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In addition to ending the Ukraine Energy Security Project, USAID is also dramatically downsizing its presence in Ukraine

Russian President has expressed confidence that his US counterpart Donald Trump will quickly establish order among European elites

"Ukrainians were begging to reset," Fox News reporter Jacqui Heinrich added, citing the White House officials

Earlier on February 28, Trump said that he respects Zelensky

The Ukrainian army lost up to 95 troops, six cars, two artillery weapons, two counterbattery stations, and an electronic warfare station, battlegroup spokesman said

According to unofficial police estimates, about 60,000 people are participating in a rally in support of the head of state

"Over the coming days you can sign in to Microsoft Teams free with your Skype account to stay connected with all your chats and contacts," the press service of the platform said

US leader called his Russian counterpart a "tough", bet very "smart guy"

Earlier, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States and Russia have not yet begun formal negotiations to resolve the crisis in Ukraine

"The peace agreement will certainly need guarantees, and these guarantees will most likely involve the stationing of troops either in Eastern Europe or Ukraine," Ilie Bolojan said

The average gas price in Europe rose o $542 per 1,000 cubic meters

Vitaly Ganchev noted that the front line in the Kupyansk area was gradually widening

The term "rare" refers to the supposed scarcity of these minerals and "earth" comes from an old name for oxides, the chemical form for these elements in the mineral

According to the newspaper, Viktor Orban opposed Brussels’ attempts to find a consensus on Ukraine among the bloc’s 27 member states

TASS has gathered the key information about the attack

According to US official, what happened at Trump’s meeting with Zelensky at the White House was "disastrous"

"The American side has been asked to consider the possibility of restoring direct air links," the ministry said

The Russian leader noted that the Kursk attack was meant to stop the Russian advance in Donbass

According to Colonel Vitaly Kiselyov, the movement of a large number of equipment and manpower of the Ukrainian armed forces is reported in the Kursk and Krasnoarmeysk directions

Moreover, "the final shipments of ammunition and equipment authorized and paid for during the Biden administration could be canceled imminently," New York Times writes

Karin Kneissl pointed out that like Russia, Ukraine was rich in fertile lands, and major investment houses such as BlackRock, as well as Chinese investors, had expressed an interest in it

At the same time, the CDU leader pointed out that "articles 4 and 5 of the NATO Treaty concerning consultation and assistance remain unchanged, meaning that Germany’s nuclear cooperation with the Americans continues as before"

Maria Zakharova compared the Ukrainian president with a drug baron from classic US movies

Hakan Fidan has assured that the necessary measures will be taken," the Foreign Ministry added

The operstors also destroyed more than 40 armored combat vehicles, the Russian Defense Ministry reported

Vladimir Zelensky reportedly began calling the French president, asking him to convince Donald Trump to reconsider all meetings cancellation, as he hoped to sign an agreement on Ukrainian minerals in Washington

Viktor Medvedchuk warned that Ukrainian resources which Washington would own as a result of a resource deal will yield profits only if the new owners cooperate with Russia

"Special attention was paid to a Kosovo settlement and the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina," the statement reads

It is noted that White House confirms press conference is canceled

According to Leonid Slutsky, the "diplomatic war" unleashed by Barack Obama in 2014 is coming to an end

An "absolutely new political situation emerged that can trigger unpredictable consequences," Andrey Bystritsky, board chairman of the Valdai International Discussion Club’s Development and Support Foundation, said

Karin Kneissl, former Austrian foreign minister, also noted Europe was showing "a disastrous approach to history"

It is reported that the Pope’s condition required non-invasive lung ventilation

According to Emmanuel Macron, Europe has to evolve "in order to regain power"

"The demand for expensive German cars will remain niche, for a small group of people who consider them as a status symbol," the head of the "G.O.R.K.I." center of the St. Petersburg State University thinks

Vladimir Rogov highlighted that Russian units were making rapid advances along this section of the frontline

NBC previously reported that some supporters of US President Donald Trump were studying the possibility of amending the Constitution to allow him to run for another term

That doesn't mean security guarantees "can't happen as part of that negotiation, but you have to have an agreement," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said

According to the report, resumption of supplies from Russia would allow businesses in Germany, which are facing many problems due to rising energy prices after refusing Russian gas, to restore their competitiveness

Although a deal offered to Ukraine by the European Union "may be fairer than that of the US, it comes too late," Zhang Hong believes

The Russian president noted that the US agency had achieved its goal of changing the government but failed to see what it would evolve into

"An infantry fighting vehicle, an armored personnel carrier, 11 armored combat vehicles, 12 motor vehicles, and seven artillery pieces were destroyed," the Ministry said

Representatives of the Ukrainian delegation began "begging" to sign the deal immediately after being told to leave the White House, according to the report

Chinese presiden stressed that Russia and China must continuously improve strategic coordination and practical cooperation

Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, February 27th

The Chinese president also emphasized the need for the full implementation of the consensus reached by the two leaders, advocating for the principles of unwavering good-neighborliness

Jeffrey Sachs noted that the course of NATO expansion to Ukraine and Georgia was adopted by US President George Bush Jr. back in 2008

