I gave Emmanuel Macron my personal assurances that I would not invade Ukraine. So you can trust any promise we make now.

Humanitarian crisis

Life