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The United States should continue to support Ukraine militarily to prevent a potential russian invasion of NATO countries, which Washington would have to defend on its own.

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.

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.

As a result of the russian rocket attack on Kramatorsk on February 20, 7 people were wounded, one more person may be under the rubble, so rescuers continue the search operation.

Four rescuers were injured when a Russian drone struck Donetsk region at night.

Head of Ukrainian military intelligence assessed enemy's capabilities and spoke about Avdiivka.

An advisor to the mayor of Mariupol said that Russian occupants are preparing new bases closer to the front line based on observations of increased military activity and movement of equipment in the region.

One person was killed and eight others were wounded as a result of Russian shelling in the Donetsk region over the past day. In particular, the occupants attacked Kramatorsk.

The New York Times estimates that up to a thousand Ukrainian soldiers may have been captured during the retreat from Avdiivka.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported 66 combat engagements along the frontline over the past day, with Russia launching air and missile strikes and shelling populated areas.

The Ukrainian Air Force destroyed 13 out of 19 Shahid attack drones and an X-59 missile launched from Russia during attacks in several regions of Ukraine on the night of February 21.

Ukraine's Armed Forces reportedly killed about 60 Russian soldiers with Himalayan MANPADS at an enemy training ground near Volnovakha, Donetsk region.

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".

There may be interruptions in water supply in Kramatorsk due to shelling, residents were advised to boil water before drinking.

According to the head of the Donetsk regional military administration, three people were wounded in Kramatorsk as a result of hostile shelling of the industrial zone and residential buildings, two of them were injured.

On the tenth anniversary of russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine promised to continue the fight until all occupied lands are completely liberated.

Smoke rose in the area of the building of the so-called "government of the Donetsk People's Republic" in Donetsk after today's shelling.

The russians have almost stopped air strikes in the Tauride area, but are actively conducting artillery attacks and ground assaults with the use of chemical weapons.

British intelligence predicts that in the coming weeks Russia will try to gradually extend its control beyond Avdiivka, but it lacks combat capabilities.

Russian forces shelled five settlements in the Donetsk region, damaging civilian objects but causing no casualties.

The EU has extended sanctions against Russia for another year, until February 24, 2025, in response to Russia's ongoing illegal occupation of certain areas of Ukraine.

According to the General Staff, Ukrainian troops repelled 81 combat engagements on several fronts.

Russia is amassing an army of thousands in the Zaporizhzhya region in an attempt to strengthen its position in eastern Ukraine, while Ukrainian troops have been forced to retreat from parts of Avdiivka due to a lack of ammunition.

Ukrainian troops repelled most of the Russian attacks along the entire front line in Bakhmut, Maryinka, Avdiivka and Zaporizhzhia on Monday, reports the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Qatar announces the return of 11 Ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories and Russia to reunite with their families in Ukraine.

President Zelenskyy visited the Ukrainian military defending the Kupyansk sector and awarded the soldiers, including the title of Hero of Ukraine.

An oil depot in occupied Makiivka, Donetsk region, caught fire after explosions, no casualties reported.

Explosions were reported in the Russian cities of Rostov, Taganrog, and Bryansk, and the governor of Bryansk region said that two drones had been shot down there.