5+ day, 21+ hour ago  (493+ words) A protracted war in the Middle East could reduce the availability of air defences for Ukraine, president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, acknowledging potential ripple effects from the US-led bombing campaign in Iran. Washington has all but stopped providing military aid to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (705+ words) European leaders will mark the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine by reaffirming their political and financial backing for Kyiv, as a top EU official in Brussels played down the prospects for a peace deal in the near…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (602+ words) Most of the foreign ministers from the European Union's 27 states were sporting sunflowers knitted in the colours of Ukraine, to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia's full invasion. But nobody was surprised to see Hungary's foreign minister Peter Szijjarto did…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (378+ words) Russian forces attacked Ukraine's capital and other targets with missiles and drones overnight, days before the Kremlin's full-scale war on its neighbour enters a fifth year. Moscow delivered another large air strike on Kyiv, wounding at least two civilians, including…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (1128+ words) Svitlana Zinovieva wiped icy condensation from her livingroom window and pointed to a smokestack rising from a central boiler heating her apartment block. There, in the distance, she had seen a Russian missile streak in and explode a few days…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1510+ words) Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has actually sat in on more European Council summits, which bring together leaders of the European Union's 27 states, than several of the bloc's prime ministers and presidents. The top-level meetings of heads of state and government…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (661+ words) The Government's financial contributions to Ukraine are "well below" the amount of support provided by most other European Union states, including countries with smaller economies than Ireland, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs' top civil servant. Internal correspondence between…...

1+ mon, 15+ hour ago  (808+ words) The "US wants Russia and Ukraine to find a solution on how to end the "war, the largest since the second World War, before summer, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. In remarks to reporters "released by his office on Saturday,…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1151+ words) Ukraine has agreed with western partners that persistent Russian violations of any future ceasefire agreement would be met by a co-ordinated military response from Europe and the US, according to people briefed on the discussions. The proposal was discussed between…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (671+ words) European opposition to Donald Trump's bid to acquire Greenland and his proposed "Board of Peace" initiative for Gaza has derailed plans for an economic support package for postwar Ukraine, stoking concerns that a widening transatlantic rift could undermine western unity…...