Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskiy planned to announce presidential elections and a peace-deal referendum on Feb. 24, the FT reported, but his office said announcements were conditional on security.
Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen won the men's Super-G at the Milan‑Cortina Winter Olympics on Feb. 11, becoming the first Swiss to win three golds at the same Winter Games.
The European Parliament approved a €90 billion loan to Ukraine, financed by EU bond issuance with interest covered by the EU budget, to support Kyiv’s defence.
A Russian drone strike killed a Ukrainian father and three children in Bohodukhiv, Kharkiv region, and wounded a pregnant woman and an elderly person, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych defied an IOC ban by wearing a "helmet of memory" during Winter Olympics training, the IOC warned he faced disqualification.
Russian strikes on Ukrainian heat and power plants left residents in Kyiv and other cities without heating or electricity amid subzero temperatures, residents and plant workers said.