Cavoli’s assessment comes from “very close contact with our Ukrainian colleagues, and I’m confident that they that they will hold the line,” he added. Despite Russia pressing along the frontlines with Ukraine, and recently launching an attack near Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv, Cavoli said he was uncertain that this was Moscow’s full-scale summer offensive. … Read more
The Munich Security Index 2024 also reveals how the war in Ukraine is competing with other geopolitical threats and priorities. Concern about mass migration and radical Islamic terrorism now top the list of threats in Germany — a turnaround from the previous year. The threat posed by radical Islamic terrorism jumped to second place, compared … Read more
“We all have one goal. We must win the war and for that, we must eliminate the current problems of the Ukrainian army: logistics, rotation, and supplies. We, for some reason, have many troops that are very far away from the front. Overstaffed headquarters,” said the official in the presidential office. “Syrskyi will have carte … Read more
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan today signed into law Sweden’s accession to NATO. “Welcome Türkiye’s approval of the ratification of Sweden’s NATO accession,” Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson tweeted. “With this, a key milestone has been reached in Sweden’s path towards NATO membership.” All NATO members, except Hungary, have ratified Sweden’s application to join the military … Read more
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, the last remaining holdout in Sweden’s bid to join NATO, now says he supports its application and vows that Hungary’s parliament will say yes “at the first possible opportunity.” Orbán’s remark, made during a call today with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, comes a day after he asked his Swedish counterpart … Read more
