Notices by MAKS 23 👀🇺🇦 (maks23@mastodon.social)

🇺🇸❗️🇺🇦 Hawley, R-Mo., is reintroducing legislation he sponsored along with Vice President J.D. Vance, when Vance was in the Senate, for an independent watchdog to audit the more than $174 billion that Congress has appropriated for Ukraine aid, - Fox News

🇫🇷🇺🇦 Zelensky: I had great conversation with French President Macron. He shared details of his recent talks with the world leaders. Europe needs a reliable and lasting peace—one that can only be ensured and built on strong security guarantees.

We really appreciate our unified position on this. We coordinated our next diplomatic engagements. France values freedom just as much as we do. Thank you for your support.

🇺🇸❗️🇪🇺 European diplomat tells Politico:

"The transatlantic alliance has broken down, and now there is an alliance between the Russian and American presidents to destroy Europe."

🇩🇪❗️"It is simply wrong and dangerous to deny President Zelensky democratic legitimacy. The fact that proper elections cannot be held in the midst of war is in line with the requirements of the Ukrainian Constitution and electoral law," — Scholz.

🇨🇿 Petr Pavel: "What value would elections have in a country that has been defending itself against aggression from a neighboring nuclear superpower for three years? How can elections be organized with one-fifth of its territory occupied by occupying forces and the entire country under daily shelling? Calling the president of such a country a dictator requires a great deal of cynicism."

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Trump's tactics are clear... To turn Russia into a "good country" in the eyes of the people, and to paint Ukraine as the source of all problems.

F*cking hell…

🤯🇺🇸🇺🇦 Trump: "We have a situation where there haven’t been elections in Ukraine, there’s martial law… and Zelensky, I hate to say it, is down to 4% approval."

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🇹🇷🇺🇦 "Türkiye is an ideal place for negotiations between Russia and Ukraine," — Erdogan

▪️Turkiye supports the full territorial integrity of Ukraine;
▪️Ukraine and Turkiye are strategic partners;

🇪🇺🇬🇧"Europe, Turkiye and the UK must be involved in the negotiations," — Zelensky

🇹🇷🇺🇦 Zelensky: Together with President Erdogan, we discussed in detail the global processes that could contribute to ending Russia's war against Ukraine, including the importance of joint efforts to ensure security guarantees for Ukraine.

We also talked about our bilateral relations, economic issues, cooperation between our societies in education, various projects, food security, and work on the return of our prisoners held by Russia.

🇹🇷🇺🇦 Zelensky: Official visit to Turkey. Meetings with President Erdogan.
 
Exchange issues: all efforts to bring our people home will continue. Food security issues. Educational and cultural diplomacy.

👀🇪🇺 Mark Rutte: Ready and willing. That’s my take from today’s meeting in Paris. Europe is ready and willing to step up. To lead in providing security guarantees for Ukraine. Ready and willing to invest a lot more in our security. The details will need to be decided but the commitment is clear.

✈️🙏 Multiple people have sustained injuries after a plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport, - CTV

❗️Paramedics confirmed that up to 8 people were injured, adding they are unsure of the extent of injuries.

🇺🇸🤔🇺🇦 Trump’s confidential plan. US president demands higher share of GDP than Germany’s First World War reparations, - The Telegraph

Donald Trump’s demand for a $500bn (£400bn) “payback” from Ukraine goes far beyond US control over the country’s critical minerals.

The terms of the contract amount to the US economic colonisation of Ukraine, in legal perpetuity. It implies a burden of reparations that cannot possibly be achieved. The document has caused consternation and panic in Kyiv.

🇪🇺🇺🇦 European officials are working to agree on a new major package of military aid to Ukraine, - Bloomberg

🇩🇪 The EU may announce a new package of military aid after the parliamentary elections in Germany, which will be held on February 23.

🇳🇴🤝🇺🇦 Norway has joined the international Drone Coalition for Ukraine.

❗️🇺🇸 "Trump scared Putin and there is a chance that the US president will really be able to push Putin to peace talks," — Zelensky

📍Referring to intelligence data on the ongoing military exercises of the Russian Armed Forces in Belarus, there may be a larger-scale Russian invasion of other parts of Europe this summer. Putin will wage war against NATO.

🇺🇦 "I still think Ukraine can win militarily. I will never accept any decisions between the US and Russia on Ukraine," — Zelensky

⚡️ "I am ready to discuss the renunciation of the occupied territories within the framework of a diplomatic agreement, according to which Ukraine can join NATO. But we must return these territories through diplomacy."

‼️ The Russian army’s advance in Ukraine is slowing, - WSJ

They have slowed over winter, in part because a lack of foliage makes infantry easy to spot and target with aerial drones, but possibly because of growing exhaustion on the Russian side.

After three years of war, Russia has burned through about half of its vast stocks of mostly Soviet-era tanks and armored vehicles.

At the current tempo, Russia will run critically low on battle tanks and armored personnel carriers by late 2025.