The leaders of Finland and Norway have held a joint call with Vladimir Putin – rare contact between the Russian president and European leaders. Finland’s President Alexander Stubb and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre said the aim of the call had been to “convey messages directly regarding future negotiations” towards peace. An end to […]
Elon Musk has restored Ukraine’s Starlink internet access, US President Donald Trump has said, after restrictions hampered Kyiv’s armed forces. Trump made the comments after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said connectivity to the military-grade Starshield network, which is provided by Musk’s satellite-based Starlink system, had yet to be fully restored. Musk previously denied he was […]
By Martin Banks The EU commission President Ursula von der Leyen has again thrown her weight fully behind Ukraine following fresh backlash against Donald Trump’s diesel deal with Russia.
US President Donald Trump has said he thinks “it’s time for Ukraine to get a new president” as he responded to Volodymyr Zelensky’s criticism of the US diesel deal with Russia. The Ukrainian president warned a new deal to release millions of tonnes of Russian diesel into the US would provide Moscow with money to […]
A Russian strike has hit a second major bridge in Kyiv, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko has said, as Moscow ramps up attacks on critical infrastructure in Ukraine’s capital. The attack on Saturday morning injured two people, and damaged the road surface and overhead trolleybus wires on the Pivnichnyi (Northern) Bridge, Klitschko said, causing traffic jams. It […]
By Martin Banks EU member states have prolonged restrictive measures targeting those “responsible for undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.”
At least two people have been killed and six injured in a “massive” overnight Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Governor Andrei Vorobyev has said. Vorobyev said 249 drones had been shot down, and he reported fires in several residential houses. A local warehouse was also ablaze. In the capital Moscow, an oil refinery […]
By Martin Banks The European Commission has announced it will disburse €3.3 billion to Ukraine for defence procurement.
Ukraine’s third-biggest city Odesa will decide this week whether to back a controversial plan to ban the Russian language in the arts. The proposal being considered by councillors in Odesa on the Black Sea coast aims to add to existing restrictions on Russian imposed by national legislation. It is particularly significant because Odesa is overwhelmingly […]
Two of US President Donald Trump’s top envoys have arrived in Moscow ahead of a weekend of talks aimed at accelerating efforts to end the war in Ukraine. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were due in the Russian capital on Saturday, where they will hold talks before travelling to Kyiv on Sunday for discussions with […]
