A Siberian court sentenced former customs officer Vitaly Alekseyev to 12 years in prison on February 9 on a charge of collaborating with the Freedom of Russia legion, which consists of Russian citizens who fight alongside Ukrainian armed forces against Moscow's invasion.
Finland will provide Ukraine with a new package of military aid worth 190 million euros ($205 million), the Nordic country's Defense Ministry announced on February 9.
U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink said on February 9 that a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers led by the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Representative Mike Turner (Republican-Ohio), has arrived in Kyiv.
Kyrgyzstan's Vibrant Media Space In Peril After Journalists Raided, Jailed globalsecurity.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from globalsecurity.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Kyrgyzstan's vibrant media space is enduring its darkest week in 30 years of independence after nearly a dozen current and former media workers were jailed and one of the country's biggest private news agencies was raided as part of a criminal probe.