Biden unveils over 500 new sanctions against Russia
With the Ukraine war approaching its second year, Biden also revealed new export restrictions on nearly 100 Russian entities supporting the invasion.
Ukraine, Denmark sign agreement on security guarantees for next 10 years
Under a new bilateral agreement announced on 23 Feb., Denmark has also committed to providing military aid, including fighter jets and naval equipment, to Ukraine through 2028.
US Senate majority leader Schumer arrives in Ukraine
The Senate Majority Leader representing the Democratic Party, Chuck Schumer, arrived in Ukraine on 23 February to hold…
EU adopts 13th package of sanctions against Russia
The EU took aim at Russian military supply chains in third countries like China and Turkey, sanctioning 27 companies that "directly support Russia's military and industrial complex." New sanctions also directly target an additional 106 Russian individuals and 88 entities, bringing the total above 2000 facing penalties.
Russian overnight attack kills 4, injures 26
Russian drones and missiles hit residential buildings, warehouses, cars, garages, a boarding school in Odesa, Dnipro, Donetsk , Mykolaiv, Kherson oblasts. and a barn in Kharkiv, killing 15 cows.
Ukraine downs 23 out of 31 UAV drones across 5 oblasts overnight
Russia attacked Ukraine with 31 drones, 6 missiles of different types, launched from Russian and occupied territories.
Only 10% of Europeans now confident in Ukraine’s victory – poll
The poll showed over half of respondents in 12 European countries think Ukraine should accept a negotiated settlement to end the war.
Spy Chief: Russia’s strength on front line falters, but Ukraine needs more Western aid
Ukraine hopes to withstand Russia's assault this year before launching a counterattack against a weakened opponent in 2025, says the military intelligence chief.
Polish diplomat in Ukraine: ‘I thought only Russians could behave so shamefully’
Poland's top consular official in western Ukraine expressed regret over actions by her fellow citizens who escalated their blockade of the Ukrainian border and spilled Ukrainian grain from a freight on the tracks.
Second Ukrainian basketball player dies to injuries sustained in Germany attack
A knife attack in a Düsseldorf first left a 17-year-old Ukrainian basketball dead on 10 February; this week, a second victim, an 18-year-old basketball player, perished from his wounds in a German hospital.
Russia arrests US citizen for sending $ 50 to Ukrainian nonprofit
If convicted, the 33-year-old detainee from Los Angeles could face 20 years in a Russian jail.
Ukraine, Japan sign 56 documents on reconstruction, business cooperation
Except for the agreements in cooperation in education, technology, and ecology, one of the signed documents includes a convention to avoid double taxation, which Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal described as "extremely important for Japanese businesses planning new projects in Ukraine."
Russian attack on Kramatorsk kills family, including grandmother, mother, son
During the same Russian attack, rescues found the body of a security guard in the rubble of the damaged school in Sloviansk, local governor Vadym Filashkin said.
British Intel: Russian commander of Black Sea Fleet dismissed likely due to Ukraine’s successes sinking Russian ships
The British Defense Ministry didn’t specify whether Sokolov is alive. Back in September 2023, after the strike on the headquarters in Sevastopol, the Ukrainian Special Forces announced that 34 officers, including the commander of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, had been killed in the attack.