Amy B. Zegart
The Culture Ministry will temporarily halt issuing permits for draft-age male journalists and culture professionals to travel abroad pending a legislative review, the ministry said on Feb. 26.
The measure, which will take effect on March 3, comes in …
American and Russian officials have identified the Arctic as a possible area of economic cooperation, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 26, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that Washington and Moscow are …
Editor’s note: This is issue 15 of Ukrainian lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak’s weekly “Ukraine Reforms Tracker” covering events from Feb. 17–Feb. 23, 2025. The digest highlights steps taken in the Ukrainian parliament related to business, …
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After weeks of back-and-forth, during which U.S. President …
The Trump administration said on Feb. 26 that it is terminating over 90% of the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) foreign aid contracts, cutting $60 billion in foreign assistance, the U.S. media reported.
The step comes after …
Western partners are planning to allocate 700 million euros ($732 million) to Kyiv for the purchase of demining equipment by 2034, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said on Feb. 26.
Over 139,300 square kilometers (53,800 square miles) of Ukrainian …
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to impose 25% tariffs on imports from the European Union soon, he said during a cabinet meeting on Feb. 26.
In early February, Trump placed 25% tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, albeit postponing their …
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
A Russian delegation arrived at the residency of the U.S. Consul General in Istanbul, starting the second round of Russian-U.S. talks, the state news agency TASS reported on Feb. …
Ukraine has regrouped its troops on the battlefield, slowing down Russian forces' advance in the most “threatening areas,” Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Feb. 27.
Russian troops are actively pushing on the Novopavlivka …
Minderoo Foundation on Feb. 27 donated 5 million Australian dollars ($3.15 million) to support Ukrainian communities impacted by Russian aggression and affirm Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
The package builds upon 20 million Australian dollars …
Russia has lost 871,850 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on Feb. 27.
This number includes 1,150 casualties Russian forces suffered just over …
Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
North Korea has deployed additional troops to Russia, an official for South Korea’s National Intelligence Agency claimed on Feb. 27.
An official from Seoul’s spy agency …
Finland announced on Feb. 26 that it would provide 660 million euros ($691 million) in military equipment for Ukraine, supplying the embattled country with domestically-produced equipment.
The announcement did not provide detail as to what kind of …
Bulgaria’s Constitutional Court ordered a full recount of the country’s October 2024 parliamentary election results on Feb. 26 following an audit that discovered various voting discrepancies.
The court-issued recount puts at risk a slim six-seat …
The United States abstained from signing a statement by members of the World Trade Organization (WTO) condemning Russian aggression on Feb. 26, breaking from its Western allies.
A total of 45 members, including Ukraine, agreed to the WTO statement. …
Romanian presidential candidate and right-wing populist Calin Georgescu was detained by police on Feb. 26 and charged by prosecutors for alleged crimes related to the country’s recent elections.
Georgescu, a pro-Russian candidate who has …
The Romanian parliament passed a law on Feb. 26 that allows the country to shoot down drones that violate its airspace.
The move comes after multiple incidents in which Russian drones crashed onto Romanian territory during attacks against neighboring …
U.S. and Russian officials will not discuss Russia’s war against Ukraine during their meeting in Istanbul on Feb. 27, a U.S. State Department spokesperson said in an email to Reuters.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Feb. 26 …
President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with U.S. President Donald Trump on Feb. 28 to finalize a critical minerals deal between Ukraine and the United States, the president confirmed in his evening address on Feb. 26.
Previously, Trump announced that …
Key developments on Feb. 26:
Ukraine targeted key Russian military and industrial sites in occupied Crimea and Krasnodar Krai, striking the Saky and Kacha military airfields and the Tuapse oil refinery, Ukraine’s General Staff reported on Feb. 26.
The operation, conducted …
