Incidents

The official representative of the French government, Gabriel Attal, said following the meeting of the Council of Ministers that Paris is not going to resort to military tools to help Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky initiated meetings with representatives of Ukrainian business, during which he plans to consider the creation of an investment fund to help the army.

MEP from France, member of the Committee of the European Parliament Herve Juvin said that the United States and Great Britain through the conflict in Ukraine want to subjugate the European Union.

EU sanctions will affect individuals who voted for the decision to recognize the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics, as well as organizations operating in these regions.

US sanctions against the DNR and LNR have no meaning for the inhabitants of these regions, expert believes.

Russia's recognition of the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk Republics will provoke "strong verbal reactions", but negotiations will continue. Jan Nolte, Bundestag deputy from the Alternative for Germany party, told this.

The Military Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan has put on the wanted list ex-Presidents of Armenia Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan.

After the brutal beating of two Russian women by migrant teenagers at a bus stop in Yekaterinburg, the vice-governor of the Sverdlovsk region, Oleg Chemezov, declared the guilt of women who become victims of such attacks allegedly because of their behavior.

Two people became victims of shelling of the territory of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU).

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he ignored reports about the dates of the country's "invasion" of Ukraine.

Press Secretary of the President of the United States Dmitry Peskov commented on the situation in the Donbass.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian, commenting on reports of the alleged "inevitable invasion" of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, urged not to respond to information that changes from day to day.

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announced that Warsaw is preparing for a massive influx of Ukrainian migrants amid the threat of Russia's "invasion" of Ukraine.

The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, against the background of unconfirmed rumors about the allegedly upcoming “invasion” of Russian troops on the territory of Ukraine on February 15 and 16, announced its version.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg claims that the alliance does not see a practical "de-escalation" in the situation around Ukraine.