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Thursday, 12 February 2026, 02:18
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has said that it aims to review all interstate cases related to Russia's war against Ukraine by the end of 2028, although such proceedings require significant resources and lengthy preparation.
The United Kingdom and the European Union are exploring prospects for new talks on closer cooperation in the field of defense.
Venezuela's acting president, Delcy Rodriguez, has announced plans for a broad amnesty for political prisoners.
The Zaporizhzhia region experienced two large-scale blackouts and one local blackout in January.
Russia is losing its position as a key player in Central Asia's energy market.
31 January 2026
The situation in Ukraine's energy system is gradually stabilizing. Almost all nuclear power plant units that were forced to reduce output due to the morning system-wide accident have already returned to their nominal capacity.
There have been 303 combat engagements on the front line, more than one third of them on the Huliaipole, Pokrovsk, and Lyman sectors.
The enemy struck Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region with glide bombs, wounding a man and destroying homes.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius considers it unlikely that the United States could remotely disable F-35 fighter jets or stop updating their software, as this would mean a complete collapse of US arms exports.
President Volodymyr Zelensky believes that the return of Ukrainians of mobilization age to their homeland would help the army and the entire country.
Russian forces struck Kharkiv's Saltivskyi district for the second time in the evening. There were no casualties.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine expects specific details from the United States regarding further meetings and is counting on meetings next week.
The most severe consequences following the technological accident in the energy system are for Kyiv and central Ukraine, as well as Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Vinnytsia, and Sumy regions.
The US President's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff stated that the meetings in Florida with Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev were "productive and constructive."
Energy workers have restored electricity in all regions of Ukraine following a system-wide outage on the morning of January 31.
Russian forces have struck the Nikopol district, killing one person and wounding seven others.
In Kyiv, 3,419 apartment buildings remain without heating following an emergency situation in Ukraine's power system.
Ukraine and NATO have agreed on key cooperation priorities, including strengthening air defense, developing Patriot, F-16, and HIMARS capabilities, and working together to achieve technological superiority.
Russian forces have struck Kharkiv with a Molniya-type UAV.
Russian troops shelled Kherson on Saturday, January 31, wounding a 52-year-old man.
Ukraine's resistance to Russian aggression shows that with political will and adequate weaponry, Russia's armed forces can be effectively resisted and stopped.
Power engineers have managed to stabilize the situation and restore planned outage schedules in the Kyiv region and for some consumers in the Odesa region.
Some districts of Kherson are experiencing water supply disruptions.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 135 combat clashes between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops, 51 of them in the Pokrovsk sector.
Border crossing points of the Republic of Moldova have returned to normal operations.
The United States, which last year imposed tariffs on India for purchasing Venezuelan oil, has informed New Delhi that it may soon resume those purchases to help replace imports of Russian oil.
Moldova's Minister of Energy, Dorin Junghietu, said that electricity supply is being gradually restored in the country following a large-scale emergency blackout.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius is convinced that Europe should not passively observe the unpredictable actions of the US administration led by Donald Trump, but should instead focus on strengthening its own sovereignty, independence, and defense capacity.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius currently sees no signs that Russia is ready for a ceasefire, as evidenced in particular by its terrorist attacks against Ukraine's civilian population.