Law firm says it hears weekly from Ukrainians, including vulnerable women and children, who were turned downUkrainians who fled to the UK after the Russian invasion are being refused asylum by the Home Office on the grounds it is safe to return to Ukra…
Presidentโs comments follow meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskyy while Nato chief says alliance is โtotally committedโ to keeping Ukraine in the fight. What we know on day 1,219See all our Russia-Ukraine coverageDonald Trump has indicated he will consider …
European officials deployed flattery and avoided specifics to get “good vibes” and win over the president.
Initiative led by former army colonel who was deputy head of military counter-intelligence
Karmen Joller said Hans Kluge’s visit โrisks legitimizing a regime that deliberately targets the very values WHO is meant to defend.โ
Riga also wants prohibition on Kremlin soldiers from entering the Schengen Area.
Drone attacks on Kharkiv and Odesa; donโt forget about Ukraine because of Iran-Israel fighting, say Kyiv officials. What we know on day 1,213 Vladimir Putinโs economy minister has warned that Russia is โon the vergeโ of recession as he spoke on the se…
The Russian invasion in 2022 and Ukrainian resistance for over three years have transformed drones into one of the most strategic weapons of the 21st century. However, according to the military, France was until now “insufficiently prepared” for this u…
Arcola theatre, LondonThe horrific reality of Russiaโs invasion is recounted during the preparation of a Ukrainian salad in Anastasiia Kosidii and Josephine Burtonโs playDuring the violent chaos following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 202…
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Introduction
What is the future of temporary
protection in the EU for those fleeing the invasion of Ukraine? Today the EU
Commissio…
The absence of the U.S. defense secretary marks the first time in the Ukraine Defense Contact Groupโs history that an American defense chief misses the monthly meeting.
In an interview with SOL newspaper and Euronews, the head of European intelligence explained that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has changed the way we think about and use intelligence services and argues that the EU can do more in this area โ and tha…
Zelenskyy schedules Turkey trip, challenging Putin to attend, with US president saying he might go too; UN body blames Russia for MH17. What we know on day 1,175Donald Trump suggested he might fly on from the Middle East to Turkey to join prospective U…
Former service personnel who have seen the treatment of veterans in America think the U.K. could learn something โ and make good up for successive broken promises.
With four hats, including national security adviser, the former Trump rival is defying predictions heโd be a weak player.
After the election of Donald Trump, ordinary Poles fear they could be in Moscow’s sights.
After the election of Donald Trump, ordinary Poles fear they could be in Moscow’s sights.
The US and Ukraine announced on Wednesday an economic deal after a weekslong press by US President Donald Trump calling on Ukraine to compensate Washington for billions in military and financial assistance to help Ukraine repel the Russian invasion.
Russia said to be ready to halt war in return for US recognition of its control of Crimea and sanctions reliefRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesThe contours of the White Houseโs โfinalโ peace proposal to halt the Russian invasion of Ukraine have …
London summit will focus on security of supply and lessons of crisis that followed Russian invasion of Ukraine
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The EUโs asylum pact was adopted less
a year ago, and mostly wonโt apply for over another year โ and yet the EU Commission
has …
The Duke of Sussex secretly arrived in the Lviv region to support military veterans and civilians with amputations.
Located on the border with Russia, the Estonian town of Narva could be Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ideal spot if he were to plan an invasion. Only a bridge separates the two countries. The population is divided: while some members of the town’s…
Since the Russian invasion, over 71% of the population has been involved in voluntary work, one of the pillars of the resistance. Everyone contributes in their own way to the war effort in all areas related to the conflict.
Trump has signaled he plans to end temporary parole status for 240,000 Ukrainians, but a DHS official said the protections havenโt been revoked โ yet.
With the war with Russia now in its fourth year, the number of women joining the Ukrainian army continues to soar to some 70,000 up from 56,000 at the start of the Russian invasion. Our colleagues at France 2 went to meet the female fighters of Bucha….
His selection had surprised U.S. allies because the lawyer had no significant foreign policy experience.
Once the great hope of the European climate movement, Germany’s Greens are now confronting their relative powerlessness.
With Ukraine and Russia in the throes of attempting to negotiate a ceasefire, Westminster Insider Host Sascha OโSullivan talks to some of the leading figures on the frontline of the war in Russia. She speaks to Finnish Minister for Nordic Co-Operation Anders Adlercreutz, who told her Finland has never stopped buying tanks and building bomb [โฆ]
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has arrived in Paris ahead of a summit of Kyiv’s backers and amid a flurry of diplomacy aimed at halting the Russian invasion. Meanwhile, a senior aide to President Volodymyr Zelensky asserted that Ukraine needs a “seriou…
“Justice is a prerequisite for sustainable peace,” says the head of a Nobel Peace Prize-winning NGO.
All clothing sends a message, and the Ukrainian president’s is that he’s standing by his people as long as the war continues.
