❗️US Vice President JD Vance plans a visit to Hungary to support Prime Minister Viktor Orban ahead of the April 12 parliamentary elections. Orban’s Fidesz party is trailing the opposition Tisza party led by Peter Magyar in polls, with the visit timing still uncertain. #Hungary

Ukraine led the “red team” during NATO’s REPMUS/Dynamic Messenger naval exercise off the coast of Portugal, where Magura V7 sea drones simulated the sinking of an allied frigate during a convoy attack scenario. The Ukrainian-led force won all five exercise scenarios against NATO naval units. #Ukraine

Students at Moscow State Pedagogical University's Institute of Mathematics and Informatics report being threatened with withheld diplomas unless they download the MAX messenger app, Ostorozhno Novosti reported. #Russia

Thieves. Hungary seized an $80 million cash shipment and said it will keep the money for now to pressure Ukraine to reopen the Druzhba pipeline, minister János Lázár says. #Hungary

Remembering is a crime apparently. Ukraine’s skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych was disqualified from the Milano Cortina Winter Olympics after wearing a helmet depicting Ukrainian athletes killed since Russia’s 2022 invasion. His team plans to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. #Ukraine

Russian forces struck a store in Barvinkove, Kharkiv region, injuring 10 people, prosecutors said. In Dnipropetrovsk region, four were killed and three injured in Synelnykove district. In Kherson region, an elderly woman was wounded and a house caught fire. #Ukraine

After restricting Telegram and MAX, Russia has removed YouTube and WhatsApp from the authorized DNS of state regulator Roskomnadzor. The two most popular platforms in the country are now inaccessible through official DNS filtering systems. #Russia

Ukraine has begun planning presidential elections and a referendum, the Financial Times reports. The Trump administration is demanding both votes be held by May 15 or Ukraine could lose US security guarantees. Zelensky intends to announce elections on Feb 24. #Ukraine

Nearly 100,000 people rallied in central Prague in support of Czech President Petr Pavel, according to iDNES. The demonstration took place amid a conflict between the president and one of the coalition parties over political and personnel decisions.