Brussels wants Ukraine funding deal agreed before the year ends
An internal paper sent to EU capitals says work must start now on Kyiv's shortfall for 2027, with leaders due back in Brussels on November 26-27.
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Anti-corruption investigators search Ukraine’s central bank
The National Bank says it is operating normally and denies reports that its governor has resigned.
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Vance says Ukraine is not an ally and should stay out of NATO
The US Vice-President also tied the riots in France to immigration and declined to follow Donald Trump in backing Benjamin Netanyahu.
Trump calls for ‘somebody else’ to negotiate on Ukraine’s behalf
The US President has again questioned Volodymyr Zelensky's standing, nine days after urging Ukraine to find a new leader, while signalling he would sit down with…
Trump says Zelensky never wanted to end the Ukraine war
The US President defended his waiver of new sanctions on Moscow as European governments moved in the opposite direction.
EU leaders back Zelensky over diesel deal but offer no new money
Leaders put their regret at Washington's sanctions waiver in writing, though Kyiv leaves Brussels without fresh funding decisions.
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Trump says Zelensky ‘not a good guy’ and rules him out of any Russia deal
The US President has turned on his Ukrainian counterpart days after agreeing to buy Russian diesel, deepening the rift between Washington and Kyiv.
Trump says Putin wants a deal ‘more than Zelensky’ as Kyiv reports new energy strikes
The US President has played down reports that Moscow broke the "energy ceasefire" he declared a day earlier, while the EU has adopted the largest single expansion…
Trump declares Russia-Ukraine ‘energy ceasefire’ as strikes on Kyiv continue
Neither Moscow nor Kyiv has confirmed any agreement, and Russian drones hit Ukrainian power plants hours after the announcement, while European buyers remain shut…
Trump calls for a new Ukrainian president as Kyiv rejects outside pressure
The US president said Ukraine needed a leader able to make a deal, drawing applause from Moscow and a reminder from Kyiv that only Ukrainians choose their head of…
Russia and Ukraine vow deeper strikes
Moscow has promised to intensify attacks on the Ukrainian capital after Zelensky said Kyiv would hit Russian refineries harder, while Germany signed 15 agreements…
Zelensky asks EU again for money to strike deeper into Russia
The Ukrainian president pressed European ambassadors in Kyiv to release unspent defence loans, hours before announcing the first combat use of Ukraine's own ballistic…
Zelensky calls oligarch delistings ‘suicidal’ as von der Leyen promises more defence aid
The Ukrainian President has urged Brussels to tighten sanctions on Moscow on the day member states agreed to drop two Russian billionaires from the EU blacklist.
Drone hits cooling tower at Russian nuclear plant days after Trump’s energy truce claim
The reactor unit kept running and no fire broke out, though the head of the UN nuclear watchdog has called for maximum military restraint.
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Zelensky’s former press secretary barred from European Parliament after criticism of his policies
Iuliia Mendel was due to speak on peace and diplomacy at an ESN event in Strasbourg, alongside AfD and Weltwoche figures.
US House clears Russia sanctions bill and hands Trump new tariff powers
The measure named after the late senator Lindsey Graham now goes to the White House, where President Donald Trump is expected to sign it into law.
Trump announces Russia-Ukraine energy truce that neither side confirms
The US president said Kyiv and Moscow had agreed to spare each other's energy sites, though Ukraine set conditions and the Kremlin would not promise reciprocal restraint.
Zelensky asks lawmakers to support removal of prosecutor general
"Ukraine has seen all the reasons. If he considers this political pressure, let him call it that. I ask lawmakers to support this dismissal without delay".
Ukraine’s prosecutor general resigns after office raid in call-centre protection racket case
Kravchenko, appointed in June 2025, said the step was a "political decision" taken so that the post would not become "a tool for political confrontation".
Witkoff and Kushner carry Trump’s peace push from the Kremlin to Kiev
Putin conceded only a three-day pause on strikes against the Ukrainian capital, while Zelensky came away with a winter energy package and a promise of further talks.
Ukraine’s Prosecutor General implicated in scam call centre protection racket
Recordings released by NABU point to a "boss" above the ring whose patronymic and career match those of Ruslan Kravchenko.
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Ukraine’s ex-defence minister Fedorov becomes Italy’s defence adviser
After leaving the Ukrainian government, he called to restore national elections during wartime.
Magyar says Ukraine is ‘not ready’ for the EU, echoing Orbán
The Prime Minister was cast by his predecessor as Kyiv's candidate during the April election campaign.
Shootout between Ukraine’s Security Service and military intelligence in streets of Kyiv
The Russian volunteer corps said their deputy combat commander, had been seized outside his home on August 23. His lawyer, Taras Borovskyi, called it an abduction.
Ukraine defence minister seeks early EU loan to cover $27 billion gap
The ministry has already identified partners for separate talks on specific defence needs.
Zelensky awards Order of Freedom to Musk
A presidential decree confers the award on the American entrepreneur, engineer and head of SpaceX and Tesla, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
Zelensky blocks Ukrainian elections again, calling a wartime vote a ‘tsunami’
The President, whose mandate ran out in 2024, has once more ruled out the ballot his ousted defence minister is demanding.
Brussels approves €6.1 billion for Ukrainian air defence on Independence Day
The EU executive signed off the envelope as leaders gathered in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine's shortage of interceptor missiles.
Coalition of the Willing meets in Kyiv as Ukraine asks for 300 interceptors
Air defence, €30 billion in blocked EU funding and Russia's shadow fleet are on the agenda at the third such gathering in the Ukrainian capital.
NABU releases new tapes implicating Zelensky’s former deputy chief of staff in corporate raiding
Investigators say the group used unauthorised interference with Ministry of Justice databases to seize control of enterprises.