{"id":1459,"date":"2025-02-19T07:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T06:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johanno1.se\/ukraine-daily-update-february-19-2025\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T18:13:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T16:13:04","slug":"ukraine-daily-update-february-19-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johanno1.se\/en\/ukraine-daily-update-february-19-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine daily update February 19, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Update<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81045bfa-8e58-460c-8cac-9f9cdb6f6314_606x380.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F81045bfa-8e58-460c-8cac-9f9cdb6f6314_606x380.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:386px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Snow lions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Don\u2019t STOP supporting Ukraine \ud83e\udef6<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TpaIrg4fX9\">pic.twitter.com\/TpaIrg4fX9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; UKRAINIAN SQUAD\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@ukrainiansquad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukrainiansquad\/status\/1891575107774009602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now that everyone wants to talk about the EU meeting or Trump, I will deliver another little atomic bomb, which was first marketed yesterday on Bluesky and johanno1.se. Yesterday, before the atomic bomb exploded on us, we were informed that Putin&#8217;s peace plan has been exposed by an Italian artist (of all people&#8230;), and that Zelensky had a delegation in China, and then met Erdogan in person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We KNOW that the USA has already come out strongly and clearly stated that UA will not regain lost territory, and we KNOW that Russia also flatly refuses it. There is no room for misinterpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The meeting in Saudi Arabia is completely uninteresting, and RU now denies that there would be any peace plan but also seems to include new elections in Ukraine in their rather long shopping list to even consider stopping torturing, desecrating, and killing Ukrainian children as young as five years old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Erdogan comes out plainly and says that he (for he IS Turkey) supports Ukraine&#8217;s territorial integrity, which is sensational. When was the last time Erdogan went against the USA and Russia, and he is the one who practically invented double-dealing and betrayal?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5c89759-287f-4740-907d-cf33d1296d4b_676x556.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe5c89759-287f-4740-907d-cf33d1296d4b_676x556.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:413px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now Johan No.1 is starting to understand, and the pieces are falling into place, why Macron has started to perk up and Germany is moving, and the entire EU unanimously condemns the USA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I also want to mention that Zelensky condemns the statements from the USA to the extent that he says it is beneficial for Russia what has been said and suggested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02f6035e-a084-4af9-9dbc-485f09f692f8_682x614.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F02f6035e-a084-4af9-9dbc-485f09f692f8_682x614.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:460px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And Trump has actually come out and demanded new elections in Ukraine \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/embed\/did:plc:oyzatboanf3omf2eievuwzwd\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3liiazl3c622l?id=252262525498107\">https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/embed\/did:plc:oyzatboanf3omf2eievuwzwd\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3liiazl3c622l?id=252262525498107<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China has already prepared to extract raw materials from occupied areas, and they expect significant contracts for the reconstruction in eastern UA from Russia for all the help they have provided the country \u2013 ammunition, vehicles, technology, and soldiers (excluding NK).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361ee45a-08f5-45f1-8e4a-7d7e79b949a3_674x698.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F361ee45a-08f5-45f1-8e4a-7d7e79b949a3_674x698.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:435px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Zelensky had a delegation in China, and the only thing we have heard from China is a cryptic &#8220;we support a peace plan and offer to have peacekeeping troops on site in the future.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world shook \u2013 China is joining the war on Russia&#8217;s side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Put together a better puzzle \u2013 China has reached an agreement with Ukraine on reconstruction and raw material contracts (something that Johan No.1 discussed in the summer of 2024 when things were at their darkest and he believed UA was looking for alternatives when the EU was wavering and Biden halted everything).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China sees an opportunity to approach the EU and alienate the USA from the EU, delivering a resounding slap on the world stage that they will get away with because they have the moral high ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And all they need to do is persuade Russia to retreat from Ukraine \u2013 nothing more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today, China controls virtually all remaining RU forex inflows, they control NK, and they control everything they send \u2013 if they cut off the supply, RU has months left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first sign will be when China also utters the magical words &#8220;we support Ukraine&#8217;s territorial integrity,&#8221; then you will know that the above reasoning is correct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is quite a significant upside for China here, to say the least \ud83d\ude01<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps even some of those $700 billion will go to Chinese arms manufacturers destined for Ukraine instead of the US MID?