[Korrespondent] 22.41 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had his first telephone conversation with the new Prime Minister of the Netherlands Rob Etten. This was officially reported by the online representation of the head of the Ukrainian state.
The leaders discussed Ukraine's most pressing needs: missiles for air defense systems and energy equipment. The President expressed gratitude that Ukraine, as always, can count on the support of the Netherlands and assistance in protecting lives.
22.25 Russian recruiters have received a list of countries from which they are no longer allowed to recruit foreigners to the war against Ukraine. These are states that are considered "friendly" to Russia. This is reported by the Russian-language publication Vazhnye istorii, founded by Russian journalists in Latvia.
Russian recruiters were given a list of 36 countries whose citizens can no longer be recruited for contracts, the media reports.
21.58 An explosion occurred at the Amur-Nyzhnyodniprovskyi police station in Dnipro on the evening of February 23. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties. The Ukrainian Police Department reports this with reference to a source in law enforcement agencies.
21.26 A new terrorist attack against the police occurred in Mykolaiv on the evening of February 23: an improvised explosive device detonated. The explosion injured five law enforcement officers, one of them in serious condition. The Prosecutor General's Office reported this on Telegram.
19.17 The foreign ministers of the European Union countries failed to agree on the 20th package of sanctions against Russia during their meeting on February 23, as planned. This was announced by the head of European diplomacy, Kaia Kallas, following the meeting, DW reported.
She emphasized that it was a failure.
"This is not the message we wanted to send," Kallas said, adding that work on sanctions would continue.
18:45 The deputy chief of staff of one of the military units in Cherkasy region, who was mocking soldiers, was reported suspicious.
During the morning formation, due to a sudden conflict, the officer ordered five soldiers to kneel in front of the formation. After that, he approached one of the soldiers and punched and kicked him about ten times in the head and face. The victim was hospitalized with injuries.
The next day, SBI investigators detained the official and opened criminal proceedings. He was informed of suspicion of abuse of authority. The officer faces up to 12 years in prison.
Separately, investigators are checking information about the officer's possible involvement in the beating of two more servicemen.
17.54 In Dnipro, teenagers brutally beat a serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, filming it on their phone. They were informed of the suspicion.
According to the investigation, on February 17, around midnight in the center of Dnipro, two young men, aged 16 and 17, met a military man. Later, a conflict broke out between them, during which one of the teenagers stabbed the man four times in the back.
They then knocked the victim to the ground, punched and kicked him in the head and torso, recording their actions on their mobile phones. The teenagers left the man unconscious and took his bag.
At around 03:00, law enforcement officers discovered the victim while on patrol and transported him to the hospital. He is in intensive care in serious condition with an open head injury, brain contusion, penetrating knife wounds, and multiple hematomas.
The police seized the footage from the surveillance cameras and quickly identified the suspects. During the searches, they also found blood-stained clothing, a knife, and phones with video recordings of the crime. The minors were detained.
17.50 Since the beginning of the day, 40 combat clashes have taken place on the front, with the enemy demonstrating the greatest activity in the Pokrovske direction. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on February 23.
17.32 NABU detectives caught an employee of one of the inter-district departments of the Main Directorate of the Security Service of Ukraine in the city of Kyiv and Kyiv region receiving an illegal benefit.
The official received $68,000 for resolving the issue of removing two citizens from the wanted list in the Central Criminal Investigation Center and the Joint Venture, with the subsequent issuance of a deferral for them.
The postponement was to be formalized by providing knowingly false documents about the presence of three children, whose fictitious birth certificates were supposedly to be issued abroad.
16.53 Head of the Presidential Office Kirill Budanov reported that during the last round of negotiations on February 18 in Geneva, the Russian side's position was reduced to the demand to hand over Donbas to it. According to him, the Russians "did not raise other issues at all." He reported this in an interview with DW.
The issue of a possible meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and Russia was also raised, however, according to Budanov, there has been no final answer from the Russian Federation yet.
15.53 In Kyiv, after a massive attack by the Russian Federation on the night of February 22, a fragment of an Iskander ballistic missile was found on the roof of a McDonald's restaurant on Darnytskyi Square. Part of the ammunition was found on the building after the shelling.
15.31 Shahed drone repeaters appeared on the territory of Belarus, thanks to which Russia's attacks on Ukraine are corrected. At the same time, Ukraine did everything to ensure that three or four of the repeaters were no longer there. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview with the Belarusian independent media outlet Dzerkalo.
15.23 Head of the Presidential Office Kirill Budanov reported that negotiations with Russia are approaching the point of making final decisions. He stated this at the Justice Conference, RBC-Ukraine reports.
Budanov noted that the Russian aggression does not end by itself, instead there are only two options: a just peace or the return of war in a larger form.
The head of the OP emphasized that Ukraine's attention is currently focused on peace negotiations, which should not just stop the war, but also protect Ukrainians from a repeat of Russian aggression. Since peace without consequences for the aggressor is a pause in hostilities, but not a solution to the problem.
14.56 Ukrainian military cleared the village of Ternuvaty in Zaporizhia of Russians, refuting Russian claims of alleged control over the settlement. This was reported by the spokesman for the Southern Defense Forces Vladislav Voloshyn in a comment to Interfax-Ukraine.
