A proposed reform of the European Peace Facility (EPF) would make financial contributions voluntary, aiming to bypass Hungary’s veto on military aid to Ukraine, which has caused a 6.5 billion euro ($7 billion) backlog.Hungary, broadly seen as the most …
Ukraine is working with France to establish new joint defense production facilities, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on Oct. 12.The developing production agreement comes following Zelensky’s visit to Paris on Oct. 10 where he m…
Conscription officers checked documents and detained some male concertgoers outside Kyiv’s Palace of Sports on Oct. 11 during a performance by Okean Elzy, a popular Ukrainian rock band, the news outlet Hromadske reported. Ukraine has made efforts to ra…
Hungary’s oil and gas giant MOL faces a one-year delay in its $500 million investment project to diversify its refineries from Russian crude oil, Reuters reported on Oct. 10.According to the new estimates, MOL, which owns refineries in Hungary and Slov…
Slovakia will expand its military base in Michalovce, repairing Ukrainian military equipment instead of supplying new weapons to Ukraine, Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár said on Oct. 11.Blanár stated that Slovakia will expand the facility as part …
Nikolai Patrushev, an advisor to Russian President Vladimir Putin, accused the West on Sept. 27 of attempting to isolate Kaliningrad Oblast by disrupting transportation links between the exclave and mainland Russia.
Speaking at a meeting in Kaliningra…
President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Germany for its support but highlighted the importance of German assistance next year and the need for it to remain unchanged.Zelensky’s third meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz this fall was part of a broad…
The European Union was “appalled” by Victoria Roshchyna’s death and demanded a “thorough and independent” investigation into the circumstances of her death, its External Service’s spokesperson said in a statement on Oct. 11.”The EU demands a thorough a…
Separate boards were set up for the lethal and non-lethal procurement agencies, a big step towards compliance with NATO standards, Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said in a Facebook post on Oct. 11.“We have finally established supervisory boards for the…
Since the start of the week, Ukraine’s forces have repelled 29 Russian attacks in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, Operational Command South said on Oct. 11.”The defense forces of southern Ukraine in the Kherson Oblast repelled 29 assaults. During the…