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Reuters: The United States has told Congress and allies in Europe about new intelligence related to Russian nuclear capabilities that could pose an international threat, a source briefed on the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The new capabilities, related to Russian attempts to develop a space-based weapon, do not pose an urgent threat to the United States, the source said.

The Kyiv Independent: Already this year, Ukraine could receive $4 billion from Russian assets frozen by the EU and the Group of Seven countries, Deputy Justice Minister Iryna Mudra told Forbes Ukraine in an interview published on Feb. 14. The sum could go up to $15-$18 billion over the next four years, she added.

Bloomberg: Donald Trump is considering scaled-back commitments to some NATO members and a push for Ukraine to negotiate an end to the war with Russia if he returns to power next year, according to people familiar with the matter (archive).

The Kyiv Independent: Germany plans to "deliver around three to four times as much artillery ammunition" to Ukraine in 2024 as it did in 2023, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said upon arrival to the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels.

Anadolu Agency: Bulgaria and the UK on Wednesday pledged to continue supporting Ukraine and providing all necessary assistance to Kyiv.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III affirmed the unwavering resolve among the U.S. and its partners in support of Ukraine.

Canada will donate $44 million to Ukraine to help in its war with Russia, Canadian Defence Minister Bill Blair said on Wednesday as he met with NATO military allies in Brussels.

The Moscow Times: Inflation in Russia held at elevated levels in January, data published Wednesday showed, as soaring government spending on the military offensive in Ukraine pushes prices higher.

Rolling Stone: Russia’s army of online trolls seemed powerful after claims they may have helped Donald Trump win the presidency in 2016. But nearly eight years later, that troll army is struggling in the trenches of Russia’s war on Ukraine as it tries — and fails — to trick the world into buying the Kremlin’s talking points about the invasion.

POLITICO: House Republicans are planning to unveil a Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and border bill as an alternative to the border-free package that passed the Senate on Tuesday, a lawmaker leading the effort said Wednesday.

SWI: The government of neutral Switzerland said on Wednesday it would be ramping up military spending over the coming years, the latest European country to do so in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine two years ago.

AP News: Serbia has received another arms delivery from its ally Russia despite international sanctions on Moscow over its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

EU Observer: The EU is putting Belarusian child-abductors on its Russia blacklist, boosting calls for an international arrest warrant against Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko (archive).

Reuters: State-backed hackers from Russia, China, and Iran have been using tools from Microsoft-backed OpenAI to hone their skills and trick their targets, according to a report published on Wednesday.

AP News: Estonia’s foreign minister said Wednesday that NATO has about three or four years to strengthen its defenses as Putin ramps up his country’s “war machine.”

Reuters: The Netherlands is joining a military coalition with allies including Britain that will supply Ukraine with advanced drone technology and bolster its offensive capabilities in the war against Russia, the Dutch defence minister said.

AFP: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that 18 of the alliance's 31 countries are set to meet the defence spending target of two percent of gross domestic product in 2024.

Bloomberg: The European Union has proposed sanctions on North Korea for providing Russia with missiles used against Ukraine, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.

Ukrainska Pravda: The Defence Intelligence of Ukraine has released lists of some of the Syrian mercenaries recruited by Russia for the war against Ukraine.

Reuters: Ukraine destroyed a Russian landing warship off the coast of occupied Crimea in an operation with naval drones that breached the vessel's port side on Wednesday and caused it to sink, Kyiv's military spy agency and armed forces said.

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