Julia Shramko
The IMF team headed by Uma Ramakrishnan has begun meetings in Kyiv with Ukrainian authorities to discuss the economic challenges facing Ukraine, and on February 17, the IMF mission will begin negotiations on the third review of the program for Ukraine in Warsaw.
Austria is seeking to terminate a long-term contract to import Russian gas from Gazprom amid the country's high dependence on Russian energy imports following the invasion of Ukraine.
A 58-year-old man who was collecting firewood in a forest belt in the village of Bilyayivka, Kherson region, lost part of his leg when he stepped on a mine left by the Russian army.
On Monday, an explosion occurred in the Kropyvnytskyi district, but there were no casualties or damage.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba called for the perpetrators to be brought to justice after Polish farmers stopped Ukrainian grain trucks near the Dorohusk border checkpoint, broke seals and poured grain on the road in protest, which he called an unacceptable provocation.
Following the meeting with Macron, Tusk said that the positions of the parties are very similar, especially in the context of Russia's aggression in Ukraine.
Another procedural vote on aid to Ukraine and Israel is expected in the US Senate today, but there may be opposition in the House of Representatives.
Ukrainian air force warns of missile to Cherkasy region.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has warned of an enemy missile heading toward Kirovohrad region, according to a Telegram post.
The Ukrainian Air Force warned that the missile was headed for Kharkiv.
A 15-year-old German-Turkish schoolboy from Gelsenkirchen was the prime suspect in the stabbing of two Ukrainian basketball players, one of whom died, at a train station in Oberhausen, Germany, according to video evidence and reports.
A Dutch court ordered the government to stop exporting parts of F-35 fighter jets to Israel because of the risk of violating international law through their possible use in military operations.
According to the Polish deputy minister, Ukrainian emigrants will contribute to Poland's GDP growth by 1. 2-2 percentage points over the next 5 years.
The National Bank of Ukraine predicts that the moratorium on certain housing and utility tariffs, such as heating and hot water, will remain in effect until the end of martial law, but that tariffs will need to be gradually increased to economically justified levels over several years.
According to Ukrainian weather forecasters, it will get colder in Ukraine this week: in many regions there will be light rain and snow, and the temperature will drop to 1-7°C.
A Russian drone attack on a power substation in Pavlohrad, Dnipropetrovs'k region, left more than 30,000 customers without electricity.
Russian forces shelled two communities in Sumy region with mortars, causing four explosions, but no casualties were reported.
U. S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin handed over his duties to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks after being hospitalized for an urgent bladder problem.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops fired 199 times at 22 localities in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, including 72 unmanned aerial vehicle attacks and 117 artillery strikes.
Russian troops shelled two villages in Kharkiv region at night, damaging a gas pipeline and a residential building, and shelled up to 20 settlements in the region over the course of the day.
U. S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was transported to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on February 11 due to urgent urological problems requiring supportive treatment and close monitoring.
Four kamikaze drones were shot down at night in Mykolaiv region, and Russian forces also shelled two communities, but there were no casualties.
Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops shelled Kherson region 32 times, hitting residential areas and infrastructure and wounding three people.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Russia's losses in personnel and equipment in Ukraine amounted to more than 395,000 soldiers, over 6,400 tanks, and thousands of other pieces of military equipment.
According to Ukrainian inflation data, utility prices rose by 12. 8% year-on-year in January, while electricity prices remained unchanged over the month but increased by 69.7% year-on-year.
According to the State Statistics Service, consumer inflation in Ukraine slowed to 4. 7% in January
The European Commission expects a framework for negotiations on Ukraine's accession to the EU to be presented in the coming weeks.
Ukraine's government is working to overhaul its business regulatory system, abolishing hundreds of documents to help stimulate the war-torn economy.
The government has prepared a draft law to compensate heating companies for the difference between actual costs and regulated tariffs due to the moratorium on tariff increases.
Norway plans to transfer ten more launchers and four more air defense fire control centers to Ukraine to strengthen its air defense against Russian missiles and drones.