WASHINGTON, Feb 14 – A Russian anti-satellite weapon may be posing a threat to the national security and may limit foreign military capability, a senior congressional aide told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

KYIV, Feb 14 – The Russian invaders are draining water from Kakhovka Reservoir and thus trying to deprive Ukrainians who receive water from the Dnieper River of access to water supply, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said.

KYIV, Feb 14 – U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said Ukraine has urgent needs for additional military assistance and assured that NATO allies are ready to support Ukraine in the long term.

BRUSSELS, Feb 14 - Ukraine on Tuesday renewed its appeal to Western countries for fighter jets to help frustrate Moscow’s almost year-long invasion, but won no assurances at a high-level defense meeting in Brussels that it would receive any combat aircraft.

KYIV, Feb 14 - President Volodymyr Zelensky, after a meeting with German Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz, said that Ukraine and Germany had different approaches to Nord Stream 2.

KYIV, Feb 14 - The personnel of the National Police was transferred to a combat alert from February 14 to February 19, in response to any threats to the security in the country, Chief of the National Police Ihor Klymenko reported.

KYIV, Feb 14 - President Volodymyr Zelensky declared February 16 - the day when U.S. media sources suggested Russia may launch its invasion - the Day of Unity as a measure seeking to consolidate the Ukrainian society, his press service reported.

KYIV, Feb 14 - Russia moved ahead with its massive military buildup near Ukraine, as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz began shuttling between the two nations seeking to stave off a conflict, and Moscow left the door open for talks, The Wall Street Journal reported.

KYIV, Feb 12 – Deputy Prime Minister for the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said with reference to expert data that the losses from the occupation of territories in Donetsk and Luhansk regions at the moment amounted to UAH 375 billion, excluding the value of the assets located there.

BRUSSELS, Feb 12 – High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell assures that the European Union is unwavering in its support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and intends to continue to apply economic sanctions against Russia until the Minsk agreements are implemented.