NEW: Poland will deploy 10,000 soldiers to guard critical infrastructure, including railways.

Source: Reuters

Larry Summers resigned from the OpenAI board after Congress released documents showing extensive contact with Jeffrey Epstein.

The US warned South Africa not to issue a joint G-20 summit statement, saying it will reject anything presented as a consensus because it’s boycotting the event.

South Africa, backed by Brazil and several others, is still pushing for a full declaration.

Source: Bloomberg

Turkish President Erdogan meets with Zelensky in Ankara.

After Charlie Kirk was assassinated, a government-backed, pro-Trump retaliation campaign led to 600+ Americans being fired, suspended, or investigated for social-media comments about his death.

Source: Reuters

WATCH: Israel bombs Lebanon.

Trump and Ronaldo met at the White House.

Polish PM Tusk:

Today with Zelensky, we agreed forms of cooperation between Polish and Ukrainian special services and state railways.

The goal will be identification of people suspected of collaborating with Russia and prevention of acts of sabotage.

Russian Foreign Ministry:

We have not received any information from the United States through official channels regarding any “agreements” on Ukraine mentioned in the media.

Meanwhile, Putin is hanging out with dancing robots.

Zelensky:

We trust in the strength of Turkish diplomacy and in its ability to be understood in Moscow.

Zelensky:

We want to restart the prisoner exchanges by the end of the year.

Türkiye is giving us tremendous support on this.

Turkish President Erdogan:

We once again confirm our commitment to the territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence of our strategic partner – Ukraine.

Zelensky:

Right now, many processes have sped up and gained momentum to end this war.

Zelensky:

People clearly see how crucial Black Sea security is, and it can only be safeguarded in partnership with Türkiye.

Trump and Ronaldo met at the Oval Office.

NEW: Greece and Germany are working on creating migrant return centers in “safe” African countries to host people who cannot be sent back to their home nations.

Source: Kathimerini

BREAKING: The U.S. has privately urged Zelensky to accept a proposed peace framework that would end the war with Russia by requiring Ukraine to give up some territory and certain weapons, and to reduce the size of its military.

Source: Reuters

Ukrainian Intel Chief Budanov:

A window of opportunity to end the war will open in mid-February.

Israel bombed Gaza again, killing and injuring Palestinians.

Elon Musk’s xAI will build a 500-megawatt AI data center in Saudi Arabia in partnership with the kingdom’s state-backed AI venture Humain, using Nvidia chips.