Ukraine has asked Turkey to help arrange a summit meeting between President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a renewed effort to end the war, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in Kyiv.

When Ukrainian military draft officers stopped two men to check their identity documents, a passing group of youths suddenly attacked them, enabling one of the detainees to flee.

Ukraine expects oil to resume flowing through the Druzhba pipeline as soon as Tuesday, clearing the way for the European Union to unblock a much-needed €90 billion ($106 billion) loan for Kyiv.

Kyrylo Budanov was taken from military intelligence to run Ukraine’s presidential office. It’s a political post that has Kyiv powerbrokers speculating over his future career path.

Ukraine’s top negotiator with Russia said he sees progress toward a potential peace deal with the Kremlin, adding that a resolution to the war may not take long to achieve.

Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukraine would receive financial, energy and technical support to defend its infrastructure in return for the help it’s given to nations in the Gulf to fend off Iranian drone attacks.

Ukraine expects top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to lead a US delegation to Kyiv this month, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff said, as efforts to resume peace talks get underway.

Ukraine risks running out of money to pay for its defense against Russia within two months as a multitude of factors converge to threaten tens of billions of euros in assistance from the country’s key donors.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy kicked off a surprise visit to the Gulf region as he seeks to offer his nation’s anti-drone expertise in exchange for defense support.

Ukraine’s central bank left interest rates unchanged after the first cut in more than a year and a half as the Middle East conflict and uncertainty over foreign funding weigh on the war-stricken economy.

The International Monetary Fund raised concern about Ukraine’s ability to continue receiving aid from its $8.1 billion package as lawmakers stall on measures needed to release the financing, its representative said.

Ukraine’s central bank chief said the US-led campaign against Iran risks piling additional pressure on the country’s war-devastated economy while handing a boost to Russian President Vladimir Putin in the fifth year of his invasion.

The two armored trucks set off to Kyiv from Austria loaded with $82 million worth of gold and banknotes for their routine run to replenish Ukraine’s war-torn economy. They never arrived. In a daytime heist along a route of about 1,300 kilometers (800 miles), the couriers were beaten and the cargo seized.

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.

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 has approved a four-year financing program for Ukraine worth about $8.1 billion.

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.

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.

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.

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.