Without resolving “Crimea issue,” war will end in frozen conflict, not peace – expert
Without addressing the de-occupation of Crimea, Russia’s war against Ukraine will not end in genuine peace but will instead turn into a frozen conflict.
27 February 2026
Without addressing the de-occupation of Crimea, Russia’s war against Ukraine will not end in genuine peace but will instead turn into a frozen conflict.
Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson said that the Swedish military has confirmed that the drone which approached the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle was Russian.
Pensions in Ukraine will be indexed by more than 12 percent, a move made possible in part by the work of Ukrainian businesses that continue to operate, pay taxes, and preserve and create jobs, enabling the state budget to function.
Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka has said that Kyiv and Budapest share many pragmatic goals – in energy, transport, logistics, and agriculture – that could be realized through Ukraine’s accession to the European Union.
President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced upcoming changes in Ukraine’s diplomatic corps and said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine is preparing candidates for the post of special envoy on Belarus and the Belarusian community in Europe.
Plans to restore and upgrade the protection of energy facilities have already been developed and will next be approved at the national level.
Russian troops attacked a car in the Vorozhba community of the Sumy district with a drone, killing two men and injuring another.
Russian troops attacked three districts of Dnipropetrovsk region more than 30 times during the day with drones and artillery, damaging civilian facilities.
Russian troops attacked an agricultural enterprise in the Yampil community of Sumy region with drones.
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed his support for the operation against the regime in Iran, which seeks to attack other countries and deprives its own population of their rights, while stressing that it is better to resolve the situation through diplomatic means.
On February 27, five people, including two children who suffered acute stress reactions, were injured in an enemy attack in the Kharkiv region.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has detained a resident of the Cherkasy region who, under orders from Russian intelligence, set fire to infrastructure facilities of Ukrzaliznytsia.
The main elements of the architecture of the system for monitoring and verifying ceasefire violations have already been developed.
The United States is far more interested in gaining access to Russian raw materials and involving American companies than in supporting Ukraine, and European countries must clearly distance themselves from any possible “dirty” deals between the U.S. and Russia.
Since the start of the day, the Russian army has attacked the positions of Ukrainian defenders 57 times, concentrating the greatest activity in the Huliaipole sector and also maintaining high activity in the Pokrovsk sector.
Work is underway in the Armed Forces of Ukraine to establish a vertical structure of digital officers who will introduce innovations within the military. The first digital officer has already been appointed.
The European Commission welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's readiness to accept the results of an inspection of the damaged Druzhba pipeline by a relevant mission initiated by Hungary and Slovakia, but the format of such a mission has not yet been determined.
Ukraine is open to cooperation with Botswana concerning the possible recruitment of its citizens by Russia for the war.
Assistance to Ukraine in resisting Russian aggression is critically important from the standpoint of defending Europe’s fundamental values.
The lower house of the Polish parliament on Friday passed a resolution expressing solidarity with Ukraine on the fourth anniversary of the start of Russia's full-scale aggression.
Pilots of the "Phoenix" unit of the State Border Guard Service filmed and released a video of a real hell in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region – the shelling of the city with phosphorus munitions.
Pilots of the "Phoenix" unit of the State Border Guard Service filmed and released a video of a real hell in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region – the shelling of the city with phosphorus munitions.
During a meeting in Brussels held in the Ramstein format, Ukraine’s Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov presented Ukraine’s war plan to international partners, as well as the projects and operations that need to be carried out.
The first batch of food, weighing 2,618.15 tons, has arrived in Kenya as part of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's humanitarian initiative, Food from Ukraine.
In response to the parade of North Korean troops who fought against Ukraine in Kursk, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi recalled the danger of cooperation between North Korea and Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelensky is currently holding talks with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.
The head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, believes that it is pointless to talk about holding presidential elections in Ukraine under the current conditions.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has reached a new local truce in the area of the occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, which came into effect to restore the plant's backup power supply via the 330 kV line.
A Molniya drone struck a civilian enterprise in the Osnovianskyi district of Kharkiv.
Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Office of the President, believes that a change of regime in the Kremlin will not change the aggressive nature of the Russian Federation – the strategic goal should be to divide the aggressor country into several states, since only the eradication of Moscow's imperial ambitions will guarantee world security.