Day: February 6, 2026
The collapse of the Russian nuclear pacts show again the limits of arms control. Such deals work only when both sides want to abide by them.
on.wsj.com/4qZvdUf— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) Feb 7, 2026
MORE: Russian plans for a summer offensive highlight Russia’s determination to achieve its war aims, including the seizure of Donetsk and Zaporizhia oblasts, through military means if need be. Senior Kremlin officials have repeatedly stated that Russia will continue efforts on the battlefield to achieve its aims if it cannot achieve them through negotiations. The Russian military command’s intention to conduct a large-scale summer offensive — even if Russian forces may struggle to achieve its objectives — demonstrates the Kremlin’s disinterest in finding a solution to end the war via negotiations in the coming weeks or months.Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar)NEW: The Kremlin continues to reject any meaningful security guarantees that would protect Ukraine from complete diplomatic or military capitulation.
The Russian military command is reportedly planning to deploy its likely limited strategic reserves to a planned Summer 2026 offensive in southern and/or eastern Ukraine. The Russian military likely lacks sufficient reserves to both adequately prepare for such an offensive and achieve the offensive’s objectives, however.
Russian forces have been setting conditions for future offensive operations in the Slovyansk-Kramatorsk and Orikhiv-Zaporizhzhia City directions yet have been struggling to make significant advances in the area.
The Russian military command’s intention to conduct a large-scale summer offensive — even if Russian forces may struggle to achieve its objectives — demonstrates the Kremlin’s disinterest in finding a solution to end the war via negotiations in the coming weeks or months.
Russian forces likely seized Hulyaipole — a town with a pre-war population of roughly 13,000 – after three months of fighting and are unlikely to make rapid advances beyond Hulyaipole without deprioritizing other areas of the frontline.
SpaceX’s block on unregistered Starlink terminal operations in Ukraine is reportedly hindering Russian ground operations and tactical strikes.
Unknown actors conducted an assassination attempt on Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) First Deputy Head Lieutenant General Vladimir Alekseyev in Moscow City on February 6.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced near Borova. Russian forces recently advanced near Pokrovsk and Hulyaipole and in the Kostyantynivka-Druzhkivka tactical area.— https://x.com/TheStudyofWar/status/2019946443570618414
— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Feb 7, 2026
Trump rescinds punitive tariff on India over purchases of Russian oil reut.rs/4angyLz reut.rs/4angyLz
— Reuters (@Reuters) Feb 7, 2026
Ski Jumping-Norway team react with scepticism to bizarre penis-enhancement claims reut.rs/4r2BTku reut.rs/4r2BTku
— Reuters (@Reuters) Feb 7, 2026
Incredible that the US is even unable to pursue pedophilia.
It would be good if the US had some rule of law.girl (@GreenwaySh57854)This photo is real
It should make you shiverYou have a sexual abuser in the Whitehouse
#EpsteinAndTrump #EpsteinFiles— https://x.com/GreenwaySh57854/status/2019547772601737592— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) Feb 7, 2026
The U.S. is accusing China of having carried out a secret underground nuclear explosion test in 2020.
The Chinese allegedly used new technology to mask the explosion.
— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) Feb 7, 2026
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