Moments of silence in Kyiv in honor of the fourth anniversary of the war. Photo by Henry Nicholls / AFP / Scanpix / LETA.
- The International Monetary Fund approved a loan of $8.1 billion to Ukraine for a period of four years, with an immediate first disbursement of $1.5 billion.
- A meeting took place in Geneva between delegations from Ukraine and the United States, where issues of the country's reconstruction and preparations for trilateral negotiations involving Russia, scheduled for early March, were discussed.
- Russia's special envoy Kirill Dmitriev held meetings in Geneva with Trump representatives Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.
- Russia and Ukraine conducted an exchange of the bodies of fallen soldiers: Ukraine received 1,000 bodies, while Russia received 35.
- As a result of shelling in Belgorod from Ukraine on Thursday evening, energy infrastructure was damaged, leading to power and heating outages in the city.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported a nighttime attack involving 420 drones and 39 missiles. He noted that most missiles were intercepted, but some still reached their targets.
- Leaders of European Union countries are trying to find a compromise with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to lift his blockade on new financial aid to Ukraine and the adoption of a new sanctions package against Russia, Politico sources report.
- The State Duma of Russia passed a law on February 26 allowing the refusal of extradition for foreign citizens who have served or are serving in the ranks of the Russian army involved in the conflict with Ukraine.
