The infighting between Republicans in the US House of Representatives and the threats to remove speaker Mike Johnson from office may further delay the long-awaited decision on American funding for Ukraine.
In one of the world’s most popular online games, Fortnite, players now have the opportunity to help rebuild the Prybuzke Ambulance Station in Mykolaiv Oblast, which was damaged by Russian attacks.
During a service in the Vatican, Pope Francis mentioned “martyred Ukraine” and said the destruction of Ukraine’s critical infrastructure raises the risk of a humanitarian crisis.
Moscow will host an inter-Palestinian meeting at the end of February, to which Russia has invited all Palestinian organisations, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
Alexander Lukashenko, self-proclaimed President of Belarus, has claimed at the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine and Baltic countries “could cooperate with Russia instead of ‘seeking better life abroad’”.
Péter Sztáray, State Secretary of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, has explained why his country has not condemned North Korea’s arms shipments to Russia for the war against Ukraine, as almost all other EU members have done.
Joe Biden, President of the US, has signed a decree about economic means against foreign financial institutions involved in supplying Russia with sanctioned military goods.
The ambassadors of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia in Warsaw have delivered a démarche against the Polish authorities over the hauliers’ blockade of Ukrainian border crossings, saying it is undermining Ukraine’s ability to resist the full-scale Russian invasion.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has shown the photos from the site of Russian missiles and aerial bomb attacks on residential quarters in various districts of the city of Kharkiv on 14 May.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has issued a decree dismissing Valerii Zaluzhnyi, former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, from military service. Zaluzhnyi was appointed Ukraine’s ambassador to the UK by another decree.
Commenting on Russia’s attack on the night of 7-8 May, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that only a Nazi would commit such a crime on the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II. He noted that Russia had fired more than 50 missiles and launched more than 20 Shahed attack drones to attack Ukraine.
Russia has been forced to withdraw about 40 aircraft of various types from the area of the Kushchevskaya airfield after a recent Ukrainian strike – and to redeploy them to numerous airfields further from the original missile launch areas.
Bill Blair, Canada’s Minister of National Defence, announced on 26 April that CAD 3 million [roughly US$2.2 million] will be allocated to the Ukrainian defence industry for the production of drones.
US President Joe Biden has announced that the first batch of aid to Ukraine under the newly signed supplemental funding law will be sent “in the next few hours” and listed what will be included in the package.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said that the United States and the G7 countries are “absolutely committed” to supporting Ukraine and called on Congress to approve urgent military and budget support.
French President Emmanuel Macron has announced a proposal to observe a ceasefire in the world’s major conflicts – including the war in Ukraine – during the Olympic Games, and he is counting on assistance from China’s leader in this regard.