KYIV, Feb 9 – Commander of the Navy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Vice Admiral Oleksiy Neyizhpapa, has held a number of important meetings in the UK with colleagues from the USA and UK military departments, during which the parties discussed issues of deepening cooperation in the naval sphere, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has reported.

BRUSSELS, Feb 9 - President Volodymyr Zelensky asked his Western allies Thursday for more weapons and said “a Ukraine that is winning” its war with Russia should become a member of the European Union, arguing the bloc won’t be complete without it.

KYIV, Feb 9 - OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau will visit Ukraine this week for meetings with senior officials and a visit to Donbas.

KYIV, Feb 9 – Russian troops massing on the Ukrainian border threaten not only Ukraine but also the entire security architecture of Europe, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said.

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 - Leaders of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said a Russian cyberattack against Ukraine would be high on the list of acts to prompt sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime, even before an invasion, Politico reported Wednesday.

LONDON, Feb 9 - British Defense Minister Ben Wallace is due to travel to Moscow later this week as London cranks up its efforts to head off a possible invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, Defense News reported.

KYIV, Feb 9 - Mayor of Ivano-Frankivsk Ruslan Martsinkiv has said that Ivano-Frankivsk is ready to host the embassy of the United States if the embassy decides to move to western Ukraine.

KYIV, Feb 9 - Ukraine and France have agreed on delivery of 130 locomotives made by France's ALSTOM Transport SA for a total of EUR 900 million to Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

KYIV, Feb 9 - The French Republic will provide Ukraine with EUR 1.2 billion of program funding that can be used for joint projects, Deputy Head of the President's Office Rostyslav Shurma said.

KYIV, Feb 8 – Ukraine may start vaccinating several priority groups of people in parallel in order to speed up the process, Viktor Liashko, the deputy health minister, said Tuesday.