Section: Politics
President of Germany arrived in Ukraine for the first time since Russia’s war
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on October 25, 2022. This is the first visit of German President to Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Source: Frank-Walter Steinmeier’s spokesperson Cerstin Gammelin Steinmeier initially...
USA, France, and Britain reject any pretext by Russia for escalating the war
The heads of foreign policy departments of the USA, France and Britain made a joint statement on October 23, 2022, condemning Russia’s false attempts to accuse Ukraine of being ready to use a “dirty bomb” on its own territory and confirming Ukraine’s steadfast support. Source: Foreign Ministers of the USA, France, and...
EU condemned the actions of Belarus and Iran and called for an end to support Russia’s war
The leaders of the countries of the European Union condemned the actions of Belarus and Iran, which have become accomplices of Russia in its war against Ukraine, and appealed to them to immediately stop aid to the aggressor country on October 21, 2022. Source: The European Council “The European Council calls on the Belarusian authorities to...
Ukraine can receive €18B in 2023, – EU Commission President
The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen noted on October 21, 2022, during the Press conference EUCO in Brussels that Ukraine could expect to receive 18 billion euros next year to meet basic needs. Source: The European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen The President of the EU Commission reminded that earlier macro-financial...
Great Britain will donate 10 million pounds to Ukrainian refugees
Great Britain and Poland signed a memorandum on support for Ukraine on October 20, 2022. According to the agreement, the UK will provide Ukraine with 10 million pounds to help Ukrainian refugees who are fleeing Russia’s war against Ukraine. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland wrote this on Twitter. Source: The Ministry of Foreign...
German Foreign Ministry considers the actions of the Russian army in Ukraine a genocide
The German government believed that Kyiv had to insist on the international courts that Russia committed genocide during its aggression in Ukraine. This was stated by the Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany Tobias Linder on October 21, 2022. Source: The Minister of State at the Federal Foreign Office of Germany Tobias...
EU approved sanctions against Iran for supplying Russia with drones
The names of Iranian citizens and companies that have been sanctioned for supplying drones to the Russian Federation have been officially published in the statement of the European Union on October 20, 2022. Source: The European Council Three Iranian individuals and one legal entity were sanctioned for undermining or threatening the territorial...
Navalny seeks permits for June 12 protests across Russia – media
Russian opposition leader Aleksei Navalny and his allies have formally requested permission from the authorities to hold anticorruption rallies in Moscow and several other cities on June 12, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Navalny said on his website on May 29 that activists in 212 cities plan to hold demonstrations. The number of...
Trump administration plans to restart Ukraine peace process
In their Oval Office meeting in March, President Trump told German Chancellor Angela Merkel that the Ukraine crisis was Europe`s responsibility and that the United States wouldn`t get heavily involved, according to two officials briefed on the discussion. Only two months later, the Trump administration is reversing course and planning to...
Ukrainians appeal to Macron over Putin`s political prisoners
Relatives of Ukrainians jailed by Russia in political cases have appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron to demand their release when he meets Vladimir Putin on Monday, according to The Local. In a letter published Friday, relatives and activists urged Macron to ”express to Vladimir Putin our demand to free all the political hostages of the...