Category: 1. Ukraine
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Ukraine’s arteries: trains are the country’s lifeblood
On November 4th 2024, the eve of America’s presidential election, Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, addressed a room full of railway workers. “Your movement is the movement of all Ukraine,” he told them. “You connect every… -
After Munich, It’s Time for Europe to Do the Unthinkable
Desperate times call for desperate measures. And as my geopolitical gurus taught me, one must always think the unthinkable, as Europe must do now.
It’s too early to tell who the real winners and losers from the second Trump…
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Armed Neutrality for Ukraine Is NATO’s Least Poor Option
When it comes to securing Ukraine’s future, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, armed neutrality is the worst option for the United States and NATO, except for all the others.
As the Russo-Ukrainian war approaches its third…
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Russian and U.S. officials meet in Saudi Arabia without Ukraine to discuss improving ties and ending war
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Russia and the U.S. agreed Tuesday to start working toward ending the war in Ukraine and improving their diplomatic and economic ties, the two countries’ top diplomats said after talks that…
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Why the British army is so unprepared to send troops to Ukraine
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that Britain is “ready and willing to contribute to security guarantees to Ukraine by putting our own troops on the ground if necessary”.
While reports suggest these would be “peacekeeping”…
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What might a European military force in Ukraine look like? | Ukraine
European leaders have been asked by the US to provide security guarantees, including a military force, for Ukraine in the event that Donald Trump is able to strike a peace or ceasefire agreement with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin.
Though…
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[2025-02-17] Ranking Member Shaheen, Senators Tillis and Bennet Visit…
KYIV—Today, ahead of the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion, U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Michael Bennet (D-CO)…
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EU-funded modular clinics benefit 50 000 Ukrainians
In 2024, 11 modular primary care clinics and one modular station for emergency medical teams (EMS) were installed in the Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa and Sumy regions in Ukraine. This project, implemented by WHO in partnership with the…
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Northern lights: How a Nordic-Baltic coalition of the willing can do even more for Ukraine
Summary
- With EU consensus becoming increasingly harder to achieve, Ukraine needs to explore more opportunities for bilateral cooperation.
- The Nordic-Baltic 8 (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia,…
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Top Russian, U.S. officials to hold talks on ending the Ukraine war without Kyiv
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Senior American and Russian officials, including the countries’ top diplomats, will hold talks on improving their ties and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin said Monday, in…
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