Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on February 6 passed laws to extend martial law and military mobilization for another 90 days as Russia's full-scale invasion nears the two-year mark.
The Russian Justice Ministry on February 6 declared as "undesirable" Japan's Northern Territories Issue Association, which seeks the return to Japan of four islands incorporated to Russia by the then-Soviet Union after World War II.
Russia's Defense Ministry says its air-defense forces on February 1 shot down 11 Ukrainian drones over the Russian border regions of Belgorod, Kursk, and Voronezh.
Russia's Prosecutor General has declared Russian Election Monitor (REM) an "undesirable" organization, the State Duma commission to investigate foreign interference in Russian politics reported on February 1.
Leaders from the European Union unanimously agreed to a 50 billion-euro ($54 billion) aid package for Ukraine as Hungary, which vetoed the deal in December, ended weeks of wrangling over the move.