
President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to step down as president if it means “peace for Ukraine,” he said during the Ukraine: Year 2025 forum in Kyiv on Feb. 23.
Talks about elections in Ukraine have amplified in recent months despite martial law …
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President Volodymyr Zelensky is ready to step down as president if it means “peace for Ukraine,” he said during the Ukraine: Year 2025 forum in Kyiv on Feb. 23.
Talks about elections in Ukraine have amplified in recent months despite martial law …
According to Forbes, Russian forces, cornered and facing significant setbacks near Pokrovsk, are shifting their focus to alternative targets. The Russian command is now concentrating its efforts not on Pokrovsk, but on neighboring fronts in …

The Kyiv Independent’s Anna Belokur breaks down the stories impacting Ukraine this week. The U.S. special envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg visited Kyiv as the U.S. President Donald Trump’s team started talks with Russia about a ceasefire deal — …

Ukraine has $350 billion worth of natural resources in the Russian-occupied territories, First Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said at the ‘Ukraine. Year 2025’ forum in Kyiv on Feb. 23.
The minister’s comment comes …
On the night of February 23, Russian forces launched an unprecedented drone assault against Ukraine, deploying 267 "Shahed" attack drones and various decoy drones, according to the Air Force. The attack affected several regions, including …

Ukraine plans to end the war this year with a just peace, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said at the Ukraine: Year 2025 conference in Kyiv on Feb. 23.
Sybiha noted that this is the goal of President Volodymyr Zelensky and told partners that …
On the Kursk direction, Russian forces advanced in the areas of Pogrebki, Lebedevka, Nikolskiy, Nikolaevo-Daryino, and Guevo, made gains on the southern outskirts of Sverdlivkovo, and attempted to advance in the area of the western outskirts of …

Russia launched its largest single drone attack overnight since the start of the full-scale invasion with 267 drones entering Ukrainian airspace, Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said on Feb. 23.
Explosions were heard across the country, including …

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will tell U.S. President Donald Trump that Ukraine must be “at the heart” of any peace negotiations, the Prime Minister’s Office reported on Feb. 22.
In the leadup to the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale …

Russia has lost 867,180 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. 23.
This number includes 1,180 casualties Russian forces suffered just over …

Russia launched a missile attack on the city of Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast late in the evening on Feb. 22, killing one person and injuring five others.
The missile attack left one person dead and five others wounded, Oleksandr Vilkul, head of …

The names of over 95,000 Russians who died fighting in Ukraine have been verified in a joint investigative project by the BBC’s Russia service and the independent media outlet Mediazona, the BBC reported on Feb. 22.
Over 5,000 names have been …

U.S. President Donald Trump is “very confident” that he will reach a deal to end Russia’s war against Ukraine, possibly as early as “this week,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Feb. 22. …

Arrangements for an in-person meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are already underway, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov claimed on Feb. 22.
Trump previously said he would …

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 22 that the United States would “get our money back” after Ukraine agrees to a deal giving Washington access to half its revenues from critical natural resources.
“We’re going to get …

Russia fulfilled its goal of mobilizing thousands of men in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine last year, Bohdan Okhrimenko, head of the Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, told the news outlet Ukrinform in an …

The current U.S. proposal regarding Ukraine’s critical minerals seeks 50% of revenues from Ukraine’s natural resources while offering no security guarantees in return, according to a draft of the agreement seen by the New York Times …

President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that Ukraine anticipates continued deliveries of F-16 fighter jets from the Netherlands, emphasizing their importance in securing the country’s airspace.
Following his meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Dick …

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has denied reports that the United States threatened to shut off Starlink in Ukraine unless Kyiv agreed to a minerals deal.
Responding to a report by Reuters, Musk called the claim “false” and accused …