Verkhovna Rada

More than 800 Ukrainian families have purchased new housing with the help of housing certificates to replace the housing lost as a result of Russian aggression.

President Zelenskyy published in Telegram a photo of his team together with ambassadors near the President's Office on Bankova on the bicentennial anniversary of the Russian invasion to show that Ukrainian politicians continue to work to protect independence.

The economic expert questioned the statement of the head of the Verkhovna Rada Tax Committee that Ukraine has not received UAH 20 billion in taxes from the tobacco market, noting that the math does not add up, and such a large parallel illegal market is unbelievable given the size of Ukraine's population.

The German parliament has voted to recommend providing Ukraine with long-range TAURUS missiles, but the final decision will be up to the chancellor.

Russian security forces detained Crimean Tatar activist and journalist Lutfiye Zudiyeva during a search of her home, seized her electronics and detained her for several hours on administrative charges.

The Verkhovna Rada passed a draft law introducing transparency requirements for local governments, including the publication of video recordings and minutes of meetings on the Internet, holding meetings and reports in Ukrainian.

The Verkhovna Rada passed a draft law on corporate governance reform of state-owned enterprises, fulfilling an important condition for Ukraine's European integration commitments.

The Verkhovna Rada has passed in the first reading a bill that changes the rules for calculating pensions for Ukrainian military personnel, counting months of service in wartime as more than one month of service.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has set up a temporary investigative commission to investigate the effectiveness of Kyiv's local authorities under martial law.

The Verkhovna Rada passed a draft law on reforming the capital market and the Securities Commission of Ukraine.

About 4,000 amendments have been submitted to the updated draft law on mobilization in Ukraine, which the parliamentary committee plans to start considering next week.

Taras Kotov criticized the draft law on the reboot of the BES authored by MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak.

President Zelensky submitted a bill to parliament on the demobilization of conscripts.

Foreign leaders are expected to visit Ukraine on February 24 to mark the second anniversary of the Russian invasion, and a conference will be held on February 25, with the president and leadership of Ukraine in attendance.

President Zelenskiy will hold a conference on February 25 with Ukraine's military, political, and government leaders to discuss the country's future path in areas such as the military, EU/NATO integration, and security guarantees.

President Zelenskyy met with his Servant of the People faction to discuss the problems at the front, the economy, partner assistance, and the tasks of the parliament and MPs to support these areas until Ukraine's victory.

The Russian army attacked two places of residence of internally displaced persons in Dobropillya, Donetsk region, at night, wounding two civilians.

The implementation of an automated SAP-based defense resource management system in 200 Ukrainian military units has significantly accelerated the processing of supply requests for army brigades from several weeks to 2-3 days.

The Ukrainian parliament will tentatively consider amendments to the draft law on mobilization in the second reading on March 6.

The Verkhovna Rada Committee supported the renaming of the city of Yuzhnoukrainsk, Mykolaiv region, to the city of Gard.

The Ukrainian Parliamentary Commissioner for Human Rights has asked the Prime Minister to reconsider the possibility of limiting payments to internally displaced persons from March, as this could deprive up to 1 million IDPs of their only source of income.

Ukraine will face challenges from political developments in the United States and Poland, as well as Russia's goal of fully occupying Luhansk and Donetsk regions in 2024.

According to the Ukrainian MP, the Russians are demonstrating that the full occupation of Luhansk and Donetsk regions is vital for them, especially before Putin's re-election.

According to intelligence, Russia still has enough resources to continue the war against Ukraine in 2025, possibly in 2026.

A well-known Zaporizhzhia scholar and researcher of Mennonite history, Maksym Shtatskyi, died while serving in the 79th Separate Air Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Eleven Ukrainian children, aged 2 to 16, were returned from the occupied territories and Russia with the help of Qatar. Two of the children were met by ambulance, as one child cannot move at all

The majority of Ukrainians (53%) believe that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should run for a second term as head of state.

The majority of Ukrainians (69%) believe that President Volodymyr Zelenskyy should remain in office until the end of martial law.

Exactly ten years ago, on February 20, 2014, Russia launched an undeclared war against Ukraine, and chose Crimea as its first target. It was on this day that the units of the Russian Black Sea Fleet stationed in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea were transferred to an enhanced mode of service.

Border guards in Odessa Region stopped a car with two men in military uniform who were trying to travel to Moldova and pay the driver $5,000-$6,000. to pay the driver $5,000-$6,000.