Europe
War in Ukraine
In a secret conversation about sending a high-tech missile to Ukraine to fight Russia, four Luftwaffe senior staffers don’t mention the war.
Mar. 4
Putin
Russian milbloggers frequently complain that Ukraine seems to be able to strike at strategically important military and infrastructure facilities on the Crimean Peninsula with impunity.
Mar. 4
Ukraine
Ukraine’s point-person on Euro-Atlantic Integration said a negotiating framework could be decided by March 19.
Mar. 4
Ukraine
The two events in 2022 had raised 10 billion and six billion euros, respectively, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal told a press conference.
Mar. 4
Russia
The Polish prime minister’s appeal came as a likely response to appease Kyiv and local farmers as the rift between Warsaw and Kyiv widened over Ukrainian farm imports.
Mar. 4
Put simply, if Trump regains power, he will work hand-in-glove with Putin and bring a toothless Western alliance closer to a general war than it has ever been since 1938.
Mar. 4
Ukraine
The Dutch prime minister signed a security deal with Ukraine in the northeastern city of Kharkiv and said the Netherlands would help fund the supply of 800,000 artillery shells.
Mar. 3
War in Ukraine
Eight were confirmed dead, including a child and a baby, after an overnight drone strike on Odesa. Separate shelling attacks in the Kharkiv, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions killed another three.
Mar. 2
Belarus
Lithuania said it's been “witnessing increased activity of Belarusian and Russian intelligence services” on its territory.
Mar. 1
Germany
Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of Russia’s RT television channel, claimed she had an audio recording in which high-ranking Bundeswehr officers discuss strikes on the Crimean Bridge.
Mar. 1
War in Ukraine
Tsikhanouskaya met with the Kastus Kalinowski Regiment, a group of Belarusian volunteers fighting on the side of Ukraine.
Feb. 29
War in Ukraine
Sweden's Security Service (Sapo) said the Russian state was using the church “as a platform for gathering intelligence and other security-threatening activities.”
Feb. 29
War in Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest address to the nation was mostly a repetition of previous rhetoric and did not address Transnistria’s appeal for Moscow’s protection.
Feb. 29
War in Ukraine
The French president had said after a conference of European leaders that while there was “no consensus” on the sending of Western ground troops to Ukraine, “nothing should be excluded.”
Feb. 29
War in Ukraine
The widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny said that to defeat Putin you have to stop pretending that he's a politician and recognize that he's a crime boss.
Feb. 28