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Russian torture of Ukrainian POWs ‘widespread and systematic,’ UN commission says -- Fire reported at Russia's Syzran oil refinery -- Russian missile attack sets fire to medical facility in Kharkiv Oblast -- Whether afraid or indifferent, regular Russians enable autocracy -- and more

Russia reportedly buying Starlink in Arab countries -- Ukraine shifts to defense to drain Russian troops -- Dnipro authorities evacuate hospital, close schools after attack on energy infrastructure -- Elon Musk, Republican senators lobby against passage of Ukraine aid -- and more

Ukraine to produce thousands of long-range drones in 2024 -- Russia stops using 'human wave' attacks due to insufficient troops in Avdiivka -- Agriculture Ministry strongly condemns deliberate destruction of Ukrainian grain by Polish protesters -- EU agrees on new measures to isolate frozen Russian funds -- and more

Odesa port exports in January almost at pre-war levels -- Poland reiterates support for 20-billion-euro Ukraine military aid fund -- Journalists filming anti-mobilization protest detained in Moscow -- Canada considers sending decommissioned air-to-ground rockets to Ukraine -- and more

Top UN court rules Russia-Ukraine genocide case can go forward -- Ukraine damages 3 Russian aircraft in occupied Crimea -- Fire breaks out at Russian refinery in Volgograd -- Spain teaches Ukrainian military personnel to service Patriot missile system -- and more

Bulgaria's Soviet stockpiles and large defense industry may be key to Ukraine's success -- Russia prepares another Avdiivka offensive -- Kazakhstan blocks Russian TV portal -- What's wrong with Hungary? -- and more