Swiss could contribute to peacekeeping in Ukraine, army chief says. Switzerland could contribute troops to a future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine if it were requested and the government agreed, Swiss armed forces chief Thomas Suessli said.
In speech, Orbán hails Trump victory and declares Brussels his key adversary
Macron and Starmer to urge Trump to support military peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, WSJ says. A plan proposed by the UK and France for a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine envisages the deployment of up to 30,000 European troops.
Bulgaria's anti-euro protesters try to storm EU mission building. Several thousand supporters of Bulgaria's ultra-nationalist Revival party scuffled with police on Saturday while trying to storm the building of an EU mission during a protest against the country's plans to adopt euro.
Swiss could contribute to peacekeeping in Ukraine, army chief says
Record drone attack: Ukrainian air defences destroy 138 out of 267 drones launched by Russia overnight, 119 go off radar. Russian forces attacked Ukrainian regions with ballistic missiles, 267 Shahed loitering munitions and various types of decoy drones on the night of 22-23 February.
EU Sees €28 Billion Hit From Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs. EU trade chief Maros Sefcovic debriefed the bloc’s ambassadors on Friday after his visit to Washington to meet with his US counterparts.
Ukraine's foreign minister responds to calls to "remove the root causes" of the war by pointing to Russia
Russian strikes on Donetsk region kill 5 people, destroy over 50 houses. For the third day in a row, invading Russian forces have been attacking the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region.
US offers UN resolution on war in Ukraine that stops far short of competing European statement. Both are timed to the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which falls on Monday, when the U.N. General Assembly will vote on the nonbinding resolutions.
US could cut Ukraine's access to Starlink internet services over minerals, say sources - Reuters
EU's aid package meant to send 'strong' message to Ukraine may come on Monday. European Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius reported this when asked about the EU’s plans to support Ukraine
"This is a dictator": pro-Trump newspaper issues special clarification for Trump. The American conservative newspaper The New York Post, known to be a favourite of US President Donald Trump, has published a front-page article clarifying that the real dictator is Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin.
Merz considers extension of French, British nuclear umbrella to Germany. Germany’s likely next chancellor Friedrich Merz has promised to talk to France and the UK about extending their nuclear protection to Germany, as Donald Trump drops hints he might renege on his NATO obligations.
