A resident of Kyiv walks past destroyed Russian military equipment on a cold February day. Photo: Reuters / Valentyn Ogirenko.
- The Kremlin noted that to achieve progress in the peaceful resolution of the Ukrainian conflict, it is necessary to adhere to the "understandings" reached during negotiations between Putin and Trump in Anchorage last August.
- The Ewald von Kleist Prize, awarded for contributions to international cooperation and conflict resolution, will be awarded to the Ukrainian people in 2026.
- The company "Ukrenergo," the operator of Ukraine's energy system, announced plans to limit electricity supply across all regions of the country for a day.
- On Monday night, Russian forces launched 11 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 149 strike drones, according to a report from the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- In Kherson, in the Dnipro district, a 14-year-old boy and a 40-year-old man were injured as a result of a drone strike.
- Three people were injured as a result of shelling conducted by Russian troops in the Synelnykove and Nikopol districts of Dnipropetrovsk region.
- The Russian army again shelled production facilities of "Naftogaz" in Poltava and Sumy regions.
- The mayor of Belgorod, Valentin Demidov, reported that a Ukrainian shell hit the roof of one of the city's enterprises.
- Due to power supply issues in Belgorod region, an accident occurred at two water intakes, leaving 100,000 people without water.
- The FSB of Russia announced the detention of two men suspected of attempting to assassinate the first deputy head of the GRU, Vladimir Alekseev, claiming they acted on the orders of the Security Service of Ukraine. This accusation was rejected in Kyiv.
- According to the Ukrainian project DeepState, which monitors the situation at the front, Russian troops advanced in the area of the settlement of Tikhoye in Kharkiv region, as well as near Privolny, Vasyukivka, Nikiforivka, and Pokrovsk in Donetsk region.
- Despite restrictions on the use of Starlink, the Russian army continues to operate drones in real-time using Mesh networks, as reported by the advisor to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Sergey Beskrestnov.
- The European Union proposed to impose sanctions against the ports of Kulevi (Georgia) and Karimun (Indonesia) due to their operations with Russian oil, according to Reuters.
- The defense ministers of Ukraine and France signed a memorandum of intent for joint production of weapons, including fighters, air defense systems, and missiles.
