Over 5,000 people gathered for a patriotic rally amid the growing threat of a full-scale Russian invasion. Kharkiv is Ukraine's second-largest city 40 kilometers south of the Russian border.
Serhiy Prytula, who came third in the 2020 Kyiv mayoral elections, representing the Voice party, announced the creation of a new project – the August 24 party, named after the day Ukraine proclaimed its independence.
Those include infantry and airborne forces. Some of them have been put on high alert.
In total, Ukrainians have sold over 228,000 hectares during this period. Among the leading regions for land sales were Kharkiv, Kirovohrad and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
The German city will become the U.S. military headquarters tasked with supporting Washington's military deployment to Poland.
The newspaper wrote that Russia hasn't decided on further invading Ukraine, but if it will, the Kremlin has a plan to conquer cities, establish a puppet government and destroy resistance.
The aid includes personal protective equipment, surveillance and detection hardware.
The agency cut the country's long-term foreign-currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) from positive to stable and affirmed the IDR at B. The agency believes that a full-scale military conflict with Russia will be avoided.
Two channels reportedly linked to pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk were shut down on Feb. 4. YouTube also blocked channels of Kremlin-led militants in Donbas.
Russia won 3:2 in the UEFA’s Euro 2022 semi-finals. This was the first time Ukraine faced Russia in futsal or football since 2014, when Russia invaded Ukraine.
Editor’s note: Editorials are articles that present the opinion of the editorial team of the Kyiv Independent. As a Ukraine-based newsroom, we don’t pretend to be neutral when it comes to covering Russia’s war against Ukraine. For us, the threat hanging over Ukraine isn’t just a
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping signed several declarations supporting each other's claims. China supported Kremlin's view on NATO, while Russia backed China's stance on Taiwan.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that President Volodymyr Zelensky supported his proposal. Russian President Vladimir Putin didn't comment on the suggestion.
All 92 senators present in the chamber voted to provide Kyiv with financial aid, weapons and coaches for the country's military.
The sanctions focus on access to foreign capital, export controls, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, oligarchs, and people close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to NSDC Secretary Oleksiy Danilov, Ukraine's membership in the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence was vetoed by one country, despite Kyiv passing all necessary verifications.
State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the U.S. and its allies have an "array of tools" that will be used on any foreign company that attempts to bypass sanctions imposed on Russia in case of its further invasion of Ukraine.
OSCE reports that Kremlin-controlled forces in Donbas have moved 76 tanks, 18 artillery pieces, and 10 self-propelled artillery guns outside designated storage areas and closer to the front line.
Ukraine is experiencing a new Covid-19 wave, with authorities predicting it could register up to 60,000 new daily cases.
French President Emmanuel Macron will meet with his Ukrainian counterpart in Kyiv on Feb. 8, following his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 7. Macron has said that finding a diplomatic solution to Russia's ongoing military build-up was a priority.
The National Anti-Corruption Bureau announced a search for Serhiy Kuzminykh, a lawmaker from the ruling Servant of the People faction accused of taking a $20,000 bribe.
Kateryna Rozhkova was reprimanded in 2020 for expressing concerns about NBU independence in comments to media.
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