Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk and President of the Assembly of the Republic of Portugal Augusto Ernesto Santos Silva have discussed the issue of Ukraine's accession to the European Union and NATO.
President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that as long as the war unleashed by Russia continues, Ukraine will not be able to join NATO, but is waiting for an invitation to join the Alliance and security guarantees.
Employees of the State Bureau of Investigation have opened criminal proceedings over abuse of office by the head of the Odesa Regional Territorial Center for Recruitment and Social Support during mobilization activities.
The European Commission has adopted the Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP), in compliance with the decision of the European Council to increase the capabilities of the European defense industry, including for the urgent supply of ammunition to Ukraine to ensure its right to self-defense.
Russia’s recent attacks indicate a possible shift away from targeting Ukraine’s electrical power network. Both recent strikes likely focused on Ukraine’s military, industrial and logistical infrastructure.
Crises, wars, and the continued spread of authoritarianism meant that last year, the situation with press freedom was more volatile than it had been in a long time.
Ukraine will receive HIMARS missiles, 155 mm howitzers, artillery rounds, anti-tank systems, aircraft rockets missiles, trucks, and other equipment as part of the new package of defense assistance from the USA.
Representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency reported that the Russian occupiers had placed military equipment, weapons, and explosives in the premises of the turbine section of power unit No. 4 at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant they captured more than a year ago.
Sweden will provide assistance to Ukraine on its way to EU membership, as well as in the issue of the return of children illegally deported to the Russian Federation.
The Russians have repeatedly resorted to false flag operations to further commit acts of provocation but in the case of the drone strike on the Kremlin, the United States will not speculate until facts are clear.
Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the Office of the Ukrainian President, decried as “empty” the threats voiced by Dmitry Medvedev, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council to the Ukrainian leadership in the wake of a drone attack on the Kremlin.
The Baltic Platform project, featured in the investigation of Germany’s WDR, NDR, and Süddeutsche Zeitung, is just one of the many instruments of Russian intelligence operations aimed at achieving the strategic goal of weakening NATO, including in the Baltic region.
The United States is allocating a new tranche of security and defense assistance to Ukraine, which will mainly include ammunition and other weapons required by the nation’s Armed Forces.
Ukraine no longer sends any messages to Russia or Putin, either with its actions or through meetings with the representatives of the civilized world. Ukrainians are fighting for their state and on their land only.
The leaders of Ukraine and five Nordic countries, such as Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway and Sweden, have issued a joint statement, following the Nordic-Ukrainian Summit in Helsinki.