Forbes Ukraine first reported on June 8 that Schmidt and his wife, Wendy Schmidt, had acquired a combined 36% stake in seven companies under the Dragon Capital group, a major Kyiv-based investment firm.
Every empire eventually becomes trapped by its own mythology. Russia happens to be built on a peculiar combination of holy relics, imperial nostalgia, and endless lectures about "traditional values." The problem is that reality keeps interrupting the performance. In 2022, Margarita Simonyan (the Kremlin's propagandist) declared that Russia would never bomb Kyiv because "our shrine is there." The implication being: unlike everyone else, Russia supposedly possesses some special reverence for fait
The agreement covers the development and supply of engines for Ukrainian missile and drone platforms as Kyiv works to expand domestic weapons production.
Russian forces launched 132 long-range attack drones, including Shahed-type drones, and two Iskander-M ballistic missiles against Ukraine overnight, Ukraine's Air Force reported.
One G7 diplomat told the Kyiv Independent on condition of anonymity that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen raised Ukraine's remaining budgetary gap, but they said G7 leaders did not then discuss who would finance how much.
The meeting marked the first face-to-face encounter between Zelensky and Trump in nearly four months, as Kyiv seeks to revive stalled peace talks with Moscow.
The latest sanctions package will target 162 individuals, entitites, and vessels related to Russia's shadow fleet, its energy revenues, and its defense, industrial, and disinformation sectors.
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"We ask for prayers for the salvation of the shrine from destruction. Another Russian crime against humanity, against history, against Christianity," Metropolitan Epiphanius, head of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine, said amid Russia's attack.
