The European Union is considering providing Ukraine with financial help to repair the Druzhba oil facility as Hungary and Slovakia block support for Kyiv and sanctions on Russia until supplies through the pipeline resume.
An oil reservoir on fire at a Druzhba pipeline facility southwest of Brody, Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military wants to accelerate the production of anti-ballistic missiles for Patriot air-defense systems to help protect against Russian attacks, according to Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
The International Monetary Fund’s board will meet on February 26 to consider a four-year, $8.1 billion loan program for Ukraine, people familiar with the matter said.
KOSTYANTYNIVKA, UKRAINE - FEBRUARY 13: Volunteers speak with a local resident near damaged residential buildings in Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region as Russian shelling continues to impact civilian infrastructure and evacuation efforts intensify amid ongoing fighting on February 13, 2026 in Kostyantynivka, Ukraine. (Photo by Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images)
Ukraine says its new program with the International Monetary Fund will be discussed in the coming weeks without any so-called “prior actions” such as tax changes Kyiv should have taken this month.
Pedestrians walk past a residential building with a patriotic mural depicting a Ukrainian soldier in Kyiv on Jan. 28.
Ukraine faced another large-scale Russian air strike following President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s comments that Moscow will turn down a US-brokered ceasefire on attacks against energy infrastructure.
Residents walk through a market damaged following a Russian attack, in Odesa, Ukraine, on Feb. 12.
Ukraine is seeking to soften an unpopular tax bill demanded by the International Monetary Fund as a condition to unlock more than $8 billion under a financing program, according to people familiar with the matter.
Repair works following a Russian attack on a heat and power plant, in Kyiv, on Feb. 4.
Power was gradually being restored in Ukraine’s capital on Saturday after widespread outages from what were termed “technical issues” across the nation’s power grid that spilled over to Moldova as well.
Kyiv residents receive hot meals and warm themselves by an open fire near a mobile kitchen organized by veterans of Ukraine's 3rd Assault Brigade in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 30, 2026. Extreme cold temperatures return to Ukraine amid heating and power supply disruptions caused by massive Russian attacks on the country's energy infrastructure. (Photo by Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Kremlin confirmed that Donald Trump asked Vladimir Putin to halt Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, though it said the agreement is set to expire on Sunday.
Pedestrians walk past kiosks selling flowers and supplied with electricity from power generators during a power outage in Kyiv on January 28, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russia has this month stepped up its strikes against Ukraine's power and heating infrastructure, plunging Kyiv residents into darkness and cold as temperatures dropped as low as -20C. (Photo by Sergei GAPON / AFP via Getty Images)
Ukraine’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate, ending almost a year of steady borrowing costs after an infusion of foreign aid and easing inflation shored up the country’s war-battered economy.
Ukrainian soldiers at a front line position in Donetsk region.
Ukraine’s military is working to replace Chinese-made drones with domestically produced models to cut the war-ravaged nation’s dependence on imports and sanctioned supply lines, the newly appointed defense minister said.
A "Vampire" strike drone during a presentation of drone military hardware of the Unmanned Systems Force of the Ukraine Armed Forces in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday, June 11, 2024. Ukraine demonstrated various types of remotely-operated unmanned robotic systems used by the Ukrainian military.
Ukrainian authorities are pressing ahead with a tax on self-employed entrepreneurs, one of the most contentious policies demanded by the International Monetary Fund to unlock more than $8 billion in wartime financing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at IMF headquarters in Washington in 2023.
In the wake of a damaging corruption scandal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is increasingly reaching out to potential political rivals as the prospect of an election becomes more likely.
BOVINGTON, ENGLAND - APRIL 03: General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom and former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine looks around the exhibition at The Tank Museum, on April 03, 2025 in Bovington, Dorset. Ukraine: Armoured Warfare in the Modern World is the largest exhibition in the UK focusing on the conflict with Russia. It charts the Russian invasion of Ukraine with a specific focus on the role of armoured vehicles, British assistance in training Ukrainian troops and highlights the devastating impact of the fighting on the Ukrainian people. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)
In the wake of a damaging corruption scandal, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is increasingly reaching out to potential political rivals as the prospect of an election becomes more likely.
BOVINGTON, ENGLAND - APRIL 03: General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the United Kingdom and former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine looks around the exhibition at The Tank Museum, on April 03, 2025 in Bovington, Dorset. Ukraine: Armoured Warfare in the Modern World is the largest exhibition in the UK focusing on the conflict with Russia. It charts the Russian invasion of Ukraine with a specific focus on the role of armoured vehicles, British assistance in training Ukrainian troops and highlights the devastating impact of the fighting on the Ukrainian people. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)
Ukrainian Railways is “temporarily” suspending coupon payments on its dollar bonds due in 2026 and 2028 as Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion ravages its finances.
A damaged railway following a Russian shelling in Siversk, Ukraine on Feb. 20.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy asked Ukraine’s head of military intelligence to become his chief of staff, filling one of the country’s most influential positions after Andriy Yermak stepped down amid a corruption scandal.
Kyrylo Budanov Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/Bloomberg
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he plans to meet his US counterpart Donald Trump “in the coming days,” signaling optimism about reaching a peace deal to end Russia’s almost four-year war.
US President Donald Trump, left, and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's president, outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. Zelenskiy will be meeting the US leader at the White House on Friday to discuss air defense, long-range weaponry and urgent energy assistance as Moscow intensifies strikes on its water and gas infrastructure before winter.
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