Ukrainian Army chief Oleksandr Syrskiy has said he traveled with Defense Minister Rustem Umerov to the front line of Kyiv's effort to stave off invading Russian forces to analyze the situation and determine ways to boost defenses.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met with Swedish Defense Minister Paul Johnson in Kyiv on February 24, the second anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, to discuss a new Swedish military-aid package and the possibility of joint weapons production.
Belarus is holding tightly controlled parliamentary elections under heightened security at polling stations and amid calls for a boycott by the country's beleaguered opposition.
As the country gears up for its first elections since 2020, human rights activists have said the conditions for a democratic vote do not exist in Belarus. The regime is doing its utmost to keep voters under its control.