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Ukraine signed a 10-year agreement on security cooperation and long-term support with Finland, which contains powerful provisions on sanctions, compensation and bringing the aggressor to justice, and Finland announced an aid package of €188 million, bringing its total military support to almost €2 billion.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba kicks off bilateral meetings at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, discussing with Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen Ukraine's priority military needs, including air defense systems and missiles, and thanking Denmark for its support for Ukraine.

Several groups of Ukrainian pilots are being trained in different countries to fly the F-16. Two advanced groups in Denmark and the United States are already honing their skills on F-16s.

44 countries support the creation of a special tribunal to investigate and prosecute the crime of Russian aggression against Ukraine, and the Netherlands has offered to host it.

Norway plans to increase the number of conscripts from 9,000 to 13,500 by 2036 by investing in a military training center near Oslo.

According to the Minister of Digital Transformation of Ukraine Mykhailo Fedorov, in 2024, the production of drones with a long range of more than 1,000 km in Ukraine increased tenfold compared to the previous year.

The Ukrainian team NAVI defeated FaZe Clan with a score of 2:1 and won the PGL Major 2024 CS2 tournament in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The Belgian government has approved the allocation of EUR 100 million in military aid to Ukraine for the maintenance and support of F-16 combat aircraft as part of the international F-16 coalition.

Today marks International Mermaid Day, which honors the mythical sea creatures that have captured the human imagination for centuries.

Denmark will sell 24 F-16 fighter jets to Argentina for $300 million, promising 19 to Ukraine.

Baltic leaders call on NATO members to reintroduce conscription and significantly increase military spending to Cold War levels to deter potential Russian aggression.

President Zelenskyy met with Danish Defense Minister Lund Poulsen, thanking Denmark for its support and discussing strengthening Ukraine's air defense, joint weapons production, artillery and aviation coalitions, and training Ukrainian pilots on F-16s.

Ukrainian freestylists Angelina Brykina and Maksym Kuznetsov won the overall European Acrobatics Cup in Airolo, Switzerland.

King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands visited the training ground in the UK, where Ukrainian soldiers are undergoing training as part of Operation Interflex, and spoke with instructors and Ukrainian soldiers.

Slovakia and Hungary refused to participate in financing a Czech initiative to purchase 800,000 artillery shells for Ukraine, citing their opposition to the provision of lethal weapons and their belief that the conflict has no military solution.

The Netherlands will provide Ukraine with 350 million euros of military aid, including 150 million euros for the purchase of air-to-ground munitions for F-16 fighters and more than 200 million euros for unmanned aerial vehicles to be transferred to Ukraine.

Zelensky said that this war decides whether Putin will be able to expand the zone of ruins in Europe and the world, thanked Ukrainian soldiers in the Kupiansk, Lyman, Orikhiv directions and noted the assistance of the United States, Denmark, Germany, Canada and other countries that support Ukraine's defense.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked Denmark for its solidarity with Ukraine. It is noted that Denmark is the first Scandinavian country to sign a security agreement with Ukraine.

Ukraine has started negotiations with Latvia on a bilateral security agreement, defining its content, key elements and thematic blocks.

More than two dozen heads of parliamentary foreign affairs committees, including the United States and Israel, signed a statement denying the legitimacy of the elections held by Russia in the occupied Ukrainian territories.

Denmark plans to expand conscription to include women and to extend the period of military service from approximately 4 months to 11 months, with the aim of increasing the annual number of recruits to 5,000.

The Czech Republic secured an opportunity to purchase an additional 200,000 units of artillery ammunition for Ukraine from third countries.

Nord Stream is suing insurers for about 400 million euros for refusing to cover the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.

Foreign companies from Austria, Germany, and Turkey have begun rebuilding infrastructure in Ukraine, expecting large investment opportunities after the conflict ends, Bloomberg reports.

Western allies, including Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, and France, have expressed support for the Czech Republic's initiative to purchase hundreds of thousands of artillery shells for Ukraine from non-EU countries, with almost all of the necessary funding already secured.

Macron announces France's support for the Czech plan to buy hundreds of thousands of artillery shells from non-EU countries to help Ukraine.

Prime Minister Shmyhal expects all NATO member states and more than 30 other countries to sign security agreements that will guarantee Ukraine's defense.

Macron's statement about the possible deployment of troops to Ukraine shows that Western leaders have realized the importance of Ukraine's victory.

Zelenskiy announced that Ukraine is preparing new security and arms agreements with partners to be signed in March to help defeat Russia and restore security.

Ukraine and the Netherlands sign a bilateral security agreement that provides for €2 billion in military aid to Ukraine this year and further defense assistance over the next ten years.