For almost everyone involved, the diplomacy around ending the war in Ukraine seems to be an exercise in faking it till they make it. Russian President Vladimir Putin is pretending he wants peace. U.S. President Donald Trump is riding along with…
Category: 1. Ukraine
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Europe’s show of unity at the White House is a plus for Ukraine, but peace is still a distant dream | Andrey Kurkov
It was night in Ukraine when President Trump met President Putin in Alaska – a night during which Russia shelled only frontline Ukrainian cities. People in Kyiv, Lviv, Odesa, Dnipro and even Kharkiv could sleep, but they did not. They were…
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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un hails troops killed in ‘heroic’ war with Ukraine | Kim Jong Un News
North Korean leader hints at more military cooperation with Moscow ‘in the future’ as he awards medals to soldiers.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has awarded medals to his returning and fallen troops, who fought for Russia in the war against…
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Security guarantees for Ukraine must include automatic sanctions, expert says
To reliably protect Ukraine, the international community must develop a mechanism for the automatic imposition of sanctions against Russia in the event of renewed aggression.
According to Ukrinform, this opinion was expressed by Benjamin Jensen, a senior fellow at…
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Kim Jong-un hails North Korean troops fighting against Ukraine at ceremony for returned soldiers | North Korea
Kim Jong-un has hailed North Korean troops fighting alongside Russia in the war in Ukraine as “heroes”, at a ceremony to honour soldiers who recently returned from the conflict, state media said on Friday.
The North Korean leader said in a…
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Ukraine, EU step up partnership on judicial reform and anti-corruption
Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Iryna Mudra and Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka held a meeting with Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine Gediminas Navickas, where they discussed the…
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Russia not seeking peace as it attacks American interests
Andy Hunder, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, has called the Russian attack on the Mukachevo plant today an act of humiliation.
Speaking on Facebook, he recalled that overnight, Russian missiles attacked one of the largest American…
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Without the US military, Ukraine security guarantees may do little to deter Russia
As Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came out of talks in Washington this week, photos captured him smiling alongside US and European leaders with headlines announcing “security guarantees”.
When the allies met to discuss how to end the…
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