Ukraine banned from wearing 'political uniform' at Paralympics
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Ukraine's national team from wearing sports uniforms with a political design at the 2026 Winter Paralympics.
02 March 2026
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Ukraine's national team from wearing sports uniforms with a political design at the 2026 Winter Paralympics.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine is aware of Russia’s plans, where they intend to advance and what they aim to seize, but, according to him, the enemy lacks the forces to accomplish these tasks.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that there are no indications that Russia will conduct a general mobilization.
In February, within the operational zone of the Southern Group of Forces, Russian troops conducted 908 attacks on the positions of Ukraine's Defense Forces and significantly increased the intensity of strikes using various types of weapons.
Trade turnover between the European Union and Russia at the end of 2025 fell to the lowest level in recorded history, and Russia has effectively lost its status as one of the key trading partners of a united Europe.
The number of people injured as a result of the strike on a suburban train in the Kryvyi Rih district has increased to ten.
The Russian army carried out a UAV strike on a critical infrastructure facility in the Chuhuiv community of the Kharkiv region, leaving one settlement without electricity and causing water supply problems in the administrative center of the community.
Claims by the Russian side about the alleged capture of the settlement of Tsvitkove in the Zaporizhzhia region are untrue and represent another information manipulation.
The number of people injured as a result of Russia’s attack on the Kryvyi Rih district of the Dnipropetrovsk region has increased to nine.
Russian forces struck Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia district with guided aerial bombs. Three people were wounded.
For Ukraine, it is important to involve China in efforts to end the war, as the supply to Russia of certain types of weapons and dual-use components depends on it.
Russian forces struck Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region with glide bombs, injuring two people.
A large number of members of the lower house of the Czech parliament believe it is necessary to support Ukraine and Ukrainian war refugees.
Around 250,000 Ukrainians are currently staying in the Middle East. Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs is working to provide them with effective consular assistance and is considering all possible scenarios and response options, including evacuation.
A Russian drone struck a suburban electric train in Kryvyi Rih Raion, leaving one person dead and several others injured.
The Kremlin claims that the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials during a U.S. and Israeli attack has not affected Moscow’s position on negotiations related to the war in Ukraine.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has confirmed strikes on an oil terminal and a naval base in Russia’s Novorossiysk.
Over the three winter months, the Ukrainian Defense Forces inflicted significant losses on the enemy and regained control of more territory than the enemy managed to capture.
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Air defense missiles, the situation on the front line, peace negotiations, and the German chancellor's visit to China were the key topics of a call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.
Five people were killed and 13 others wounded in the Donetsk region as a result of the morning shelling of Kramatorsk and Druzhkivka.
President Volodymyr Zelensky says there was an agreement with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico that he would come to Ukraine to discuss the situation around the "Druzhba" pipeline.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that he has not received any request from British Prime Minister Keir Starmer regarding the involvement of Ukrainian experts to shoot down Iranian drones in the Persian Gulf.
Russian troops are conducting a rotation, replenishing units and preparing them for limited assault operations across several areas of the southern front. Still, a large-scale spring offensive is not expected at this time.
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The trilateral negotiations are aimed at ending the war, so they must continue.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that the negotiations do not involve trading small territories on the borders of certain regions for the whole territory of Donbas.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that despite the difficult security situation in the UAE, the meeting of the delegations of Ukraine, the United States, and Russia planned for March 5–8 in Abu Dhabi has not been canceled so far.