Ukraine

Unidentified persons defaced and poured red paint on eight Soviet pedestals of the Young Guard in Kharkiv near the Slovo building.

According to Josep Borrell, the potential of the EU defense industry has increased by 40%, and by the end of the year it expects to have 1 million 155 thousand units of ammunition.

Two of the five missiles fired at Kharkiv in the morning were preliminarily identified as North Korean-made KN-23 ballistic missiles based on metal fragments collected by explosive experts.

Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to introduce a bill that provides funding for Ukraine, Israel, and other priorities without including a bipartisan border security agreement.

VEON and Kyivstar announced investments of USD 600 million during 2024-2026 to restore the economy of Ukraine as part of its ongoing campaign to attract international business.

Two Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers, accompanied by SU-30SM fighters, flew near Alaska.

Five people were killed and 48 injured in rocket attacks on Kyiv, Mykolaiv and Kharkiv.

SBU Head Vasyl Malyuk met with G7 ambassadors to discuss cooperation against Russia and steps for Ukraine's democratic development and freedom of speech.

Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announces that the EU will approve the 13th package of sanctions against Russia in February 2024.

IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi visits the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant occupied by Russian troops and meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.

Russia is recruiting mercenaries from Syria, who are being trained near Aleppo before being sent to war in Ukraine.

EU High Representative Josep Borrell visited a Ukrainian company that produces as part of Ukraine's Drone Army program.

The Prime Minister of Ukraine and the EU foreign policy chief discussed further steps in European integration, the free trade regime with the EU, and the creation of a mechanism for confiscating frozen Russian assets.

The creation of the new Unmanned Systems Forces will allow the military to better utilize drones for reconnaissance, combat operations, and develop domestic production.

Soon Ukraine will start mass production of kamikaze drones, similar to Russian Lancet drones with a range of up to 40 km.

Ukraine's Prime Minister and the EU's chief of diplomacy discussed providing Ukraine with military support, including 1 million rounds of ammunition by the end of the year, as well as strengthening sanctions against Russia and confiscating Russian assets.

The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, met with the Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, to discuss further military assistance to Ukraine, the implementation of the peace formula, EU security guarantees, sanctions against Russia and the confiscation of Russian assets.

A new base for Wagner mercenaries is being built in southern Russia. The new base will also house a new volunteer corps of the Russian Guard.

Ukraine discussed with Poland the issue of preventing Polish carriers from resuming the blockade of the common border.

A pain treatment and rehabilitation center, Prometheus, has opened in Vinnytsia, providing free assistance to the Ukrainian military using modern equipment and VR technologies.

Polish farmers are planning to block the Dorohusk-Yagodyn checkpoint on the Polish-Ukrainian border on February 9 from 11:00 a. m. in protest. The protest is expected to last until March 9

Switzerland has invited China to participate in a peace conference on the war in Ukraine, and China has responded that it has taken the invitation under advisement.

The Verkhovna Rada dismisses Yuriy Buglak, who was featured in a journalistic investigation, from his position as a member of the Central Election Commission.

The Ukrainian parliament votes with 302 votes in favor of the resignation of Veterans Affairs Minister Yulia Laputina.

In January, the DobroDiy Charity Exchange helped 16 seriously ill Ukrainian children for a total of UAH 507,000.

France and Ukraine are implementing joint projects in priority sectors of the Ukrainian economy, such as energy and transportation, to strengthen cooperation and support Ukraine's recovery.

The attack on Kyiv caused a fire in an apartment building, which was extinguished: 40 people were evacuated, 26 were rescued, but 4 died and 19 were injured.

Experts from the Kyiv Scientific Research Institute of Forensic Expertise have begun collecting debris from rocket attacks in Kyiv to identify weapons and provide evidence for criminal investigations.

NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov said that rumors about Valeriy Zaluzhnyi's resignation as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are dangerous without legal documents confirming this decision.

The European Union has handed over DOK-ING MV-10 demining machines to Ukraine, which will help make the dangerous task of demining safer and more efficient.