Europe

Dmytro Kuleba, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, called on Ukrainians in the European Union to mobilise for next week's large-scale actions in support of Ukraine's rapid accession to the EU.

Ukraine will receive a total of USD 15 billion in aid from international organisations and partner countries.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó called for Ukraine's accelerated accession to the European Union.

President Zelenskyy will appeal to the European Parliament on Tuesday 1 March with regard to Ukraine joining the EU.

This was announced by the president of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.

International and local providers are turning off Russian news channels. Meanwhile, they started to broadcast Ukraine’s “United News” marathon [Ukraine’s major news channels have joined efforts to broadcast news continuously around the clock].

The European Commission and the association of the European electric power grids has agreed to commence the process of emergency connection of Ukraine to the single electricity grid of the EU, and expect that the process will take a few weeks. Kadri Simson, the European commissioner on energy, quoted by Interfax Ukraine.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy once again appealed to European leaders to help stop Russia's war, because this aggression affects everyone, and while Europe procrastinates, Ukrainian citizens are dying.

Source: address of the Head of State

The Regional Council of Lombardy adopted a non-binding resolution calling to recognize Crimea as part of Russia and lift sanctions against Russia.

The results of the referendum on Britain’s exit from the European Union will have negative consequences for Ukraine.