THE EU has failed to agree on a new €30 billion ($32 billion) as part of its military assistance to Ukraine after Hungary vetoed the measure at an emergency EU council meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Despite the overwhelming support from the other 26 EU nations, Hungarian PM Viktor Orban blocked the leaders’ statement, delaying … Read more
THE EU has approved a major defence spending plan to boost military capabilities with billions of euros. Along with increasing their defence budgets, EU nations have also pledged military support to Kyiv after the US stopped providing aid to Ukraine. The plan, called ReArm Europe, will increase the EU’s defence spending by up to … Read more
Eighteen European leaders gathered yesterday in London to repair Ukraine’s fractured relationship with the U.S., with Britain and France assembling a “coalition of the willing” to develop a plan for ending the war with Russia. The leaders also pledged to bolster support for Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky. Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, said “a number” of … Read more
Ukraine and the US have come to an agreement on a framework for a comprehensive economic deal that would include access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals, three senior Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday. The officials, privy to the matter, requested anonymity as they were not authorised to speak publicly. One of them said that Kyiv … Read more
AMID rising uncertainty over the future of Ukraine and Europe’s alliance with the United States, Germany went to polls on Sunday to choose a new government in an election dominated by worries about the years-long stagnation of continent’s biggest economy and pressure to curb migration. The centre-right opposition is favoured to win, while polls point … Read more
RUSSIA launched a record number of attack drones into Ukraine in an overnight assault on Saturday, marking the largest drone strike of the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday. The attack came just a day before the third anniversary of Moscow’s full-scale invasion. The assault occurred amid growing uncertainty over US support for … Read more
THE United Kingdom has promised to send troops to Ukraine as part of security guarantees lacked substance, and demonstrated a poor understanding of the geopolitical shift that was changing the world. Experts told RIA Novosti on Thursday. On Sunday, UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, said that the UK was ready to deploy troops to … Read more
KREMLIN spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday in Moscow said Russia and the United States discussed the possibility of elections in Ukraine during high-level talks in Riyadh. According to Russia news agency, there was an “exchange of views” on the subject during Tuesday’s meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister … Read more
Ukrainian forces have launched a missile attack on a boarding school in the city of Sudzha, in Russia’s Kursk region, the Russian Defence Ministry claimed on Sunday. The Russian air defences detected several missiles fired from Ukraine’s southern region towards Sudzha on Saturday, according to the ministry. “The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ strike on a civilian … Read more
Vladimir Putin has said he is ready to discuss the war in Ukraine with Donald Trump and suggested it would be a good idea for them to meet. In his first comments since Trump issued threats to inflict economic damage on Russia if it failed to end the war in Ukraine, Putin struck a … Read more