Cyprus President, Nikos Christodoulides, participated in the European People’s Party’s videoconference, during which the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, informed the members of the political group about yesterday’s meeting between the Presidents of Ukraine and the United States, according to Government Spokesperson, Konstantinos Letymbiotis.
It is quite possible that Monday’s meeting in the White House could prove even more crucial to the future of Ukraine – and for all of Europe’s security – than last Friday’s US-Russia summit in Alaska. On the surface, that Putin-Trump reunion seemed to live down to every expectation. There were no ceasefire, no sanctions, […]
By Martin Banks EU leaders have thrown their weight once again behind embattled Ukraine.
By Martin Banks A worrying new study says that many Ukrainians, including Roma, have chosen to stay in their often damaged homes as a way of
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un offered Moscow his “unconditional support” on the war in Ukraine, according to state media reports. In talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in North Korea, Kim said that Pyongyang stood by “all the measures taken by the Russian leadership” to tackle the “root cause of the Ukrainian crisis”. […]
Russia has intensified strikes on Ukraine, with the highest number of drones and missiles launched in a single night yet. At least 14 people, including three children, were killed and dozens injured in widespread strikes, officials said. The attack came a day after the Ukrainian capital Kyiv suffered one of the heaviest assaults of the […]
Russia’s military says it has regained full control of the country’s western Kursk region – a claim denied by Ukraine. Top Russian commander Valery Gerasimov said the last village held by Ukrainian troops had now been recaptured – eight months after Kyiv’s surprise incursion. He also praised the “heroism” of North Korean troops during a Russian […]
Ukrainian forces have captured two Chinese nationals who were fighting for the Russian army in eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. He said on Tuesday that intelligence suggested the number of Chinese soldiers in Russia’s army was “much higher than two”. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Chinese troops fighting on Ukrainian […]
Leaders from nearly 30 countries and NATO and EU chiefs met in the French capital to discuss bolstering aid to Kyiv and deploying European troops to secure long-term peace.
Sir Keir Starmer’s plan for an international force to support a ceasefire in Ukraine has been dismissed as “a posture and a pose” by Donald Trump’s special envoy. Steve Witkoff said the idea was based on a “simplistic” notion of the UK prime minister and other European leaders thinking “we have all got to be […]
