Over the past day, Russian troops have killed two civilians in Kurakhove, one in Bakhmut, one in Avdiivka, one in Karlivka, and wounded 12 people in Donetsk Oblast, said Pavlo Kyrylenko, the oblast governor. Since Feb. 24, Russia has killed 873 civilians in Donetsk Oblast, not including Mariupol and Volnovakha.
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Friday, February 20
"They told us: 'We are ready not to occupy your other regions.' But that is terrorism… 'I am ready not to kill you, just give us everything,'" Zelensky said.
Russia launched an Iskander ballistic missile and 128 drones at Ukraine during the night, the Air Force reported.
The number includes 740 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Belarusian officials said Feb. 19 that they were unable to obtain visas to travel to the United States for the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace, despite receiving an official invitation to attend.
Friday, February 20
Polish President Karol Nawrocki signed legislation on Feb. 19 transferring support measures for Ukrainian refugees into Poland’s general Law on the Protection of Foreigners, ending a separate legal framework created after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 19 approved a one-year extension of the national emergency and related sanctions first introduced following Russia’s 2014 occupation of Crimea.
The package also includes procurement of ammunition and "expansion of cooperation... on long-range drones."
"The portfolio of potential U.S.-Russia projects is over $14 trillion," Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said.
The reported move would limit Kyiv's role at a key gathering of NATO leaders.
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Russian forces are using LTE mobile networks and Ukrainian SIM cards to remotely control FPV drones, Serhii Beskrestnov, adviser to Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov, said.
Iranian Rear Admiral Hassan Maqsoudlou said the drills reflect both countries' focus on the regional situation.
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