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1.2.3&#8230; You know where you read it first (in the world) \ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am working on a post about support, how much UA has, and so on, but there is too much happening right now to both finish it in time and then post a whole article on it, but it&#8217;s coming. However, it looks promising, I can tell you that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not surprisingly, the EU has come out strongly after King Macron&#8217;s decree on the parliament and there are hints about the mother of all weapon packages for staggering sums. Apparently, this enormous (war-winning) weapon package will only be announced after the German election, but it&#8217;s quite soon on the 23rd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F53600d3c-4556-448b-b3d1-2709695448b9_664x703.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F53600d3c-4556-448b-b3d1-2709695448b9_664x703.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:409px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember our earlier discussion in 2023 and beyond about the war-winning weapon package?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You hit with such a large package that Russia bends over double and swallows the whole can of Omeprazole, but the charm of the whole concept is that then you only need to deliver maybe 25% because then the war is over<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(IF this is true, of course&#8230; rumor, of course&#8230;, below you will find the confirmed support package)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ef9b6ec-29a0-4675-aea3-6629c7819ed3_676x725.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ef9b6ec-29a0-4675-aea3-6629c7819ed3_676x725.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:417px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The aftermath (statements) after the meeting were spot on \u2013 it&#8217;s too early for peacekeeping troops, let Ukraine fight its way to a position of strength, and we will support them all the way to the finish line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My concerns were greatly relieved, it was only Kier Starmer and Stenegaard who wanted troops if I understood this correctly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zelensky is, of course, fully aware of everything, and we are thinking right \u2013 the EU is protected by Ukraine, and for that, we support them with weapons and let them enter the EU. A pretty decent middle ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7979e226-f2c0-423f-9b21-b7e490ee3fce_675x696.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7979e226-f2c0-423f-9b21-b7e490ee3fce_675x696.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:388px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t think troops in Ukraine will be necessary because the situation looks much brighter at the fronts now. It is also much easier politically to just provide the weapons and let Ukrainian men and women die for us, so we will probably end up with that in the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can&#8217;t decide if Scholz accidentally got it right or if he has found his inner Visigoth and is starting to do what is right &#8211; a week before the election?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But in the final stretch leading up to the election, Afd is doing poorly, and the man who wants to give Taurus to Ukraine \u2013 Mietz, has about 8% left to his own majority or something similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Germany is no ordinary country, being the world&#8217;s fifth-largest economy and with a highly capable defense industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you read the post below from the industry-leading MXT on yesterday&#8217;s johanno1.se, the question arises whether Scholz perhaps accidentally got it right \ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Russians are very averse to EU soldiers in Ukraine, and Scholz did after all push that track the hardest \u2013 but that is also what is right for Ukraine, we&#8217;ll see if he has understood it yet \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/embed\/did:plc:ltji7vmwapwllhcnsr6fph3d\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lih6mbzzx22t?id=11824277769325553\">https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/embed\/did:plc:ltji7vmwapwllhcnsr6fph3d\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lih6mbzzx22t?id=11824277769325553<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My concern was that our glorious leaders would connect a ceasefire with sending troops to Ukraine in the near future if you read earlier posts \u2013 now it will instead be a violent amount of weapons to Ukraine, no troops, and no discussion of a ceasefire. No one is happier than Johan No.1 today \ud83d\udc4a\ud83d\udca5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I were to sum up Trump in a few words, there isn&#8217;t much information about the summit in Saudi Arabia, no one cares, and as you know, I have wanted to give Trump some time and then judge him for his actions. Lavrov denies the existence of a peace plan, and a three-point list has been circulating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think within a month we will get one of two reactions from him \u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-he leans back