Over the course of February 20, there were 130 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders. In particular, in the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy attempted 22 attacks.
Information has been received about Russia preparing new strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure. All services have been instructed to prepare as thoroughly as possible for the upcoming challenges.
Hungary will block the European Union’s allocation of funds to Ukraine under a EUR 90 billion loan until the transit of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline is restored.
Seven more Ukrainian children and teenagers have been brought back from territories temporarily occupied by Russia as part of the Ukrainian President’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative and with the assistance of the Save Ukraine team.
The situation around Sviato-Pokrovske in the Donetsk region remains difficult; however, the village is under the control of Ukraine’s Defense Forces. Russian troops have made no advances and are being destroyed on the approaches.
Over the course of the day, Russian forces carried out nearly 60 attacks on two districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region using drones and artillery, leaving three people wounded.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that progress has been achieved during talks in Geneva on the future monitoring of a ceasefire, with the United States set to take primary responsibility.
The Board of Peace established at the initiative of U.S. President Donald Trump is gradually transforming into a body with extraordinarily broad powers that go beyond its original mandate to address the situation in the Gaza Strip.