The West is mobilizing to help Ukraine, which lacks weapons. According to NBC News, the White House is going to send long-range tactical missiles, and Canada will transfer more than 800 SkyRanger R70 drones to Ukraine. Belgian Foreign Minister Haja Lahbib also called on the EU to build up its armed forces amid growing nervousness about Russian aggression.

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05:50 Canada will transfer to Ukraine more than 800 SkyRangers drones equipped with autonomous navigation systems and capable of carrying a payload, including ammunition weighing up to 3.5 kilograms. They are intended for surveillance and reconnaissance.

05:45Ukrainian troops are facing “heavy fire” from Russian forces in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, a spokesman for the Ukrainian military said, quoted by AFP. The statement was made after Russia took full control of the city of Avdiyivka in eastern Ukraine.

05:30Russian troops are “taking advantage” of the Western allies’ delay in providing additional military aid to Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in his speech on Monday evening.

05:00Russia bombed 9 settlements in the Sumy region, 4 people were injured. During the day, Russian troops shelled the Sumy region 252 times in 54 separate shellings, 4 people were injured, the Sumy regional military administration reported.

04:50 British intelligence agencies say public figures in Russia continue to face significant pressure to openly support the war in Ukraine. Russian media reported that in early February, Putin’s administration sent concert organizers in Russia an updated “black list” of 50 artists who are banned from performing in Russia.

01:04 Ecuador is refusing to supply Ukraine with Soviet-era military equipment via the US after a promise to do so drew Moscow’s ire and a ban on the import of Ecuadorian bananas to Russia.

00:39Hungary says it will not block the EU’s 13th package of sanctions against Russia, which the European bloc is preparing to approve ahead of the two-year anniversary of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, Péter Szijarto, claims that he managed to eliminate the measures that harmed the interests of Hungary.

23:55Zelensky recognizes the “extremely difficult” situation at several points on the front / He criticizes the protests of Polish farmers. “It’s not really about grain, it’s more about politics”

Russia is taking advantage of delays in international aid to Ukraine, and the situation in the areas where Moscow troops are concentrated is “extremely difficult,” President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday in a video message to his compatriots, in which he called for unity and national solidarity.

Zelensky also blamed what he called a “situation that demonstrates the erosion of solidarity every day” and referred to protests by Polish farmers blocking the western border.