Ukraine’s National Bank stated that it transferred Hr 976 million ($26.48 million) to the account it has opened for Ukraine’s Armed Forces. Of the amount donated, Hr 675.8 million ($18.33 million) was allocated to Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communications and Information Protection. In total, the NBU has transferred over Hr 19.5 billion ($529 million) to the military. Funds are derived from citizens and enterprises in Ukraine and from abroad, particularly from the U.S., the U.K., Germany, Sweden, and Finland.
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Wednesday, February 18
Ukrainian missiles struck the Russian city of Belgorod, leaving power outages in parts of the city, Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed late on Feb. 18.
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The alleged raid was described by Zaluzhnyi as "an act of intimidation," according to AP.
Ukraine carried out a series of successful overnight attacks on Feb. 17–18 against military facilities in Russia and Russian-occupied territories.
Customers will be able to send packages up to 30 kilograms to Ukraine via 6,000 UPS Store locations across the U.S., Nova Poshta said in a press release on Feb. 18.
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.
The Kyiv Independent’s Martin Fornusek speaks with Bill Browder, investor and longtime sanctions advocate, about why Western sanctions have so far failed to change Russian President Vladimir Putin’s behavior.
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Six Russians and four Belarusians will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Games in Milan. It will be the first time the Russian flag has flown at the Paralympics since 2014.
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Russia launched an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 126 drones at Ukraine overnight, the Air Force said.
Investigators and bomb disposal experts continue to work at the scene, the report read.
(Updated: )Peace talks
'Difficult' talks in Geneva — Zelensky signals progress on ceasefire, political stalemate continues.
"We agreed to continue and move forward," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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