with a satisfied smile and is content, possibly wanting the EU to buy more US weapons and pushing hard for it, but otherwise, he sits there smirking at Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>-he begins to accuse the EU of not wanting peace and being warmongers and leading us towards the third world war \u2013 the EU is heading towards full dictatorship and so on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a third one as well \u2013 the USA understands that the EU is getting closer to China and that they are marginalized, and then anything can actually happen because it&#8217;s a geopolitical atomic bomb for them, but it&#8217;s not Trump, it&#8217;s the country USA we will see in that case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump is always very clear so we will easily be able to identify which of these two lines he chooses to pursue. I still want to believe in the first one, but we won&#8217;t miss if it&#8217;s the second option.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, he has allowed the EU to buy weapons from the USA to be sent to Ukraine. Biden did not allow that, there was a complete stop, and furthermore, Biden stopped Europe from sending what we had already bought and wanted to give to Ukraine. Now, the Greeks have been able to send all their old F-16s to UA, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff726f405-b005-4725-81d3-0557b97b9138_680x653.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff726f405-b005-4725-81d3-0557b97b9138_680x653.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:443px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F34cc9c8f-36af-41c6-bc53-e039f1f399ab_686x614.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F34cc9c8f-36af-41c6-bc53-e039f1f399ab_686x614.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:425px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you understand what access to the USA&#8217;s arsenal of used equipment and 700 billion euros means \ud83e\udd29<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, I understand that the EU wants to give the entire sum to manufacturers in the EU and will buy existing equipment from Spain, Portugal, Bulgaria, and so on, but the USA will push hard and offer &#8220;an offer you can&#8217;t refuse&#8221; in terms of both price and delivery time, plus a little extra on top of everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because if there&#8217;s one thing that Trump has really thought about, it&#8217;s that we should all buy &#8220;Made in USA&#8221; from now on \u2013 that was kind of half the point, I believe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, shares in European arms manufacturers are rising sharply, while in the USA, the MID is falling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1412bf5b-d591-4a3e-8c0e-6cd779152c97_664x872.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1412bf5b-d591-4a3e-8c0e-6cd779152c97_664x872.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:445px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lavrov is absolutely furious and threatening the whole of Europe with swift death \ud83e\udd23<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How so when his armies ride out to war on old donkeys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Something very Russian \u2013 they pay a person to take a package to a roadblock or military outpost in, for example, Kiev, but don&#8217;t tell them that the package is a remote-controlled bomb. Suicide bombers who are unaware \u2013 in case anyone didn&#8217;t think they were completely evil \ud83e\udd2c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b2b36f2-ee0f-45b3-a6c7-c99286969020_685x871.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6b2b36f2-ee0f-45b3-a6c7-c99286969020_685x871.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"width:475px;height:auto\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The eminent MXT on the eminent website johanno1.se posted some interesting information \u2013 a single Russian brigade has had 10,000 soldiers desert in less than two years \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/embed\/did:plc:lfxlhdtxkyczcuroq4q2umqy\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ligl3lvkms2s?id=8529799601776922\">https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/embed\/did:plc:lfxlhdtxkyczcuroq4q2umqy\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3ligl3lvkms2s?id=8529799601776922<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you think this is the only brigade in the Russian army that has experienced large-scale desertion \ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a little collage with Russian pack donkeys \ud83d\ude32<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So it&#8217;s being used on a large scale now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Logistics donkeys in the service of the Russian army <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GZaOXZFzUJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/GZaOXZFzUJ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zb7PJQLFbg\">pic.twitter.com\/zb7PJQLFbg<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Special Kherson Cat \ud83d\udc08\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@bayraktar_1love) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bayraktar_1love\/status\/1891804494041592013?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not even the world champions in fighting in the early stages like Ukraine can be completely satisfied with the situation around Kurakhove today \u2013 that situation map should cause some anxiety for the command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/substackcdn.com\/image\/fetch\/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep\/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F989171da-cf89-4ca8-acc0-6bf207d60ae2_1128x647.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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