The Verkhovna Rada is preparing a draft law to regulate the social network Telegram in Ukraine by introducing measures similar to those applied to platforms such as YouTube, including disclosure of ownership, restrictions on prohibited content, and restrictions on use by government agencies if the owners are not transparent.
Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger experienced an outage, with users reporting problems with the app, website, and login, according to Downdetector.
After Russian troops attacked Kharkiv, three people were killed, five were injured, and a large-scale fire broke out.
Kyrylo Taran, a volunteer in Lviv, was detained by the military for refusing to show his military registration documents and undergo a medical examination. He also provoked a conflict with employees of the territorial center for recruitment and social support.
According to the Economy Ministry, Ukraine's GDP grew by 3. 6% in January-February compared to the same period last year.
The US is negotiating with Niger to terminate a military agreement that allowed US troops to remain in the country, due to concerns over the recent military coup in Niger.
Meta, the company that owns Facebook and Instagram, is under investigation by the US federal authorities for the potential role of the platforms in facilitating the illegal sale and distribution of drugs.
A Russian missile strike on Odesa killed 14 civilians and wounded 46, prompting the US ambassador to call on Ukraine to immediately stop Russian aggression.
Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto Oleh Nikolenko announced five priorities of the Consulate General in Canada, including attracting new aid for Ukraine, economic and infrastructure recovery, cooperation with Ukrainian organizations in Canada, humanitarian projects and protection of the rights of Ukrainians in Ontario and Manitoba.
The Tuzly Estuaries National Park in Odesa Oblast has been managed by the same interim director for 10 years, leading to conflicts with local residents who accuse the management of illegally seizing their land and doing business while neglecting to maintain and preserve the park.
Two men from Ternopil and Ivano-Frankivsk regions were rescued by border guards in Zakarpattia after they got lost while trying to illegally cross the border with Romania through the mountains.
In Kyiv, a criminal organization engaged in information sabotage in favor of the FSB was neutralized. More than 15 members, including the rector of the Kyiv church of the UOC (MP), were detained for spreading pro-Kremlin narratives, inciting religious hatred and justifying Russia's war against Ukraine.
Concorde Bank co-founder Olena Sosiedka accused Danylo Hetmantsev, chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Taxation and Customs Policy, of calling the bank's shareholders "fraudsters" and "non-Ukrainians" and ordering them to be prosecuted despite the absence of criminal proceedings against them.
Former Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko is appointed Consul General of Ukraine in Toronto.
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.
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.
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.
A cleric of the UOC-MP in Cherkasy region was notified of suspicion for justifying and glorifying Russia's armed aggression against Ukraine.
A technical problem caused a global outage that blocked access to Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger for several hours.
Serious global outages were reported for many popular services such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, Gmail, WhatsApp, and TikTok, as users were unable to log in or update their pages.
Users are unable to log in to Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger as the social networks have suffered a global outage.
The Language Ombudsman discussed with representatives of the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) the provision of education in Ukrainian for more than 600,000 Ukrainian children living abroad.
The Vostok Air Command reported the destruction of an X-59 guided missile in Dniprovsky district of Dnipropetrovs'k region, which was shot down by the Ukrainian military.
Today, Ukrainian defenders destroyed an X-59 guided missile over Kryvyi Rih district of Dnipropetrovs'k region.
Oleksiy Chernyshov, head of Naftogaz Ukraine, said that this year, for the first time, Ukraine managed to get through the winter, using only its own gas.
According to the NSDC Secretary, Russian agents distribute more than 166 million posts on social media every week as part of a disinformation campaign against Ukraine, of which more than 36 million are aimed at discrediting officials.
The Consul General of Poland in Lviv condemned the actions of Polish farmers who blocked the border with Ukraine and apologized to Ukraine for the farmers' actions.
According to documents obtained by Western intelligence, the Kremlin organized a propaganda campaign on social media to sow discord between President Zelensky and former Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhny and to weaken Ukraine's leadership and armed forces.
The court released three suspects in the case of land seizure near the Kyiv hydroelectric power plant under nightly house arrest.
Albert Kruchinin is in a coma and his wife Natalia is in serious condition after the car they were traveling in was blown up near a military facility in Odesa. The Ukrainian Volunteer Army has offered a $10,000 reward for information about those responsible for the bombing.
