A 5-kilometer-long traffic jam formed on the Zhytomyr highway at the exit from Kyiv due to a collision between a truck and a car on the Beresteyske highway.
Bitcoin has surpassed the $50,000 mark for the first time since 2021 as increased investor interest in recently launched bitcoin ETFs and the upcoming halving of bitcoin in April has caused its price to rise nearly 16% since January 2024.
Ukraine's Finance Minister Sergii Marchenko met with the IMF mission to discuss preparations for the third review of the Extended Fund Facility for Ukraine.
According to the State Employment Center, more than UAH 582 million has already been allocated to pay wages for participation in public works.
Japan will provide Ukraine with 1800 gabions to protect critical infrastructure, 320 of which have already been delivered.
Technology developed by the Brave1 cluster uses drones, sensors, and artificial intelligence to detect mines, shells, and craters from explosions ten times faster and safer for demining in Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Ombudsman called on the international community to strongly condemn the illegal presidential elections planned by Russia for mid-March in the occupied parts of Ukraine and not to recognize their results.
The mayor of Kharkiv ordered an inspection of all oil depots and dangerous facilities after a Russian attack hit an oil depot and caused a large fire.
The head of the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine instructed the wrestlers going to the European Championships in Romania to represent Ukraine with dignity and not to succumb to provocations from Russia.
Ukrainian singer Maria Sur has reached the finals of the Swedish Melodifestivalen contest with her song "When I'm Gone" and may represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024.
The Border Patrol in Odesa region stopped a car whose driver was trying to smuggle two men across the border for USD 400 and USD 300, respectively, with one passenger hiding in the trunk.
Decrees on the new composition of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff and the National Security and Defense Council and the appointment of Bragilevych as Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are published.
The head of the Kharkiv regional military administration said that Russians are attacking the region with drones.
The head of the Kherson City State Administration reported on the explosions in Kherson, urging people to be careful and stay in shelters.
Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksiy Danilov criticized Putin's interview with an American journalist, saying that the Russian president is a war criminal who should testify to the investigator, not give interviews.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with a bipartisan U. S. Congressional delegation led by Mike Turner to discuss Ukraine's defense needs and thank the United States for its support.
On February 9, Ukrainian air defense forces shot down two Russian reconnaissance drones, a Zala and a Superkam, in Kherson region.
In the first 7 months of operation, the Ukrainian emergency service 112 received and processed more than 800 thousand calls.
The Minister of Defense of Ukraine introduced the new Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to the German Inspector General during a meeting in which they discussed cooperation, the situation at the front and the needs of the Ukrainian military.
The International Working Group on the Environmental Consequences of War has presented an Environmental Treaty for Ukraine, which aims to compensate for all environmental damage caused by Russia's war and help restore Ukraine as an ecological state.
Three civilians were killed and four injured in a Russian airstrike on an agricultural company's shop in Sumy region of Ukraine.
On Friday, the Russian army continued shelling Nikopol district, damaging private houses, an outbuilding, a greenhouse and a power line, but fortunately no one was injured, the head of the regional military administration said.
The Public Chamber of Russia proposes creating a blacklist of YouTube bloggers who do not use Russian social networks, which could be used to take action against them for ignoring domestic platforms.
According to the Russian authorities, there is a shortage of 1,500 medical workers in occupied Crimea, which is necessary to properly serve the peninsula's population.
Ukraine's Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said that deepening cooperation with American partners in the nuclear industry could help remove Russia from global nuclear markets.
Thanks to cooperation with the UAE and other friends of Ukraine, Ukraine has brought home another 100 defenders from Russian captivity, bringing the total number of returnees since the beginning of the war to 3135.
The US Treasury Department imposed new sanctions on imports of Russian oil and diamonds, as well as three companies from the UAE and Liberia for violating price restrictions on Russian oil.
The President held a closed-door meeting with journalists to explain the reasons for the dismissal of Valeriy Zaluzhnyi as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the appointment of Oleksandr Syrskyi as his replacement.
The United States says it will effectively cooperate with the new commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrskyi, after his appointment by President Zelensky.
The EU is preparing to expand its sanctions list and approve a new package of restrictions against Russia on February 24, the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
