The agreement, signed on April 30, establishes a joint investment fund between Kyiv and Washington and grants the U.S. special access to projects developing Ukraine's natural resources.
Ukraine is considering moving away from the U.S. dollar and closer to the euro as a benchmark for the hryvnia, National Bank Governor Andrii Pyshnyi told Reuters.
The Atesh partisan group claims it disabled communication at several Russian military facilities when it allegedly destroyed equipment at a transformer substation in the village of Mogiltsy in Russia's Moscow Oblast.
"The Russians are asking for a certain set of requirements, a certain set of concessions in order to end the conflict. We think they’re asking for too much," U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on May 7, according to Politico.
EU ambassadors began talks this week on a 17th sanctions package that targets Russia’s military-industrial complex, Moscow’s shadow shipping fleet, and related support networks.
The Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty logo displayed at its headquarter in Prague on March 21, 2025. (Tomas Tkacik / LightRocket via Getty Images)
A U.S. federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from shutting down Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), ABC News reported on March 25.
RFE/RL, founded during the Cold War to counter Soviet propaganda, remains a key independent news source for audiences in countries with restricted media environments.
Judge Royce Lamberth issued a temporary restraining order, ruling that the administration's attempt to defund the organization was "unsupported by any facts or reasoning" and likely violated federal law.
"The leadership of (U.S. Agency for Global Media) cannot, with one sentence of reasoning offering virtually no explanation, force RFE/RL to shut down — even if the President has told them to do so," Lamberth wrote.
The ruling comes after U.S. President Donald Trump eliminated seven federal agencies on March 14, including the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees RFE/RL and Voice of America (VoA).
The decision cut off congressionally approved funding for RFE/RL, while VoA employees were placed on administrative leave.
RFE/RL sued USAGM on March 18, arguing that the funding termination violated federal law and the U.S. Constitution.
Trump's allies have publicly questioned the court's authority over executive decisions, raising concerns about a looming constitutional conflict.
U.S. courts have previously intervened to stall some of Trump's major cuts, including efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
Tim Zadorozhnyy is a news editor at The Kyiv Independent. Based in Warsaw, he is pursuing studies in International Relations, focusing on European Studies. Tim began his career at a local television channel in Odesa. After moving to Warsaw, he joined the Belarusian opposition media outlet NEXTA, starting as a news anchor and later advancing to the position of managing editor.
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