Zelensky signed a law on registering 17-year-olds and extending the period for returning from the SOC. The President signed a law on registering Ukrainian citizens for military registration.. The law provides that 17-year-old male citizens will be able to register as conscripts: through the conscript’s electronic account using electronic identification or through a personal visit to the territorial recruitment and social support center. The document also allows children who turn 18 years old abroad to register without coming to Ukraine. In addition, the law continues until March 1 the possibility of registering military personnel who have committed an accident and who voluntarily arrived in military units.. The legislative initiative provides that from 2025, conscript service will be abolished, and basic combined arms training will be introduced.. The Russian army attacked the energy infrastructure of the west of the country. On the night of January 15, an air raid alert was announced in Kyiv and a number of regions due to a UAV attack.. Later, the takeoff of the Tu-95MS group was recorded, the aggressor country Russia launched a massive combined attack with missiles from aircraft and Calibers from the Black Sea. During a massive missile strike, Russia attacked critical infrastructure in western Ukraine. Two critical infrastructure facilities were hit in the Drohobych and Stryi districts of the Lviv region - without casualties, but with destruction. The head of the Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Svetlana Onischuk, also reported on the Russian attack on the region. In the Carpathian region, the target was critical infrastructure facilities. Air defense forces worked in the region, there were no casualties. The enemy struck Kramatorsk, Donetsk region. At least eight civilians were injured in Kramatorsk as a result of an airstrike on a high-rise building.. Two children were among the victims. The target for the attack was a microdistrict with dense residential buildings. The enemy used the UMPB D-30 SN to shell the city.. The Verkhovna Rada decided to extend martial law and general mobilization in Ukraine. 315 people's deputies voted for the extension of martial law, and 310 voted for the extension of general mobilization.. The Rada has already decided 14 times to extend martial law and mobilization in Ukraine. They will be valid until May 9 this year.. Zelensky announced the current strength of the Ukrainian army President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that today the strength of the Ukrainian army is 880 thousand people. The head of state assured that Ukraine does not plan to discuss the reduction of the army, because such a large army is holding back the enemy today. The United States dealt another sanctions blow to Russia US authorities introduced new sanctions against Russia. The US sanctions package included metallurgical plants, defense industry enterprises, banks and institutions that collaborated with Moscow - about 100 entities. For example, banks were sanctioned for circumventing restrictions. Specifically, they include Keremet Bank, a financial institution in Kyrgyzstan that collaborated with Russian officials to avoid sanctions. Sanctions are aimed at undermining the financial and technological capabilities of the Russian Federation for waging war and circumventing existing restrictions. President Vladimir Zelensky arrived on a visit to Poland, where he met with the country's leadership. Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in Warsaw, said that his country will work to accelerate the process of Ukraine's accession to the European Union. Tusk promised to talk with Ukraine “in the language of specifics, not sentimentality”. Tusk also said that Poland has prepared an aid package worth 200 million euros for Ukraine.. He did not disclose the details of the aid package, but noted that “we need to talk about this as little as possible and do as much as possible.”. Tusk: Russia was preparing “air terror” against Poland and airlines around the world The Russian Federation was preparing acts of sabotage in the airspace and against airlines around the world. This was stated by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. He noted that acts of sabotage were recorded, which, in his opinion, are a manifestation of the war that Russia declared not only on Ukraine, but on the entire civilized world. In this regard, he noted the need for joint action against such threats. 25 citizens of Ukraine returned from Russian captivity. Among those who returned are defenders of Mariupol and Azovstal, as well as our Kharkov region, Donetsk region, Zaporozhye, Kherson region. They are seriously injured and sick. All repatriated military personnel - soldiers, sailors and sergeants. Among those returned is also a civilian captured in the Kiev region and illegally detained by the Russians. The number of Ukrainians who left and did not return has increased. Last year, 443 thousand Ukrainians who left did not return.. This is three times more compared to 2023, when 134 thousand citizens did not return. In 2024, the most people left in June - 194 thousand. In total, about 3 million citizens did not return during 3 years of full-scale war. This is almost the same as in the 11 years preceding the full-scale invasion - that is, from 2011 to 2021 (3. 3 million). “Unity cells” will be created for Ukrainians abroad President Vladimir Zelensky said that “unity cells” will be created abroad that will work to support Ukrainians. There will be such “unity cells” in Poland, in Germany and in other countries where there are our people. Israel and Hamas agree on a ceasefire and the release of hostages Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas have allegedly reached an agreement on a ceasefire and the release of Israeli hostages. The agreement calls for a six-week temporary ceasefire, during which Israel will gradually withdraw its troops from the Gaza Strip and Hamas will release the hostages.. In exchange, Israel will release the Palestinians it holds captive.. News on Telegram and WhatsApp. Subscribe to our channels https://t. me/korrespondentnet and WhatsApp Author: 1.