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Key developments on Feb. 21:

• Russia wants to declare 'victory' over Ukraine on Feb. 24, Ukrainian intel claims
• Zelensky is not 'important' to negotiations on ending war, Trump says
• 'No appetite' for new Ukraine aid bill, US House speaker says
• Trump's envoy Kellogg praises Zelensky as 'courageous leader' after talks
• Russia may offer frozen assets for Ukraine's reconstruction, demand funds for occupied territories, Reuters report
• Ukraine launching faster drone supply model for military

Russia is instructing its propagandists to declare "victory" in the war "against Ukraine and NATO" on Feb. 24, the third anniversary of its full-scale invasion, Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) claimed on Feb. 21.

After Russia failed to take over Ukraine within days in 2022 and suffered several defeats in 2022, the Kremlin began to push the false claim that Russia was at war with NATO.

Western partners have been providing Ukraine with weapons since the beginning of the all-out war but have never sent troops to Ukraine, fearing escalation.

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported in its daily update on Feb. 21 that Moscow had lost 864,860 troops in Ukraine since February 2022, including 1,280 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

According to Ukraine's intelligence agency, Russia now aims to sow despair among Ukrainians, destabilize the situation in the country, and discredit Ukraine among its allies.

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