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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Feb 16

A mine tore off his foot. He tightened a tourniquet and crawled six hours under FPV drones to stay alive.

This is “Keks,” a fighter from Ukraine’s 144th Special Operations Center. — Ukrainska Pravda 1/

At 05:00 he moved out with three comrades. High grass covered the trail. He stepped on a Soviet-designed “petal” mine.

The blast shredded his foot. He tried to run, collapsed twice, then dragged himself to a tree for cover. 2/

A teammate on his first combat mission tightened the tourniquet.

Keks handed over his machine gun, gave orders, and told the group to move ahead while he crawled behind them. FPVs hunted overhead. Mortars struck nearby. 3/

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Feb 16

Estonia FM Tsahkna: The story “Estonia is one of the most vulnerable countries” is fake news. We prepare for a Russian probable invasion and the deterrence is really strong. NATO is stronger than ever. If Russia is coming to our territories, we will bring the war to Russia. 1/

Tsahkna: For 20 years we have been saying Europe must do more and have more self-confidence. Our relation with US is very strong but not anymore unconditional. Let’s use this pressure to wake up Europe. The new vision must be let’s unite Europe. 2/

Tsahkna: There was no support for idea to start talking with Kremlin on Thursday informal meeting of European leaders. We must put more pressure on Russia not to talk with them. 3/

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Feb 16

Volker: We need more Europe in NATO, but the US doesn’t go to zero.

Europe is preparing a ‘coalition of the willing’ to deploy to Ukraine after a ceasefire. They’re reviewing forces and equipment to be more capable.

But they still see the alliance with the US as essential.

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Volker: Trump got Ukraine to accept a ceasefire idea, aligned US-Ukraine economically, and pushed Europe to step up.

But he hasn’t pressured Putin.

Without secondary sanctions and action against the shadow fleet, Moscow has no reason to stop.

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Volker: Zelenskyy’s move to allow drone exports is smart.

Yes, it brings money to Ukraine. But more importantly, the West needs Ukrainian know-how.

We build high-end, expensive weapons. Ukrainians build high-tech, effective, low-cost ones — and know how to use them.

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Feb 16

Ex-Nato Chief Stoltenberg: We might have prevented the full-scale invasion in 2022 — if we had started helping Ukraine in 2014.

If we had armed and trained Ukraine back then, Ukrainians would control more of their territory today.

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Stoltenberg: My first decision as finance minister was to triple Norway’s military support to Ukraine.

We provide €7.3 billion a year. We are fewer than six million people.

No country gives more per capita or as a share of GDP. That’s 1.3% of GDP, higher than most allies.

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Stoltenberg: In 2025, Russia captured less than 1% of Ukrainian territory, about 0.8%.

For that, they paid around 1,000 killed and seriously wounded every single day.

Their economy is in deep trouble. Finland and Sweden joined NATO.
If we keep up support, Ukraine can prevail
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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Feb 16

Hodges: We are lucky Ukrainians are not against us and want to be on our side I spoke with seven of their soldiers, these are some killers

One was a 25-year-old woman, a drone operator. They have real capability. The US and UK will have to reach their innovation and adaption. 1/

Hodges: NATO would be better the day the Ukrainian flag is raised in Brussels. Just as we got better when the Swedish and Finnish flags were raised.

Ukraine brings a strong, resilient society, a robust defense industry, and hundreds of thousands of experienced soldiers. 2/

Hodges: Ukrainians have identified a theory of victory: destroy Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure and its ability to export energy to China, India, Turkey, and others.

Long-range precision strikes against key refinery components can change the equation. 3/

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Tymofiy Mylovanov

@Mylovanov

Feb 16

Sen. Tillis: Putin is a liar and a murderer. He should be expelled from Ukraine.

I’ll accept a peace deal if Zelenskyy wants one, but we must not appease adversaries. Europe must step up. NATO isn’t in decline; claims it is are alarmist.

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Sen. Tillis: NATO is the most important alliance in history.

But a $2 trillion defense shortfall over two decades weakened readiness — and limited how much more we could scale up to support Ukraine and modernize its weapons. Congress strongly backs the alliance.

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