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The West made a terrible mistake in 2014 by allowing Russian President Vladimir Putin to get away with annexing Ukraine's Crimea, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote in the Daily Telegraph today. He called for an end to dependence on Russian oil and gas.more

Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Deputy Prime Minister Jarosław Kaczyński, together with Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansza, will travel to Kiev today where they will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski and Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, the CPRM said.more

The EU has formally adopted new sanctions against Russia, including a ban on transactions with certain state-owned enterprises and a ban on new investments in the Russian energy sector. The sanctions also include restrictions on trade in iron, steel and luxury goods with Russia.more

The daily "Bild" looks at "five riddles" related to last week's trip by former Chancellor Garhard Schroeder to Moscow, where he was to talk about the war in Ukraine with Vladimir Putin. The expedition caused great emotions in Germany. What did it bring? "It's still not clear," writes the newspaper today.more

McDonald's, Coca-Cola Co., P&G and IBM among companies that have been warned of the possibility of arresting leaders, confiscating property and seizing trademarks, The Wall Street Journal reported today.more

Today there will be another round of Russian-Ukrainian talks, said Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov, who is quoted by the Ukrainian Pravda portal. Yesterday's talks, mainly concerning the situation in besieged Mariupol, did not bring any breakthrough.more

In the light of the Russian attack on Ukraine, Ireland will have to rethink its policy of neutrality in the future, said yesterday the prime minister of the country, Micheal Martin. These are the next reports on this subject since Putin started the invasion of a neighboring country.more

We should realize that we have a choice between confronting Putin now or later, because he will not stop in Ukraine, former NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in an interview for Radio Free Europe. He added that, in his opinion, the West had not done enough to scare Russia away.more

The President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, suggested today in an interview with the BBC that Russia's use of chemical weapons in Ukraine may induce NATO to reconsider its decision not to participate directly in this conflict.more

Since the Ukraine crisis began, the prime minister’s net approval ratings have improved – but from very low levels, writes "The Guardian".more

The indiscretion of the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, could have thwarted Poland's plan to hand over 28 Soviet MiG-29 fighters to Ukraine so that Ukraine could better defend itself against the Russian invasion, according to a report by the Washington newspaper "Politico".more

Vladimir Putin has been president of Russia since May 2000 (with a break from 2008-2012). His goal is to make Russia a great power. Now in Ukraine, "Russia is fighting Putin's last battle," wrote yesterday's Bild, citing experts in Kremlin politics. There are many indications that Putin has been struggling with serious health problems for years, and a new figure is being groomed to be the Kremlin'more

"What remains of the pompously staged Versailles summit of EU heads of state and government?" - wondered the daily Welt yesterday in a commentary on the meeting in Versailles near Paris. "Sadly, it must be made clear: it was a 'summit of shame' and Chancellor Scholz 'did not show himself in a good way'.more

Russian President Vladimir Putin is furious about inaccurate intelligence he received before the invasion of Ukraine, but he received it because the Federal Security Service was afraid to give him real information, writes the British newspaper The Times.more

We are not alone against the enemy, our Polish brothers and sisters are with us. From the very first day of the war, it was clear to Ukrainians and Poles that there are no borders between us - physical, historical, personal and human," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski announced yesterday.more

Vladimir Putin is said to be preparing a terrorist attack on the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada reported on its Twitter profile.more

Boris Johnson has defended the UK's response to the refugee crisis and said an upcoming scheme will allow Britons to take Ukrainians into their homes. more

According to dpa agency, the first conversation between former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder and Putin on Ukraine was to take place yesterday. It is not known whether there will be further ones. Schroeder and Putin have been friends for years. Schroeder works for Russian energy companies. Chancellor Scholz declined to comment on the visit.more

Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a "paradigm shift" on the scale of the September 11, 2001 attacks, as Russian President Vladimir Putin has "shaken up the architecture" of global security, British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss announced yesterday.more

Vladimir Putin, in attacking Ukraine, dreamed of returning to the splendor of the Russian empire, but he restored the terror of Joseph Stalin. The West should expose Putin's lies and give him no reason to drag Russia into a bigger war, the "Economist" writes.more

Today after 11:00 a.m., the Sejm resumed its session and began the second reading of the bill on the defense of the homeland, the main purpose of which is to increase the defense budget, increase the size of the Polish Army, restore the reserve system and increase the possibility of training soldiers.more

The British government, which has been criticized for its overly restrictive treatment of refugees from Ukraine, announced another convenience yesterday. Starting Tuesday, those with passports and relatives in Britain will be able to apply for visas online.more

An EU summit began yesterday in Versailles near Paris. The EU leaders will discuss the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the prospects of that country joining the EU and European defence. The bone of contention remains the draft conclusions of the summit.more

"Russian President Vladimir Putin is acting in desperation and will try to intimidate the Ukrainians and the West. Probably before he loses, things will look even worse," said the former head of Russian diplomacy Andrei Kozyrev in an interview with the American MSNBC station.more

The leader of the democratic opposition in Belarus Sviatlana Cichanouska met Thursday at the Polish Embassy in London with representatives of the diplomatic corps accredited in Great Britain to discuss the current situation of her country and its future.more