President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky Information digest “Time of Freedom with Andrei Sharogradsky.” Tuesday, February 24 Information digest “Time of Freedom with Andrei Sharogradsky.” Tuesday, February 24 Vladimir Zelensky: Ukraine is not losing in the war with Russia Vladimir Putin now calls the goals of the “SVO” the preservation of the independence of the Russian Federation and “strategic parity” Is it true that the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, claims

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Exactly 70 years ago, at the 20th Congress of the CPSU Central Committee, Khrushchev read a closed report exposing Stalin’s personality cult. A short “thaw” began. De-Stalinization turned out to be superficial, and today the leader is again held in high esteem. What is the historical significance of the 20th Congress? Will there be a new XX Congress after Putin's death?

Investigators inspect train tracks damaged by an explosion in central Poland, November 17, 2025. During the four years of full-scale war with Ukraine, the Kremlin organized at least 151 hybrid attacks in Europe. This is stated in the analysis of the International Center for Combating Terrorism (ICCT) and the Globsec project.

CPC infrastructure in Novorossiysk Ukrainian Ambassador to Washington Olga Stefanishyna said she received a demarche (official diplomatic notification) from the US State Department after an attack by Ukrainian drones on the infrastructure of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) in the port of Novorossiysk in November 2025. This was reported by CNN and Suspilna .

We talk about the actions of the EU and “Friendship”, which leads to discord, with political scientist Ivan Preobrazhensky and security expert Ivan Stupak.

US-Ukrainian meeting, December 2025 On Thursday, February 26, a meeting will be held in Geneva between the head of the Ukrainian delegation at peace negotiations with Russia, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Rustem Umerov, and special representatives of the US President Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. This was stated by the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, reports RBC-Ukraine .

Valery Ledkov The Seventh Court of Cassation replaced the folklorist and bard from the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug (Ugra) Valeria Ledkova with a suspended sentence in the case of donations to the Anti-Corruption Foundation. He will remain in custody until the court decision is received in the colony. This was reported by OVD-Info with reference to lawyer Pavel Rusnakov.

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Ukraine; Paris and London called the SVR's statement about their desire to transfer a nuclear charge to Ukraine a lie; new strategy of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; demographic consequences of the war for the Russian Federation; Trump's State of the Union address; 70 years of Khrushchev’s report at the 20th Congress of the CPSU on the cult of personality

Recognized by the Russian authorities as a “foreign agent,” political scientist Sergei Markov, who declares himself a supporter of President Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine, was fined 35 thousand rubles by a court in Moscow. He was found guilty under an administrative article for violating the procedure for the activities of a “foreign agent.” This is reported by "Caution News" and SOTAVision . The decision was made by the Gagarinsky District Court.

The UN General Assembly on February 24, the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, adopted a resolution supporting the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. The draft resolution “Support for lasting peace in Ukraine” was introduced by Ukraine. The document calls for an immediate ceasefire and reaffirms the need to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders.

Destruction in Ukraine after one of the strikes (illustrative photo) Late in the evening of February 24, Russian troops carried out airstrikes on one of the villages in the Zaporozhye region, killing four people and wounding a child. This was reported by the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations. As a result of the strikes, a private residential building was destroyed, and rescuers recovered the bodies of three people from the rubble.

More than two hundred thousand dead in Ukraine. Journalists from Mediazona and the BBC have identified the names of Russian soldiers killed at the front. 2025, according to their data, has become the busiest year. Z-channels are increasingly writing that concluding a contract today actually means “disposal” in assaults.

Russian police officers patrol the streets of Moscow, February 16, 2026 Political scientist Ekaterina Shulman In March 2025, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs put her on the wanted list. Shulman left Russia in April 2022. That same year, she was added to the register of “foreign agents.” The Ministry of Justice stated that this decision was made because of the fee for Ekho Moskvy.