Ukraine

S-300 missiles fired by the Russian army during the night destroyed the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Kushuhum, in the Zaporizhzhia region

92% of Ukrainians favour EU membership by 2030, according to the latest poll by the International Institute of Sociology in Kiev for the National Democratic Institute; before invasion 67% said they would vote 'yes' in referendum for immediate membership

Zelensky stated that the liberation of all occupied territories is on the horizon and Ukraine will definitely succeed

President Zelensky ordered reinforcements for Bakhmut, asking the General Staff for appropriate forces to help defend it, as "no part of Ukraine can be abandoned"

"Reconciliation between Russia and Ukraine is not possible in the next 100 years", reportedly declared Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal

"Ukraine will have the fighters, it's just a matter of timing and procedures," said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference

"International law speaks clearly, Ukraine can liberate its territories using any means; always ignore Medvedev," Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhaylo Podolyak wrote on Twitter

Nobel laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk declared that "stopping arming Ukraine is like leaving a woman alone in a lift with her rapist"

Ukrainian soldiers have arrived in the United States to learn how to use the US Patriot air defence system

President Zelensky signed a decree to apply economic sanctions against 119 Russian celebrities who are reported to supported the war; presidential adviser Podolyak called the sanctioned personalities 'death propagandists'

About 10.000 Starlink satellite communication terminals will be additionally supplied to Ukraine in the coming months

The Ukrainian judiciary is evaluating the position of the leaders of the local Jewish community of Kherson - the city under Russian occupation for nine months - allegedly suspected of aiding the enemy