"Ukraine´s military chief said that a covert listening device was found in one of the officeswhere he works, and hinted without elaborating that bugs were detected in other locations.
Army Cmdr. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi commented to local media about Sunday´s revelation by Ukraine´s Security Service that during a routine sweep a bug was found in a room he used. The device wasn´t working, the agency said. Suspicion immediately fell on Russia amid the almost 22-month war between the two countries that is set to grind on into another year." Breitbart
"A US-led naval coalition is finally coming together to protect international shipping transit in the Red Sea and vital Bab al-Mandab Strait, per a breaking development from Politico's chief Pentagon correspondent: "The Pentagon is expected to announce tomorrow the formation of Operation Prosperity Guardian, a new task force to protect shipping from Houthi attacks in the Bab Al-Mandeb Strait and Red Sea, per DOD official," writes Lara Seligman on X. "The operation will be within the framework of the existing Combined Maritime Force 153, a partnership of 39 nations focused on counter piracy and counter terrorism in the Red Sea."...Pentagon was looking to cobble together the 'broadest possible' coalition task force, amid what's now become daily Iran-backed Houthi attacks on commercial vessels. The Houthis have also launched rockets and drones into southern Israel at various times, triggering US warship intercepts." ZH
"Russia shot down one of its own fighter jets, Ukraine claimed.The Su-25 jet was shot down in east Ukraine.
"An Israeli hacker group is taking credit Monday for a cyberattack that disrupted operations at nearly 70% of the gas stations in Iran, reports say.
Iranian state media is claiming that an Israeli hacker group called Gonjeshke Darande, also known as Predatory Sparrow, is behind the outages. Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji saying the disruptions at one point reached 70% of gas stations in Iran, before noting that 1,650 out of the 3,800 gas stations that the ministry supervises were operational." FOX
"A ”small arms battle” between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Russian military is taking place on the outskirts of the village of Terebreno, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod Oblast, Vyacheslav Gladkov." UV
"A United Russia party congress has unanimously backed Vladimir Putin's candidacy for the 2024 presidential election. "I put to a vote a proposal to support the nomination of Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin as a candidate for the post of president of Russia in the elections scheduled for March 17, 2024. The vote on this issue is open," said party leader Dmitry Medvedev, calling for a vote.
The question was unanimously approved by the congress.
Speaking at the congress, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Russia will either be a self-sufficient sovereign power or it will not exist at all." Sputnik
"Ukraine says it has struck a Russian-controlled oil base and a train carrying ammunition in a suspected sabotage attack.
The oil facility in occupied Donetsk exploded following intense shelling.
It has been claimed that the oil was intended for use by Russian troops. In another incident, pro-Kyiv partisans launched an attack on a train used to carry fuel and ammunition from Crimea to Melitopol and Dniprorudne, both in the Zaporizhzhia region." MS
"Russians attacked Ukraine with Shahed drones... Shahed drones were spotted flying from the Black Sea towards Odesa Oblast. A drone threat warning was issued in Mykolaiv and Kherson oblasts at 02:41. Later, the all-clear was given." Pravada
"Seventy-one combat engagements have occurred on the front between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian troops in the past 24 hours. Ukraine’s Defense Forces are holding positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region and continue inflicting fire damage on Russian occupiers. Ukraine’s Air Force has launched strikes on 21 Russian personnel, ammunition and military equipment clusters. Russian troops launched three missile strikes and 47 air strikes, and opened fire with multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) 38 times on Ukrainian positions and settlements. In the Volyn and Polissia directions, the operational situation remained rather unchanged. No enemy offensive groupings were detected. Certain Belarusian units are completing tasks within the areas bordering with Ukraine." Ukrin
"German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius suggested possible reintroduction of compulsory military service in the country, calling its suspension a mistake despite the reasons that existed at the time.
"I'm considering all options ... At one time there were reasons to suspend compulsory military service. But in retrospect, it was a mistake," Pistorius told Germany's Die Welt newspaper in an interview." Sp
"Austria has agreed to lift its blocking of the 12th package of EU sanctions against Russia after Ukraine removed its bank Raiffeisen from the list of international sponsors of the war." Pravada
"Iranian state media is now reporting that the USS Eisenhower has exited the Persian Gulf and vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz. Based on maritime tracking websites, the carrier has been out of the region already for at least several days and is now moving into the Mediterranean.
Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy, Rear Admiral Alireza Tangsiri, said the carrier had exited the area following over two weeks of being closely monitored by IRGC assets:
"This flotilla was in the Persian Gulf for less than 20 days and has been under the IRGC naval forces' intelligence oversight."
Tangsiri went on the claim that the US carrier was only there for "propaganda" purposes related to supporting Israel, at a moment Israeli leaders have warned Iran against further support to its proxies such as Hezbollah or the Houthis." ZeroHedge
"Hackers affiliated with China's People's Liberation Army have infiltrated critical services in the United States in an effort to wreak chaos in the country's logistical systems, US officials and industry security officials have said. The computer systems of around two dozen critical entities have been burrowed into in the past year. A water utility in Hawaii, a major West Coast port and at least one oil and gas pipeline were among the victims. The hackers also reportedly tried to break into the operator of Texas's power grid, which operates independently from the rest of the country's electrical systems. A number of entities outside the US, including electric utilities, are also said to have been targeted by the hackers." DailyExpress
"Although the submarine did not violate any international laws because it was only a few miles over the 12-mile limit, military sources have reported that incidents of this kind are becoming more frequent around the Irish coast. This follows the news that the British Navy is so thin that it lacks the tools necessary to identify possible underwater threats." TheHill
"The Israeli military killed three Israeli hostages in Gaza after they were “mistakenly identified … as a threat,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said it was not clear if the hostages had escaped their captors or were abandoned. The shooting occurred in the Shijaiyah neighborhood of central Gaza City, he said." AP
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