The consequences of the strike on Odessa. Photo by Nina Liashonok / Ukrinform / ZUMA Press Wire / Scanpix / LETA.
- Stephen Whitcoff, special representative of the U.S. president, stated that a new round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia could take place within the next three weeks. He also noted the possibility of organizing a summit involving the presidents of these countries and possibly the U.S.
- As a result of the strike from the Ukrainian side, power and heating outages began in the Belgorod region of Russia.
- A Russian shelling occurred in the Kyiv region, resulting in one death.
- Oleg Kiper, head of the Odessa regional administration, reported a nighttime strike by Russian drones on energy facilities in the region. Large areas were engulfed in flames, but there were no casualties or injuries.
- On February 22, in response to the Russian shelling of Ukraine, Polish and NATO military aircraft were put into the air.
- FSB head Alexander Bortnikov stated there might be a British connection in the assassination attempt on General Vladimir Alekseev, the first deputy chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that the explosions in Lviv, which resulted in the death of a law enforcement officer, were carried out using the Telegram messenger and were linked to Russia. As a result of two explosions that occurred in the center of Lviv, a 23-year-old police officer was killed, and another 25 people were injured.
- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that the country would block the 20th package of EU sanctions against Russia due to the halt of oil pumping through the Druzhba pipeline in Ukraine.
- The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry characterized the statements from Hungary and Slovakia regarding a possible cessation of electricity supplies to Ukraine as blackmail and suggested directing ultimatums to the Kremlin rather than Kyiv.
- Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called for the immediate dispatch of "non-combat troops" to Ukraine to carry out tasks in peaceful regions.
