Below are the main developments on the day of 1091 from Russia’s widespread invasion of Ukraine.

This is the situation on Wednesday, February 19:

Fighting

• Russia said its air defenses shot down 21 Ukrainian drones within an hour overnight, most of which were on the western Russian area of ​​Biananc. The drone was also shot down on the Russian Crimea.
• Kiev’s forces said they had had an artillery around North Korea on the Eastern Front in Ukraine. Kiev said it’s the first time since the beginning of the conflict with Russia, as Coxsan Hautezer was subjected to North Korea.
• Ukraine and Western military experts say up to 12,000 North Korea soldiers have been deployed in the Korsk region in southern Russia, along with their military equipment alongside the Russian forces.
• The Ukrainian forces participated in 144 clashes with the Russian forces on Tuesday, which led to the repulsion of multiple attacks across various front lines, according to the Ukrainian army, according to the official Ankamulu Agency reports in Turkiye.

• Kiev also said that the Russian forces launched two missiles and 72 air strikes, and used 1024 drones, along with 4,200 artillery attacks targeting Ukrainian positions and settlements, according to AA reports.
• In the Kharkiv region in Ukraine, the Ukrainian forces said that they prevented the Russian progress towards Mala Shapkivka and Topoli, while Moscow forces launched 16 attacks in the Kupiansk area in Ukraine, where the Kyif forces claimed 14 attacks, with the continued battles, according to Anadolu reports.
• Russia said that the oil flows through the Caspian pipeline federation, which is a major road to supply Kazakhstan and export to the global market, was reduced by 30 to 40 percent after Ukrainian drone attack on a pumping station.
• The Caspian pipeline, which ships more than 1 percent of daily global oil supplies, extends to more than 1500 km (939 miles) and carries crude oil from the Tenigs oil field in Kazakhstan on the beaches of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan in northeastern Pascal, as well Russian producers.
• Gary Kasparov, a former world champion and critic of Kermlin, said freedom in Russia and the end of the government of Russian President Vladimir Putin depends on Ukraine’s victory in the war, the former world chess champion, and the Kremlin critic. “There is no freedom in Russia, nor the end of the Putin regime, without the Ukrainian victory,” Kasparov, 61, who retired from chess in 2005 to focus on political activity. He has lived in exile in New York over the past decade.

US plans for Ukraine

• Russia and the United States have agreed to create teams to negotiate a road to end the Moscow war on Ukraine after talks that attracted a strong reprimand from Ukraine because of its exclusion from the meeting between Washington and Moscow officials in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski criticized the exclusion of his nation from the Riyadh talks, saying that negotiations to end the war must be “fair” and involve European countries, including Turkish – which offered to host future discussions.
• The US State Department said that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov agreed to his head talking about “appointing high -level teams to start working on a road to end the conflict in Ukraine as soon as possible.”
• Washington said that the two sides had agreed to “create a consulting mechanism” to treat “irritating” for the relationship of the United States-Russia, noting that the aspects would lay the basis for cooperation in the future.
• Rubio later briefed their counterparts from France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and the European Union with reports that the United States had told its European allies that it would get a seat at the negotiating table “at some point.”

• US President Donald Trump told correspondents that he was more confident in an agreement to end the Ukrainian war after the talks, saying: “I think I have the ability to end this.”
• Trump then dismantled Europe and Kiev for his complaint of cutting discussions with Moscow. “Today, I heard,” Oh, well, we did not invite. “Well, I was there for three years,” Trump said in reference to the war. “It had never started. Trump said:” She could have faced a deal … This was a half -baked negotiator for years without losing a lot of lands, and very few lands, without losing any life. ” Wide -range.
• Trump also said he “maybe” will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin before the end of the month, but he did not explain.
• Yuri Ushakov, the assistant foreign policy of Putin, said it is “difficult” to discuss a date for a possible meeting between Trump and Putin.

• The Economic negotiator in Moscow, Kirill Dimitriev, said Western attempts to isolate Russia “clearly failed.”
• The head of the European Union’s foreign policy urged Kaja Calas not to walk in the “trap” that Russia has developed as it tries to divide the West. “By working with the United States, we can achieve a just and permanent peace – on the terms of Ukraine,” said Callas.
• Polish President Andrig Doda said he had received guarantees that Washington would not reduce the presence of its forces in Poland and other places along the eastern side of NATO.

Military aid and defensive spending

• European Union lawmakers called for “Europe to double” to strengthen its defenses and support Ukraine. “Europe is no longer entirely dependent on the United States to defend our values ​​and common interests, including the continuous support of Ukraine and regional integrity,” said the European People’s Party, Socialism, Democrats and Renewal in a statement.
• French President Emmanuel Macron said he would host another meeting on Ukraine after the US talks in Riosia in Riyadh. In an interview with French regional newspapers, Macron appeared again open to the idea of ​​sending forces to Ukraine, but stressed that this could only happen with the most limited fashion and away from conflict areas.
• Trump said he would not oppose Europeans if they want to send peacekeepers to Ukraine to provide security guarantees in a peace agreement.

• Latvia will increase its defensive spending to 4 percent of GDP (GDP) next year and 5 percent in the following years, according to news agency reports in Germany. Latvia, which is a member of the European Union and NATO, is located on the eastern NATO wing and the border of Russia.
• European defense shares have increased as governments face pressure to increase military spending in the region, according to Reuters reports.

diplomacy

• Zelinski postponed a planned visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to not give “legitimacy” to meet us and Russian officials in Riyadh, two sources familiar with Reuters said.
• In his speech to a joint press conference in Ankara with Zelinski, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country would be an ideal host to attend possible meetings between Russia, Ukraine and the United States to end the war.
• Ukraine Minister of Defense Rosstam Omrov has held talks in Turki in strengthening defense cooperation with Ankara, meeting with the country’s defense minister Yassar Galler and the commander of the land forces, General Silkok Perctarglo, Anderlo.
• Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told the United Nations Security Council that Beijing supports all efforts that lead to peace talks in Ukraine.
• Slovak police deported Ukrainian 59 -year -old saying that the investigations found that the person who was not named was involved in the organized crime in Ukraine and was linked to intelligence services in Ukraine.

Penalties

• TUPRAS, the largest oil refinery in Turkiye, stopped buying Russian crude oil due to the US sanctions announced on January 10 against Russian energy companies and tankers carrying Russian oil.
• Reuters news agency said it is not clear whether TUPRAS, who has become one of the largest importers of Russian crude oil since Moscow has widely invaded Ukraine in 2022, will stop imports of repeated products from Russia. Russian oil represents 65 percent of the total oil imports in Turki in January to November 2024.