The European Commission (EC) intends to introduce requirements for the minimum gas reserves that the EU countries must have by the beginning of the heating season.

The first buses with evacuated citizens of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) leave on Friday at 20:00 (Moscow time).

Russian President Vladimir Putin said he ignored reports about the dates of the country's "invasion" of Ukraine.

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said on Friday, February 18, that at the moment one can see the stupidity of a number of Western politicians.

Poland will accept the wounded Ukrainian soldiers in the event of a war between Russia and Ukraine.

Sales of tours in Russia under the tourist cashback program doubled in a month.

Ukraine may stop paying debts to foreign countries, citing the threat of a Russian "invasion". This was stated on February 17 by Ukrainian economist Yuriy Gavrilechko.

Press Secretary of the President of the United States Dmitry Peskov commented on the situation in the Donbass.

Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said during his speech in the Verkhovna Rada that an escalation of the conflict in the territory of Donbass is unlikely.

The desire of French President Emmanuel Macron to conduct an independent dialogue with Russia is likely to be criticized by the authorities of Sweden, Poland and the Baltic countries.