🇺🇦🇷🇺⚡️ — Ukrainian President Zelensky told Axios he is seeking a direct meeting with Vladimir Putin to try to break the current stalemate.

➡️ He said meaningful progress would likely require a face-to-face discussion with Putin and has directed his team to pursue a leaders’ summit in Geneva.

🇺🇸🇮🇱⚔️🇮🇷 The Israeli government is preparing for a scenario of war to break out with Iran within days, according to two Israeli officials. - Axios

The likely US-Israeli campaign against Iran will likely be major and weeks-long, sources say

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🇺🇸⚔️🇮🇷 20 USAF Tankers airborne, all en route to US Bases in Europe => Middle East.

This is the most significant airlift since the US invasion of Iraq in 2003. A far bigger commitment and use of the US Air Force than during the preparations for the 12 Day War.

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🇺🇸🇲🇦🪖🗺 — US Navy USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) aircraft carrier has been spotted off the coast of the Kingdom of Morocco.

#BREAKING
🇮🇷❌🇮🇱🤝🇺🇸 — Axios reports that a war with Iran could begin very soon, potentially unfolding as a weeks-long campaign.

➡️This comes after U.S. and Iranian diplomats met yesterday to discuss a possible deal. Although both sides said the talks “made progress,” U.S. officials remain pessimistic about the chances of reaching a final agreement.

➡️Vice President Vance stated that while Trump still wants a deal, he could determine that diplomacy has “reached its natural end.”

➡️Meanwhile, the military buildup in the region continues. More than 150 cargo flights have transported assets into the area so far, with over 50 jets arriving in just the past 24 hours alone.

➡️At the same time, the Israeli government, which is advocating for a maximalist strategy aimed at regime change, is preparing for the possibility that war could begin within days, according to two Israeli officials.

🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: The U.S. has given Iran an ultimatum: dismantle the nuclear program or face "other options," according to Fox News.

🇮🇷❌🇮🇱🤝🇺🇸 — An attack on Iran is within days according to Yedioth Ahronot Israeli news outlet.

🇮🇷❌🇮🇱🤝🇺🇸 — Channel 12 citing an American official:

Iran has a deadline until the end of this month to make significant concessions in the nuclear negotiations.

🇮🇱⚠️❗️ — The Israeli Home Front Command have been instructed to prepare for an imminent war, and a high level defensive alert has been declared, reports Israeli Channel 12

🇮🇱⚠️❗️ — The Israeli Homefront Command ordered the Magen David Adom (MDA, the Jewish equivalent of Red Cross) to prepare for a full-scale war with Iran, following a high-level defensive alert having been declared across Israel, according to N12.

🇺🇸🇻🇪🛢 — U.S. refiners Phillips 66 and Citgo Petroleum are seeking to buy heavy crude directly from Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA starting in April to maximize profits, rather than purchasing through trading houses and U.S. oil major Chevron, Reuters reports.

🇺🇸🇸🇾⚡️ — BREAKING: The U.S. is in the process of withdrawing all of its roughly 1,000 troops from Syria, according to WSJ, citing three American officials.

➡️ The Trump administration has decided a U.S. military presence in Syria is no longer necessary, citing the near-total disbandment of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces.

➡️ The full pullout should be completed within two months.

📝The withdrawal is not related to the deployment of forces for potential military action against Iran.

🇺🇸🇹🇼🇨🇳⚡️ — NEW: The major U.S. arms package for Taiwan has been put on hold following Chinese pressure ahead of President Trump’s planned April visit to Beijing, WSJ reports.

➡️ During a recent call, Xi Jinping warned Trump to handle Taiwan arms sales cautiously, describing the issue as "the most important issue in China-U.S. relations."

🇮🇷⚡️📉 — A Partial power outage in Tehran, Iran was reported over the past hour

🧠💬⚔️❌🇨🇳 — 📰 ZeroHedge | CIA Releases Video To Recruit Spies In China Amid Xi's Top Brass Purge | February 13, 2026:

"The CIA rolled out a new recruitment video Thursday aimed squarely at prying open cracks inside China's military establishment - already as a Xi CCP purge of top military officials has been underway, according to Reuters. This latest video features a "disillusioned mid-level Chinese military officer" pitching other officers in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on the idea of quietly switching sides and feeding US intelligence - which seems a bit on the nose.

(...)

In the video, the fictional PLA officer declares: "Anyone with leadership qualities is bound to be subject to suspicion and ruthlessly eliminated" - an unmistakable nod to Beijing's ongoing purge of senior military brass.

The new video follows a similar CIA campaign launched last year targeting senior Chinese Communist Party officials, complete with detailed Mandarin-language instructions on how to securely contact US intelligence.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe has boasted that those earlier efforts penetrated China's censorship firewall and offered officials an "opportunity to work toward a brighter future together."

"Our past videos reached millions of people and inspired new sources," an anonymous CIA official told Reuters. One wonders, given the mass nature of the 'outreach', how many of these 'new sources' might actually be double agents dangled as bait by Chinese intelligence.

According to some of the dialogue featured in this new video release (machine translated):

"I pledged loyalty to the motherland and China's national security. But the leadership is corrupt. I once thought our leaders cared for the people, but they only pursue their own interests. They abuse power for personal wealth, sacrificing the nation.

My conscience can no longer bear it. I must act - for China, for justice. I contacted the CIA. They protected me and provided safety. Now I'm free to speak the truth. If you have info on high-level Chinese leaders, contact us. We'll protect you."

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🇺🇸🇪🇺⚡️ — The U.S. State Department is developing a website, “freedom.gov,” intended to let users in Europe and other regions access content restricted by their governments, including material labeled as hate speech or terrorist propaganda, according to Reuters.

➡️ Officials involved say the project is meant to promote digital freedom and counter censorship.

➡️ The platform may include VPN-like functionality to make user traffic appear to originate from the U.S., and sources say user activity would not be tracked.

➡️ The initiative is being led by Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers and was initially expected to be announced at the Munich Security Conference but has not yet launched.

➡️ Some State Department officials raised concerns about the plan, though a department spokesperson denied that any announcement was delayed or that lawyers objected. The spokesperson also said there is no censorship-circumvention program specific to Europe, while emphasizing support for digital privacy technologies.

➡️ The freedom.gov domain was registered in January and currently displays no content beyond a basic landing page. It remains unclear how the government portal would differ from commercial VPN services already available.