“All the actions of the current authorities speak of the systematic centralization of power by the President and his office,” Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, a lawmaker from the European Solidarity opposition party, told POLITICO. “This flurry of resignations from government officials now speaks to a severe governance crisis in the country.” Among those heading for the exit … Read more
Ukraine’s drone offensive comes after a week of massive missile and drone attacks from Russia, which led to the loss of one of Ukraine’s U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets. Last week, Russia has “used more than 160 missiles of various types, 780 guided aerial bombs and 400 attack drones of various types” against Ukraine, the country’s … Read more
Kyiv wants India to join its vision for “a just peace,” aimed at concentrating a global effort around pushing the Kremlin to end its full-scale invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement Friday. But India — currently one of the largest trade partners of Russia, a major purchaser of Russian oil, as well … Read more
His remarks came after Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a new proposal on Friday for the start of peace negotiations in the conflict, which Moscow started with its all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Just a day ahead of the peace conference, to which Russia was not invited, Putin articulated Russia’s demands for peace: … Read more
After EU leaders gave Kyiv a political thumbs-up, the next step in the accession process is to start formal talks via an intergovernmental conference with Ukraine. That would represent the opening of membership negotiations. In order for this to happen, EU countries have to agree on a so-called negotiation framework. The 27 capitals have been … Read more
And this week another former unpaid adviser to Zelenskyy’s office linked to Tatarov, Artem Shilo, was arrested by detectives with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine on charges of embezzling $2.48 million from Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukraine’s state railway company. The allegation is that he was the ringleader of a group involved in the acquisition of transformers from … Read more
From football fields to the battlefield The 40-year-old Kapustin was born in Moscow. He moved with his parents at the age of 17 to Cologne, Germany, where he quickly established a fearsome reputation as a street-brawling white-power skinhead always up for a punch-up with everyone, especially Antifa activists. He tells POLITICO he was unhappy with … Read more
“We will get a strong bipartisan vote in Congress. We will get that money to you as we should, so I don’t think we need to speak about Plan B today,” Sullivan said during a Kyiv press conference on Wednesday. Acknowledging that the new funds are taking “too long” to arrive, he added: “I don’t … Read more
Russia launched an attack on several cities in Ukraine in a “massive” assault overnight Thursday, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens across the country. Missiles and drones reportedly struck the capital, Kyiv, as well the cities of Kharkiv, Lviv, Odessa, Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia. Millions across the country received air raid alerts instructing them … Read more