"Now Zelensky will have to figure out how to fix this on his own. We can’t fix it for him," senior US official said

Dmitry Peskov did not agree that it makes sense to build cooperation only from the perspective of truth, which is different for everyone

Secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem thanked US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance "for standing up for America"

The decision, if made, would apply "to billions of dollars of radars, vehicles, ammunition and missiles awaiting shipment to Ukraine through the presidential drawdown authority," according to the publication

According to Yevgeny Primakov, Kiev has few ways to save face, and "to spill a lot of innocent blood at once and then blame it on Russia is one of the easiest ones"

"We're not looking to go into a ten-year war and play games," US leader said

"Time to find out what really happened to the hundreds of billions of dollars sent to Ukraine," he said

The consulate was outraged by the ruling of the French court, which sentenced the attackers to eight months in prison, to be served at home under electronic monitoring

Alexander Darchiev is expected to depart for Washington shortly

"And if we're out, you'll fight it out," the US president pointed out

"No one expected Russia to be so stable," former Austrian Foreign Minister said

Zelensky has been actively trying to sell Ukraine in bulk and retail since 2024, the Ukrainian opposition politician noted

"He can come back when he is ready for peace," the US president said

According to Vladimir Zelensky, the US-proposed minerals deal is a "new agreement," which has no relation to the assistance to Kiev, which has already been provided

Nikolay Patrushev agreed that Trump, when he was still a candidate, "made many statements critical of the destructive foreign and domestic policies pursued by the current administration"

"You start to perceive that maybe Zelensky doesn’t want a peace deal," US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said

The Russian Foreign Ministry specified that the sides touched upon "the issues related to Russia’s diplomatic property in the US in the context of returning to the Russian side six facilities, wrongfully expropriated in 2016-2018"

According to Natalya Kasperskaya, should they return to Russia, these American companies will hold on to their "usual approach," that being predatory pricing, enormous discounts, lobbying, and bribery

According to the media, the goal is to strengthen regional integration by creating a land corridor connecting participating countries

Cleric Nikita Ivankovich and Denis Popovich, an aide to the metropolitan, a Russian citizen and a Ukrainian citizen, respectively, have been arrested for planning the attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Trump spoke by phone on February 12, discussing such issues as the prospects for a settlement in Ukraine

On February 25, it was reported that this meeting will build upon the one held in Paris last week

"What you are doing is very disrespectful to the country, this country," the US president said

"The Ukrainian army lost over 170 troops, a tank, two armored combat vehicles, three pickups, and six field branch artillery weapons, with two of them produced in the West," battlegroup spokesman said

The agreement says that an investment fund for the reconstruction of Ukraine, which will receive 50% of the country's income from minerals – not only rare earth metals, but also other resources, including titanium, uranium, lithium – will be set up

"At the initial stage, it is planned to encourage entities within the Ukrainian civil society under their control, through US 'democratization' foundations and think tanks, to come up with a corresponding initiative," the statement reads

"We have a constitution based on the will of the people," the top Russian diplomat told reporters

"I’m not sure that we did something bad," Vladimir Zelensky said

Russia’s Battlegroup West inflicted more than 1,340 casualties on Ukrainian troops and destroyed 34 enemy artillery guns in its area of responsibility over the week, the ministry reported

Zelensky ignored the question about the chance of holding elections in Ukraine

Top stories from the Russian press on Friday, February 28th

The Russian foreign minister recalled Vladimir Zelensky's interview in September 2021, where the Ukrainian leader advised people feeling associated with the Russian culture to "get out to Russia"

Russian forces thus continue advancing westward in the Donetsk People’s Republic to the administrative border of the Zaporozhye Region, Vladimir Rogov said

Kneissl stressed that in Europe, "politics has turned into a business where people make profits and build ties in order to get high posts"

It is reported that air defense units of the Russian Defense Ministry are actively working to detect and destroy air targets

"It doesn't matter what I'm considering," he told reporters

Oleg Artemyev speculated that Musk's suggestion to abandon the ISS was made "in haste, without sufficient consideration"

Reporter asked if Zelensky thought the US was on his side

"If you want to end the war, you sign up an agreement that's going to take a period of time," he said

According to Sergey Sadovenko, the return of Asian automakers, namely "Koreans" and "Japanese", will be the fastest

"These restrictive measures "must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2025," the US president said

The Russian Foreign Ministry’s North Atlantic Department Director Alexander Darchiyev headed the Russian delegation

Alexander Dubinsky emphasized that Trump’s opponents wanted to take revenge against the US president for his public criticism of "the Democratic leadership, consistently portraying them as incompetent"

According to the ministry, Russian air defenses downed all three Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles at a safe distance from the station

Leader of the Other Ukraine movement added that the new Washington administration had not just refused to "purchase the war," but saw it as a scam that European politicians had not yet "seen through"

On February 27, the US president confirmed his intention to sign an agreement with Vladimir Zelensky regarding the mining of rare earth elements and other minerals in Ukraine

Movement Spokesman Hazem Qassem stressed that Hamas remained committed to the three-phase Gaza ceasefire deal

The UNIAN news agency reported that Zelensky and Trump canceled the joint news conference that was to have followed the talks