Key developments on Feb. 24: * Shmyhal: Poland delivers 4 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine * Polish PM visits Kyiv, meets Zelensky, Shmyhal * Germany says it will provide 4 more Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine * Ukrainian intelligence: Spring-summer campaign expected to be very difficult on the battlefield As Ukraine marks the one-year
Key developments on Feb. 23: * Ukrainian General Staff: Russia likely set goal to seize Donbas before Summer * Stoltenberg: West's supply of ammunition 'not sustainable' for Ukraine as 'consumption much higher' * Zelensky says Ukraine open to holding meetings with Beijing amid growing Russia-China relations * State Border Guard: Ukraine repels 3 Russian
Key developments on Feb. 19: * Local authorities: 3 killed, 8 wounded in Russian shelling of Kherson Oblast * Blinken: US concerned China may provide Russia with weapons * Russia's Rostec says it is stepping up production of hypersonic missiles * Borrell: 'Ukrainians receive a lot of applause, but not enough ammunition.' As
Key developments on Feb. 12: * Russia's Wagner Group claims it captured Krasna Hora, 6 kilometers north of Bakhmut * UK Defense Ministry: Russia likely suffering highest casualties since March * Ukraine imposes sanctions against 200 individuals Russia's Wagner Group claimed on Feb. 12 that its mercenaries captured the village of Krasna Hora,
Key developments on Feb. 9: * Zelensky speaks at European Parliament, attends EU Summit * Zelensky: ‘Several’ European nations ready to provide Ukraine with fighter jets * Intensified fighting reported near Kreminna, Luhansk Oblast * Wagner Group claims to have stopped recruiting prisoners for war against Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Feb. 9
In a historic visit to Brussels on Feb. 9, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the European Parliament as the first anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion approaches, saying that the EU and Ukraine are fighting together against the “biggest anti-European force of the modern world." Thanking EU leaders for their
Key developments on Feb. 8: * Zelensky visits UK, meets Sunak and King Charles III * Sunak: ‘Nothing is off the table’ concerning weapons for Ukraine, including fighter jets * Zelensky heads to Paris, Brussels after his London trip * Hague prosecutors say Putin approved transfer of missiles that shot down MH17 President Volodymyr
Key developments on Feb. 7: * UK Defense Ministry: Russia advancing 'several hundred meters' each week with heavy losses * Russian Defense Minister claims 'successful' operation near Bakhmut, Vuhledar * Germany's Defense Minister visits Kyiv, promises over 100 tanks * Parliament appoints Klymenko as Interior Minister, Maliuk as SBU head German Defense Minister Boris
Key developments on Feb. 6: * Ukrainian intelligence: Russia could be preparing to mobilize 300,000-500,000 troops for its offensive in spring-summer 2023 * Ukraine's General Staff: Russia forcing passports on civilians in Kreminna, other occupied areas * Reznikov to remain as Defense Minister this week, lawmaker says Ukraine's intelligence claimed on
Key developments on Feb. 5: * UK Defense Ministry: Bakhmut ‘increasingly isolated’ as Russia slowly advances * Russian missile strike on Kharkiv wounds 5, leaves university damaged * Intelligence Chief Budanov to replace Defense Minister Reznikov after upcoming reshuffle Bakhmut is becoming “increasingly isolated” as Russian forces are slowly progressing toward encircling the
Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov will be replaced by Defense Ministry's Intelligence Chief Kyrylo Budanov, lawmaker David Arakhamia said on Feb. 5. "War dictates personnel policy. Time and circumstances call for strengthening and regrouping," Arakhamia, head of the governing Servant of the People faction and Ukraine's chief negotiator with Russia, said
Key developments on Feb. 3: * US announces new $2.17 billion security aid package for Ukraine, provides long-range GLSDB rockets * EU hails Ukraine’s ‘considerable efforts’ over past few months, no timeframe for accession talks * Zelensky: Ukraine ‘won’t hand over Bakhmut, we will fight as long as we can’
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine "won't hand over Bakhmut." "We will fight as long as we can," he said during a joint press conference with European Union leadership. According to Zelensky, Russia will soon launch a major offensive in the east and northeast, targeting cities like Bakhmut and Lyman. The
Key developments on Feb. 2: * Ukrainian intelligence warns Russia building up troops to launch ‘massive offensive’ to capture Donbas by March * Zelensky: Russia concentrating troops to seek revenge on ‘free world’ * Governor: At least 3 killed, 8 wounded in Feb. 1 Russian missile strike of Kramatorsk, Donetsk Oblast * Top EU
The European Union’s top officials arrived in Kyiv on Feb. 2, to meet their Ukrainian counterparts ahead of a historic wartime summit taking place nearly a year after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Upon arrival in the morning, the delegation of more than a dozen members from
Key developments on Feb. 1: * Ukraine, Russia issue conflicting claims over Russian gains near Bakhmut * Police: About 200 children left in Bakhmut * Ukraine's General Staff: Russia prepares offensives in several areas Russian-controlled proxies in Donetsk Oblast claimed on Feb. 1 that Russian forces were closing in on Bakhmut, a city
