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During the Munich Security Conference, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and held separate telephone conversations with Stephen Witkoff and Jared Kushner ahead of the trilateral talks in Geneva.
On 14 February, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, during which the parties focused on the further development of the PURL programme, strengthening air defence and launching joint defence ventures in Europe.
In Munich, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, President of Finland Alexander Stubb, and Prime Minister of the Netherlands Dick Schoof, discussing EU accession, €90 billion in financial support, strengthening air defence, and coordinating diplomatic efforts.
The authorities of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation reported a rocket attack on 13 February, which damaged the city's energy infrastructure and resulted in casualties and injuries. Russian officials blamed the Ukrainian Armed Forces for the attack, and the media reported damage to the Belgorod Thermal Power Plant.
The Pentagon has decided to send the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East, where it will join the USS Abraham Lincoln amid US-Iran negotiations and increased pressure from Washington on Tehran.
On the night of 12 February and the morning of 13 February, Russian troops carried out a series of drone strikes on the Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia regions. The attacks killed at least three people, damaged dozens of infrastructure and residential buildings, and caused power, heat, and water supply disruptions in a number of regions.
As a result of the night attack on 12 February, Russian troops again struck heat generation facilities and energy infrastructure. Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro were the most affected, with thousands of people left without heat and water.
On the night of 12 February, Russian troops attacked several regions of Ukraine with missiles and drones. The Dnipropetrovsk and Odesa regions were the most affected, and the Kherson region was also under attack throughout the day.
A protocol to the 1997 agreement was signed in Kyiv, allowing for the official opening of another international road crossing on the shared border. The document creates a legal basis for financing the project and expanding the logistical capabilities of the two countries.
On the night of 11 February, the Volgograd region was hit by a massive drone attack. According to Russian authorities, 49 UAVs were intercepted and a fire was reported at a factory in the south of the city.
One of the longest cold spells in decades in the largest city in the United States has led to human casualties, forcing authorities to declare emergency measures and urgently expand assistance to the homeless.
In Bulgaria, the non-governmental organisation BOEC said it had discovered a facility in the mountains near the village of Kladnitsa that it links to the Russian private military company Wagner, and has already contacted the Ministry of the Interior.
