Belarus will extend its drills until Aug. 20, according to monitoring project Belarusian Gayun. Belarus earlier announced the renewed joint military drills with Russia that were supposed to be held from Aug. 9-11 in Belarus and from Aug. 22-25 in Russia. Moscow has been using Belarus' territory to launch missiles at Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale invasion on Feb. 24.
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Friday, February 6
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The changes will target units that are responsible for intercepting Russian unmanned aerial vehicles, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
"Today, I was watching Ukrainian (prisoners of war) who returned home from Russia, and these are the people who deserve the Peace Prize," Moldovan President Maia Sandu said.
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Some of the meetings could have been linked to Yermak's role in a corruption case involving state nuclear power monopoly Energoatom, the biggest corruption investigation during Zelensky's presidency, the news outlet reported.
The drone, a small commercially available model, crashed at the 1st Air Cavalry Battalion's base in the Lodz province after snagging a tree. No damage was recorded, the Polish military police reported.
The Russian soldiers — roughly the size of an entire platoon — were taken prisoner during the final clearing of the village of Zoloty Kolodiaz near Dobropillia in Donetsk Oblast.
Ukraine must fully align its agricultural standards with the European Union by the end of 2028, Ukraine's Deputy Economy Minister Tasas Vysostky said on Feb. 6, as the country continues its push for membership.
The Kyiv Independent’s Jared Goyette speaks with a Canadian volunteer, Brittney Shki-Giizis, who left the Canadian military to fight in Ukraine. A former tank instructor, she explains why she chose to come to the front, how she learned Ukrainian to serve in a Ukrainian unit, and how the war’s shift toward drones led her to become an FPV (first-person view) drone pilot.
"The new package of sanctions covers energy, financial services, and trade," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.
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He has been rushed to hospital and the gunman fled the scene, according to reports.
The victim of the explosion, which took place early in the morning, was a 21-year-old local man, local police wrote after the incident.
Serhiy Deineko, who headed the State Border Guard from 2019 to Jan. 4, 2026, was charged last month in relation to a 204,000 euro bribery scheme.
