The nineteenth meeting of the Contact Group on Ukraine's Defense will be held in Brussels on February 14 to discuss further support for Ukraine in the context of the war with Russia.
IMI recorded 23 cases of violations of freedom of speech in Ukraine in January 2024, of which 17 were committed by Ukraine and 6 by Russia.
Officials of a city council in Dnipropetrovs'k region are suspected of embezzling UAH 5. 4 million intended for the purchase of modular shelters for schools.
Italian farmers protest in Rome with tractors, demanding stricter import regulations. Farmers say that their profits fell by 70% last year due to the rising cost of machinery and machine-related expenses.
SBU Head Vasyl Malyuk met with G7 ambassadors to discuss cooperation against Russia and steps for Ukraine's democratic development and freedom of speech.
Parliament adopts a law introducing NATO standards in the medical support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, including clinical protocols and regulations on pre-hospital care.
Parliament passes a bill that allows clinics to store frozen reproductive cells from fallen soldiers for three years instead of disposing of them.
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, met with the Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, to discuss further military assistance to Ukraine, the implementation of the peace formula, EU security guarantees, sanctions against Russia and the confiscation of Russian assets.
The US President has accused Donald Trump of intimidating Republicans into not voting for a bill to allocate additional funding for national security needs, including for Ukraine, Israel, and the southern border.
Explosions and shooting were reported in the area of Kozatska Bay in Russian-occupied Crimea.
Kharkiv police used a bomb squad robot equipped with an X-ray scanner to check a suspicious backpack in a park and found that it did not contain explosives.
Russians shelled two settlements in Chuhuiv district of Kharkiv region, destroying a school in two villages and burning down 10 hangars at an enterprise, where a truck was also damaged.
France and Ukraine discussed joint projects to restore Ukraine's critical infrastructure and transportation sector, with a focus on repairing railways and improving water supply.
Parliament Speaker Stefanchuk met with his Bulgarian counterpart to discuss Ukraine's path to the EU and NATO, Bulgaria's support for Ukraine through military aid, and the confiscation of Russian assets to compensate for war damage.
The Rada voted to summon the head of the SBU, Vasyl Malyuk, to report on the SBU's surveillance of Bihus. info journalists.
The Verkhovna Rada Committee supported a draft law introduced by President Zelenskyy that, among other things, allows for the regulation of the issuance of Ukrainian passports to foreigners who defend Ukraine's independence.
Ukraine's Minister of Veterans Affairs Yulia Laputina resigned, submitting her resignation to the Verkhovna Rada.
The Netherlands agreed to provide Ukraine with 6 more F-16 fighter jets, bringing the total number to 24, and Ukraine's Defense Minister thanked his Dutch counterpart for his unwavering support in the fight against the Russian occupiers.
According to Ukraine's Interior Minister, over the past week, the National Guard destroyed 127 pieces of Russian military equipment, including 44 artillery systems, 24 tanks, and blew up five ammunition depots.
President Zelenskyy believes that Ukraine has made enough reforms to join the EU and has implemented some reforms that even existing EU members lack, although he admits that there is still much work to be done.
President Zelenskiy said that Ukrainian troops had liberated half of the territories occupied by russia on February 24 and stopped their further advance. However, russia still occupies 26% of Ukraine's territory.
For the F-16 training in Ukraine, pilots with combat experience and knowledge of English were selected.
A spokesperson for the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed that since October last year, Russia has amassed about 40,000 troops and 500 tanks near Kupyansk, but noted that not all of these forces are currently engaged in combat and that the Ukrainian defense is holding back the Russians.
Russians have started to use ballistic missiles more often to strike Ukraine, but some missiles do not reach their targets due to technical problems in their production.
The court extended until March 15 the detention of MP Nestor Shufrych, who is suspected of treason for assisting Russian agents in Ukraine.
The air force spokesperson believes that Poland should respond to potential unplanned hostile military activity in the region, and therefore issued a navigational warning to civilian airspace users about possible activation of its military aviation along the border with russia and belarus.
The commander of the "North" JFO emphasizes that Ukrainians should understand that the state border in Sumy, Chernihiv and Bohodukhiv districts of Kharkiv region is a line of combat contact.
President Zelenskiy warned in an interview that Russia has no plans to end the war and it could reach Europe, noting that delays in equipment deliveries have led to a stalemate.
The ground war in Ukraine has reached a stalemate due to delays in the delivery of equipment from Western partners, President Zelenskiy says.
President Zelensky said that although Russia has now occupied about 26% of Ukraine's territory, Ukraine has managed to stop further advance of Russian troops.
