Unknown individuals threw black paint on a monument to Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko in the Serbian city of Novi Sad on 24 February and removed the letters spelling his surname.

Rustem Umierov, Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine and head of the Ukrainian negotiating team, has said a meeting in Geneva between Ukrainian and US delegations has begun.

The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) has reported in a new study that Ukrainian women who have received protection in EU countries are frequently subjected to physical, sexual and psychological violence.

The United Kingdom has announced a historic package of sanctions designed to deprive the Kremlin of key oil revenues and further weaken its ability to wage its illegal war.

Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski arrived in Kyiv on the morning of 24 February.

The leaders of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Croatia arrived in Kyiv on the morning of 24 February, the fourth year of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President António Costa have arrived in the city of Kyiv on the morning of 24 February.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine will expand its sanctions policy against Belarus' self-declared leader Alexander Lukashenko and his circle.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said NATO should regard Russia's medium-range Oreshnik missiles deployed in Belarus as a legitimate military target.

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Donald Trump have had a phone call to discuss, among other topics, the US-mediated talks in Geneva on 17 February aimed at resolving Russia's war against Ukraine.

AFP, citing a source close to the Russian delegation, has reported that the first round of talks between Ukraine, the US and Russia on 17 February in Geneva was "very tense".

US President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff has said there has been "meaningful progress" in efforts to reach a peace settlement following trilateral talks between Ukraine, the US and Russia in Geneva.

A survey conducted in several NATO member states has shown declining trust in the United States as a reliable ally.

Bloomberg, citing sources, has reported that Greece and Malta have become the main obstacle to the EU's proposal to replace the price cap on Russian oil with a ban on services necessary for transporting the fuel.