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

Despite sanctions on trade with belarus due to its support for russia's invasion of Ukraine, illegal tobacco from Belarus continues to be smuggled into the UK, with over £162 million worth of goods, including tobacco, imported in 2023.

On February 7, 1863, American engineer Alan Cray received a patent for a fire extinguisher in the United States. Fire extinguishers are divided into manual, automatic, and combined fire extinguishers according to the way they operate.

Dutch shipowners ask the Ministry of Defense to authorize armed protection of ships passing through the Red Sea due to the increasing number of attacks by Houthis.

President of Ukraine Zelenskyy wished King Charles III a speedy recovery and conveyed support to the British royal family on behalf of Ukrainians.

Military medics from Odesa region will learn from the experience of their British colleagues in treating combat wounds during a three-day training.

British military surgeons are teaching their Ukrainian counterparts how to help wounded soldiers.

During his visit to Norway, the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine discussed the purchase of weapons directly from Norwegian defense companies and the establishment of joint production of weapons in Ukraine.

The G7 countries will tighten the rules on price restrictions for Russian oil imports, requiring importers to provide confirmation on a cargo-by-cargo basis that it complies with price restrictions, rather than for the duration of transportation contracts.

Former French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna will lead an independent review of the UN Refugee Agency following Israeli accusations that some staff members were involved in a Hamas attack.

King Charles III was diagnosed with cancer during surgery. Further diagnostic tests revealed a form of cancer. Doctors advised the monarch to postpone public duties.

The United Kingdom continues to indirectly import millions of barrels of Russian oil each year through petroleum products refined from Russian crude oil in countries such as India, which are then exported to the UK, undermining Western sanctions aimed at limiting Russian oil revenues.

A revolutionary RNAi therapy has been prescribed to cancer patients in London to help the immune system recognize and fight tumors by presenting common markers, opening up opportunities for less toxic treatments.

The United States announces new strikes on Houthi targets in the Middle East in response to attacks on U. S. troops.

UK Defense Secretary Grant Shepps defended the recent joint US-British strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen as a proportionate response to Houthi attacks.

According to Sky News sources in Washington, the United Kingdom has launched joint strikes on Yemen using more than 20 fighter jets.

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Iranian and Hong Kong companies involved in the production of Iranian ballistic missiles and Shahed drones.

Ukraine has documented more than 120,000 war crimes committed by Russia since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.

In London, a man sprayed a caustic substance on a woman and her two young daughters, seriously injuring them and four bystanders who tried to help, and police are searching for the attacker.

MHP remains the largest taxpayer in Ukraine's agricultural sector, paying over UAH 6 billion in taxes in 2023, up 31% year-on-year.

Turkey is in talks with the UK and Spain to buy 40 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets, despite having recently signed a $23 billion deal with the US to buy F-16s, as its request for F-16s may not be approved by Congress.

Ukrainian prosecutor Andriy Kostin emphasized the need to establish a Special International Tribunal to bring the leaders of the Kremlin regime to justice for planning an aggressive war against Ukraine.

Currently, 40 countries are negotiating the establishment of a Special Tribunal to try Russia's top leaders for the crime of aggression. The Dutch government has offered to host such a tribunal. The OP emphasized that the establishment of an international rather than a hybrid tribunal would be the best way to lift the relevant immunities.

Russian oil tankers continue to sail the Red Sea with little interruption due to Houthi attacks, as they have fewer ties to the Western countries targeted by the attacks, Reuters reports.

Ukraine is actively developing partnerships in the defense industry, having concluded dozens of agreements on joint arms production with more than two dozen countries.

Secretary of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin and UK Defense Secretary Grant Shapps discussed further joint support for Ukraine against Russian aggression.

A former russian official has been detained in London on charges of violating British sanctions and money laundering. He is currently under arrest and awaiting trial in prison.

A spokesman for Ukraine's Air Force says the country will receive its first F-16 fighters from allies by the end of 2024, with Ukrainian pilots currently undergoing training on the aircraft, particularly in Denmark.

The US military has completed field testing of the CHIMERA microwave weapon system to neutralize airborne threats, as reported by Raytheon and the US Air Force Research Laboratory.

Two cases of bird flu confirmed among penguins in the Falkland Islands.