Law enforcement agencies on Feb. 1 searched the houses of several incumbent and former top officials and an oligarch in what appears to be the largest anti-corruption raid since the beginning of Russia's invasion in February 2022. Among others, law enforcers raided powerful oligarch Ihor Kolomoisky, scandalous former Interior Minister
Key developments on Jan. 31: * Russia claims control over Blahodatne, north of Bakhmut * UK Defense Ministry: Russia likely launching 'more concerted assault' around Vuhledar, Donetsk Oblast * Russian shelling in Bakhmut kills 2, including a teenager * Foreign Ministry: 120-140 Western tanks to be delivered Moscow said on Jan. 31 that it
Key developments on Jan. 30: * Zelensky visits Mykolaiv Oblast with Danish Prime Minister * Ukrainian military: Russian forces unprepared for major combat operation in the south due to equipment shortage * State Border Guard: Around 9,000 Russian troops deployed in Belarus * Russian governor: Additional Russian troops, military equipment to arrive in
Key developments on Jan. 29: * Wagner Group claims to have captured Blahodatne; Ukraine denies Russian progress near Bakhmut * Ukrainian intelligence: Prigozhin doesn’t command Wagner Group’s military operations * At least 3 killed, 6 wounded in Russian shelling of Kherson Ukraine denied on Jan. 29 that Russian forces made gains
Key developments on Jan. 27: * Russia claims advance toward Vuhledar; Ukraine denies any breakthrough * Ukraine's military says Russia attacked Vuhledar area 322 times * Zelensky: ‘Ukraine needs 300 or 500 tanks now’ * White House: Abrams tanks delivery to Ukraine to take 'many months.' Kremlin proxies in Donetsk Oblast claimed on
Ten months after barely surviving the Russian bombing of a theater in Mariupol, Viktoria Dubovitska is keeping a close eye on her seven-year-old son. Artem remembers “almost everything” about what he saw in the March tragedy, the mother said. He tries not to talk about it, but unwanted memories keep
Key developments on Jan. 26: * Commander: Ukraine downs 47 out of 55 Russian missiles during the morning attack * Emergency service: 11 killed, 11 wounded during Russia's airstrike on Jan. 26 * Energy Minister: Russian forces hit some energy facilities across Ukraine * German Minister: Leopard tanks to arrive in Ukraine by early
Key developments on Jan. 25: * Germany to send 14 Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine, green light for other countries to deliver * US announces decision to send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine * Zelensky thanks US for ‘important step on the path to victory’; Germany for ‘important and timely’ decision * Ukraine confirms
Germany confirmed on Jan. 25 that it would send 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine after months of delay, and allow other countries, such as Poland, to send their own stocks. The long-awaited tanks will be delivered from the stocks of Bundeswehr armed forces, Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Bloomberg in
Key developments on Jan. 24: * Kyiv warns Belarus against directly getting involved in Russia's war * ABC News: 12 countries ready to give about 100 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine if Germany approves * CNN: West encourages Ukraine to shift focus from destroyed Bakhmut to counteroffensive in south * Finnish President visits Kyiv,
Key developments on Jan. 23: * Ukraine's intelligence: Russia to intensify Donbas offensive in February-March * Poland says it will seek Germany's approval to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, but ready to do so regardless of Berlin's will * Germany says it hasn't received Poland's request to send Leopards yet * Estonia, Latvia tell
Key developments on Jan. 22: * Russian-controlled militants claim successful advance toward 2 towns in Zaporizhzhia Oblast * Ukraine's General Staff: All Russian advances repelled * Ukraine's military creates new units to equip with Western military hardware * Polish PM: Ukraine, Europe to win the war 'with Germany or without' Chairman of the House
Key developments on Jan. 20: * Germany: No decision yet on Leopard tanks for Ukraine * Germany announces 1 billion euro spring military aid package for Ukraine * US: Ukraine would have opportunity for counteroffensive in spring * Der Spiegel: German intelligence concerned about Ukraine’s casualties near Bakhmut * Washington to designate Wagner Group
Fighting off pressure from allies, Berlin made no decision to provide the long-anticipated Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. "I'm very sure there will be a decision in the short term, but I don't know how the decision will look," German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius told reporters at the U.S.
Key developments on Jan. 19: * Zelensky pressures allies to send heavy tanks to Ukraine ahead of Ramstein * Poland says it could supply German-made Leopard tanks regardless of Berlin's approval * European Council President Charles Michel visits Kyiv, meets Zelensky * European Parliament seeks to create special tribunal court to prosecute for Russian
DNIPRO – Rushing to the hospital shortly after a Russian missile hit an apartment building in Dnipro on Jan. 14, Mykyta Pavlovskyi prayed that his mother's injury wasn't fatal. "We drove to the hospital hoping that everything will be alright with my mom," the 23-year-old graduate student told the Kyiv Independent.
