Ukrainian soldiers have already arrived in Germany to start training with Patriot air defence systems. 

Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who is in Washington for negotiations with high-ranking politicians on increasing support for Ukraine, has called for Ukrainian troops to be provided with all the weapons they need.

Alexander Van der Bellen, President of Austria, has arrived in the city of Kyiv.

Spain will provide Ukraine with four to six German-made Leopard 2A4 tanks that have been in storage for a long time.

Austria and Hungary have agreed not to send weapons to Ukraine, Austrian Defence Minister Klaudia Tanner and her Hungarian counterpart Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky said at a meeting in Budapest, emphasising their close cooperation.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine considers the statement of the President of Croatia, who said that Crimea will never be Ukrainian again, unacceptable.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has visited Mykolaiv Oblast.

The issues to be discussed at the February 3 EU-Ukraine summit in Kyiv include the military situation, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's peace plan, and the support of Ukraine by its partners.

Ben Wallace, Secretary of State for Defence of the United Kingdom, has said that on 11 February, at a meeting with a Russian counterpart in Moscow, he received false assurances from Sergei Shoigu that Russia was not going to attack Ukraine.

Given Russia's current ability to produce high-precision missiles, it could strike Ukraine, in the most pessimistic scenario, for another six to nine months.

Poland is planning to send another 60 modernised Soviet-made tanks, including PT-91 Twardy, to Ukraine, apart from a company [14 units – ed.] of Leopard 2 tanks.

The next meeting of the North Atlantic Council at the level of defence ministers will be held on 14-15 February, and on 14 February – a meeting of the Contact Group on Defence of Ukraine.

According to German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, Germany could send the first Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine in about three months.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called on members of the Alliance to strengthen support for Kyiv, including tanks and other heavy equipment.

President of Finland Sauli Niinistö pays a visit to Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed a decree on the establishment of the honourary title "Rescuer City" to the capital of Lithuania.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has approved a report and a resolution entitled "Sexual violence in times of conflict", devoted, among other things, to Russian aggression against Ukraine.

Germany has received Poland's official request for permission to hand over German Leopard 2 tanks, which are in service with the Polish army, to Ukraine.

The tenth package of EU sanctions against Russia should include powerful sanctions against the Russian missile and drone industry, the closure of all ways of circumventing the already imposed sanctions, new personal sanctions, and sanctions against the energy, banking, media and telecommunications, metallurgy, etc.

Ukrainians support NATO membership more than ever in history: 86% of Ukrainians would vote for it in a referendum.

Poland will officially ask Germany for permission to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine but it will transfer the tanks as part of the "small coalition" even without Germany's approval.

Estonia is handing over all available 155 mm howitzers to Ukraine as part of its record military aid package announced last week.

The Ministry of Defenсe of the Czech Republic has denied information about the country’s readiness to transfer Leopard 2 tanks received from Germany to Ukraine as compensation for the delivery of Soviet-style T-72 tanks to Kyiv.

President of Türkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan spoke by phone with Ukraine's President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Germany's foreign intelligence service (BND) is alarmed by huge losses the Ukrainian army is suffering in fighting against Russian forces in Bakhmut.

Scandalous statements of Russian MP Sergei Gavrilov, who praised the Georgian authorities for not supporting Ukraine, and the reaction of the Georgian ruling party leader have outraged Georgian opposition and official Kyiv.

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin opened a regular meeting of allies in the Ramstein format on Friday, calling on them to provide more assistance for Ukraine.