Eastern Europe

The fight against corruption is of critical importance for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine, G7 ambassadors to Ukraine said following a meeting with Head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention Oleksandr Novikov....

In 2023, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine will increase the purchase of UAVs for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, taking into account the needs and requests of the Ukrainian army, about UAH 20 billion should be allocated to this segment in 2023....

New UAV countermeasure systems have begun protecting energy facilities from Russian drones, Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov has said....

The Ministry of Economy confirms the forecast for the growth of the Ukrainian economy in 2023 by 3.2%, despite the worsening of its forecast by the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) from 4% to 0.3% this week, First Deputy Minister Denys Kudin has said....

Rolls-Royce Power Systems together with PerinGenerators Group have manufactured heavy-duty generators for Ukrainian hospitals, the Ministry of Health of Ukraine reports on Telegram....

Negotiations on the transfer of aircraft and long-range missiles to Ukraine are being carried out with partners in an accelerated mode, adviser to the head of the President's Office Mykhailo Podoliak said....

Ukraine intends to receive 24 fighter jets from international allies as part of the first batch, Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman for the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, told the Spanish newspaper El Pas....

The enemy continues to attack in three directions, holding the defense in four. The Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled enemy attacks in the area of 12 settlements in a day, the General Staff reported....

A total of 700 Aster-30 anti-aircraft missiles for Mamba SAMP/T anti-aircraft missile systems with a total value of $2 billion will be ordered from the transnational company MBDA, and the air defense systems themselves will soon be delivered to Ukraine....

A second offensive by the occupying Russian army may begin by February 24 in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksiy Danilov believes....

On Friday evening, Russian invaders fired at several infrastructure facilities in Zaporizhia, one of them caught fire. One person was injured during the shelling and was hospitalized, Anatoliy Kurtev, secretary of the City Council, said....

Ambassador of Ukraine to France Vadym Omelchenko said on the air of the French channel BFMTV that the allies had promised to provide Kyiv with 321 heavy tanks....

The Main Intelligence Agency has announced that the Russian special services are preparing another special operation to discredit Ukraine's military-political leadership....

Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region came under fire from a MLRS a strike was made on a residential area, a school, apartment buildings and private houses are on fire, Head of Donetsk Regional Military Administration Pavlo Kyrylenko said....

The invaders in Donbas are deliberately and methodically destroying towns and villages, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video statement on Friday....

Brazilian President Luiz Incio Lula da Silva on Friday refused to supply ammunition for German tanks that could end up in Ukraine, the Brazilian edition Folha de So Paulo said....

The Hungarian Ambassador will be summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for a frank conversation in connection with Prime Minister Viktor Orbn's disparaging remarks about Ukraine, Spokesman for the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Corruption crimes during the war can be equated with looting, Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin said during a meeting with a delegation from the United States, according to the telegram channel of the Prosecutor General's Office (PGO) on Friday....

Ukraine is launching a marathon of honesty against attempts by the leadership of international Olympic structures to "pull" representatives of a terrorist state into world sport, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has said....

On Friday, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal discussed the issue of strengthening support for Ukraine with German Ambassador Anka Feldhusen....

The first in the world unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) crack companies are being formed of the most professional servicemen who will head them, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) has said....

Ukrainian boxer Volodymyr Klitschko met with new German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius: they talked about further support for Ukraine, his brother, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said....

The Cabinet of Ministers has allowed the use of funds from the Fund for Economic Recovery and Transformation to finance the eRobota program, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has announced....

On Friday, Russian occupiers shelled residential areas of Kherson and Kherson region, as a result of which there are killed and wounded, the press service of Kherson Regional Military Administration said....

The UK is ready to actively work to find ways to strengthen and improve the effectiveness of the sanctions policy against the Russian Federation, Director General for Economics, Science and Technology of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office of t...

There are 800 severely wounded Ukrainian servicemen on Russia's territory, Ukrainian Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said....

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal says as a result of a Russian missile attack on January 26, five high-voltage substations in the central, southern and southwestern regions were hit....

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine calls on both sides of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, which escalated the day before, to restraint and an immediate cessation of missile attacks in order to prevent human casualties and destruction....

Among the 55 missiles in the missile attack launched by the Russian army on January 26, there were two Kinzhal missiles, which are virtually impossible to shoot down with the air defense systems currently available to Ukraine, Yuriy Ihnat, spokesman for t...

Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal says in pursuance of the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), the government has approved a resolution banning officials from traveling abroad for the duration of the war without valid reaso...

The Cabinet of Ministers has appointed Mustafa Nayyem as head of the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development....

The F-16 fighter could be the best candidate for the Ukrainian Air Force to become a single type of multi-purpose aircraft, however, we can only speak about the timing of pilot training, Spokesman for the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Uk...

Ukraine is interested in Japan's participation in the post-war reconstruction of the country, Verkhovna Rada Chairman Ruslan Stefanchuk has said....

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, along with representatives of the diplomatic corps, took part in the commemoration of millions of victims of the Holocaust in Kyiv, the head of Ukrainian state's press service said....

Inspectors from the U.S. Department of State, the Department of Defense and the Agency for International Development (USAID) have arrived in Ukraine to supervise the aid being provided, U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has said....

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Belgium Alexander De Croo, announced the strengthening of military support for Ukraine and the provision of the largest aid package to date....

The Council of the European Union extended the sanctions against Russia over the events in Ukraine for another six months on Friday, the Council said in a press release....

On the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned crimes against humanity and attempts to justify or deny the Holocaust....

Nova Poshta, the leader of express delivery in Ukraine, intends to place the third issue of bonds in its history - series "C."...

The Office of the Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights verified the presence of more than 14,000 Ukrainian children on the territory of the Russian Federation, but their total number may be much more, said Ombudsman Dmytro Lubinets....

Ukraine strongly condemns the attack on the Azerbaijani embassy in Tehran on January 27, as a result of which one person was killed and several others were injured, spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleh Nikolenko said....

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna assured her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba of unwavering support, and said that with her fourth visit to Ukraine she wanted to convey this message personally from the President of France and the French people...

The Russian occupiers are unlikely to have achieved significant success in military operations near Orikhiv, Zaporizhia region and Vuhledar, Donetsk region, and the relevant messages may be targeted misinformation, according to a defense intelligence repo...

Combat losses of the Russian occupation army over the past day amounted to about 850 people of military personnel, and since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, as of Friday morning, January 27, amounted to about 124,710 pe...

Poland will provide Ukraine with 60 tanks, including the PT-91 Twardy, in addition to the announced delivery of 14 Leopard 2 tanks, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in an interview with the Canadian channel CTV News....

The Canadian Red Cross will additionally send $25 million in support of the government's Prykhystok program, Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Yulia Kovaliv has said....

The package of U.S. military assistance, including 31 Abrams M1 tanks, provides for the purchase of new combat vehicles for Ukraine, Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh has said....

Ukrainian forces have resumed counter-offensive operations in the area of Kreminna, Luhansk region, according to a report of the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) for January 26, citing Russian sources....

Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak has discussed with the ambassadors of the G7 countries and head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Matti Maasikas their support for the Peace Formula proposed by Ukraine, the press service of the h...

Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland has said that an international tribunal or other mechanism could be ready by the summer, under which Russia could be held accountable for crimes against humanity and war crimes in Ukraine, Vo...