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4 killed, including National Guard soldier, in Kyiv explosions classified as terrorist attack
The Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office has classified two explosions that killed four people on Dec. 11 as a terrorist attack, the office said in a statement.
Ukraine, EU agree to advance technical side of accession talks as Hungary blocks formal launch
The European Commission and Kyiv have agreed on a 10-point action plan to tackle corruption and strengthen democratic institutions in Ukraine as part of its path to membership, EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos announced.
Europe's drive to bolster Ukraine faces two obstacles — Trump and Orban
As the U.S. ramps up pressure on Ukraine to accept a swift and potentially painful peace deal with Moscow, European allies seek to reassure Kyiv it is not alone. For the EU, Ukraine is not merely a strategic partner standing between the bloc and Russian armies — it is also a future member. Top European officials met in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Dec. 10-11 to advance Ukraine's EU accession and reaffirm their support. But beneath the EU's confident tone, major obstacles persist — mo
Ukraine war latest live: US presses Ukraine, not Russia, to pull back troops for proposed Donbas buffer zone, FT reports
Hello, this is Kateryna Hodunova reporting from Kyiv on day 1,387 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Today's top story so far: The U.S. is pressing Ukraine, but not Russia, to pull back troops in Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts near the eastern border of a potential demilitarized zone, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Dec. 11, citing a Ukrainian official familiar with the latest version of the U.S. peace plan. Trump's initial 28-point peace plan called for establishing a "neutral, de
'Elections or referendum' — Zelensky affirms Ukrainians will decide territorial concessions
"The Russians want the whole of Donbas — we don't accept that," President Volodymyr Zelensky said. "I believe that the Ukrainian people will answer this question," he added.
Europe’s plan to fund Ukraine is being blocked by one company — Euroclear
About the author: Olena Havrylchyk is a Professor of Economics at the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. The proposal to use immobilized Russian assets to finance a "reparation loan" for Ukraine will again be discussed at the next European Council meeting on Dec. 18 and 19. The purpose of this loan is to advance Russia’s future reparations in order to cover Ukraine’s reconstruction and recovery needs, which are estimated at 506 billion euros (nearly $589 billion). At the previous summit, B
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Protesters recorded a video appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying the removal of support would leave them unable to survive financially.
