Belgium received €1. 7 billion in profits from russian assets and will use the funds to support Ukrainian refugees and defense needs.
Ukraine will not sign a new gas transit contract with russia, but is ready to facilitate transit through its pipelines if initiated by the European Union.
The Prime Minister announced plans to reduce the number of ministries by one third and has already cut 20,000 civil service vacancies as part of reforms aimed at streamlining the government.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announces that 18,000 square kilometers of previously contaminated Ukrainian land have been cleared and returned to economic use over the past year thanks to demining efforts.
According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine will soon reach 30 million tons of grain exports through the Black Sea shipping corridor.
Ukraine has signed 5 agreements on joint arms production with Western companies and expects that by 2024, dozens more such enterprises will be established in Ukraine to strengthen domestic defense production.
Ukrainian business is ready to produce more than 1 million drones, with more than $40 billion allocated for production this year.
Ukraine is negotiating the confiscation of $300 billion in Russian assets to finance the country's recovery.
Prime Minister Shmyhal emphasized that the government expects Ukraine's GDP to grow by 5% in 2024, despite the loss of 30% of its territory and a significant economic downturn due to the war.
In March, Ukraine expects to receive €4. 5 billion from the EU and $900 million from the IMF.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says Ukraine needs at least $37 billion in foreign aid.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal outlined three main tasks for Ukraine this year: ensuring security and defense, ensuring economic stability and reforms on the path to the European Union and restoring Ukraine.
The Moldovan Foreign Ministry responded that Lavrov and the Kremlin regime have no right to lecture about democracy and freedom, given the unprovoked attacks on their neighbors.
The French Secretary of State for European Affairs said that it would be a mistake not to discuss further possibilities of European assistance to Ukraine, as Ukrainians are fighting for European security against Russia's imperialist ambitions.
By September 1, two underground schools will be built in Zaporizhzhia to ensure safe education for children in the war.
British intelligence reported that in February, Russian troops suffered the highest average daily casualties since the invasion of Ukraine.
Police in Ivano-Frankivsk region have opened a criminal investigation into a video showing unidentified individuals beating and using gas canisters against bystanders.
Russian campaigners are going door to door in occupied Simferopol, urging residents to vote in the Russian presidential election and checking voter lists.
Ukraine's Armed Forces continue to expand and hold positions on the left bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region, killing 69 Russian occupants and repelling an assault attack the day before.
The operational situation in the Avdiivka sector is stabilizing, with the Ukrainian Armed Forces holding back Russian troops in the vicinity of Berdychiv, Orlivka and Tonenke.
President Zelenskiy thanked Ukrainian rescuers who are helping communities survive Russian attacks, posting footage of the rubble in Odesa after a drone strike killed 10 people, including two children.
Following the downing of another Russian aircraft, the intensity of Russian assaults and air strikes decreased somewhat in the Tauride sector of southern Ukraine.
After several enemy planes were shot down, the head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Ukrainian Defense Forces reported that enemy aviation activity in the south had significantly decreased.
The Shahid drone that hit a high-rise building in Odesa on March 2 could have had a reinforced warhead, according to the head of the Joint Coordination Press Center of the Southern Operational Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Polish farmers continue to block truck traffic at six checkpoints on the border with Ukraine, leaving more than 2,400 trucks queued up to enter Ukraine.
Ukrzaliznytsia will launch an additional high-speed train between Kyiv and Lviv next weekend until March 8, and tickets will be available through an app.
A 60-year-old man was wounded and a private house was damaged as a result of the morning shelling by Russian forces in the village of Petropavlivka, Kupyansk district, Kharkiv region.
Russian occupants shelled the village of Nevske in Luhansk region with incendiary ammunition, which caused a fire that partially burned down forest plantations and dry vegetation.
In the morning, enemy shells damaged residential buildings and educational institutions in the residential area of Pokrovsk, Donetsk region.
Soldiers of the 47th Brigade destroyed a group of Russian occupants in the Avdiivka sector using Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and attack drones, as evidenced by footage posted on their Telegram channel.
