Bakhmut And News Today

Two important bridgeheads are turning into "cauldrons" for Russian troops.

Berlin continued its wave of support for Ukraine on the anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of its western neighbor, with a demonstration at the capital's international film festival, the Berlinale.

The EU agreed to impose new sanctions over Russia's war in Ukraine on February 24, the one-year anniversary of Moscow's invasion, the bloc's Swedish presidency announced.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said he plans to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping to discuss the country’s cease-fire proposal aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, saying such a meeting would be "important for world security."

Western leaders and high-level diplomats called for peace but argued over how to achieve it at a special session of the UN Security Council on February 24, the first anniversary of the launch of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

G20 finance chiefs have been unable to reach a consensus on describing the war in Ukraine and are likely to end a meeting in India on February 25 without a joint communique, delegates said.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on February 25 that Germany wants to get India to support, or at least not block, Western efforts to isolate Russia for waging a devastating war against Ukraine.

Supplies of Russian oil to Poland via the Druzhba pipeline have halted, according to the chief executive officer of the PKN Orlen oil refiner and petrol retailer.

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka will visit China on February 28 for a state visit, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on February 24.

The emergency service in Kyiv reported that a fire in a warehouse in the Podilskiy district has been extinguished.