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Law enforcement authorities have opened criminal proceedings against the acting head of the State Environmental Inspection for allegedly providing inaccurate information in his 2024 declaration.
The city has added excavators and loaders to its vehicle fleet as part of an emergency recovery project funded by the Japanese government.
The second day of negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in Geneva lasted about two hours and ended without agreement on key political issues. At the same time, the parties claim progress in the military sphere, particularly regarding the mechanism for monitoring a possible ceasefire.
Angolan citizen Bento Adriano Mendes donated more than 80 electric generators worth tens of thousands of euros to Ukraine. Some of the equipment was received by the M. M. Amosov National Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery to ensure uninterrupted operation during power outages.
On 17 February, the third round of trilateral talks between Ukraine, the United States and Russia began in Geneva. The meetings are being held behind closed doors, and the parties are preparing to continue their work on 18 February.
Czech President Petr Pavel said that attempts at corruption were recorded during the implementation of the Czech initiative to purchase ammunition for Ukraine, but no significant violations or evidence of non-transparent procurement were found.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has begun a two-day visit to Slovakia and Hungary, where he will hold talks with Prime Ministers Robert Fico and Viktor Orbán. The main topics will be energy cooperation, fulfilling NATO commitments, and strengthening bilateral relations against the backdrop of Russia's war against Ukraine.
Canada has become the only non-European country to officially join the European Union's Security Action for Europe programme, which provides preferential loans for investments in defence capabilities and joint arms purchases.
The future peace for Ukraine must be based on real and effective security guarantees, rather than repeating the mistakes of 1994, when the Budapest Memorandum failed to prevent Russian aggression.
On 13 February, US President Donald Trump announced at the White House that he was planning a visit to Venezuela and assessed the current relations between the countries as extremely positive, linking this to cooperation on access to oil.
On the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the foreign ministers of Britain, Germany and France, calling on Beijing and Washington to avoid conflict and move towards mutually beneficial cooperation.
The President of Ukraine informed European and transatlantic partners about the results of negotiations in Abu Dhabi, in particular about the return of 157 Ukrainians from captivity, and agreed on the preparation of maximum aid packages within the next 10–11 days.
