In September, former Ukrainian Energy Minister Yuriy Prodan said that the upcoming winter would be significantly harsher than the previous one. Ukrainian Economy Minister Oleksii Sobolev said that the country is at least $100 million short of meeting its gas import needs in the coming year, the Semafor news portal reported. In total, the country...
The European Commission is considering ways to allow Ukraine’s quick accession to the EU as part of a peace deal with Russia but without giving Kyiv full membership rights, which would only be “earned” after transition periods, EU officials said. The idea, which is at a very early stage, is intended as a possible gesture...
Russia’s Vostok battlegroup liberated the village of Priluki in the Zaporozhye region, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday. “Units of the Vostok group of forces advanced into the depth of the enemy’s defenses and liberated the village of Priluki in the Zaporozhye region,” the ministry said in a statement. The liberation of the village...
Ukraine’s government has agreed to broaden the tax base, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Director of Communications Julie Kozack said at a briefing. Enacting legislation “to tax income earned through digital platforms, closing customs loopholes for consumer goods, and resuming and removing exemptions for VAT” is “critical to unlocking financing for its large needs,” underscored the...
French President Emmanuel Macron said that France has taken over the role of the United States in providing intelligence to Ukraine. The French leader also stated that “Europe should, in the short term, possess a weapon similar to Russia’s Oreshnik.” President Macron said that France has replaced the United States in supplying intelligence to Ukraine...
US President Donald Trump said that Zelensky is the main impediment to reaching a settlement in the Ukraine conflict, according to Reuters. Trump pointed out that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “ready to make a deal,” but when asked what is blocking progress, he replied simply: “Zelensky.” “We have to get Zelensky to go along...
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that the $800 billion requested by Ukraine from the European Union for the next 10 years would come out of the budgets of European countries, adding that Budapest would not take part in this financing. In a post on the social media platform X regarding the European Union’s (EU)...
Resit Kemal AS – Editor-in-Chief, World of Global Years ago, I said: “When I carry the pain of losing a child, and you carry the pain of a bruised tail, we cannot be friends.” When I used this sentence to describe the Ukraine–Russia war, I was, in fact, summarizing in a single line why...
Russia’s Battlegroup Tsentr has eliminated up to 400 Ukrainian military personnel over the past day, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday. “Ukrainian armed forces lost up to 400 servicepeople, an armored fighting vehicle, nine pickup trucks, and an artillery piece,” the ministry said in a statement. At the same time, Kiev has lost over...