European leaders have gotten the message from Washington about doing more for their own defense and for Ukraine, too. They are talking tough when it comes to supporting Ukraine and about protecting their own borders, and they are standing up to a demanding and even hostile Trump administration.
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Ukraine, Russia Report Drone Attacks Amid Questions About Black Sea Truce
Russia claimed it downed two Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and seven in other locations overnight, while the mayor of Mykolayiv, a Ukrainian port city near the sea, said emergency power cuts were implemented following reports of a Russian drone attacks in the area.
Ukrainian officials also…
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Could UN peacekeepers be the key to a Ukraine ceasefire force?
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Inside Russia’s Gazprom: can the ailing energy giant be revived?
The gas and oil company is struggling to recover from record losses after Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine destroyed its business model
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US proposes new critical minerals deal to Ukraine, says Zelenskyy
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that the US had proposed a new critical minerals deal to Kyiv that goes well beyond an initial framework accord…
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Poland plans to use EU pandemic funds for defence
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The Polish government said on Tuesday that it would become the first EU country to use the bloc’s post-pandemic recovery funds for defence purposes.
Warsaw said it would…
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Key Takeaways From The US Talks With Ukraine And Russia In Riyadh
After separate US talks with Ukrainian and Russian delegations over three days in Saudi Arabia, the United States announced separate agreements with Ukraine and Russia on barring the use of force in the Black Sea and on efforts to halt strikes on energy facilities in both countries, but plenty…
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US agrees maritime ceasefire deal with Ukraine and Russia
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The US said it has reached agreements with Ukraine and Russia for a ceasefire in the Black Sea, following talks with both parties in Saudi Arabia.
The White House said on Tuesday…
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White House Says Russia and Ukraine Agree to Stop Fighting in Black Sea
The White House said Tuesday that Ukraine and Russia had agreed to cease fighting in the Black Sea and halt strikes on energy facilities. It would be the first significant step toward the full cease-fire the Trump Administration had been pushing, but it still would fall short of that goal.
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How a Cheap Drone Punctured Chernobyl’s Steel Shield During the Ukraine War
Eric Schmieman worked for 15 years on the modern engineering equivalent of the Great Pyramid — building a giant protective shield for a damaged reactor at Chernobyl that would protect the world from further fallout from the worst ever nuclear disaster.
The steel shell, slid into place over…