Italian law enforcers have detained the 34-year-old son of Ukrainian banker Oleksandr Adarich on suspicion of his murder. Investigators believe that the man lured his father into the house to force him to transfer a large sum of money, and then threw him out of the window, according to ANSA.

Former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will advise Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on economic recovery, attracting investment in defense, and rebuilding the energy sector, according to The Independent.

Over the past two years, 43 cases of arson attacks on Ukrposhta post offices have been reported in Ukraine, the National Police said in response to a request from hromadske. In 36 cases, they have identified the perpetrators of the arson attacks. Ukrposhta head earlier cited draft notice delivery.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a phone conversation with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, inviting him to visit Ukraine.

A local ceasefire has been established near the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to repair the backup power line, the International Atomic Energy Agency reports.

The Russian Orthodox Church's representative office in Africa is participating in a scheme to recruit Kenyan citizens to fight in Russia's war against Ukraine, according to the American news agency Religion News Service.

Hungary and Slovakia have set up an investigative commission to examine the condition of the Druzhba oil pipeline and are calling on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to "allow entry," as announced by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

Since 2022, Ukrainians have established over 120,000 companies in Poland. The vast majority of Ukrainian refugees work or are engaged in entrepreneurship, hiring people and paying taxes to the country's budget, Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said during a speech in the Sejm on Thursday.

How does Ukraine's defense industry survive after the war? Kateryna Mykhalko argues that opening international markets is key. It's not about being "victims constantly asking for help," but about offering proven technology and integrating into global supply chains to ensure long-term security.

Ukraine is critically short of PAC-3 missiles for Patriot air defense systems, which are used to repel Russian ballistic missiles, Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has said, according to the RBC-Ukraine news agency.

Russian forces launched 187 strike drones against Ukraine overnight into Friday, causing civilian casualties—including children—and damaging port infrastructure, residential buildings, and other civilian objects in several regions, Ukraine’s Air Force reported.

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces struck an oil depot in occupied Luhansk overnight into Friday, the 1st Separate Center of Unmanned Systems confirmed, with video footage showing a large fire spreading across the facility circulating on social media.

The International Monetary Fund’s Executive Board approved a new $8.1 billion Extended Fund Facility program for Ukraine, the Finance Ministry reported, with the first $1.5 billion tranche expected to arrive soon to help cover the budget deficit and support macroeconomic stability.

Paratroopers from the UK and France are conducting training exercises in preparation for deployment "anywhere in the world," according to the Telegraph and Euronews. This comes after statements that these countries may lead peacekeeping forces in Ukraine.

The Swedish Armed Forces neutralized a Russian drone that approached the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, which is currently in Sweden, SVT reports.

Ukraine’s General Staff has confirmed that a February 20 strike using domestically produced Flamingo missiles destroyed production workshop No. 22 at Russia’s Votkinsk Machine Building Plant in Udmurtia, the facility that manufactures Iskander-M and Oreshnik missiles.

The Norwegian government will put forward for public discussion a proposal not to grant temporary collective protection to men from Ukraine aged 18 to 60 based on a group assessment, according to its website. They will be able to apply for asylum under the usual rules.

Viktoria Lukashova, who worked as a journalist in Kharkiv, is the deputy governor for information policy in Russia's Kursk Oblast, according to journalist Iryna Romaliyska. In the 2000s, she and Lukashova began working in journalism and were colleagues on television in Kharkiv.

Ukraine repatriated 1,000 bodies and remains on Thursday, which Russia claims belong to fallen Ukrainian defenders, the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War reported.

Ghanaian Foreign Minister Samuel Ablakwa, who visited Kyiv, spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy about release of Ghanaians captured on the battlefield and held in Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha promised Ghanaian diplomats access to its citizens.

Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych, who was disqualified from the 2026 Winter Olympics over his “helmet of memory,” addressed Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday, calling for the revocation of Olympic official Sergey Bubka’s Hero of Ukraine title.

Switzerland will ban the purchase and import of Russian liquefied natural gas from today, impose new restrictions on the Russian industrial and financial sectors, and tighten sanctions against Belarus, the country's federal government said. Existing gas import contracts will not be renewed.

Russian forces launched 420 drones and 39 missiles of various types — including 11 ballistic missiles — against Ukraine overnight into Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported.

Russian troops attacked Ukraine with strike drones and missiles overnight into Thursday. Dozens of casualties have been reported by local authorities.

As a result of the Russian attack in the city of Zaporizhzhia, the building of one of the educational institutions was damaged, according to the regional military administration.

