"U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has abruptly skipped a meeting on Ukraine on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference “at the last minute,” according to the Financial Times.
The so-called Berlin Format gathering on Friday was attended by Kiev’s European backers – including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, as well as the heads of the European Commission, the European Council, and NATO – who are seeking to insert their vision of a “just peace deal” into the US-led negotiations process.
An unnamed European official described the last-minute cancellation, officially blamed on alleged “scheduling conflicts,” as “insane,” while another told FT that without Rubio the entire meeting “lacked substance.”
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"Oil supplies via the vital Druzhba pipeline to Slovakia have reportedly been halted, and it's
flows have been suspended since initially being damaged.
Ukrainian oil and gas company Naftogaz, as well as Ukraine officials, have alleged that Russia attacked its own facility in eastern Ukraine.
However, city officials in Brody, where Druzhba meets the Brody-Odesa oil pipeline, warned the population about pollution from burning oil products and Mr Sybiha posted on X a picture of firefighters against a backdrop of flames.
“This is the Druzhba pipeline infrastructure burning after the latest targeted Russian strike on January 27th, which stopped oil transit.” ZH
"Air defense forces neutralized 111 out of the 154 drones that Russian troops used to attackUkraine. Russian forces attacked with an Iskander-M ballistic missile from the Kursk region, as well as 154 strike UAVs of the Shahed, Gerbera, Italmas types and other types of drones launched from the directions of Oryol, Bryansk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russia), as well as temporarily occupied Donetsk and Hvardiiske, Chauda (Crimea). About 100 of the drones were Shahed-type.
The air assault was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and unmanned systems units, as well as mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine." Ukrin
"A very strong magnitude 6.2 earthquake hit 338 km (210 mi) in the morning at 10.34 am local time (America/Santiago GMT -3). The quake had a shallow depth of 37 km (23 mi) and was felt over a large region. The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would." VD
"An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 occurred only 9 minutes ago 75 km northwest of Usta Muhammad, Pakistan, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported.
The quake hit at a moderately shallow depth of 35. km beneath the epicenter near Usta Muhammad, Jafarabad District, Balochistan, Pakistan, in the morning at 11:30 am local time." VD
"Ukrainian forces engaged in 142 combat clashes with Russian invaders.
Enemy airstrikes targeted areas near Havrylivka, Novoukrainka, Malynivka, Velykomykhailivka, Staromlynivka, Shevchenkivske, Huliaipilske, Charivne, Kopani, Holubkove, Danylivka, Zelena Dolyna, Kamianka, Vozdvyzhivka, Barvinivka, Verkhnia Tersa, Velyka Novosilka, Solodkovodne, and Mykolaivka.Over the past day, the missile and artillery units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck one enemy personnel concentration and one ammunition depot.
On the Northern Slobozhanshchyna and Kursk axes, the enemy carried out 64 shelling attacks, including two with MLRS, and one airstrike dropping three guided aerial bombs. One combat engagement was recorded.
On the Southern Slobozhanshchyna axis, the enemy attempted to break through defensive lines 13 times in the areas of Okhrimivka, Kolodiazne, Hrafske, Prylipka, Vovchanski Khutory, Rybalkyne, and Vovchansk.
On the Kupiansk axis, one combat engagement occurred near Pishchane.
On the Lyman axis, the enemy attacked four times, attempting to penetrate Ukrainian defenses near Stavky, Serednie, and Lyman.
On the Sloviansk axis, Ukrainian defenders repelled six enemy advances toward Sviato-Pokrovske, Yampil, Platonivka, and Zakitne.
On the Kostiantynivka axis, the enemy carried out 12 attacks near Kostiantynivka, Pleshchiivka, Shcherbynivka, Illinivka, Rusyn Yar, and Sofiivka.
On the Pokrovsk axis, Ukrainian forces repelled 37 enemy assault actions near Udachne, Rodynske, Novooleksandrivka, Shevchenko, Kotlyne, Pokrovsk, Molodetske, Novopavlivka, Bilytske, Novopidhorodne, Dachne, and Ivanivka.
On the Huliaipole axis, 24 enemy attacks were recorded in the Huliaipole area and toward Zlahoda, Dobropillia, Zaliznychne, Zelene, and Rybne." Ukrin
