Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would never declare a ceasefire in Ukraine without Kiev meeting preconditions. Ukraine could use a ceasefire to arm itself for new attacks, which is why a sustainable solution to the conflict must be negotiated first, Putin said. He pointed to earlier agreements on the Ukraine conflict from times before […]
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has travelled to Ukraine for the first time since the start of the war launched by Russia in February 2022. “Viktor Orbán arrived in Kiev this morning to discuss European peace with President Volodymyr Zelensky,” Hungarian government spokesman Zoltán Kovács wrote on the social media platform X on Tuesday. According […]
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has called on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to consider a ceasefire in the war with Russia, as he made his first visit to Kiev since the start of the conflict in February 2022. “International diplomatic rules are slow and complicated. I have asked President [Zelensky] to consider whether it would […]
German arms exports have reached a new record level for the second year in a row, mostly due to continued and growing military aid for Ukraine, according to the Economy Ministry. Between January 1 and June 18, the German government approved a total of weapons exports worth at least €7.48 billion ($8.01 billion), up 30% […]
About 500 demonstrators protested on Sunday in the Ukrainian capital Kiev under heavy security for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people. It was the first Pride march since the Russian invasion of Ukraine over two years ago. Due to the martial law in place, permits for demonstrations are difficult to obtain. The […]
Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners for the first time in months on Friday, but any hopes of de-escalation in the war were dashed by attacks from both sides and Moscow boasting of its gains throughout May. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was meanwhile in Stockholm to sign security agreements with Sweden, Iceland and Norway as the […]
Russia and Ukraine exchanged prisoners again for the first time in months on Friday, but any hopes of de-escalation in the war were dashed by early morning attacks from both sides. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky was meanwhile in Stockholm to sign security agreements with Sweden, Iceland and Norway as the West kept up its support […]
French President Emmanuel Macron spoke out in favour of allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons to attack Russian positions on Russian territory, as the question was discussed elsewhere in Europe. “We think that we should allow them to neutralise the military sites from which the missiles are fired and basically the military sites from which […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened Europe with “serious consequences” if Ukraine is allowed to use long-range precision weapons supplied by the West against Russian territory in the future. “These NATO representatives, especially in Europe and especially in the small countries, should realise what they are playing with,” said in the Uzbek capital Tashkent on […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Kiev on Tuesday morning and made a plea for more international support to protect the country’s skies from Russian airstrikes. “To protect Ukraine from the hail of Russian missiles and drones, it urgently needs more air defence,” she said at the start of her seventh visit to Ukraine […]
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Kiev on Tuesday morning in a show of support for Ukraine, in a visit which had not been previously announced for security reasons. The German minister called for more international support for Ukraine’s air defence in view of the current Russian offensive. This is Baerbock’s seventh trip to […]
Russia’s air defences have shot down 10 US-made ATACMS missiles over the annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea overnight, the Defence Ministry in Moscow said on Wednesday morning. It was not possible to independently verify the claim. The Defence Ministry also reported that 17 Ukrainian drones and other projectiles were shot down over the Russian […]