"As for the Russians again saying that they took Ternuvat, well, this is complete nonsense again. Because, firstly, Ternuvat is relatively far from the line of combat contact. Yes, they infiltrated this settlement about two weeks ago. Well, we conducted a sweep and destroyed them. Well, maybe someone else hid very well somewhere. But the fact that this settlement is under the control of the Russian army is complete nonsense," Voloshin noted.
The village itself is located "a dozen and a half, almost a dozen and a half, 10-12 kilometers from the line of combat contact."
14.36 Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski said that dictator Putin may be afraid of being given bad information, and therefore he may not have a real picture on the battlefield and in the Russian economy. He may stop the war when he realizes that the price of continuing it is unacceptable for him. Sikorski said this before the start of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels, Ukrinform reports.
14.14 The situation surrounding the location of Russian medium-range ballistic missiles Oreshnik in Belarus currently looks like a show. At the same time, Ukraine and partners should assess this threat, and for NATO Oreshnik should become a legitimate target. This was stated by President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with the Belarusian independent media outlet Dzerkalo.
13.24 The Ukrainian army has regained control over 400 sq. km of territory in the south of the country and liberated eight settlements. This was reported by the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, in Telegram following the results of work in the Southern Operational Zone.
12.57 The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting on Tuesday to discuss the consequences of four years of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine, it was announced on Monday. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will address the Security Council.
12.35 On Monday night, Ukrainian military personnel struck the area where a missile unit was concentrated, logistical facilities, and command posts of Russian invaders in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this.
12.29 Law enforcement officers exposed seven more pro-Kremlin Internet agitators in various regions who justified the armed aggression of the Russian Federation, called for massive shelling of Ukrainian cities, the overthrow of the constitutional order, and the occupation of the state.
12.14 Emergency power outage schedules were introduced in the occupied part of the Zaporizhia region.
"To carry out repair work, as well as to prevent more serious accidents on the networks, a decision has been made to introduce schedules for temporary restrictions on electricity consumption - emergency outage schedules," said Yevhen Balytskyi, a holidaymaker, on social networks.
Balytskyi accused the Armed Forces of Ukraine of shelling and reported damage to a number of electricity generation and distribution facilities in the territory of the Zaporizhia Oblast TOT. The introduced schedules affected more than 260 settlements.
12.00 On Monday morning, new power outages were recorded in four regions of Ukraine due to Russian shelling. This was reported by Ukrenergo. Emergency restoration work is already underway wherever the security situation currently allows.
11.52 Five civilians in the Kramatorsk district of Donetsk region were injured in a day as a result of shelling by Russia on February 22.
Law enforcement officers recorded 1,447 Russian strikes on the front line and residential areas of the region. Nine settlements were under fire: the cities of Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk, Mykolaivka, Sloviansk, the settlements of Malotaranivka, Raihorodok, the villages of Dmytrivka, Zoloti Prudy, and Malynivka. 53 civilian objects were destroyed, including 38 residential buildings.
The Russians dropped four guided bombs on Druzhkivka - injuring four civilians, damaging 10 private homes, a boiler room, a garage cooperative, and a garbage truck.
One person injured in Kramatorsk after being hit by an FPV drone. In Sloviansk, the Russians hit two Molniya-2 UAVs, damaging three private homes, a shop and four market stalls.
11.22 Latvia will transfer a full-fledged thermal power plant to Ukraine. This was stated by Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže on the eve of the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.
10.49 EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaia Kallas does not expect progress on Monday on the 20th package of sanctions against Russia amid Hungary's statements about blocking. She told reporters before the start of the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels.
10.20 Ukraine will not make territorial concessions for the sake of a truce with Russia, because Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin does not plan to end the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky said this in an interview with the BBC.
09.38 The Russian army attacked the Kholodnohirsky and Osnovyansky districts of Kharkiv on Monday morning. Two casualties are currently known, the head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Synegubov, informed.
09.16 Over the past 24 hours, 130 combat clashes were recorded on the front. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported this in an operational summary.
The missile troops and artillery of the Defense Forces struck five areas of concentration of personnel, four UAV control points, an artillery system, a communications node, an air defense system, and one other important target of the invaders.
08.35 On Monday night, Russian aggressors launched one Iskander-M ballistic missile and 126 drones of various types into Ukraine. Air defense and electronic warfare units intercepted/suppressed the vast majority of enemy targets, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
08.21 In the Odessa region, two people were killed and three others were injured in a night attack by Russian drones. This was reported by the head of the Odessa OVA Oleg Kiper. The industrial, energy and civil infrastructure of the region were hit.
07.39 Over the past 24 hours, the Russian occupation army has lost 720 servicemen killed and wounded on the front in Ukraine. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational briefing. The Ukrainian military has destroyed more than 2,000 units of Russian equipment, including 40 guns, two MLRS and an air defense system.
07.17 A man was killed and another was injured in a Russian drone attack in Zaporizhia, the head of the Zaporizhia OVA, Ivan Fedorov, reported on Telegram.
In total, over the past 24 hours, the invaders have struck 754 times in 44 settlements in Zaporizhia region. Two people were killed, four more were injured. There were 56 reports of damage to housing and infrastructure.
05.05 In Almetyevsk, Tatarstan, Russia, the Koleykino oil pumping station was attacked. Local residents heard a series of explosions, followed by a large-scale fire.
01.02 Belgorod and the Belgorod district were hit by a new missile strike. According to Russian media, the infrastructure was seriously damaged. Local authorities reported disruptions in electricity, water and heating supplies to residents' homes.