3 April 2024, 02:14 BST Updated 1 hour ago Image source, AFP via Getty Images Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed into law a bill lowering the military mobilisation age by two years from 27 to 25. Kyiv has faced heavy losses on the battlefield after two years of war, whereas Russia has benefited from … Read more
Macron switches from dove to hawk on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine BBC.com Russia and France’s War of Words Escalates Newsweek Hawkish Macron refuses to back down on possibility of Western troops in Ukraine POLITICO Europe Macron doubles down on possible NATO deployment in Ukraine ahead of talks to bridge rift with Germany CNBC Macron warns Europe’s security ‘at stake’ … Read more
Addressing participants at a youth festival in Sochi on Monday, Russian Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev presented a map that showed the majority of Ukraine’s territory divided between Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. Only an area approximately the size of Ukraine’s Kyiv region was labeled “Ukraine.” The former Russian president said that the “territory on … Read more
“I can’t say for what purpose or what they would do there.” According to Fico, the war in Ukraine is not going as expected: “This [Paris] meeting is confirmation that the Ukraine strategy of the West has completely failed,” he said, without providing details. Speaking following a meeting of Slovakia’s security council and cabinet on … Read more
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer attends a press conference in Lviv, Ukraine, on February 23. Roman Baluk/Reuters US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a dire warning Sunday about the need to supply more aid to Ukraine, and vowed not to “abandon” the European ally. Speaking after returning from a trip to the war-torn … Read more
The bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II moves into its third year. The cost of the Russia-Ukraine war is already enormous: tens of thousands of soldiers killed on both sides; thousands of civilians dead; and millions of Ukrainians forced from their bombed-out towns and cities. Yet there is little sign of an end … Read more
Several thousand people gathered in cities across Europe to commemorate two years since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. More than 3,000 people took part in a solidarity rally at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany on Saturday, according to initial estimates by local police. Many participants at the rally carried Ukrainian flags. … Read more
Yulia Navalnaya, wife of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, right, shakes hands with European Council President Charles Michel before a meeting in Brussels on February 19. Yves Herman/AP Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, is in Brussels on Monday for meetings. Upon arrival at the European Council, she shook hands with its president … Read more
In war-torn Ukraine, a family weighs the dangers of leaving their makeshift bunker for the promise of freedom outside. In the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a young family endures life in Mykolaiv’s subterranean haven, “The Garages”. As the front line shifts, volunteer soldier Yuri is determined to keep his family safe underground even … Read more
Farmers continue to protest that cheap grain imports, mandated by the European Union, are hurting them, despite financial support. Ukraine has condemned what it called the “destruction” of its grain by protesting Polish farmers amid a long-running spat over imports of cheap grain. The agriculture ministry said on Monday said Kyiv “strongly condemns the deliberate … Read more