In the operational area of the Southern Defense Forces, Ukrainian defenders repelled five attacks by Russian invaders on the left bank of the Dnipro near Krynky and four in the Orikhiv sector near Staromaiorske.
According to Financial Times estimates, the seven largest Western banks remaining in Russia paid more than EUR 800 million in taxes to Russia last year.
The threat of a possible Russian offensive operation against Kharkiv is causing Ukraine to allocate additional forces and equipment to defending the city, although the Russian military lacks the forces necessary to seize the city.
First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko and Minister of State for Foreign Trade of the UAE Thani bin Ahmed Al-Zeyoudi signed a joint statement on the completion of negotiations on an intergovernmental agreement on a comprehensive economic partnership.
Technically, Poland is capable of closing the skies over the western regions of Ukraine, as it has long-range Patriot air defense systems, but this requires political will.
Soldiers of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed a caponier with ammunition and three Russian servicemen in the south.
Democrats in the US House of Representatives will be inclined not to allow far-right Republicans to remove Mike Johnson from the post of House Speaker.