A new investigation published on Monday by exiled Russian independent media outlets Meduza and Mediazona estimates that more than 160,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The latest figure, released to coincide with the third anniversary of the invasion, more than doubles the 75,000 deaths previously estimated by Meduza and Mediazona last year.

The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office declared an “undesirable organization” the Russian Democratic Society (RDO) founded by Russian emigrants in Serbia in Serbia. The department’s report states that the founders of the RDO “are actually recruiting opposition citizens who left the country”.

The updated sanction list of the European Union is 48 names.

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that the liberation of all Ukrainian prisoners could be an important step towards the world. He stated this at the international support summit of Ukraine, which takes place in Kiev. According to Zelensky, Russia should give “real” signals about the desire to complete the war and one of these signals may be the release of Ukrainian citizens who are captured.

The Verkhovna Rada deputies could not adopt on February 24 on the support of democracy in Ukraine in the context of the aggression of the Russian Federation, which stated that it was impossible to hold elections in war and that the powers of the President Vladimir Zelensky should continue "until the post of newly elected president of Ukraine." As deputy Yaroslav Zheleznyak said in his Telegram channel, 218 members of the Rada voted for the acceptance of the document with the necessary 226 votes.

The European Union and the United States prepared various resolution projects, which should be made to vote in the UN General Assembly on February 24, on the third anniversary of the war. According to Financial Times with reference to two officials familiar with the question, the United States demanded to withdraw the resolution that the EU prepared together with Ukraine and in which the invasion of the Russian troops is condemned.

At least three companies that appeared in The Insider investigations fell under today's European sanctions . It is, in particular, about companies: In addition, today the sanctions were imposed against the supplier of the Ministry of Defense Vladimir Yevtushenkov (owner of the French real estate) and the head of the state-cosmic defense of the Almaz-Antey, Yana Novikov. Both of them are also defendants in the investigations of The Insider ( 1 , 2 ).

At least three companies previously exposed in The Insider 's investigations have been included in the 16th package of European Union sanctions announced earlier today — “on the third year mark of the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.” The sanctions targeted the following companies: CJSC Donobuv : The producer of footwear openly states on its website that it supplies the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).

US President Donald Trump met with French President Emmanuel Macron, who flew to Washington on February 24.

At least three companies previously exposed in The Insider 's investigations have been included in the 16th package of European Union sanctions announced earlier today — “on the third year mark of the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.” The sanctions targeted the following companies: CJSC Donobuv : The producer of footwear openly states on its website that it supplies the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD).

Oleksandr Ratushniak / Reuters Politics Vyacheslav Epurian 24 February 2025 Sometimes dry numbers say more than a thousand words: over the third year of the war, Russia has advanced deep into the Ukrainian territory by no more than 50 km, while losing about one hundred thousand killed and 4 thousand tanks, BMP and armored personnel carriers, spending $ 140 billion - at this pace even for The capture of the Donetsk region alone will take more than two years.

The UN General Assembly on February 24 adopted a resolution condemning Russia in Ukraine. The document submitted by Ukraine and the European Union supported 93 countries. 18 countries, including Russia, the USA and Israel, spoke out against. 64 states, including China, abstained. It is expected that the UN Security Council, in which the United States has the right to veto, will vote on this resolution later on the same day.

UK, following the European Union and Australia, updated the sanctions lists of Russian individuals and companies that support a full -scale invasion of Ukraine. The country's Foreign Ministry called this package of sanctions the largest since 2022. In the new sanctions package 107 names and companies. The restrictions were affected by the S7, the Russian Energy and Sibantracite coal companies, as well as the Avilon automobile company.

The Governor of the Ryazan Region Pavel Malkov said that due to the fall of the wreckage of the drone, a fire “on the territory of one enterprise” occurred, whose name he did not specify. According to BAZA, we are talking about the Ryazan refinery (Ryazan oil refining company, RNPK). This plant was attacked twice: on the night of 24 and on January 26. On the night of January 26, the Ukrainian military reported on the raid on the refinery.

Canada included in the sanctions sheet of Russian TV presenter Vladimir Pozner and 31 more Russians. In particular, the deputy minister of defense, the cousin of Vladimir Putin Anna Tsivileva and her husband, the head of the Ministry of Energy Sergey Tsivilev were included in the list; The head of the Institute for the Development of the Internet (IRI) Alexei Gororevsky; Governor of the Primorsky Territory Oleg Kozhemyako.