Zelenskyy: Nobody supports elections during the war. This is something very difficult to do.

But if the American side will push this signal, I am ready to show that we are ready for the elections.

Give us 2 months of ceasefire, and we will go to elections. 1/ Give us security infrastructure. Maybe not 2 months, but we need a lot of days to prepare.

Give us the possibility for our soldiers to vote on how they can defend our lives and our country and, at the same moment, to vote. 2/

Graham: If we sell out Ukraine, Taiwan is next. If we secure guarantees that prevent a third invasion, NATO becomes bigger and stronger, and Ukraine remains free and independent.

How this war ends will shape the world for decades. 1/ Graham: I want to give Ukraine Tomahawks to hit the infrastructure Russia uses to build drones and weapons.

Change the military equation. And pass our bipartisan bill to give Trump tools to pressure countries propping up this killing machine. 2X

Graham: The “world order” you want to preserve failed. Putin invaded three times. Nothing Europe did deterred him. Nothing we did deterred him.

This is a war driven by a guy who believes Ukraine should not exist and will keep going until someone stops him. 1/ Graham: Sanctions alone have not changed Putin’s behavior. He does not care how many of his people die.

His customers must care. Without China, Brazil and India buying Russian oil, he would be out of business. 2/

Blumenthal: Putin is a murderous thug. Stalin starved the Ukrainians. We know the history.

Putin is trying to freeze and murder them by bombarding them with missiles and drones. It is a crime against humanity and a time of moral clarity. 1/ Blumenthal: Europe has been at the forefront, at the tip of the spear. The coalition of the willing is stepping up resources.

The US must do more — increase industrial capacity, provide Tomahawks and Patriot interceptors, deliver sustained military aid. 2/

Zelenskyy: Ukrainians are holding the European front. Behind us stand independent Poland and the free Baltic States. There can be a sovereign Moldova and a Romania without dictatorship.

Even one Victor is growing his belly, not his army, to stop Russian tanks in Budapest. 1/ Zelenskyy: Putin doesn't live like ordinary people. He cannot imagine life without power. He consults Tsar Peter and Empress Catherine. He is a slave to war.

He won't let Ukraine or other European nations go. If he lives another 10 years, war can return. 2/

The unit missed the dismount point and drove straight into Russian positions. The BMPs hit a mine barrier. Russian troops opened dense fire with mortars, grenade launchers, and assault rifles. Yaroslav Shapochka did not return from that assault. 1/ On March 21, 2023, near Soledar, Russian forces killed Yaroslav Shapochka — a journalist, photographer, and volunteer soldier in Ukraine’s 241st Territorial Defense Brigade. He was 48, Ukrainian Pravda reports. 2/

Zelenskyy: Putin doesn't live like ordinary people. He cannot imagine life without power. He consults Tsar Peter and Empress Catherine. He is a slave to war.

He won't let Ukraine or other European nations go. If he lives another 10 years, war can return. 1/ Zelenskyy: Putin hopes to repeat Munich 1938. It is an illusion to believe this war can be ended by dividing Ukraine, just as sacrificing Czechoslovakia didn't save Europe.

The price of a deal must not be another moment when the civilized world shifts responsibility. 2/

Sweden plans $5 billion aid to Ukraine in 2026. Over $12 billion pledged since 2022.

FM Maria Malmer Stenergard: "Ukraine is not only fighting for its own freedom, but also for ours. We also see Russia as a threat. This is why it is our obligation to help." — United24. 1/ Stenergard: "Me and my Finnish colleague Elina Valtonen proposed full maritime ban on Shadow Fleet. Stop imports of russian fertilizers and luxury products. It's a disgrace russians can still buy European wines and clothes. We need to hit the war economy." 2/

Chinese FM Wang Yi on Ukraine: Europe should not be on the menu, but at the table.

The war is in Europe — Europeans have every right to be at the negotiating table.

Beijing supports Europe talking to Russia.

1/ Wang Yi: I do not believe that the situation in the Asia-Pacific is becoming increasingly tense.

In fact, Asia is probably the only region that maintains overall peace.

2/

Rubio: We want Europe to be strong. Our destinies are intertwined. The great wars of the last century proved that Europe’s fate is never irrelevant to America’s own.

The fundamental question is: what exactly are we defending? 1/ Rubio: For us Americans, our home may be in the Western Hemisphere. But we will always be a child of Europe.

Together, we rebuilt a shattered continent in the wake of two devastating world wars. The free West linked arms to defeat Soviet communism. 2/

In Munich, the US says it abandons the global rule-based order, but will revitalize the Western way of life (by force, if necessary)!

