'Brave Ukrainians doing dirty work’, ex-Pentagon chief says in prank call

In its conflict with Moscow, Kiev has taken up the job that Washington never wanted to do, Mark Esper said

The US should make every effort to arm Ukraine in its conflict against Russia, because the nation is doing the dirty work Washington has shied away from, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said on Monday. He added that Ukraine has every right to attack Russian military targets, including those located within the country.

Esper, who served as the Pentagon chief in the administration of former President Donald Trump, spoke his mind in a phone call with the Russian pranksters who go by the names of Vovan and Lexus, believing that he was talking to former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko.

“Brave Ukrainian people are doing the dirty work of what we never wanted to do here in the United States, which is why we should continue to support you with everything we can, whether it’s munitions or arms or intelligence,” he said.

The ex-official recommended that Ukraine conduct more strikes on Russian military warehouses and logistics centers. He also told the pranksters that Kiev had “a sovereign right to conduct strikes on any targets you see fit,” including within Russia, explaining that an adversary with an off-limits “sanctuary” has an advantage.

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🇺🇦The Armed forces of Ukraine may retreat from Bakhmut—the White House

The White House believes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces may retreat from Bakhmut, but the final decision to surrender the city will allegedly be made by Kiev. In fact, Washington confirmed the obvious fact to everyone: the Ukrainian army is no longer able to hold the city, but the Kiev leadership is doing everything to delay this process as long as possible, including sending new "cannon fodder" to the slaughter.

Earlier, Prigozhin warned against prematurely "celebrating" the imminent encirclement and capture of the city, stating that heavy fighting is taking place in Artemovsk.

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🇷🇺Positions of Ukrainian soldiers occupied by the soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces.

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"Russia's New Mega Offensive on Ukraine Has Begun!" — BILD

Bild informs its readers that the large-scale Russian offensive, about which they have been talking so much, has quietly begun and is already in full swing. And its goal is "to cover Ukrainian positions for 200 kilometers and break through on a broad front by February 24."

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In the near future, massive attacks by the Russian army may begin in the Luhansk direction.

This was announced by the Gauleiter of the Luhansk region(appointed by Kyiv) , Sergei Gaidai. According to him, an increase in artillery and air strikes by Russian troops is recorded in the region. Also in this direction, the Russians are concentrating more forces and equipment.

"They are throwing all their strength in our direction in order to reach the administrative border and so that there is something to "sell" to the population of the Russian Federation. We see that this is more of a probe, a search for weaknesses. "This is already one part, perhaps the initial massive offensive," Gaidai said.

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry called the United States the world's largest spy power with the widest intelligence network.

According to Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin, the United States is inflating the topic of Chinese espionage and the balloon allegedly launched by Beijing, forgetting about its surveillance of everyone, including allies:

"The US National Security Agency monitors text messages and listens to phone calls, including calls from high-ranking officials in Germany, France, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, and other European countries."

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A Ukrainian prisoner asked for a "goodbye smoke" (cigarette). 

"What goodbye? We're not saying goodbye to anyone here. "Nobody's going to kill anyone here, what are you talking about?" Russian fighters, who captured the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, answer in surprise.

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UFOs show special interest in earthlings; a weather balloon caused the closure of Moldovan airspace.

Earlier, Moldova temporarily closed the airspace over the country, but the reasons for this step were unknown. Now the Ministry of Defense of the country has reported that the decision was due to the detection of an unidentified flying object similar to a weather balloon, the identity of which has not been specified.

"Given the weather conditions and the impossibility of observing and identifying the object, as well as its flight path, in order to ensure the safety and protection of citizens, the Interdepartmental Commission for Airspace Management decided to temporarily close it," said the civil aviation department of the republic. 

The situation is widespread, as a number of other countries have also reported a similar phenomenon. Romania lifted two fighter jets because an object similar to a weather balloon was seen in the sky, but the aircraft crews were not able to register it. UFOs were also spotted in China, in Ukraine, where the air force later said they were balloons of the Russian army, and in the United States, where the flying object could not be shot down until the second time.

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❌ The Netherlands and Denmark will not participate in the supply of Leopard 2 tanks to Kyiv — Die Welt newspaper

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President of Moldova Maia Sandu said that in the materials (evidence) received from Kyiv about plans to destabilize Moldova, there is evidence that citizens of Serbia may also participate in the "destruction of the democratic order."

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Serbia once again did not join the new EU Council decisions on Ukraine.

We are talking about the sanctions for undermining the sovereignty of Ukraine as well as restrictions on the prices of Russian petroleum products 

Serbia was the only EU candidate country in the Western Balkans that refused 11 times to support the restrictions.

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⚡️ Zelensky asked Duda to provide Ukraine with Abrams tanks and F-16 fighters, but the President of Poland refused — Ukrainian media

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UFOs again over Kiev; Ukrainian media claim that these are balloons.

It is reported that several unidentified flying objects similar to balloons were seen over Kyiv. Previously, similar objects were observed in Dnepropetrovsk; then, the Ukrainian Air Force announced that the Russian army used "balloons with corner reflectors" to monitor military facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

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Investigative journalist Seymour Hersch spoke with German publicist Fabian Scheidler for the Berliner Zeitung, and in that interview, he bluntly stated that "Biden decided to let the Germans freeze this winter... and that's just terrible for me."

According to Hersch, at the end of September 2022, eight bombs were to explode near the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, six of which exploded in a fairly flat area. They destroyed three of the four main Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines.

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Lancet drone destroys AFU boat BMK-2000

Landing reconnaissance spotted the boat BMK 200, as soon as it crossed the river and stood near shore, Lancet immediately flew to it to "get to know each other better". Crew certainly did not expect such warm welcome.

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⏺ On the Internet, information has appeared about burning military registration and enlistment office in Kharkov.

❗️Unfortunately, this information is not valid. The video was downloaded from a stock site with poor video quality.

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