Michel: Russian strikes on Ukraine show Kremlin’s ‘growing desperation'

"We are working in the same formats as yesterday: trilateral consultations, group work, and further synchronization of positions," Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Rustem Umerov said.

Energy investments made up over 1.2 billion euros of the bank's financing to Ukraine last year, providing support for gas imports, decentralized generation, emergency repairs, as well as long-term reconstruction of the energy sector, the bank said.

After a short pause in attacks on Kyiv at the request of U.S. President Donald Trump, Russia has resumed attacks on the capital in recent days as residents continue to contend with freezing temperatures.

Russia's flagship liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal, Yamal LNG, exported a total of 1,690,517 metric tons of LNG to European markets last month, accounting for an 8% increase compared to January 2025, German environmental NGO Urgewald found in a report published Feb. 4.

"The Russians are conducting a targeted attack on Zaporizhzhia and the region all day long. As a result of the attacks, over 53,000 subscribers...are without electricity," Governor Ivan Fedorov reported.

It would also cost Russia "800,000 more corpses" to take eastern Ukraine by force, President Volodymyr Zelensky told France TV in a Feb. 4 interview.

The New START Treaty, signed by Russia and the U.S. in 2010 and set to expire on Feb. 5, 2026, places mutual limits on strategic nuclear warheads and launchers.

The latest trilateral meeting in the United Arab Emirates took place a day after Russia launched its most massive strike against Ukraine this winter.

"I was just laid off by The Washington Post in the middle of a warzone. I have no words. I'm devastated," Ukraine correspondent Lizzie Johnson wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

The proposal will now be put to the European Parliament. If approved, the cash could arrive by spring.

Ukraine’s military intelligence says North Korean troops fighting under Russian command are attacking Ukrainian border communities from Russia’s Kursk Oblast.

President Volodymyr Zelensky appointed Major General Oleh Luhovskyi as acting head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service on Feb. 4.