
A U.S. Air Force plane carrying U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch was forced to return to Washington due to a technical malfunction, the Associated Press reported on Feb. 14.
Rubio and Risch …
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A U.S. Air Force plane carrying U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch was forced to return to Washington due to a technical malfunction, the Associated Press reported on Feb. 14.
Rubio and Risch …

Russia has lost 855,480 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. 14.
This number includes 1,200 casualties Russian forces suffered just over …

Ukraine is set to receive 6,000 AI-powered HX-2 attack drones from the Munich-based defense technology firm Helsing.
The HX-2, an electrically propelled precision munition with a range of up to 100 km, is equipped with onboard artificial intelligence, …

The European Business Association (EBA) urged the Ukrainian government to declassify its information on mineral deposit data, in a statement on Feb. 13.
The association argued that current restrictions hinder international agreements and discourage …

U.S. President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, said in an interview with Fox News on Feb. 13 that “formalizing Ukraine’s territorial losses” in a potential peace deal “will not equate to …

During a phone call between President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. President Donald Trump, Zelensky reportedly told Trump that Russian President Vladimir Putin is pretending “he wants a deal only because he is afraid of you,” Axios …

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer reiterated Ukraine “irreversible path” to NATO membership during a news conference on Feb. 13, just days after the United States declared that Ukraine’s accession to NATO was not a “realistic …

President Volodymyr Zelensky had imposed sanctions against the official leader of the opposition, ex-President Petro Poroshenko. The following decree was published on Feb. 13.
Despite the official reasoning given by the country’s Security …

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 13 that U.S. representatives will attend a meeting with their Russian and Ukrainian counterparts during the Munich Security Conference on …

European nations, particularly Ukraine’s neighbors and the Baltic states, were stunned when the U.S. President Donald Trump suddenly announced the start of peace negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine.
“We …
Europe, Stand Strong for Ukraine
Recent actions by the Trump administration have starkly illuminated a betrayal of Ukraine that Europe cannot ignore.
In a recent 90-minute phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Trump praised Putin and …

Key developments on Feb. 13:

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 13 that he would “love” to see Russia readmitted into the Group of Seven (G7), calling Russia’s 2014 expulsion from the group a “mistake."
“I’d love to have them back. I …

After holding a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed in February that “millions” of lives had been lost in Ukraine due to this “very bloody war."
It was not the first time Trump …

After holding a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 12, U.S. President Donald Trump once again claimed the “horrible, very bloody war” in Ukraine had cost “millions” of lives.
It’s not the first time Trump …

After holding a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, U.S. President Donald Trump claimed on Feb. 12 that “millions” of lives had been lost in Ukraine due to the “very bloody war."
It was not the first time …

Recognizing that returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is not a concession to Russian President Vladimir Putin, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said at a briefing in Brussels on Feb. 13.
Hegseth made comments on Feb. 12 that Ukraine is …

Agricultural trade between Ukraine and the EU reached $17 billion in 2024, exceeding the previous record of $16.5 billion in 2022 by 3%, the Kyiv-based research Institute of Agrarian Economics (IAE) reported.
The trade volume is the highest since the …

Europe’s main stock market and currencies are gaining amid growing optimism about a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia, Reuters reported on Feb. 13.
U.S. President Donald Trump held phone calls to Russian President Vladimir Putin and …
In Russia, the economic landscape is facing a formidable challenge: the country’s railway network is failing to manage the crucial transportation of oil and petroleum products, potentially leading to a gasoline shortage across the nation. The Russian …

After promising to quickly resolve the war in Ukraine, U.S. President Donald Trump and his top officials’ actions on Feb. 12 appeared to undermine Ukraine’s leverage in peace talks, renewing fears that his plans for a quick resolution could amount to …