The Russian president is the impediment to US proposals for a ceasefire. But Europe knows that this administration is unlikely to act accordinglyAs attention focused on diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine this week, the UN human rights office …
Former minister of defence and deputy Prime Minister Mariusz Blaszczak have been charged after leaking government plans in the case of a Russian invasion.
US presidentโs plan for American firms to run power plants is unrealistic and is opposed by Putin and ZelenskyyAs a demand, it is Donald Trump at his most confusing. The American president appears, at least according to Marco Rubio, the US secretary of…
Ukraine isn’t dismissing the U.S. president’s latest plan to provide a semblance of long-term security โ but says Russian troops must first leave a city near the plant.
As the biggest protests since Slobodan Miloลกeviฤโs regime rock Belgrade, POLITICO explains everything you need to know.
French Socialist MEP says Washingtonโs embrace of dictators negates the values that led France to bestow the iconic statue some 140 years ago.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte will try to prove to Donald Trump in their Thursday meeting that he โand the nearly eight-decade partnership โ still matter.
Losing Almaraz would be a loss for both the region and Europe. Letโs not harm our competitiveness and energy security when they are needed most.
Constitution-building offers no headlines โ but what it can do, history tells us, is stop hundreds of thousands of people dyingSyria is reportedly sliding back towards civil war, as its various factions demand devolved authority. It is at root the same…
Splurging the cash is not the answer to Europeโs security jitters. Letโs ignore the hyperbole and decide whatโs actually neededBritain is now on a โwar footingโ, we are told. Earlier this year, Natoโs secretary general, Mark Rutte, demanded that Europe…
For the past three years, Sasha Kurovska, from Kyiv, and her sister Olga, in Paris, have been recounting how their lives have been turned upside down by the Russian invasion. In 2024, they each gave birth to a son, despite a future as bleak as ever. To…
Dr Meltem Ineli
Ciger, Associate
Professor, Suleyman Demirel University
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On 27 February 2025, the Court of Justice delivered its ju…
President says Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit White House to sign โvery big agreementโ, but details remain unclearRussia-Ukraine war โ latest news updatesDonald Trump has announced that Volodymyr Zelenskyy will visit the White House on Friday to sign a…
After an intense pressure campaign, Ukraineโs leader appears ready to sign a minerals pact with the U.S.
After an intense pressure campaign, Ukraineโs leader appears ready to sign a minerals pact with the U.S.
Stephen Feinberg, at his confirmation hearing, signaled heโs unlikely to challenge the Pentagonโs striking shift.
After three years of devastating war, the international diplomatic environment is in upheaval. Ukraine’s survival is at stake, as is Europe’s future.
Ursula von der Leyen and several heads of state and government visited Kyiv on Monday, to mark the third anniversary of the Russian invasion. At the same time, the 27 member states’ foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels, adopted a 16th package of sanc…
The defeats show how isolated the U.S. in its push to be more conciliatory toward Russia in brokering a deal deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
Three years ago, one of the first major towns in Ukraine to fall was that of Irpin close to the capital, Kyiv. Nowadays, however, it is a long way from the front, where many are hoping Ukraine can still win victory in its battle against the Russian in…
Continent is being told to take more responsibility for its own defence in light of US presidentโs overtures to PutinA few days after Vladimir Putin sent Russiaโs invading forces into Ukraine in February 2022, the EUโs then foreign policy chief, Josep …
Since the start of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian authorities and artists have been mobilizing to build a national narrative, sparking heated debates ranging from total rejection to a desire for reappropriation.
U.S. president eyeing a โsettlement that really, they could have written in the Kremlin,โ his former national security adviser tells POLITICO.
Kyiv blasts back at the U.S. president after he ridicules Ukraine’s leader โ and demands the war-ravaged country hold an election.
The CDU is a big player in the European parliament, but its predicted win this Sunday wonโt change Germanyโs inward focusWhat a difference four years makes. In 2021, the world watched the German elections to see who would succeed the EUโs uncrowned โqu…
US President Donald Trump criticised Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday, blaming him for the Russian invasion and echoing Moscowโs demand for elections. Trump also expressed confidence that US-Russia talks would lead to a deal to end the w…
Top US and Russian diplomats met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for talks on resetting their fractured relations, the first such discussions since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine has had a huge amount of support since the full scale Russian invasion in 2022
The Polish PM is adamant that Europe must not break ties with the U.S.
The brutalising reality of the battlefield connects five different stories in this anti-war dramaThis portmanteau film โ produced by Warsaw Film School and released for the third anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine โ is in the Come and See …
It is understood to be the first time the PM has been explicit about sending British peacekeepers to UkraineKeir Starmer has said he is prepared to put British troops on the ground in Ukraine if there is a deal to end the war with Russia, acknowledging…
Madrid wants governments to be jointly liable for borrowing huge amounts of money to boost the bloc’s coffers.
Policymaking is not accountancy: in the medium and long term, the EU will be better off keeping factories within its borders.
UK government has started to pare back support for people fleeing the Russian invasion
Ukrainian officials fear an alignment between Washington and Moscow could shut them out of the discussion about their country’s future.
