The United States and Russia have agreed to reestablish high-level military-to-military dialogue, according to a statement from US European Command on 5 February. This was agreed during meetings in Abu Dhabi, where US-mediated trilateral negotiations between Ukraine, Russia, and the US aimed at finding a path to ending Russia’s warContinue Reading
Estonia is preparing a new military assistance package for Ukraine that will focus on drones and counter-drone systems, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said on 3 February, following talks between the two countries’ defense chiefs. The announcement comes as Ukraine faces continued large-scale Russian air attacks and seeks to strengthen its abilityContinue Reading
Ukraine has reached an agreement with Western partners on a plan to respond to potential Russian violations of a future ceasefire, Reuters reported on 3 February, citing the Financial Times. The announcement comes after months of talks on ceasefire proposals by Ukraine and its Western partners, though Russia has soContinue Reading
Kyiv is continuing emergency repair work to restore heating after a failure in the energy system, Ukraine’s Minister for Communities and Territorial Development Oleksii Kuleba said on Sunday. The outage comes amid a broader energy crisis caused by repeated Russian strikes on Ukraine’s power generation, substations, and heating infrastructure duringContinue Reading
A Russian drone strike on a service bus carrying miners from the DTEK energy company in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast killed at least 12 people and injured 15 others, Ukraine’s State Emergency Services (DSNS) reported Sunday. Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal called the attack “cynical and deliberate.” Rescue teams and law enforcementContinue Reading
Lithuania has asked prosecutors at the International Criminal Court to examine Russia’s sustained attacks on Ukraine’s energy system as a possible act of genocide, citing the scale and intent of strikes on civilian infrastructure. The appeal comes as Ukraine faces a severe energy crisis following months of Russian missile andContinue Reading
The Ukrainian government has approved 800 million hryvnias to fund the first stage of the SvitloDIM program, which will supply autonomous energy equipment to multi-apartment buildings in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, Minister for Community and Territories Development Oleksii Kuleba said Thursday. The program comes amid a severe energy crisis causedContinue Reading
Kyiv has switched to temporary electricity supply schedules as of Thursday, energy provider DTEK said, as the capital faces a severe power shortage following continued damage to the energy system. The company said engineers had stabilized the grid enough to introduce schedules based on the limited electricity available, instead ofContinue Reading
Ukraine’s Navy says there is currently no threat of Russian missile strikes from the sea, as Russian warships and submarines have not been seen in the maritime zone for more than a week, Navy spokesperson Dmytro Pletenchuk said on Ukrainian television, according to Ukrinform. “There have been no deployments forContinue Reading