Ukraine

59 Ukrainian citizens and their family members, including 15 children, 37 women and 8 men, were successfully evacuated from the Gaza Strip to Egypt through the Rafah crossing on March 7-8 with the assistance of the Ukrainian embassies in Israel and Egypt, as well as intelligence officers.

French troops are training intensively to fight a high-intensity war against a formidable foe like Russia, combining infantry, armored vehicles, artillery and new technologies such as drones to avoid costly frontal attacks and achieve the combat effectiveness of combined arms units.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has called on allies to urgently increase and accelerate military aid to Ukraine, saying that the strategy of helping Ukraine "one drop at a time" no longer works to defeat Russia and prevent the spread of war in Europe.

Ukraine and Turkey signed agreements on trade facilitation and removal of obstacles to business, as well as important defense agreements.

President Zelenskiy announces that the Hetman Ivan Mazepa corvette under construction in Turkey will be ready to serve Ukraine this year, strengthening Ukraine's naval capabilities.

Ukraine and Turkey signed important defense agreements and agreed on joint projects to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the defense sector.

Zelenskyy rejected Erdogan's proposal to hold a peace summit with Russia, saying that Ukraine cannot invite those who block, destroy and kill everything, and wants to achieve a just peace first before involving Russia.

The Sociological Association of Ukraine has condemned Russia's plans to hold presidential elections in the occupied Ukrainian territories in 2024, calling it a tool to legitimize the occupation authorities, and called on sociologists to avoid participating in the electoral process there.

Turkish President Erdogan said that Turkey is ready to host a peace summit, which will include Russia, to negotiate an end to the war with Ukraine.

Ukraine and Turkey have signed an agreement to establish a system for the electronic exchange of preliminary information on goods and vehicles moving between the two countries.

59 Ukrainian citizens and their families were evacuated from the Gaza Strip to Egypt through the Rafah crossing on March 7-8, and are expected to be brought to Ukraine in the near future.

Ukrainian troops repelled 74 enemy attacks along the entire frontline, including 18 in the Novopavlivka and 14 in the Avdiivka sectors, while Russian proxies launched 7 missile attacks, 67 air strikes and fired 79 times from multiple launch rocket systems.

Kyrylo Tymoshenko, former deputy head of the Presidential Office, started working as an advisor to Defense Minister Rustem Umerov, focusing on media, communications and coordination of the information policy of the Defense Ministry and the Armed Forces during martial law.

Oksana Marchenko, the wife of former Ukrainian MP Viktor Medvedchuk, has become the owner of the russian film company Vervitsa Film.

The russian occupation forces in Ukraine increased the pace of their operations, but failed to achieve specific operational and tactical goals, achieving only minor successes in Luhansk and Donetsk regions.

President Zelenskyy met with President Erdogan in Istanbul to discuss ensuring safe navigation in the Black Sea for global food security, strengthening bilateral cooperation and joint defense production, and the release of Ukrainian prisoners of war and political prisoners held by Russia.

34 Ukrainian men aged 25-40 from 12 regions paid 10,000 euros each to be smuggled in the cargo compartment of a minibus to Romania, bypassing checkpoints.

Ukraine is on track to join NATO, with strong relations and structures such as the NATO-Ukraine Council, despite the Russian invasion aimed at stopping NATO's eastward expansion.

Ukraine has approved a bill to withdraw from the CIS agreement on the supply of products for national hydrometeorological services in connection with Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.

The EU will approve the draft negotiation framework for Ukraine's accession to the EU after Ukraine completes four additional points of "homework" on its way to membership.

During his visit to Turkey, President Zelenskyy toured shipyards building corvettes for the Ukrainian Navy, emphasizing the defense partnership between Ukraine and Turkey aimed at strengthening Ukraine's security and bringing peace.

Ukraine and Poland are close to resolving the import conflict through negotiations that will allow for the introduction of temporary security measures to protect Polish farmers from the flow of Ukrainian agricultural imports.

Ukraine plans to receive a €6 billion loan from the EU under the Ukraine Facility program, which provides for a total of €50 billion in financing.

Media mogul Rupert Murdoch, 92, has become engaged for the sixth time to Elena Zhukova, a retired Russian-born molecular biologist who is 25 years younger than him and the former mother-in-law of Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich.

russia fired North Korean missiles at Ukraine, with at least six used to strike Kyiv on February 14.

Military support for Ukraine will increase: this year, the EU and its member states plan to provide Ukraine with an additional 21 billion euros.

Ukraine is intensifying the construction of fortifications and defense lines on the frontline as it is currently conducting a defensive operation, unlike last year's counteroffensive, when such efforts were less active.

Hungary received €75 million of previously blocked EU funds to be spent on an environmental and energy efficiency program.

During President Zelenskyy's visit to Istanbul, Turkey is expected to emphasize its continued strong support for Ukraine's territorial integrity, sovereignty, and independence.

Ukraine will receive €4. 5 billion from the EU in March and €1.5 billion in April as the first tranches of the Ukraine Facility program.