Russian embassy in the U.S. dismissed such reports as "pure fiction" and part of "Russophobic hysteria."
Ukraine struck multiple Russian military command posts and logistics hubs in occupied territories, the General Staff reported on Feb. 20.
President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to meet with Ukraine's negotiating team on Feb. 20.
The operation, codenamed "Enigma 2.0," was carried out jointly by the SBU, Ukraine's National Police, and Moldova's Police.
"They told us: 'We are ready not to occupy your other regions.' But that is terrorism… 'I am ready not to kill you, just give us everything,'" Zelensky said.
Russia launched an Iskander ballistic missile and 128 drones at Ukraine during the night, the Air Force reported.
The number includes 740 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.
Belarusian officials said Feb. 19 that they were unable to obtain visas to travel to the United States for the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace, despite receiving an official invitation to attend.
Polish President Karol Nawrocki signed legislation on Feb. 19 transferring support measures for Ukrainian refugees into Poland’s general Law on the Protection of Foreigners, ending a separate legal framework created after Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 19 approved a one-year extension of the national emergency and related sanctions first introduced following Russia’s 2014 occupation of Crimea.
The package also includes procurement of ammunition and "expansion of cooperation... on long-range drones."
"The portfolio of potential U.S.-Russia projects is over $14 trillion," Kremlin economic negotiator Kirill Dmitriev said.
