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AP News: The Senate will hold a crucial test vote next week on legislation that would pair new policies at the southern border with wartime aid for Ukraine and other American allies, leaders pressing ahead despite heavy skepticism from Republicans and some Democrats. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he will set in motion a test vote on the national security package for Wednesday.
Reuters: The United Nations' highest court will rule Friday if a case in which Ukraine has accused Russia of violating international law, by saying its invasion was launched to stop an alleged genocide, can move forward.
ISW: Russian milbloggers continued to voice frustrations about Russian forces’ continued tactical blunders during offensive operations in western Donetsk Oblast.
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AP News: Leaders of the 27 European Union countries sealed a deal Thursday to provide Ukraine with 50 billion euros in support for its war-ravaged economy after Hungary dropped weeks of threats to veto the measure.
CNN: Ukraine’s embattled army chief, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, says Ukraine must adapt to a reduction in military aid from its key allies and focus ever more strongly on technology if it is to win its war against Russia.
The Insider: A pro-Russian aide to a far-right German legislator who attempted to scuttle Berlin’s shipment of main battle tanks to Ukraine is an agent of Russian intelligence, The Insider can now reveal.
Meduza: The Russian authorities have been coercing refugees from Middle Eastern and African countries into fighting in the war against Ukraine, according to a new investigation from Novaya Gazeta.
POLITICO: Romania isn't prepared for a potential war with Russia and it needs to brace, the country's defense chief said.
The Guardian: Two Russian courts have this week handed out the first convictions in connection with what the government calls the “international LGBT social movement” which was designated as extremist last year.
Reuters: Russia will not deploy nuclear weapons abroad except in its ally Belarus but will find ways to counter any deployment of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Britain, the deputy minister in charge of arms control said on Thursday.
The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine has certain "tools" at its disposal that means it can strike Russian military targets occupying Crimea "methodologically and regularly," Yurii Ihnat, a spokesperson for Ukraine's Air Force, said in an interview with Radio Svoboda on Feb. 1.
Reuters: Hungary's parliament will meet on Monday at the request of opposition parties with the ratification of Sweden's NATO bid expected to be on the agenda, a document on parliament's website showed on Thursday.
The Moscow Times: Moscow has instructed its diplomats to “pursue” exiled Russian celebrities who speak out against their country’s war in Ukraine, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
POLITICO: Latvia on Thursday banned its sports teams from competing against Russian or Belarusian squads, regardless of whether they’re competing under a neutral banner.
BBC News: Ukrainian forces say they have destroyed a Russian missile boat from the Black Sea Fleet in a special operation off Russian-occupied Crimea. The Ivanovets - a small warship - received "direct hits to the hull" overnight, after which it sank, military intelligence said.
Reuters: U.S. investor Michael Calvey on Thursday said he had never pleaded guilty to embezzlement charges in Russia and never would, after a Russian cassation court said he had acknowledged his guilt in a 2.5-billion-rouble ($27.7 million) case.
RFI: A Russian court on Thursday extended until 5 April the detention of US-Russian journalist Alsu Kurmasheva on charges denounced by her employers as politically motivated.
Reuters: China demanded on Thursday that Ukraine immediately remove more than a dozen Chinese companies from a list of firms designated as "international sponsors of war", saying it wanted Kyiv to "eliminate negative impacts".
The Moscow Times: Turkish banks have started closing Russian corporate accounts following threats of secondary sanctions from the United States, the Vedomosti business daily reported Thursday, citing financial consultants and business owners.
Reuters: London's High Court on Thursday threw out Donald Trump's lawsuit against a British private investigations firm over the "Steele dossier" which alleged ties between Trump's election campaign and Russia.
The Guardian: The Czech billionaire whose company takes over running the UK national lottery from Thursday is still in business with the Kremlin-owned gas company Gazprom, nearly two years after promising regulators he would sever ties with Russia
The Kyiv Independent: There is a "hypothetical" plan to increase the number of Ukrainian strikes on Russian critical infrastructure and military facilities within Russia, said the chief of Ukraine's military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov.
ERR: Russia late on Thursday night made good on a pledge to close its border crossing at Ivangorod/Jaanilinn, across the Narva River from Estonian territory, meaning for the foreseeable future the border can only be crossed on foot, in either direction.
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