Macron says France is ready to step up military support for Ukraine
France is ready to train Ukrainian fighter jet pilots, says President Emmanuel Macron.
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Armenia, Azerbaijan accuse each other of new cross-border attacks
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Kremlin condemns Polish renaming of Kaliningrad, now Królewiec
Poland demands name change for Russian city named after war criminal
Putin declares Russia in ‘sacred’ fight; EU looks to fast track Ukraine ammo procurement
Russians are united in a “sacred” fight against the West, President Vladimir Putin declared during the annual May 9 Victory Parade in Moscow.
Switzerland holds biggest military exercises in decades
In one of Switzerland’s largest military exercises in more than three decades, soldiers rehearsed repelling a fictional enemy, tossed grenades and fired live munitions…
Bonanza for arms contractors as EU embraces ‘war economy mode’
The EU’s March pledge to provide one million artillery shells to Ukraine now has €500 million of EU funds behind it thanks to new legislation as of May 3.
EU in ‘warlike mood’, says Hungarian foreign minister
A “warlike mood” pervades the European Union, while those speaking out for peace are coming under “heavy attack”, says the Hungarian Minister of Foreign…
MEPs deny claims they are Putin’s ‘henchmen’
MEPs have dismissed a study claiming they are among the most "pro-Putin" politicians in the European Parliament.
European Commission sidesteps Pentagon leaks
The US is getting it in the neck from its European allies over recent intelligence leaks about the war in Ukraine.
United but fragile: Europe and Ukraine
Wars do not end in peace negotiations but at the ballot box, argues the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) in the introduction to its latest Ukraine war…
War: Brussels in desperate search for 155 mm shells
The war in Ukraine could be won or lost by the European Union’s ability to ship one specific type of ammunition to the front, to judge by a March 10 press briefing.
Is Europe losing the Ukraine propaganda war?
A majority of those surveyed in India, China, and Turkey see Russia as a “partner” or an “ally”, according to the European Council on Foreign Relations.