New security agreements for Ukraine and Ukrainian soybeans scattered in Poland: highlights for February 24
Canada and Italy have signed security agreements with Ukraine, Ukrainian agricultural products have been scattered on the Polish railroad, and the EU plans to supply almost 170,000 artillery shells to Ukraine by the end of March. We have collected the main news for February 24, 2024.
New security agreements
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have signed a bilateral security agreement.
“This document establishes a solid foundation for our countries' long-term security partnership,” Zelenskyy emphasized.
Zelenskyy also signed an agreement on security cooperation between the two countries with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. The document envisages Canada's allocation of more than C$3 billion ($2.2 billion) in macro-financial and defense assistance to Ukraine in 2024.
Artillery ammunition from the EU
The European Union wants to transfer almost 170,000 rounds of artillery ammunition to Ukraine by the end of March, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said after a conversation with European diplomat Josep Borrell.
He emphasized that artillery shells are now an “absolute priority”. Therefore, the EU is also working to further increase the volume of supplies.
Scattered Ukrainian soybeans
Ukrainian agricultural products have been scattered from a train car at the Dorohusk railway station in Poland for the third time.
“The systematic destruction of Ukrainian agricultural products looks like planned sabotage. Our country is defending itself and surviving, in part, thanks to farmers. So, those who committed these crimes are not interested in Ukrainian peace and the victory of the civilized world. We call on the law enforcement agencies of Poland to provide an immediate response,” said Oleksandr Kubrakov, head of the Ministry of Reconstruction.
Subsequently, the Polish police reported that they were investigating the case of scattering Ukrainian soybeans.
Killing of Russians in the A-50 aircraft
The Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft shot down on February 23 had a crew of 10 Russians, all of whom were killed, a source in the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine told hromadske.
The source told us that the positions of the dead crew are still being clarified.
Other news
- The United Kingdom will spend £245 million (just over $310 million) on ammunition for Ukraine over the next year, the country's Defense Ministry has announced.
- Today, February 24, the prime ministers of the four G7 countries, the president of the European Commission, and the former prime minister of the United Kingdom arrived in Kyiv.
- Over the two years of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, more than half a thousand children have been killed and more than a thousand injured. Two million children have fled abroad, Olena Zelenska said.
- On the night of February 24, officers of the Security Service of Ukraine, together with the Defense Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine, attacked the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant.
- The German authorities will now use the name of the Ukrainian capital as Kyjiw. This is a transliteration of the word “Kyiv” from the Ukrainian language. Previously, Germany officially used the word Kiew, which is based on the Russian word.