If we do not stop Putin, it will reach the Baltic states and Warsaw, assessed the Russian oppositionist Ilya Yashin in an interview with the daily Le Figaro. The politician is serving an eight-and-a-half-year prison sentence for disseminating information about the crimes of the Russian army in Ukraine.more
The war with Ukraine unleashed by Russia is not only a matter of security in Europe, it is a threat to the world order and a real challenge to stability in many areas for the whole world, announced the French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna during the meeting of the UN Security Council.more
The UK is imposing sanctions on 14 individuals involved in Russian actions aimed at destroying Ukrainian national identity, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly announced today. It was highlighted that restrictions were issued on 11 of them for forcibly deporting Ukrainian children.more
Before 2030. Britain could be involved in a real war, outgoing soon-to-be Defence Minister Ben Wallace warned in an interview with The Sundy Times. He stressed that he still sees Russia as the biggest threat.more
73 percent of respondents believe that the war in Ukraine threatens Poland's security, according to a June CBOS survey. According to the poll, 75 percent support Poland's acceptance of refugees from Ukraine, while 21 percent are against.more
During the NATO summit in Vilnius, the German government once again ignored the appeals of its Eastern European partners for Ukraine's quick admission to the Alliance. "This could harm Ukraine and the West," writes Jan Puhl, columnist of the Der Spiegel weekly.more
Ukraine should remember that countries donating weapons to it are giving them from their own stockpiles and it would be good for them to see gratitude, not just more demands, said British Defense Minister Ben Wallace. As he added, "we are not Amazon".more
Moscow city authorities are likely to threaten to withdraw contracts with construction companies if they do not meet the quotas for providing "volunteers" for service in Ukraine, the British Ministry of Defense said today.more
British Defense Minister Ben Wallace's candidacy for the post of NATO secretary-general has been blocked by U.S. President Joe Biden, who didn't like that London announced a program to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 aircraft without consulting Washington, the Daily Telegraph reported.more
A residential block was damaged in an overnight rocket attack on Lviv. Local authorities report 34 injured and four fatalities, Ukrainian media reported.more
Vladimir Putin, the dictator from the Kremlin, has lost control of his country. Russia will fall apart and the world must prepare for it, warned Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council, in an interview with the Bild daily.more
The war in Ukraine has broken the Franco-German axis that once defined Europe, and now Britain and Poland are taking the initiative, says Prof. Maurice Glasman, a political scientist at St Mary's University in London.more
Even if Ukraine wins the war, the threat from Russia will remain, warned British Army Chief of Staff General Patrick Sanders. He stressed that despite the events of the past weekend, Russian troops are still holding their positions.more
Following Yevgeny Prigozhin's attempted mutiny against Vladimir Putin, Britain must prepare for a scenario of Russia's sudden collapse, the British government's internal assessments have warned, The Times published today.more
The rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin's mercenary Wagner Group is the biggest challenge facing the Russian state in recent times, and the loyalty of Russia's security forces will be crucial to the course of the crisis, the British Ministry of Defense estimates. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin left Moscow for the north of Russia.more
More than $60 billion in aid for rebuilding Ukraine from war damage was pledged during a two-day conference on this issue that ended on Thursday in London, the British government said in a statement.more
Ukraine's progress on the battlefield is "slower than desired", but this is not a Hollywood movie, the Ukrainian president declared. Zelensky, who spoke to the BBC in London on the sidelines of a conference on the reconstruction of Ukraine, noted that his country needed support not only for reconstruction, but also for transformation.more
"The result is predetermined - there will be no victory for Putin, he is only capable of creating hell," said Russian opposition columnist and satirist Viktor Shenderovich in a statement on the Khodorkovsky live channel on YouTube.more
We have the means to continue sending more military capabilities and replenish equipment losses suffered by Ukraine during its counter-offensive, assured the head of the Pentagon, Lloyd Austin, after the meeting of the Ukraine Defense Support Contact Group at NATO headquarters in Brussels.more
Resistance to disinformation is the subject of a report discussed today at the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the UN by representatives of the Lublin Triangle countries. Speeches are planned by Galyna Petrenko - director of Detector Media from Ukraine, Lukas Andriukaitis - co-founder of the Civic Resilience Initiative in Lithuania, and Paula Rejkiewicz from the press office more
Defence ministers from the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a British-led alliance of several European countries, yesterday announced another US$116 million aid package for Ukraine's air defence system, Reuters reported.more
German experts in conflict and peace studies have called for long-term military support for Ukraine from Germany and NATO. At yesterday's presentation in Berlin of their annual report entitled 'There will still be no peace for a long time to come', they declared that there is no prospect of an end to the violence against the country invaded by Russia. They warned against sudden negotiations.more
The British government announced over the weekend that it was allocating £16 million in humanitarian support to people affected by the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine. In addition, it deployed two specialized rescue boats and search and rescue equipment to the flooded areas.more
The UK has announced a new package of sanctions against Belarus over its role in facilitating the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions include bans on the export and import of certain goods and measures to prevent online propaganda.more
If Russia is found to be responsible for the destruction of the Novaya Kakhovka dam, this will be a new low in its aggression towards Ukraine, assessed British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, although he cautioned that intelligence agencies have not yet definitively confirmed blame.more