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- Russia forced its banks to fund the war. Now the bill is arriving. First top-10 bank just posted a loss. Bad loans hit 11%—past the crisis line. And $250bn in off-budget war debt is sitting on bank balance sheets, waiting to go toxic. The Kremlin built this crisis. Now it can't afford to fix it.
- The Starlink crackdown severely degraded the Russians' command and control, sending them scrambling for work-arounds. This problem can't be solved in a day or two. As a result, Russians are likely to be less mobile, taking longer to deploy comms, slowing down the pace of their assault operations.
- "Why shouldn't Europeans negotiate?" Latvia's PM Siliņa asks — as the EU has no part in US-mediated talks between Kyiv and Moscow in Abu Dhabi 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/06/b...
- Ukraine and Musk cut off unverified Starlink and Russian assault numbers fell by up to half. Occupiers now crowdfund radios via Telegram milbloggers. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/06/r...
- Russia lost 31,700 troops in January—more than it recruited, Syrskyi says. "A result being forged in our training centers." Veterans now rotate from combat straight into instructor roles. December matched. January broke through. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/06/u...
- Polish PM Tusk visited frozen Kyiv two days after a massive Russian strike in –20°C and announced Poland's 48th aid package worth $56M in armored vehicles Zelenskyy proposed a new model: exchange Ukrainian drones for air defense missiles that Poland can provide euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/05/i...
- Children in Greenland stopped school buses — afraid soldiers would come and they'd never find their parents. Ukraine's Suspilne sent journalists to Nuuk to see how the island's 57,000 residents are handling Trump's annexation push.
- Emotions, just raw emotions. A father learns his son is part of today’s prisoner swap. He’s been waiting for over three years. Today, Ivan's son is finally home. Video: TSN
- Russia's gas pipelines just got reversed. US LNG now flows north through Greece into Ukraine—same pipes that once carried Russian gas south. Three new corridors, none existed two years ago. Moscow destroyed the gas fields and got a pipeline reversal instead.
- 157 Ukrainians just came home from Russian captivity — the first exchange in four months, and 139 of them held since 2022. The youngest was just 19 when captured. He's 23 now. The oldest freed defender is 63. 🔗 euromaidanpress.com/2026/02/05/1...
