Todd Breasseale, the Pentagon's acting spokesman, denied the reports that Russia had destroyed six U.S.-made HIMARS, about half of the number sent to Ukraine. "We are aware of these latest claims by (Defense) Minister (Sergei) Shoigu and they are again patently false," Breasseale said.
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Friday, February 27
President Volodymyr Zelensky invited Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Ukraine in a phone call on Feb. 27, amid a row between Kyiv, Budapest, and Bratislava over a key oil pipeline.
"Demining activities are ongoing to ensure safe access for the repair teams," said IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi.
The Trypillia Thermal Power Plant, the main power supplier to Kyiv, Zhytomyr, and Cherkasy oblasts, was destroyed in a Russian strike in the spring of 2024.
According to Zelensky, the U.S. has the power to bring the war to an end but only by exerting stronger pressure on Putin through sanctions and supplies of advanced weapons to Ukraine.
The first month of the ministry's renewed team was focused on improving Ukraine's air defense capabilities.
Sweden's military jammed a suspected Russian drone that was flying toward the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which was docked in the port of Malmo.
The number includes 1,280 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
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Ukrainian delegates met U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Geneva as part of the ongoing efforts to broker a peace with Moscow, Ukraine's top negotiator, Rustem Umerov, announced on Feb. 26.
Friday, February 27
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Ukraine struck the Russian city of Belgorod and a neighboring district with "a massive missile attack" overnight, causing power outages, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed on Feb. 27.
Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko welcomed the IMF decision, saying that, "It is very important for us that in the fifth year of full-scale war, amidst systematic attacks on the energy sector, Ukraine has guaranteed international financial support from partners and resources for the stable functioning of the state."
Ukraine did not just attack a NATO member this week — despite efforts by some to frame its strike on a Russian oil hub that way.
