Zelenskyy outlined Ukraine's three main tasks for 2024: protecting Ukrainians from Russian terror, implementing his proposed Peace Formula to restore international law and returning Ukrainian prisoners, and establishing defense cooperation and sanctions against Russia.
Russian air defense systems in occupied Mariupol were hit, probably destroying at least one system.
The High Anti-Corruption Court has authorized a special investigation into former Odesa Mayor Oleksiy Kostusev over the illegal seizure of Odesa International Airport and misappropriation of over UAH 2. 5 billion in revenue.
The Czech Republic is in talks with Germany to receive 15 Leopard 2A4 tanks as a gift and to buy 15 more modernized Leopard 2A8 tanks to improve its defense capabilities as it abandons Soviet-era equipment that has already been transferred to Ukraine.
The Anti-Corruption Court has confiscated the assets of four Ukrainian citizens from Kherson region who collaborated with the Russian authorities during the occupation, holding senior positions in the Russian-controlled local administration.
Ukraine is close to receiving $900 million from the IMF as the next loan tranche to help finance its defense against Russia and meet its debt obligations.
A US court sentenced millionaire blogger Ruby Franke to 60 years in prison for child abuse after her emaciated son ran away from home in search of food and water, and her daughter showed signs of beatings and malnutrition.
President Zelensky honored the defenders of Lastochkino, Novomykhailivka, Synkivka and Robotyne who withstood the most powerful Russian attacks at their positions near these settlements.
According to President Zelenskyy, Ukraine will sign security agreements with several countries in the coming weeks to receive more defense support, financial guarantees, and political cooperation.
President Zelensky thanked the Ukrainian Air Force for destroying seven Russian warplanes in a week, which he called "Russian dummies.
Russian propagandists on TikTok spread false narratives that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had surrendered Avdiivka and that it was only mercenaries, not the Azov Brigade, which the Center for Strategic Communications refuted.
Ukraine's ambassador to the EU has called for a ban on the sale of Russian agricultural products in the European Union to help ease tensions among European farmers.
Russia spread a fake video claiming that the adopted son of a Ukrainian military commander supported the invasion, but in fact he was the son of an ex-wife from another marriage and they had no contact.
The discussion between Ukraine and Poland on the border blockade was constructive, and both sides agreed to meet again in a week to continue negotiations.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs showed footage of the destroyed town of Kurakhove in Donetsk region, where kindergartens and schools were destroyed as a result of shelling by Russian troops occupying the territory.
A woman and her four children in Rivne were hospitalized with a preliminary diagnosis of carbon monoxide poisoning after being gassed in their own home.
The Spanish airline Vueling has introduced a face recognition system called fly by face, which allows passengers to board an airplane by showing their face instead of a boarding pass.
A white cat wandering among the ruins of a house destroyed by Russians during a rocket attack on Kramatorsk was photographed by Ukrainian emergency services.
Six people were wounded in the rocket attack on Kramatorsk, and another person is probably under the rubble.
In Donetsk region, Ukrainian troops used drones to destroy enemy vehicles, including an armored personnel carrier, an engineering vehicle and in parallel, four invaders were "two-hundred" and one was "three-hundred".
Yermak discussed with Italian Minister Adolfo Urso the strengthening of Ukrainian-Italian cooperation in the security and business sectors, thanking Italy for its support of Ukrainian sovereignty.
Ukraine held two days of talks with Canada to conclude a bilateral security agreement.
A one-sentence summary: Polish President Andrzej Duda said that the blockade of the Polish-Ukrainian border was caused primarily by Russian aggression against Ukraine.
A Polish protester holding a poster calling on Putin to "deal with Ukraine and Brussels and our government" faces criminal charges for inciting hatred and propaganda of a totalitarian state system.
Dmitry Ovsyannikov, the former Russian governor of annexed Sevastopol, who was arrested in London on suspicion of violating sanctions laws against Russia, holds both British and Russian citizenship.
The Supreme Court confirmed the legality of the seizure of more than UAH 3 million of unjustified assets from a former deputy head of a department of the National Police.
The deputy head of Zaporizhzhia regional council, his assistant and a local deputy were served a notice of suspicion of fraudulent medical procurement worth over UAH 650 thousand in bribes.
President Zelenskiy holds the first meeting of his coalition since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Russian hackers gained access to the broadcasting system of the Ukrainian TV channel Espresso and aired a propaganda video before the channel regained control. Media officials blame the Russians for the attack.
During the period of martial law in Ukraine, entrepreneurs received more than 46,500 affordable loans totaling UAH 187 billion under the state program "Affordable Loans 5-7-9%".
