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Russia Ukraine war: Putin is ‘preparing for long-term war with Nato’

The timing of the “Made in Ukraine” event that gathered over 400 entrepreneurs, government officials, foreign guests, and journalists in central Kyiv on Feb. 26 was no coincidence. In the absence of further U.S. funding, Ukraine is turning to its business in the hopes of being less dependent on what Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko called a “sometimes volatile external environment." President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise appearance at the event to formally announce the new “Made in Ukraine” economic platform whose aim is to “facilitate d...

The government formally appointed Viktor Pavlushchyk as the new head of the National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP), said Taras Melnychuk, the government's representative in the parliament, on Feb. 27.

Ukraine has withdrawn from the villages of Severne and Stepove near the eastern town of Avdiika, recently captured by Russian forces, its military spokesperson Dmytro Lykhoviy said on Tuesday.

Despite pressure from the Presidential Office the Verkhovna Rada rejected the Cabinet of Minister's draft law on restarting the Bureau of Economic Security (BES). On Feb. 23, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine rejected the Cabinet of Ministers’ draft law #10439 on the fake restart of the BES. Despite huge pressure from the Office of the President and persuasion from the Justice and Economy ministries, the law only got 222 out of the 226 votes needed for it to pass.