US News

• The Pentagon announces it will close its massive jet fuel tanks at Red Hill, Hawaii. [Link]

Russia

• The Pentagon downplays the chances of Polish warplanes being transferred to Ukraine. [Link]
• The US is concerned about Russia gaining control over Ukrainian bio-research labs funded by the US. [Link]
• Secretary of State Antony Blinken says NATO is considering more permanent troop deployments in the Baltics. [Link]
• The US is shipping weapons to Ukraine through a secret airfield in Eastern Europe. [Link]
• Hungary will allow NATO troops in the country’s western region, but will not allow NATO to ship weapons to Ukraine through its borders. [Link]
• The humanitarian corridor for the Ukrainian city Sumy allowed civilians to flee the fighting. [Link]
• Lithuania rolled back a plan to donate covid vaccinations to Bangladesh because Bangladesh has refused to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. [Link]
• The UK will begin reducing its dependence on Russian energy and plans to eliminate the imports by the end of the year. [Link]

Muddle East

• Israel calls for the world to mobilize against Iran. [Link]
• Israeli airstrikes killed two civilians in Syria. [Link]
• Iran says two of its soldiers were killed by Israeli strikes in Syria this week. [Link]
• February was the heaviest month of bombing in Yemen since 2018. [Link]

Africa

• The Secretary of Defense signed a waiver to allow the US to continue to engage in war games with Marocco. [Link]

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