The Ministry of Internal Affairs has processed the list previously published by Russian Ombudsperson Tatyana Moskalkova holding the names of 630 Ukrainians whom Russia refers to as prisoners of war.
In November, Russia launched about 2,300 unilateral strike UAVs of various types at the territory of Ukraine, which once again exceeded the total number for the previous month.
The European Union is planning to adopt a 16th package of sanctions against Russia on February 24, 2025, the third anniversary of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
EU leaders who met in Brussels in the format of the European Council supported restrictive measures against Russia and emphasized the importance of reducing its ability to wage an aggressive war against Ukraine.
The intensity of the war unleashed by Russia continues to grow, both in terms of scale and number of enemy troops. Thus, this year, 100,000 more Russian soldiers fought on Ukrainian soil.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the EU partners for the 15th sanctions package against the Russian Federation, specifically for the sanctions targeting the shadow tanker fleet that Russia uses to finance its aggression against Ukraine.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, during a virtual meeting of G7 leaders on Friday, called for ramping up economic pressure on Russia and increasing military support to Ukraine.
At the onset of the full-scale invasion, Russia put forward conditions for ending the war, which were practically an ultimatum to surrender, and nothing has changed since then.
The 35-nation IAEA Board of Governors adopted a resolution on Thursday condemning attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure but stopped short of calling out Russia as the perpetrator of the attacks.
Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko called on IAEA member states to increase pressure on Russia in order to stop the aggressor's attacks on infrastructure critical to nuclear safety.