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Finland announced on Feb. 26 that it would provide 660 million euros ($691 million) in military equipment for Ukraine, supplying the embattled country with domestically-produced equipment.

The announcement marks a shift in how the country delivers weaponry and equipment to Ukraine, having previously donated from the country's surplus stocks. Under the new framework, Finland will order new military products from domestic defense companies to be sent to Ukraine.

The Romanian parliament passed a law on Feb. 26 that allows the country to shoot down drones that violate its airspace.

The move comes after multiple incidents in which Russian drones crashed onto Romanian territory during attacks against neighboring Ukraine.

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"If fiscal expenses remain at their January levels throughout the remainder of the year, the NWF reserves could vanish in just three months. And even if they don’t — as is more likely — 2025 is probably the last year Moscow will be able to fully cover its fiscal deficit by tapping into those savings."

Ukraine targeted key Russian military and industrial sites in occupied Crimea and Krasnodar Krai, striking the Saky and Kacha military airfields and the Tuapse oil refinery, Ukraine's General Staff reported on Feb. 26.

In late January, Zelensky announced that Hnatov would be sent to the General Staff to serve as a deputy chief, saying, "his task is a new level of training of operational headquarters and a higher quality of interaction between the headquarters and the front."

Ukrainian troops have regained control of the village of Kotlyne, near Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, the 25th Separate Airborne Brigade reported on Feb. 26.

Many Ukrainian brigades have at least one, and often several, amputee soldiers still on active duty — men who returned to combat out of a sense of duty amid the grim outlook for their country.

Polish Deputy Prime Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski confirmed on Feb. 25 that Poland has ordered 5,000 Starlink terminals for Ukraine.

The deal gives Ukraine "military equipment and the right to fight on, and originally, the right to fight," Trump said.

The finalized agreement, dated Feb. 24, reportedly offers Kyiv no security guarantees in exchange for 50% of revenues from the "future monetization" of Ukraine's state-owned mineral resources.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry has authorized a new high-speed FPV (first-person view) drone, called Vidmak (Witcher), designed to intercept and destroy Russian vehicles, the ministry announced on Feb. 25.

Poland is preparing its 46th military aid package for Ukraine worth 200 million euros ($210 million), Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said on Feb. 25, according to the Polish media outlet Interia.

Ukraine's parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, passed a resolution on Feb. 25 to hold elections after "a comprehensive, just, and sustainable peace is secured" in the country, lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezniak said.

The decision was supported by 268 members of parliament (MPs), while 12 abstained