Slovakian Defense Minister Jaro Nad said that Bratislava had delivered two Zuzana 2 howitzers, and more will be coming soon. "To mark (Vladimir Putin's) 70th birthday, we delivered yet another gift," Nad wrote on Twitter.
The Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, which supplies fuel to Russian troops, processes 6.42 million tons of oil annually, according to Ukraine's General Staff.
The most difficult period was October, when Russia struck the company 25 times and took out nearly 60% of Ukraine’s gas production.
The talks unfold after a week of pointed criticism from Russian officials, who have suggested that only Ukraine's capitulation would satisfy Moscow's objectives.
DTEK has set aside 150 million euros from its own pockets, but needs help from partners to close the rest by the end of the year.
The civilian car was struck in the town of Mykolaivka, located east of the city of Sloviansk and only around ten kilometers from the front line.
In Odesa, long-range Russian strikes on infrastructure and residential homes saw three civilians injured, according to regional governor Serhii Lysak.
The Kyiv Independent’s War Crimes Investigations Unit will present a new documentary, “Torture Culture,” exposing the systematic torture of Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity and highlighting Russia’s use of torture throughout history.
The number includes 890 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Over the past week, the elite Prymary ("Ghosts") unit targeted several high-value pieces of Russian military equipment, including a Pantsir missile system.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Feb. 16 that Russia is preparing new large-scale attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as Kyiv's negotiating team arrived in Geneva for another round of peace talks with the United States and Russia.
Herman Halushchenko, Ukraine's former energy minister, was charged of money laundering and involvement in a criminal group as part of the country's major corruption scandal, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) announced on Feb. 16.
Dismissing any approximations to Article 5 as mere "rhetorical expressions," Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys named financial support for Ukraine's military or future EU membership as more realistic guarantees.
Zagreb is ready to help resolve the disruption in compliance with EU law and the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) regulations, Croatian Economy Minister Ante Susnjar said.
