Ukraine

Ukraine is ready to take further coordinated steps with the EU's neighboring countries and the European Commission to unblock the borders, restore exports and transit of Ukrainian products.

Pyrotechnics seized and destroyed an unexploded Russian aircraft bomb that fell near residential buildings in Toretsk, Donetsk region.

Finnish Minister of the Environment and Climate Kai Mukkanen will visit Kyiv on March 8 to discuss the huge environmental damage caused by Russia's aggressive war in Ukraine and the energy situation.

The EU plans to present a negotiation framework for Ukraine's accession to the EU next week, European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis says.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signs a decree naming the Ada-class corvette manufactured for Ukraine by Turkey the Hetman Ivan Vygovsky.

In January-February 2024, Ukraine's foreign trade deficit in goods reached $3. 2 billion, with imports amounting to $10 billion and exports to $6.8 billion.

Oleh Nikolenko, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, announced his resignation after 3. 5 years in office, most of which were spent during the difficult period of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

President Zelenskyy said that holding elections in Ukraine in wartime is a difficult task due to the need to change legislation, ensure voting rights for military personnel and displaced persons, and facilitate voting for 7 million Ukrainians abroad.

In March, the European Commission will inspect the Polish consulates in Guangzhou (China) and Manila (Philippines) to check compliance with Schengen visa rules in connection with the "visa scandal" involving alleged corruption and fraud.

The government's Diia app has started beta testing of educational documents, allowing Ukrainians to access certificates and diplomas from secondary education to doctoral degrees through the app.

The first online auction for the sale of seized assets took place in Ukraine, with the first lot offering 1. 2 thousand tons of winter wheat grain, which was sold to Inga LLC for UAH 4.9 million, which exceeded the starting price.

According to Halushchenko, the resolution captures the entire list of issues that have accumulated during the occupation of ZNPP. The key message that we convey to the international community and, in particular, to the IAEA Board of Governors is that every day the Russians stay at the Zaporizhzhia NPP increases the number of these problems and increases the threat of a nuclear incident.

The German Defense Minister called for an end to the debate on the deployment of Western ground troops in Ukraine, as he believes "no one wants this.

Consumer inflation in Ukraine slowed to 4. 3% in February from 4.7% in January, with food and non-alcoholic beverages prices rising by 2.6% yoy, while utility prices remained unchanged and transportation prices slightly declined.

In March 2024, Ukraine expects to receive a negotiating framework for EU accession from the European Commission. The Ukrainian government has implemented the necessary recommendations.

According to President Zelenskyy, long-range weapons can change the course of the war, allowing Ukraine to withstand Russian long-range artillery and force them to retreat from the occupied territories.

Ukrainian President Zelenskiy arrives for a meeting with Turkish President Erdogan to discuss the expansion of the Black Sea Grain Initiative.

Fugitive oligarch Konstantin Zhevago is preparing a large-scale discrediting campaign against the State Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating his alleged attempts to bankrupt the Poltava Mining and Processing Plant to preserve his personal assets and avoid financial liabilities.

After high levels of pollution in the morning, air quality in Kyiv returned to normal, with low levels of pollution observed until 14:30, according to the city administration.

Around half of Ukraine's regions have started sowing wheat, barley, peas and oats, with the largest areas already planted in Odesa, Mykolaiv, Ternopil, Khmelnytsky and Vinnytsia regions.

Since the beginning of the war, Canada has accepted more than 248 thousand Ukrainian refugees under CUAET. In total, the Canadian government has received more than 1.2 million applications for this visa, of which it has approved more than 960 thousand.

Ukraine's Minister for Strategic Industries Oleksandr Kamyshyn and UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps discussed cooperation on defense projects, including the potential production of 105mm L119 howitzers by BAE Systems in Ukraine and cooperation with UK defense think tanks.

If Ukraine loses, Russia will definitely attack NATO countries, President Zelenskiy warned, calling on allies to support Ukraine to prevent further Russian aggression.

At the beginning of the full-scale war, some countries were reluctant to sell ammunition to Ukraine because they feared it would lose, the expert points out.

The Czech Republic, together with its partners, raised funds to purchase the first batch of 300,000 artillery shells for Ukraine.

Speaker Ruslan Stefanchuk expressed hope to receive €4. 5 billion from the EU's €50 billion program for Ukraine in March during a meeting with European Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis.

Top fashion brands such as Zara, Massimo Dutti, and Bershka are reopening in Ukraine after being temporarily shut down by the russian invasion, another step in the return of major international companies to the country.

The Polish Sejm adopts a resolution calling on the European Commission to impose sanctions on imports of Russian and Belarusian agricultural products to the EU.

British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps called on the world to support Ukraine in its war against russia during his visit to Kyiv, where he announced a £125 million aid package for Ukraine, including more than 10,000 drones.

China's Special Representative for Eurasia, Lu Hui, visited Ukraine and held frank and friendly talks with Ukrainian officials about Ukraine-China relations.