Ukrainian president issues warning after Russiaโs leader said he was โready for negotiationsโ with US counterpart on the war. What we know on day 1,067See all our Ukraine coverage Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has warned that his Russian co…
In a new book, Axel Springer CEO Mathias Dรถpfner urges the U.S. and Europe to join together in a โFreedom Trade Allianceโ against China, Russia and other autocracies.
TurkStream continues to supply Russian gas to Serbia and Hungary via Bulgaria.
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Trump did not provide a timeline or venue for the meeting, which would be the first between the two leaders since Russia’s war with Ukraine started in February 2022.
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Kyiv keen to emphasise that Ukraine is fighting an unprecedented coalition of malign autocratic statesUkraineโs capture of two North Korean soldiers on the battlefield has provided a rare glimpse into their role and Pyongyangโs participation in the Rus…
The Security Dervice of Ukraine said the questioning of the North Koreans was being done in Korean with the help of South Korea’s intelligence agency.
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Thousands massed in a central square in Bratislava on Friday, chanting “We are Europe”, “We are ashamed of Fico” and “We will not give up on Slovakia”.
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The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas as well as 183 vessels that have shipped Russian oil, many of which are in the so-called ‘shadow fleet’.
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In March 2022, the largest theatre in Mariupol โ while in use as a bomb shelter for 1,000 people โ was hit by a Russian air strike. A re-enactment based on survivorsโ testimonies has been moving audiences to tearsThe play opens with the usual pre-show …
EASA said the crash last month in Kazakhstan of an Azerbaijan Airlines plane, after Russian air defences fired against Ukrainian drones, demonstrated the high risk at play.
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Both Russia and Ukraine are fighting to improve their battlefield positions before US President-elect Donald Trump takes office on 20 January.
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We listened to three hours of Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Lex Fridman so you don’t have to.
Russia’s defence ministry said its forces were beating back the Ukrainian forces but some reports from Russian military bloggers suggested the Russian side had come under heavy pressure.
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Zelenskyy also said “fierce battles” had raged along the entire 1,000-km front line, with the most difficult situation near the city of Pokrovsk.
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The role could get more attention than normal because Estonia shares a border with Russia
Analysts say the Polish presidency is a key moment for Europe above all due to Trumpโs arrival and the situation in Ukraine but also issues related to the broader economy.
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The Ukrainian President said in an interview that Donald Trump had told him he would be one of the first to visit Washington after the presidential inauguration this month.
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Prime Minister Robert Fico said in a video message that his Smer party would consider cutting electricity supplies to Ukraine, adding that a Slovak delegation would discuss the situation in Brussels next Tuesday.
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Zelenskyy, in a slick 21-minute New Year video greeting to his compatriots, also said only a strong Ukraine could secure peace and earn worldwide respect.
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Although Europe has fought to wean itself off dependence on Russian gas since Putin sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022, several eastern European states still look to Moscow for much of their energy needs.
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The speech caps a tumultuous 2024 for Macron, who shocked the nation halfway through the year by calling early elections, a gamble that backfired when voters delivered a hung parliament with a big increase in far-right lawmakers.
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Supplies of Russian gas via Ukraine are due to stop from the early hours of 1 January, as Kyiv has refused to negotiate a new transit deal.
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A US official said the $3.4 billion in budget funding brings the total in US budget aid to Ukraine to just over $30 billion since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
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“Unfortunately, in the first three days we heard only absurd versions from Russia,” the president Ilham Aliyev said. He added that he wanted Russia to accept it was guilty of downing the plane and to punish those responsible.
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During his fis first term Milanoviฤ has clashed with Prime Minister Andrej Plenkoviฤ over foreign and public policy and has fiercely criticised the EU and NATO over their support for Ukraine.
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“Slovakia is part of the single European energy market and Fico must respect common EU rules,” Zelenskyy said, adding that cutting power supplies to Ukraine would deprive Slovakia of 19% of the electricity it imports. .
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The extremely rare publicised apology from Putin was the closest Moscow had come to accepting some blame for Wednesday’s disaster.
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Zelenskyy said the Korean people “should not be losing their lives in battles in Europe. This is something that Korea’s neighbours, including China, can influence.”
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“If it is unavoidable, we will halt the electricity supplies that Ukraine needs during grid outages. Or we will agree on a different course of action,” said Robert Fico.
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Putin said that Fico, an outspoken opponent of EU support for Ukraine, had offered his country as to host talks between Russia and Ukraine.
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The Cook Islands-registered ship, part of the Russian ‘shadow fleet’, was boarded by a Finnish coast guard crew that took command and sailed the vessel to Finnish waters
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About 34,000 Ukrainian children have fled to UK since Russian invasion โ yet are unable to study their mother tongueUkraine is lobbying the UK government to give teenage refugees who fled the war-torn country the chance to study a GCSE in Ukrainian, am…
“Baku expects the Russian side to confess to the shooting down of the Azerbaijani aircraft,” a source said.
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