Europe
Ukraine
US envoy cautiously optimistic about the plan, but Europe needs to get on board first.
Jan. 16
Ukraine
Zelensky said that the Swiss peace summit: “must be exceptionally just, and the restoration of the force of international law must be truly complete.”
Jan. 15
Zelensky
Zelensky also welcomed Switzerland's participation in creating a fair tribunal for war criminals.
Jan. 15
Zelensky said that all countries that respect Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity would be invited to participate in the peace conference.
Jan. 15
Europe
The European Union is due to hold a meeting on February 1 to unblock the 50-billion-euro aid package for Ukraine, vetoed by Hungary's leader Viktor Orban.
Jan. 14
Ukraine
A former deputy minister with experience of preparing Ukraine for EU integration presents a candid assessment of what will be required at this stage to actually join the EU.
Jan. 13
Dmitry Medvedev, ex-prime minister of Russia and head of Russia’s security council, threatened the UK delegation and Prime Minister Rishi Sunak with cluster bombs during their latest visit.
Jan. 12
“Russia is ruled by a psychologically deranged dictator and worst of all, it obediently follows his paranoia,” Akunin wrote on Facebook the day Putin sent troops to Ukraine in February 2022.
Jan. 12
Zelensky
This meeting, taking place on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, will focus on deliberating the Peace Formula proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Jan. 12
Switzerland is covering the cost of getting the trams to Lviv and training workers for maintaining them, plus the construction of a new tram line to a hospital.
Jan. 12
Putin
When families of the victims heard he had been released from prison to fight in Ukraine and had been pardoned by Putin they feared for their own lives until his grave was spotted.
Jan. 12
On Friday, Sejourne pledged continued strong support for Ukraine in its nearly two-year-old full-scale war with Russia as he formally took over from Colonna.
Jan. 12
Poland
Polish state security services arrested a Belarusian OnlyFans model for allegedly engaging in espionage – something that she had admitted to friends while drunk.
Jan. 12
Speaking from allied Latvia on Thursday, Zelensky warned that pauses in aid for Ukraine would lead to Moscow re-arming and allow it to “run us over.”
Jan. 11
War in Ukraine
China's absence was seen as a handicap in any effective message emerging from the talks, because Beijing is seen as one of the only third parties with any perceived leverage with the Kremlin’s walls.
Jan. 10
War in Ukraine
In a joint statement, Secretary of State Antony Blinken was joined by EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and 47 foreign ministers in condemning the alleged transfer.
Jan. 9