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Iran-US Indirect Talks to Be Held in Geneva on February 17
15 February 2026 @ 3:51 pm
TEHRAN (Sputnik) - Indirect talks between Iran and the United States on the Iranian nuclear issue will be held in Geneva on Tuesday, February 17, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
Zelensky’s Attack on Orban Cheap Ploy, Won’t Bring Ukraine Closer to EU - Expert
15 February 2026 @ 2:36 pm
“Zelensky thinks he’s just winning easy points because the elite of the EU will be happy to see him taking swipes at Orban,” prolific commentator Dr. George Szamuely told Sputnik, commenting on Zelensky’s personal attack against Hungary’s PM at the Munich Security Conference, and Orban’s blistering response.
Why Zelensky's War of Words With Orban Won’t Boost Ukraine's EU Ambitions
15 February 2026 @ 1:35 pm
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban earlier wrote on X that “this debate” is not about him and Zelensky, but “the future of Hungary, Ukraine, and Europe,” which is “precisely why [Ukraine] cannot become a member of the European Union.”
Germany’s Proposal to Use $106B From Frozen Russian Assets for Ukraine Fails – Report
15 February 2026 @ 12:20 pm
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova earlier stressed that "any unilateral actions regarding the country’s sovereign assets, such as indefinite freezing or attempting to present their de facto confiscation as a 'reparations loan,’" grossly violate international law."
Ukraine's Ex-Energy Minister Detained in Corruption Case
15 February 2026 @ 10:56 am
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) said on Sunday that former Energy Minister German Galushchenko was detained while crossing the border as part of a case concerning alleged corruption in Ukraine's energy sector.
Russian Forces Liberate Tsvetkovoye Settlement in Zaporozhye Region - MoD
15 February 2026 @ 9:47 am
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Units of Battlegroup Russia's Vostok continued advancing into the depth of the Ukrainian defenses and took control of the settlement of Tsvetkovoye in the Zaporozhye Region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.
Growing Number of Americans Express Interest in Orthodoxy
15 February 2026 @ 8:51 am
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The growing number of Americans has been expressing interest in the Orthodox faith in recent years, the dean of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia’s (ROCOR) Synodal Cathedral of Our Lady of the Sign in New York, Archpriest Andrei Sommer, told Sputnik.
Israel Carries Out 14 Air Strikes in Southern Lebanon
15 February 2026 @ 8:47 am
BEIRUT (Sputnik) - Israeli air force planes carried out a series of strikes on several areas of southern Lebanon on Sunday night, a Lebanese military field source told Sputnik.
Russian Troops Liberate Popovka, Sidorovka in Sumy, Chugunovka in Kharkov Region - Gerasimov
15 February 2026 @ 6:51 am
Russian forces have liberated the settlements of Popovka and Sidorovka in the Sumy region, as well as Chugunovka in the Kharkov region, Russian Chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said.
US, Norway Eye Critical Minerals Cooperation as China Warns Against ‘Exclusive Blocs’
15 February 2026 @ 6:30 am
The US has repeatedly expressed concern over the fact that the mining and processing of critical minerals, which include rare earths, is dominated by China.