February, 2026

• 27 February

  INTERVIEW: Hungary holding 20th sanctions package ‘hostage’, says top Zelenskyy adviser

  

  Hungary is holding the EU’s 20th sanctions package on Russia “hostage”, a senior adviser to Volodymyr Zelenskyy told Euractiv, as Budapest continues to veto Brussels’ latest round of restrictive measures against Moscow. Vladyslav Vlasiuk, the Ukrainian president’s sanctions envoy, said Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s refusal to approve the package is …

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• 27 February

  Orbán plays in Moscow’s pocket – Why is he still sitting at the table?

  

  Countries such as Hungary and Slovakia must be able to be overtaken in decision-making when the EU’s security is to be decided now and in the future, writes Juha Ristamäki. European leaders, including President of Finland Alexander Stubb, travelled to Kiev on Tuesday on the anniversary of the war of …

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• 27 February

  Internal Security announces dismantling of Islamic State cell in Raqqa

  

  Internal Security Forces in Raqqa governorate announced they had dismantled a cell affiliated with the Islamic State group, which they said was behind two attacks that targeted a security checkpoint west of Raqqa city (northern Syria) over the past two days, killing four personnel and wounding others. Raqqa Internal Security …

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• 27 February

  Les premiers signes avant-coureurs d’une attaque américaine sur l’Iran

  

  Je vous prie de m’excuser. J’aurais dû le signaler la semaine dernière. S’il est vrai que Donald Trump a déployé la plus grande flotte d’avions de combat américains en Asie occidentale/au Moyen-Orient depuis George W. Bush au début de l’année 2003, deux autres indicateurs clés signalant une attaque imminente ne …

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• 27 February

  L’Iran n’est pas une proie facile

  

  Moon of Alabama fait un état des lieux des possibilités d’une entrée en guerre des États-Unis contre l’Iran. Selon juin malgré le renforcement considérable des moyens militaires américains au voisinage de l’Iran, l’équilibre stratégique n’a pas changé substantiellement et reste favorable à l’Iran pour des raisons expliquées dans son article. …

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• 27 February

  D’abord Gaza, ensuite le monde

  

  Entre les mains de la société coloniale de peuplement israélienne génocidaire, l’état d’exception est un cauchemar sans fin qui ne s’arrêtera pas aux frontières de la Palestine. Alors que de nombreuses nations ont parfois recours à l’«état d’exception» pour faire face à des crises temporaires, Israël vit dans un état …

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• 27 February

  L’État de droit est mis à mal : ceux qui diffusent de la «désinformation» risquent tout

  Des sanctions pouvant aller jusqu’à la perte de leurs moyens de subsistance pour avoir défendu le «discours russe». Les citoyens de l’Union européenne (UE) sont également concernés. L’État de droit, c’est autre chose. Un commentaire. On ne ment jamais autant qu’avant les élections, pendant la guerre et après la chasse. …

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• 27 February

  Why Might Ukraine & Its Western Patrons Try To Blow Up Russia’s Black Sea Pipelines?

  

  The purpose is to derail the peace talks by provoking Russia into either preemptively escalating against Ukraine as a deterrent or authorizing an overmatched retaliatory escalation right after that could in any case be spun by the Europeans to manipulate Trump against Putin. Putin warned on the fourth anniversary of …

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• 27 February

  In any Trump strike on Iran, Hormuz is the real prize

  

  Neutralising Tehran’s ability to close the strait is the decisive long-term move As a US “armada” assembles in the Arabian Gulf and Donald Trump signals that a deadline delivered to Iran is measured in days, the question now is what conflict would seek to achieve. The answer may lie less …

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• 27 February

  Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 24, 2026

  

  Toplines The fifth year of Russia’s invasion is not beginning well for Moscow. Recent Ukrainian successes on the battlefield disprove Russian claims that things can only get worse for Ukraine the longer Kyiv delays surrendering to Russian demands. Battlefield realities as of late February 2026 show that continued significant Russian …

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