The International Monetary Fund is expected to review a new $8.1 billion lending program for Ukraine at the staff level in the coming days.

The enemy has failed to force Ukrainians into bunkers; instead, it is the Russians themselves who are in a real bunker.

Over the course of February 20, there were 130 combat engagements between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invaders. In particular, in the Pokrovsk sector, the enemy attempted 22 attacks.

Information has been received about Russia preparing new strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. All services have been instructed to prepare as thoroughly as possible for the upcoming challenges.

Hungary will block the European Union’s allocation of funds to Ukraine under a EUR 90 billion loan until the transit of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline is restored.

In the Novobavarskyi district of Kharkiv, a private house roof was damaged as a result of a drone attack on the evening of Friday, February 20.

Ukraine’s Defense Forces have liberated 300 square kilometers in the south of the country during counteroffensive assault operations.

Seven more Ukrainian children and teenagers have been brought back from territories temporarily occupied by Russia as part of the Ukrainian President’s Bring Kids Back UA initiative and with the assistance of the Save Ukraine team.

The situation around Sviato-Pokrovske in the Donetsk region remains difficult; however, the village is under the control of Ukraine’s Defense Forces. Russian troops have made no advances and are being destroyed on the approaches.

Rescuers have recovered the bodies of two more victims following a strike on an enterprise in the Chuhuiv district.