In addition to defense, Ukraine will plan a new counteroffensive operation this year, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with Fox News released on Feb. 23.
Almost immediately following the end of the EuroMaidan Revolution in Ukraine in February 2014, Russia swiftly moved to annex and occupy the Crimean Peninsula. Within a couple of months, unrest erupted in eastern Ukraine followed by Russian-backed militias taking over administrative buildings. The events mark the start of Russia's 10-year invasion and occupation of Ukraine that continues to this day.
Russia’s special services have created fake accounts of the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskyi on social media to spread false information about the situation at the front and the army chief himself, the Center for Countering Disinformation reported on Telegram on Feb. 20.
The Ukrainian government dismissed First Deputy Defense Minister Oleksandr Pavliuk, Taras Melnychuk, the Cabinet of Ministers’ representative in the Verkhovna Rada, reported on Feb. 10.
Against the backdrop of security developments and within the context of the diplomatic offensive witnessed in Lebanon, Iranian Foreign Minister Hussein Amir Abdollahian attended Beirut today. Abdollah.