The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, is convening European foreign ministers for an extraordinary meeting on Sunday, March 1, over Iran.
French President Emmanuel Macron stated that Paris was neither warned about nor involved in the American and Israeli operations, emphasizing the priority of protecting French citizens and the need to restore the diplomatic process regarding Iran.
Russian forces shelled a settlement in the Sloviansk community, Donetsk region, using a Smerch multiple launch rocket system, damaging 17 houses, a store, and vehicles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called the events in the Middle East and the Gulf region a fair opportunity for the Iranian people to get rid of the terrorist regime and ensure the security of neighboring countries.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov discussed the Drone Line project, support for the F-16 program, and the supply of long-range artillery ammunition with Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Dilan Yesilgoz-Zegerius.
In the Donetsk region, Russian forces are increasing pressure toward the settlements of Riznykivka and Platonivka, with Ukrainian forces continuing to hold their positions and maintain control of the situation.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko and Andriy Pyshnyy, governor of the National Bank of Ukraine, have discussed a draft plan for strengthening regional energy resilience and the possibility of attracting bank financing for its implementation.
In the Khmelnytskyi region, law enforcement officials reported suspicions against the deputy mayor and head of the labor and social protection department of one of the city councils in the Khmelnytskyi district, who embezzled UAH 2.6 million in state funds when purchasing a house for a large family of internally displaced persons.
President Volodymyr Zelensky met with representatives of the new Dutch government—Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen and Defense Minister Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius—who arrived in Ukraine.
On February 28, in Donetsk region, the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed an enemy radar station of the S-300V anti-aircraft missile system with a Ukrainian middle strike drone.