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Tuesday, March 3
As Ukrainian regions start preparing for upcoming winter, Kyiv lags behind
Regional leaders and mayors met with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on March 3 to approve plans for the upcoming winter. The National Security and Defense Council soon approved all plans, except the one meant for Kyiv. Each regional plan includes protections for energy infrastructure, additional cogeneration, and decentralized heating and water supply. Local officials were required to submit their plans by March 1. Kyiv's plan was not good enough, the government said "We still need to w
Zelensky floats swapping Patriot missiles for interceptor drones amid increased Iranian Shahed threat
"If they give them to us, we will give them interceptors. It is an equal exchange," he said.
At least 337 Ukrainian POWs 'brutally' executed by Russia, Ukraine's ombudsman says
"Russia has turned torture into state policy and uses it as a weapon," Ukraine's Human Rights Ombudsman, Dmytro Lubinets, said.
Putin, Orban discuss Hungarians in Ukraine's army captured by Russia, Kremlin says
Orban held a phone call with Putin amid an escalating spat between Kyiv and Budapest.
Zelensky's ex-chief of staff Yermak to head lawyers' association committee
The committee was created by order of Lidia Izovitova, head of the association. Izovitova has faced criticism for allegedly being a protégé of pro-Kremlin politician Viktor Medvedchuk. Izovitova's tenure as head of the association ended in 2022, and she has been accused of holding her position illegally.
Ukrainian forces liberate 9 eastern settlements as Russian troops face Starlink disruptions, Ukraine's military says
"Three additional settlements in the area have been fully cleared of Russian troops, while fighting continues for several more," the statement read.
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Russia's image as a reliable ally has suffered yet another blow as Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint U.S.–Israeli strikes across Iran on Feb. 28, marking a fresh outbreak of hostilities in the Middle East. So far, Moscow's response to the U.S.–Israeli bombardment of hundreds of targets in Iran has been limited to diplomatic support for Tehran, even as U.S. President Donald Trump has openly called for a change of regime. The latest development highlights Iran's junior ro
