Kremlin insider: ‘we don't plan to win the war’ & FSB claims 150,000 Russians used special ‘helplines’ to denounce fellow citizens

Day 1,464.


Today, we bring you live dispatches from the north, east, and
south of Ukraine following fresh Russian attacks overnight, as a
United States delegation meets Ukrainian officials to prepare the
next round of trilateral peace talks with Russia in Geneva. We
also provide the latest updates on resistance activities in the
occupied territories, and take a broader look at the state of
Russian society after four years of Putin’s full-scale war –
including the impact of sanctions, suppression, economic strain
and, yes, updates on skyrocketing cucumber prices.


Contributors


Francis Dearnley (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @FrancisDearnley
on X.


Dominic Nicholls (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @DomNicholls on
X.


Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Host on Ukraine: The Latest). @adeliepjz
on X.


Dr Jade McGlynn (War Studies Department of King's College).
@DrJadeMcGlynn on X.


James Kilner (Russia Analyst). @jkjourno on X.


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CONTENT REFERENCED:


Russians load up on antidepressants after four years of war (The
Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/15/russians-antidepressants-war-ukraine-prozac-putin/ 


Traumatised and unable to speak: The Ukrainian children haunted
by war (The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/27/traumatised-ukrainian-children-haunted-by-war/ 


Paratroopers prepare for possible Ukraine peacekeeping mission
(The Telegraph):


https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/26/paratroopers-prepare-for-possible-ukraine-peacekeeping/ 


Is the Trump-Starmer bromance over? (The Spectator):


https://spectator.com/article/has-it-all-gone-wrong-between-trump-and-starmer/?edition=us 


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