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Friday, 13 February 2026, 11:25
A Polish contingent should be present as part of a military mission in Ukraine, and the Polish government’s declaration that it will limit its role to organizational and logistical support for an international mission in Ukraine is a misguided step.
Fighters of the 46th Separate Airmobile Brigade have thwarted a massive assault by Russian forces in the Pokrovsk sector.
The meeting of leaders of the Coalition of the Willing in Paris demonstrated the leading role of Paris and London; following its results, the key question is whether the United States will force Russia to come to the negotiating table and agree to the presence of a foreign military contingent in Ukraine.
Russian troops shelled the Holy Spirit Cathedral in Kherson, with one of the shells hitting the main dome of the temple.
The Ukrainian delegation in Paris discussed security guarantees and the prospect of a just peace with national security advisers and the US delegation.
Eight people were wounded in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region, as a result of a massive Russian attack on Wednesday, January 7.
Russians struck two ports in Odesa, killing one person and injuring at least eight others.
The Russian army attacked Zaporizhzhia, explosions were heard in the city, and a commercial facility was damaged
Turkey is ready to take the lead in the naval dimension of security guarantees for Ukraine and may also join the air dimension.
During consultations in Paris, the Ukrainian and American sides discussed in detail the key elements of the basic framework for ending the war.
On Wednesday, January 7, the Pentagon, together with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, seized the sanctioned shadow fleet tanker M/T Sophia in the Caribbean Sea.
Following the Coalition of the Willing summit, concrete wording of future security guarantees laid down in the joint declaration are seen as a positive shift but Russia will remain the obstacle hampering the peaceful resolution.
Since the beginning of the day, 140 combat engagements have taken place between the Defense Forces of Ukraine and Russian troops. Fighting is currently ongoing in eight sectors of the front, with the heaviest pressure on the Pokrovsk sector.
A court sentenced a Russian military intelligence (GRU) agent to 15 years in prison with property confiscation for directing Russian air strikes on Ukrainian airfields with combat helicopters in the Khmelnytskyi region.
Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin believes that the decisions taken by the participants of the Paris summit did not make a strong impression on Russia, and therefore Moscow will try to impose its own logic of actions on the United States.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has confirmed that the ammunition initiative for Ukraine will continue.
On January 7, US law enforcement and military personnel detained an oil tanker flying the Russian flag in the Atlantic Ocean.
The United States is conducting negotiations with Russia regarding the security of Ukraine's upcoming elections, but Russia has so far refused to agree to a ceasefire.
Even if Ukraine's partners in the Coalition of the Willing provide balanced, legally binding security guarantees, Ukraine must primarily rely on its own strength in the event of a renewed Russian attack.
U.S. President Donald Trump has currently taken a pause on the issue of potentially providing security guarantees for Ukraine for a period longer than 15 years.
The foreign ministers of Ukraine and Bahrain, Andrii Sybiha and Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, discussed the path to a lasting peace, readiness for close cooperation, and opportunities for investment in Ukraine.
The venue for future peace negotiations is still under discussion.
The decision to deploy British troops to Ukraine after a ceasefire must be approved by a vote in the House of Commons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that Ukraine has not yet received any new air defense systems from the United States; however, the U.S. is "gradually" supplying missiles for existing systems.
Security guarantees for Ukraine from European partners and the United States do not include a nuclear umbrella.
In Paris, national security advisors from France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Poland, and Turkey, with the participation of the United States, NATO, the European Commission, and the European Council, held consultations on the parameters of security guarantees for Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he did not discuss information policy as a priority area of work with the new Head of the Presidential Office.
A woman was killed and three other people were injured in a Russian drone attack in the Synelnykove district, Dnipropetrovsk region.
The incidents involving violations of Turkish airspace were not isolated; there have already been several confirmed cases, indicating that they were not accidental.