KYIV, Feb 13 - Russian officials and state media took a triumphant tone Thursday after President Donald Trump jettisoned three years of U.S. policy and announced he would likely meet soon with Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a peace deal in the almost three-year war in Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 13 – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy did not sign the agreement offered to him during a meeting with U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in Kyiv, CNN said on Thursday.

KYIV, Feb 13 – President of National Nuclear Generating Company Energoatom Petro Kotin has called the lowering of the water level in the Kakhovka reservoir by Russian invaders a new threat to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP), expressing hope that the international community, with the assistance of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), will not allow a critical situation.

KYIV, Feb 13 – The State Nuclear Regulatory Inspectorate of Ukraine by the order dated February 10, 2023 restricted the operation of power units No. 3, 4, 5, 6 of Zaporizhia NPP due to the impossibility of eliminating the identified violations of nuclear and radiation safety requirements.

KYIV, Feb 13 – Moody's has downgraded the government of Ukraine's foreign- and domestic-currency long-term issuer ratings and foreign-currency senior unsecured debt ratings to Ca from Caa3 and changed the outlook to stable from negative, the agency said on its website.

KYIV, Feb 13 – To date, Ukraine has temporarily lost 44% of nuclear generation, 75% of thermal power plants (TPPs) and 33% of block thermal power plants, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said.

KYIV, Feb 13 – More people in the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations and emerging economies view Ukraine as an ally rather than enemy due to its fierce resistance to the Russian invasion a year ago, a recent poll suggested.

KYIV, Feb 13 - Moldovan President Maia Sandu alleged on Monday that Russia was plotting to overthrow her country’s government by force to derail its aspirations of joining the European Union — plans first disclosed last week by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

KYIV, Feb 13 – Ukraine will surprise Russian President Vladimir Putin by successfully deploying advanced weapon systems to repel Russian tanks if he orders invasion, Serhiy Verlanov, former head of the State Tax Service, said Sunday.

WASHINGTON, Feb 12 - U.S. President Joe Biden warned his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the United States and its allies would "respond decisively" if Russia "further" invaded Ukraine, the White House said on Saturday.