
President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb. 26 officially dismissed Brigadier General Andrii Hnatov as commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after appointing him deputy chief of the General Staff in January.
Hnatov has held the …
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President Volodymyr Zelensky on Feb. 26 officially dismissed Brigadier General Andrii Hnatov as commander of the Joint Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, after appointing him deputy chief of the General Staff in January.
Hnatov has held the …

Russian airstrikes on Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast killed at least five civilians and injured 11 others on Feb. 26, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.
According to Ukraine’s National Police, a 47-year-old woman and four men — aged 56, 57, …

Craig Unger is an American journalist and writer who has written two books on Donald Trump’s connections to Russia’s security services and the Russian mafia stretching all the way back to the 1980s. Unger says he is “absolutely certain” that the U.S. …

Security guarantees Kyiv is seeking are not specified in a mineral deal agreement with Washington, but will be discussed in future rounds of negotiations with the U.S. and other allies, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on Feb. 26.
The …

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit Washington on Feb. 28 to sign a minerals agreement between the two countries.
“It’s now confirmed, and we’re going to be signing an …
The situation near Pokrovsk is seeing a shift in momentum, with Ukrainian forces gaining an edge against Russian troops, who are currently grappling with issues in the area, as detailed by analysts from DeepState. Among the hot spots is the vicinity …
Russia's Tenex—part of the state corporation Rosatom—renewed its low-enriched uranium exports to the United States in February, EA Daily reports. ImportGenius, a procurement tracking service, revealed that the Atlantic Navigator II ship delivered a …
In a pivotal move aligned with the Law of Ukraine "On International Treaties," Ukraine's Parliament, known as the Verkhovna Rada, is expected to ratify a significant agreement between Ukraine and the United States. The signatories of this landmark …

Vitalii Kokoshko, a Ukrainian director of commercials and veteran of the Ukrainian advertising industry, was killed in Russia’s war, his daughter Olha Kokoshko wrote on Facebook on Feb. 25.
Kokoshko joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the …
discuss embassy operations. This announcement was made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Wednesday, February 26, in Doha. "Such a meeting will take place tomorrow in Istanbul, and I believe that the outcome will shed light on how swiftly …
Explosions in Tuapse were the result of an attack on a crucial logistics hub, according to the Center for Defense Strategies (CDS). The port is a key part of military logistics, ensuring the supply of equipment, ammunition, and fuel for the Russian …

Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, is in talks with several sellers for a two-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) import contract into the country, CEO Maxim Timchenko said in an interview at IE Week in London, Bloomberg reports.
The …

Ukraine’s agricultural sector has suffered around $80 billion in losses due to Russia’s full-scale invasion, Agriculture Minister Vitalii Koval said on Feb. 25 during a World Bank report presentation.
This figure includes not only direct …

The Kyiv Independent has obtained from a source in the Ukrainian government the full text of the mineral deal agreement between the U.S. and Ukraine and is publishing the text in full.
Kyiv and Washington agreed on a deal on Feb. 25. The negotiations …

Journalist Tatiana Kulyk and her husband, surgeon Pavlo Ivanchov, were killed in their home by a Russian drone attack on Bucha district of Kyiv Oblast on Feb. 26, according to Ukrinform and Bogomolets National Medical University.
Russia attacked the …

Ukrainian drones successfully struck the Tuapse oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai region overnight on Feb. 26, a source in Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) told the Kyiv Independent.
“According to intelligence sources, the …

Ukrainian troops have regained control of the village of Kotlyne, near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade reported on Feb. 26.
The village of Kotlyne is located some 10 kilometers (6 miles) west of Pokrovsk. Kotlyne and …

U.S. and Russian officials will meet for a second round of Ukraine peace talks on Feb. 27 to discuss the reopening of embassies, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said.
“Such a meeting will take place tomorrow in Istanbul. I think that …