Rubio: The euphoria of triumph in Cold War led us to a dangerous delusion. That the rules-based global order will replace national interests. 1/ Rubio: We can no longer place the so-called global order above the interests of our people and our nations.

We do not need to abandon the system of international cooperation we authored. But these must be reformed and rebuilt. 2/

Rubio: We don’t know if the Russians are serious about ending the war in Ukraine. They say they are.

We don’t know under what terms they’re willing to do it, or whether terms acceptable to Ukraine would ever be accepted by Russia. But we’re going to continue to test it. 1/ Rubio on Ukraine peace talks: Here’s the good news. The issues that must be confronted to end this war have been narrowed.

The bad news is they’ve been narrowed to the hardest questions to answer. And work remains to be done on that front. 2/

FT: Rubio skipped the Berlin Format meeting on Ukraine in Munich on Friday, cancelling at the last minute due to “scheduling conflicts.”

Sen. Peter Welch (D): It’s confirming our allies’ worst fears. They’re on their own. When Trump says Europe is on its own, he means it. 1/ The meeting included leaders from Germany, Poland, Finland and the European Commission.

One European official called Rubio’s cancellation “insane.” Another said the meeting lacked substance without U.S. participation. 2/

Sikorski: Russia is not capable of conquering Europe.

Since it cannot conquer the Donbas for 4 years.

[Actually, for 12, as for this moment]

1/ Sikorski: Russia had a strategic choice: become an ally of the West or a vassal of China.

Beijing must be pleased.

Russia is burning its national wealth on Chinese goods and growing weaker by the day.

2X

Zelenskyy: Trump talks about compromises.

Putin and his circle are not in prison, that’s the biggest compromise the world made.

We agreed to a ceasefire. Putin refused.

1/ Zelenskyy: I am younger than Putin, it’s important.

He does not have much time left.

2/

Melania Trump has brokered a third child reunification between Russia and Ukraine, returning displaced children to their families.

Melania is calling for both nations to "intensify their efforts" to get every child home — White House. 1/ "I appreciate that Russia and Ukraine are dedicated to bringing back the children who have been displaced because of the circumstances surrounding this conflict," Trump said in a White House statement Feb 12. 2/

Sen. Shaheen: We know the person watching as closely as Putin what happens in Ukraine is Xi. If he thinks the West is going to walk away from Ukraine, he will be sure we’re going to walk away from Taiwan. Supporting Ukraine sends a message the free world is not going to accept what they’re doing. 1/ Sen. Shaheen: I am worried about what the outcome of any peace agreement would be. We support Ukraine and what Ukraine has done for Europe and democracies. Whatever outcome happens, it must ensure Putin won't reinvade Ukraine. 2/

Merz: In the future, China could be militarily equal with the United States.

Beijing wants to shape the world, and has prepared for this for years with strategic patience.

China systematically exploits dependencies and reshapes the international order in its favor.

1/ Merz: Russia’s GDP is about €2 trillion. The EU’s is nearly ten times larger. ButEurope is not ten times stronger than Russia.

We must switch our mindset. In the era of great powers, our freedom is no longer a given. It is at stake.

2/

Macron: Russia, after invading Ukraine, is a weakened country.

Russia spent a lot of money on war and now entered a recession. Economically isolated. Completely dependent on China.

They had a severe demographic problem. And now lost hundreds of thousands of young lives. 1/ Macron: It meant to fight NATO expansion. Sweden and Finland joined NATO. It meant to weaken Europe. Europe is massively rearming.

This is a strategic and economic and even a military failure. 2/

NATO: "We are fucked!"

10 Ukrainian soldiers eliminated 2 NATO battalions in a half a day of training.

So, the myth of all-powerful NATO that can stop Russia is no more.

WSJ: NATO forces were horrible and wiped out in a 16,000-troop drill in Estonia. 1/ Exercise Hedgehog 2025 brought 12 NATO states together with Ukrainian battlefield drone teams.

In one scenario, a 10-person Ukrainian team acting as an adversary mock-destroyed 17 armored vehicles and carried out 30 additional strikes in half a day. 2/

Kyiv Independent on Dnipro river frontline: The drone war is just as much about the counter drone war.

Both sides bring strong electronic warfare assets. FPV teams need to fly out, learn where the Russian EW assets are, and then find a way through to hit their targets. 1/ “It is very difficult to dig in on the islands. Use shovel once and there is water. Evacuation and rotation are much more difficult. I stayed for 10 days because there was no possibility in the form of a boat. Getting into a boat to the island and from the island are the most emotional moments.” 2/