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Thursday, 12 February 2026, 11:22
Former Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States (2006–2010) and France (2014–2020) Oleh Shamshur believes that the absence of information about the final format of U.S. security guarantees for Ukraine is not accidental, as the proposed arrangements lack real force and are incapable of deterring Russia.
Most high-rise buildings in Kherson that are centrally heated have heat.
In parts of the Brovary and Boryspil districts, the hourly power-cut schedules are temporarily invalid.
In the south, Russian troops have significantly increased the number of air strikes and the use of strike drones in recent weeks, while shifting the focus from attacking the front line to attacking rear facilities and communications of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
Since the beginning of the day, there have been 48 combat clashes between the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Russian troops, with the invaders remaining the most active in the Pokrovsk sector.
Twelve more underground hospitals are being set up in the deoccupied territory of Kherson region.
Over the past four years, seven individuals involved in cases investigated by anti-corruption agencies have been extradited from abroad to Ukraine.
Russian troops are relocating artillery, including howitzers, self-propelled guns, and tanks, from the Southern Slobozhanshchyna sector to Oleksandrivka.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that the Ukrainian negotiating team is preparing for the next round of trilateral talks between Ukraine, the US, and Russia this week.
The Defense Forces have refuted reports circulating in some media outlets about the alleged complete occupation of Orikhovo-Vasylivka in the Donetsk region.
Politicians with an imperialist vision have joined the PACE Platform for Dialogue with Russian Democratic Forces, while oppressed peoples are represented only formally.
The criminal case against Yuliia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivshchyna parliamentary faction, is considered straightforward, and the investigation will take less than five months, provided there are no delays in conducting expert examinations. The court proceedings will take about a year.
After a special conference call, President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the situation in Kyiv remains extremely difficult, with more than 1,200 apartment buildings without heating. The situation is particularly difficult on the left bank of the city.
On Monday, during its winter plenary session in Strasbourg, the PACE elected a new president. Austrian MP Petra Bayr will head the Assembly for the following year.
On the southern axis, Russian forces have not changed their combat tactics and continue to use small assault groups, infiltration, and massive kamikaze drone strikes.
The facilities of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra National Reserve were damaged as a result of a Russian attack on the night of January 24.
Kyiv has received 130 generators of various capacities from Poland.
Yuriy Ignat, Head of Communications for the Ukrainian Air Force Command, said that there was no massive strike with 16 ballistic missiles over Kyiv on January 13.
Oleksandr Klymenko, Head of the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), announced a new development in the “Midas” case, which concerns corruption in the energy sector.
Electricity consumption in Ukraine is trending upward; due to Russian shelling, emergency power cuts are in effect in some regions.
Russian troops have abandoned their positions on Oleksiivskyi Island in the Kherson region due to active actions by Ukraine’s Defense Forces and low morale.
The Appeals Chamber of the High Anti-Corruption Court began considering appeals from both the defense team of MP Yulia Tymoshenko and the prosecution against the bail preventive measure of over UAH 33 million imposed earlier on Tymoshenko.
In the Prydniprovske sector, Russian forces are carrying out fewer assault operations, but are not reducing the intensity of kamikaze drone and artillery strikes, particularly against Kherson and nearby communities.
Starting today, the Kyiv region is switching from network restrictions to an hourly power-cut schedule.
German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Johann Wadephul has welcomed signs of movement toward direct talks between Ukraine and Russia with U.S. mediation, stressing that Europe must be represented at the negotiating table.
Yuliia Tymoshenko, leader of the Batkivshchyna parliamentary faction, came under the scrutiny of law enforcement agencies in November last year, when information emerged about attempts in the Verkhovna Rada to bribe members of parliament to leave the Servant of the People faction.
EU countries have officially approved regulations to phase out imports of Russian pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 2027.
The first criminal case against a member of parliament for receiving so-called “envelope payments” in exchange for voting in parliament was initiated by then Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova shortly before her dismissal in July 2022.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the hit on the infrastructure of the Slavyansk Eco oil refinery in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation.