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Monday, February 16
Ex-energy minister charged in Ukraine's biggest corruption case
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.
Russian attacks on Sumy Oblast injure 4, damage 'medical infrastructure'
Sumy Oblast Governor Oleh Hryhoriv reported that a Russian drone targeted unspecified "medical infrastructure" in the city of Sumy overnight on Feb. 14-15, causing damage to the target.
'Air defense is a daily necessity' — Zelensky says additional aid packages expected by Feb. 24 following return from Munich
"There were many meetings, and most importantly – there will be new support packages for Ukraine. The key priority is missiles for air defense, for protection against ballistic missiles," Zelensky said in his evening address on Feb. 15.
'Mass obstruction' — Draft officers injured in Odesa following confrontation with 'civilian group'
Multiple enlistment officers were hospitalized after a "group of civilians" allegedly carried out an attack on the personnel in Odesa on Feb. 15, the Odesa Oblast Regional Recruitment Center reported.
Sunday, February 15
Ukrainian drone attack targets multiple Russian oblasts, Bryansk reportedly left largely without electricity
Russian officials reported a large-scale drone attack targeting multiple regions on Feb. 15, including areas near Moscow and Bryansk Oblasts.
Ukraine war latest: Ukraine destroys half of Russia's 'key' Pantsir air defense systems, security service says
Key developments on Feb. 14-15: * Ukraine destroys half of Russia's 'key' Pantsir air defense systems, security service says * Ukraine hits Russia's BK-16 landing craft in Crimea and other targets in Russian-occupied territories, military says * Zelensky, Rubio discuss air defense for Ukraine, possibility of leader-level peace talks * Territorial concessions by Ukraine won't bring peace, Zelensky says in Munich * Ukraine сonfirms strike on oil terminal in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, hits air
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Russia appeared to confirm on Feb. 13 the existence of a sweeping U.S.-Russia economic proposal known in Kyiv as the "Dmitriev package," days after President Volodymyr Zelensky first disclosed it publicly. The Ukrainian president said on Feb. 6 that intelligence had briefed him on what he described as a roughly $12 trillion framework for large-scale economic cooperation between Moscow and Washington. "Intelligence showed me the so-called 'Dmitriev package' that he presented in the U.S. — it am
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