US President Donald Trump told the Ukrainian president that he would like to see the Russo-Ukrainian war end "within a month," Axios reports, citing an unnamed Ukrainian official and two other sources familiar with the conversation between Trump and Zelenskyy on February 25.

Ukraine's defense-tech sector is rapidly evolving from a "closed club of older men" into an innovative space for diverse talent. Kateryna Mykhalko discusses the critical need to bring more civilians into the defense sector to secure Ukraine's ability to win.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has awarded Denys Prokopenko (Redis) the rank of brigadier general, according to a decree on the president's website.

On February 26, a bilateral meeting between Ukraine and the United States will take place in Geneva. Among other things, they will prepare an economic document, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said at a briefing, as quoted by Ukrinform.

The Security Service of Ukraine has detained a manufacturer of armored glass for the Armed Forces. He is suspected of gathering information for Russia about defense industries and plans to install remote surveillance on them, according to the SBU. He now faces a life sentence for treason.

The Artan special forces unit of Ukraine's Defense Intelligence is participating in an operation near Stepnohirsk in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. The Defense Forces managed to dislodge the Russians from some positions, according to the military intelligence update.

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) has charged an 18-year-old woman from Kharkiv as an alleged accomplice in the February 22 terrorist bombing in Lviv that killed a 23-year-old police officer and injured 25 others, after she made a false emergency call.

Russian forces falsely claimed to have captured the village of Rizdvianka in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Oblast, located 20 km from the contact line, South Defense Forces spokesman Vladyslav Voloshyn told Interfax-Ukraine on Wednesday.

The United States has imposed sanctions on four individuals, including Russians, and three companies accused of stealing and selling cyber tools to the US government, according to the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

The United States issued a demarche to Ukraine regarding strikes on the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, said Ukraine's ambassador to the US, Olga Stefanishyna, CNN reports. At the same time, there were no calls to refrain from strikes on Russian military infrastructure.

Russian forces struck a residential building in Ukraine’s Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with guided bombs late on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring five others, according to regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha.

For 55-year-old Yaroslav, the fight is personal, rooted in his family's history of exile to Siberia. For 19-year-old Dmytro, it began with a desire to join the best. We explore the deeply personal reasons why two men, decades apart in age, chose to defend their country.

On February 9, Ukrainian entrepreneur and athlete Roman Maslov conquered the highest point of Mount Kilimanjaro, Uhuru Peak (translated as "Freedom"), and unfurled a 3×4.5 m Ukrainian flag at an altitude of 5,895 meters, the Ukrainian Book of Records reports.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will not dismiss former Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief and current Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, following criticism of the president over the 2023 counteroffensive, he said in an interview with German public broadcaster ARD.

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, signed a document approving the European Union's allocation of a €90 billion loan to Ukraine. The funds will be disbursed in 2026 and 2027.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on his possible participation in the upcoming Ukrainian presidential election during an interview with Tagesschau. He is ready for the election, but called on partners who are pushing Ukraine to ensure appropriate security conditions.

Two days ago, Ukraine received part of an air defense aid package, but still needs missiles for Patriot systems, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during the opening of a meeting of the "coalition of the willing," which was broadcast by public broadcaster Suspilne.

Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia with drones overnight, injuring at least five people, including a child, and damaging residential and industrial buildings, while a separate guided bomb attack in Komyshuvakha wounded an 87-year-old man and one in Orikhiv killed a 71-year-old resident.

Over $90 billion will be needed over the next ten years to restore and modernize Ukraine's energy sector, Ukrainian Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said during the presentation of the fifth assessment of damages and restoration needs.

Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has published Ukraine's plan to end the war on social media. "Russia continues to wage war because it believes it can break us with force and resources...

Attempts to advance through Ukrainian territory in 2025 cost Russian troops an average of 167 soldiers per kilometer of occupied land, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told FT. He rejected Vladimir Putin's statements that Kyiv could use temporary cessation of hostilities to regroup for an offensive.

The United Kingdom announced a new package of military, humanitarian, and energy support for Ukraine, including emergency power grid funding, medical mentoring, and helicopter pilot training for the first time, the British government reported on Tuesday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a speech on the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. He honored the "thousands" of heroes who gave their lives so that Ukraine could live. "No one will allow Ukraine to end. We want a strong, dignified, lasting peace," he added.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv on a visit to mark the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion. This is her tenth trip to the Ukrainian capital during the all-out war that broke out exactly four years ago on February 24, 2022, she announced on social media.

"Cheap Shaheds cannot be shot down with multimillion-dollar missiles." Kateryna Mykhalko, former head of Ukraine's Technological Forces, explains why Europe needs Ukraine's battle-tested drone experience. It's not just about exports; it's about a fundamental shift in defense strategy.