Russia Invades Ukraine. Again
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Ukraine is already late to prevent next winter’s energy crisis
February 19, 2026, 07:47 AM
https://english.nv.ua/business/kudrytskyi-warns-ukraine-is-already-lat
e-to-prevent-next-winter-s-energy-crisis-50585329.html
This winter has been the most difficult for Ukraine’s energy system since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. As the first cold weather arrived, Russian forces methodically struck energy infrastructure in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, as well as in Kharkiv, Dnipro and Odesa.
The capital proved unprepared for that scenario and, for the first time during the war, faced its most severe energy crisis, coming within a step of catastrophe.
NV asked Kudrytskyi whether Russia might ease its attacks as warmer weather returns, how Ukraine can move away from Soviet-era thermal generation, and what should replace it to get through the next winter and heating season with fewer risks.
— In your view, can we expect that once warmth and sunlight return, Russia will lose interest in attacking Ukraine’s energy sector because it becomes too expensive for them?
I wouldn’t rule that out. In previous years we did see a drop in Russian shelling after winter. Take the winter of 2022–2023 — the first winter of the full-scale war and the missile-and-drone campaign. Around mid-February, electricity outages stopped, the effectiveness of Russian strikes dropped sharply, and they shifted to other targets. After that, there were no strikes on energy infrastructure for more than a year.
So yes, it’s possible. Their appetite for these attacks depends directly on how much damage they can actually cause. The less effective the strikes, the less incentive they have to continue.
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Thu, February 19, 2026 - 19:58
US President Donald Trump said that the war in Ukraine has turned out to be more complicated than he expected. He noted that he had initially considered it the easiest at a Board of Peace meeting in Washington.
"We have a first year like probably no other ever in our country because we settled eight wars, and I think the ninth to come. It turned out to be a tougher one; I thought that was going to be the easiest one," Trump said.
He added that with war, it is never clear "what’s easy and what’s not so easy."
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/it-turned-out-to-be-a-tougher-one-trum
p-admits-1771523778.html
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A leaked EU document circulated by top diplomat Kaja Kallas sets sweeping conditions for any Ukraine peace deal, demanding Russia hold free elections, withdraw forces from Belarus, Georgia, Armenia, and Transnistria, and remove nuclear weapons from Belarus.
By Euromaidan Press Staff
20/02/2026
https://euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/20/russo-ukrainian-war-day-1457-eu
-demands-russia-withdraw-from-four-countries-as-condition-for-ukraine-peace-deal/
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South to north, and in genrral...
Ukrainian army is in firefighting mode, being run ragged from one engagement to another. There are only enough resources for one at a time, so while forces poured into Pokrovsk the Russian army took Kupiansk in the north and Holiaipole in the south. When Kupiansk became the focus, Pokrovsk and Myrnograd were liberated by Russia.
Now, Ukrainian forces are busy in the Huliaipole area, but Ukrainian defense of Konstantinovka is crumbling and Kupiansk, the frontline city in the north that Kiev claimed to have liberated, is almost fully under Russian control.
Meanwhile, Russia continues to nibble away at central Donetsk region, and along the northern border.
Talks between Russia, Ukraine, and the USA in Geneva came to nothing. After the USA "delegation" (of real estate nincompoops) left, the Russian and Ukrainian lead representatives met behind closed-doors. No translators, no note-takers. Nobody knows what was said, but some analysts believe that Russia handed over an ultimatum, to be delivered to (the cokehead comedian) Zelensky, who should have remembered what Kissinger said ....
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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Quote:Russia has issued many ultimatums over the years, yet the war continues. Signym, why think this ultimatum is the one that finally ends the war?
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Nobody knows what was said, but some analysts believe that Russia handed over an ultimatum, to be delivered to (the cokehead comedian) Zelensky, who should have remembered what Kissinger said ....
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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Comrade signym, I tell you and I tell you.
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Ukraine is outkilling Russia 7:1 – and it could get even worse for Putin in 2026
By Jens Asbjørn Bøgen | Feb 20, 2026
https://www.dagens.com/news/uk-amy-chief-kill-ratio-in-ukraine-is-71-a
nd-not-in-russias-favor
At one point, the ratio was a staggering 27:1.
In late January 2026, The National Interest cited General Sir Roly Walker, the British Army Chief of the General Staff, as saying that the kill ratio in Ukraine is 7 to 1 in Ukraine’s favor.
This means that per one fallen Ukrainian soldier, seven Russian soldiers have fallen.
According to the Ukrainian government-run platform United24Media, UK intelligence at one point even estimated the kill ratio to be 27:1 in the battle for Kupiansk.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine is disclosing how many casualties the sides suffer, but analysts agree that the Russian side is suffering far more than the Ukrainian side.
The latest estimates from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine put the total Russian losses during the soon-to-be four-year-long war at more than 1.25 million personnel. This includes both killed and wounded.
So the million-dollar question is: Can Russia keep replenishing its losses? Not if simple math is a guideline.
Conscription vs. losses
In late December 2025, Ukrainian intelligence assessed that Russia had drafted 403,000 troops in 2025.
This averages 30,000–40,000 new troops each month.
Ukraine has publicly stated that it wants to increase the number of Russian casualties to more than 50,000 per month in 2026, up from the current average of 30,000–35,000.
If Ukraine is able to reach that number, Russian losses will clearly outpace the number of new Russian conscripts.
Cracks in the Kremlin narrative
The Kremlin is pushing a narrative of a Russian victory being inevitable. This is suggested to be a strategy to force Ukraine and the West into making concessions when a possible peace deal is signed.
However, in early December 2025, the Institute for the Study of War assessed that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is neither inevitable nor imminent.
Bloomberg cited Western officials in mid-January as saying that Russian losses exceed what they are able to recruit — averaging monthly casualties of between 30,000 and 35,000 troops.
So if Ukraine is actually able to increase Russian casualties to more than 50,000 troops per month, Putin might find himself in a situation where he has to order a mass mobilization in order to replenish the losses.
Sources: Institute for the Study of War, The National Interest, United24Media, Suspilne, General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
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Right now Jack and Signym are showing up less to argue they are right because everything they have been claiming is starting to fall apart.
Russia is losing bad, and so is Trump in the courts. I've got thread after thread showing how they've been wrong again and again. From this war to tariffs to our economy and everything else in-between.
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Russia has issued many ultimatums over the years, yet the war continues. Signym, why think this ultimatum is the one that finally ends the war?
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Nobody knows what was said, but some analysts believe that Russia handed over an ultimatum, to be delivered to (the cokehead comedian) Zelensky, who should have remembered what Kissinger said ....
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
Russia has NOT issued ultimatums, SECOND.
But if they did this time, I don't believe it will end the war, because Zelensky is even more delusional than Trump. IMHO the war will only end with Ukraine's defeat and unconditional surrender.
My $0.02.
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal."- Henry Kissinger
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