The newly elected president of the Czech Republic will visit Kyiv together with his Slovak counterpart, Czech television reported. Fighting continues in the east of Ukraine, on the night from Saturday to Sunday, the Sumy region was hit by more than 17 shellings

Synthesis of the last 24 hours

• European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of next week’s Ukraine-EU summit that Ukraine has the bloc’s unconditional support and must defeat Russian attacks to protect European values. “We are undoubtedly on the side of Ukraine. Ukraine is fighting for our common values, fighting for respect for international law and the principles of democracy, and therefore Ukraine must win this war.”

• On Saturday, as a result of an attack by Russians in a residential quarter of the city of Kostyantynivka in the east of Ukraine, three people were killed, the governor of the region reported. Fourteen more people were injured, and the attack affected four blocks and a hotel.

• Russia has accused the Ukrainian military of a deliberate strike on a hospital in Russian-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine on Saturday. It is reported that 14 people died and 24 patients and medical staff were injured as a result of the strike. The attack was carried out using the US-supplied Himars launch system, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported. The information could not be independently verified

• Kyiv and its Western allies are conducting “quick” negotiations on the possibility of equipping Ukraine with long-range missiles and combat aircraft, said the chief adviser to the President of Ukraine

• On Saturday, North Korea condemned the US commitment to military support for Ukraine, saying Washington was “crossing a red line”. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister, Kim Yo Jong, made the remarks in a statement, saying North Korea would “stand in the same trench” with Russia against the United States.

• Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Serhiy Ryabkov will meet with the new US ambassador to Moscow, Lynn Tracy, at the beginning of next week, the RIA news agency reports.

The most important information about the war in Ukraine – 340 days

07:12Czech President-elect Petr Pavel together with Slovakian President Zuzana Chaputova plans to visit Ukraine, Czech TV channel CT24 reports.

11:40 in the evening In a message on Saturday evening, Volodymyr Zelenskyi called the supply of long-range military missiles such as ATACMS “vital” to Ukraine, following recent Russian attacks.

“We will do everything possible to ensure that partners open this vital supply, especially ATACMS and other similar weapons,” Zelenskyy said. “Because they are necessary to protect life; protection of such cities as Kostyantynivka or, for example, Kharkiv”.

10:30 in the eveningSenior Ukrainian official Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of the National Defense and Security Council in Kyiv, says Russia is preparing a new wave of offensives for the anniversary of its February 24 invasion of Ukraine.

According to Danilov, Russian troops would have a “task” to go “beyond the borders” of the eastern part of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

21:55 The Polish army registers a record level of manning since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine

The Polish army recruited 13,742 new professional soldiers last year, Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said. “This is a record since the cancellation of the draft,” the minister added.

21:06The EU wants a quick trial of crimes committed during the war in Ukraine

Justice ministers of 27 EU countries, who gathered in Stockholm, said that the European Union wants to bring to justice those responsible for the “horrible” crimes committed during the war in Ukraine as soon as possible. However, European officials do not agree either on the methods of criminal investigation and the search for evidence, or on compensation for the destruction caused by the war.

19:45Three people were killed and 14 injured as a result of the rocket attack on Kostyantynivka. “I just left the house”

According to local authorities, three people were killed and 14 injured on Saturday as a result of Russian rocket fire on the town of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region. The victims are two men, respectively 33 and 36 years old, as well as a 70-year-old woman who fled from Kherson after the occupation of the city, Agerpres reports in a report from the scene.

“We just left the house. (…) We decided to leave the city and went to buy a cage for a cat, and here it happened. I was not far from home. Our staircase and the second staircase were the most affected. The rocket fell in front, between the first and second garages,” the woman said.