US House passes record $858 billion defense budget, including more aid for Ukraine.

3:44 PM

Putin assembling veteran negotiators for talks on ending Ukraine war, Bloomberg reports.

Putin's team will reportedly include Sergey Naryshkin, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR).

3:05 PM

Ukraine opens criminal cases against ex-President Poroshenko, sanctioned oligarchs, businessmen.

"Each of these five individuals is being held criminally liable for committing serious and especially serious crimes," the Prosecutor General's Office said in a post on Telegram.

2:28 PM

Ukraine repatriates 757 bodies of fallen soldiers.

The bodies were recovered from the Pokrovsk, Bakhmut, Vuhledar, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia sectors of the front.

1:31 PM

'Crazy' Putin could attack NATO in 2026, Russia building up troops in Belarus, Zelensky says.

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia plans to deploy 15 divisions, totaling 100,000 to 150,000 troops, primarily in Belarus.

1:19 PM

Orban sees Russia's 'reintegration' into world economy, Europe's energy after Ukraine deal.

"If the U.S. president comes and creates peace, there is a deal, I think Russia will be reintegrated into the world economy." Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

1:11 PM

4,000 North Korean casualties in Russia's Kursk Oblast, 2/3 killed, Zelensky says.

Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, Zelensky said the morale of Pyongyang's troops had been "broken" by the losses.

12:21 PM

Zelensky-Vance meeting postponed as US reviews Ukraine's partnership draft.

The postponement comes as the U.S. considers a proposed minerals agreement that could link future aid to Ukraine with access to its rare earth mineral reserves.

12:19 PM

Sudan to allow Russia to build its first naval base in Africa.

The naval base — which has been under discussion since 2017 — would give Moscow access to the Red Sea, one of the world’s most strategically important waterways.

9:46 AM  (Updated:  February 14, 2025 11:23 am)

Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant sarcophagus hit by Russian drone, Zelensky releases video of explosion.

"Russia continues to expand its army and shows no change in its deranged, anti-human state rhetoric," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

11:06 AM

Opinion

3 lessons from Minsk II for the US in a future Russia-Ukraine peace deal

10:55 AM

US judge orders temporary lift Trump administration's freeze on foreign aid.

Judge Amir Ali issued the order in response to a lawsuit filed by the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition and the Global Health Council.

10:10 AM

US aid to Ukraine could become 'carrot or stick' in talks with Russia, Hegseth says.

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that President Donald Trump's administration is continuing to deliver the allocated security assistance to Kyiv but hinted that future funding could be conditional.

8:42 AM

Plane malfunction forces State Secretary Rubio to return to Washington while en route to Munich Security Conference.

U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio is scheduled to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb. 14.

8:18 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 855,480 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

This number includes 1,200 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day.

7:11 AM

German company to manufacture 6,000 AI-powered drones for Ukraine.

Ukraine is set to receive 6,000 AI-powered HX-2 attack drones from the Munich-based defense technology firm Helsing.

5:42 AM

European Business Association calls on Ukraine to declassify mineral deposit data.

The European Business Association (EBA) urged the Ukrainian government to declassify its information on mineral deposit data, in a statement on Feb. 13.

4:49 AM

Ukraine’s possible territorial losses may be 'formalized without recognition by US,' Kellogg tells Fox News.

"I think there will be a certain agreement on the potential loss of territory. But, look, you don't have to admit it," U.S. President Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, said on Feb. 13.

2:43 AM

'Putin is afraid of you' — Zelensky reportedly told Trump during phone call, Axios reports.

During a phone call between President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump, Zelensky reportedly told Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin is pretending "he wants a deal only because he is afraid of you," Axios reported on Feb. 13, citing a Ukrainian official and three other sources familiar with the call.

1:09 AM

Starmer reiterates UK's support for Ukraine's NATO membership following US dismissal.

"My position is the NATO position," U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters on Feb. 13. "This was discussed at the summit that we had last year in Washington, where it was agreed amongst all NATO members that there should be an irreversible path of Ukraine to NATO membership."

11:14 PM  (Updated:  February 14, 2025 12:39 am)

'No talks with Russians planned in Munich' — Ukraine denies participation in US-Russia meeting on Feb. 14.

A Ukrainian official on Feb. 13 denied Ukraine will participate in a joint meeting between U.S. and Russian representatives in Munich after U.S. President Donald Trump suggested talks will be held on Feb. 14.

5:16 PM  (Updated:  February 14, 2025 12:22 am)

KI Insights

Shifting Sands: Trump’s Peace Proposal for Ukraine and Russia

11:45 PM

Politics

Following an attack on opposition, Zelensky effectively begins election season

11:11 PM

Ukraine

‘A push for Ukraine’s capitulation’ – Baltic, Eastern Europe react to Trump’s rush to negotiate peace with Putin

11:00 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Russia preparing delegation for US talks on war with Kyiv, Kremlin says

10:31 PM

Russia should be readmitted into G7, Trump says.

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 13 that he would "love" to see Russia readmitted into the Group of Seven (G7), calling Russia's 2014 expulsion from the group a "mistake."