Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has stated that Russian and Belarusian athletes will not be welcome at the Olympic Games to be held in the French capital this year.
VIGINUM, a French state body responsible for vigilance and protection against foreign digital interference, reportedly uncovered Russia’s special operation called Portal Kombat on 12 February. Within this operation a network of Russian websites spread the Kremlin’s propaganda about the war in Ukraine throughout the West.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that Ukraine should be left as a “buffer zone” between Russia and the West, which would provide certain security guarantees but not admit Ukraine as a member of the EU or NATO.
Russian and Belarusian Steam accounts can no longer activate games developed by Sony.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that his intuition tells him that EU countries will eventually find arguments to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to unblock €50 billion in funding for Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor?s Office has launched an investigation into the execution of Ukrainian prisoners of war by Russian soldiers near Zaporizhzhia.
Joe Biden, President of the US, has signed a decree about economic means against foreign financial institutions involved in supplying Russia with sanctioned military goods.
Radio Liberty has analysed a video of Russian soldiers on the battlefield leading Ukrainian soldiers forward and firing at Ukrainian positions under their cover.
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has said that Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin will likely end the war against Ukraine only when he feels that he cannot win it, and it is dangerous to hope for any further agreements with Russia.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said that Western countries have not given Ukraine sufficient numbers of Patriot air defence systems, despite having more than 100 Patriots in service.
Despite sanctions, the Italian arms manufacturer Beretta continues to export firearms to the Russian Federation through its subsidiary and companies affiliated with Russian arms baron Mikheil Khubutia.
Commenting on Russia’s attack on the night of 7-8 May, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that only a Nazi would commit such a crime on the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II. He noted that Russia had fired more than 50 missiles and launched more than 20 Shahed attack drones to attack Ukraine.
Following the example of Armenia and Kyrgyzstan, the banks of Kazakhstan, a key trade partner of the Kremlin in the post-Soviet territory that is a part of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), are refusing to accept service cards issued by the Russian Mir (Peace) system.
A Russian state-owned company exported almost 212,000 tonnes of grain from the occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast in 2023 alone, worth an estimated US$46 million. Ukrainian grain is being shipped to Türkiye, Libya, and Israel. European companies are also involved in the process.
Republican Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, reported that Congress’s priority is to finalise the budget of the US government for the year 2024. As this matter is nearly resolved, attention will soon shift to the aid package for Ukraine and its partners.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba shared photos of the aftermath of the morning Russian missile attack on Kyiv and called on the US Congress to finally agree to allocate funds to help Ukraine.
Bill Blair, Minister of National Defence of Canada, has committed to joining the international Drone Coalition led by Latvia and the United Kingdom during a visit by his Latvian counterpart, Andris Sprūds.
The Russia-controlled “Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic” has sentenced 33 Ukrainian servicemen to between 27 and 29 years in a maximum-security penal colony. The servicemen are from the 36th Marine Brigade of the Ukrainian Navy and the 17th Tank Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov believes that it is Western countries that threaten to use nuclear weapons, not russian President Vladimir Putin.
Pope Francis has stressed that the massive Russian attacks on Ukraine ?cannot be justified in any way?, calling them ?unworthy and unacceptable?.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has responded to reports of an assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico earlier on Wednesday.
US President Joe Biden has announced that the first batch of aid to Ukraine under the newly signed supplemental funding law will be sent “in the next few hours” and listed what will be included in the package.
A total of 14 people were killed and at least 60 injured in a Russian attack on the city of Chernihiv on the morning of 17 April.
Mike Turner, Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, believes that Russian propaganda gained some ground in the US Congress since the members of the Congress are spreading false narratives about Russia’s war against Ukraine.
In one of the world’s most popular online games, Fortnite, players now have the opportunity to help rebuild the Prybuzke Ambulance Station in Mykolaiv Oblast, which was damaged by Russian attacks.
