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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has expressed his dismay at an agreement between the Kremlin and White House which will see U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel exports until April 2027 in exchange for the staggered release of nearly two million tons of Russian diesel

His main purpose in the shadow one is to break European support for Ukraine so he can subjugate that country, something he regards as existential for Russia’s future and his own

Tactical nuclear weapons are short-range nuclear arms intended for limited battlefield use rather than attacks on entire cities or countries

Chancellor Friedrich Merz is hosting leaders from several European Union net contributor countries as Berlin pushes for a smaller bloc budget

Martin will meet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy and other senior figures in the Ukrainian government during a one-day visit to the country on Thursday, where he will be brought around areas damaged by Russia’s intensifying bombardment of Ukraine’s capital city

Trump threatens to pull troops from Europe as he again threatens Greenland

Overnight, the US had launched strikes on more than 80 Iranian targets around the strait of Hormuz and revoked a temporary sanctions waiver for Tehran to export oil after Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels on Tuesday

President Donald Trump has berated and belittled many of his European counterparts expected to attend next week's NATO summit in Turkey

The issue of defence spending has loomed large as Nato leaders prepare to gather ‌next week in Ankara, where Europeans aim to set aside strife with Trump over Iran and Greenland and show they are stepping up to defend the continent

After fresh strikes on Ukraine, the Kremlin warns Europe is “escalating,” accusing the EU of militarising and boosting intel sharing as a Danish report warns Russia could threaten NATO by 2030

Arguing about how to slice up the massive pie of EU funding is always the source of an almighty row in Brussels

European Council President António Costa’s chief of staff, Pedro Lourtie, twice over the past few weeks contacted officials in Moscow as the EU looked for ways to restart negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov previously warned of “massive coordinated strikes on a regular basis” in response to Ukraine's attack on a Moscow oil refinery for the second time this week

EU’s Costa Justifies Putin Back Channel as Useful Groundwork

Brussels: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced a new proposal that would bar individuals who have served in the Russian Armed Forces since the start of the Ukraine war from entering the European Union

European Union leaders are coming around to the idea of talking directly to Russia

But it has not raised duties on permitted goods with the express goal of aiding Ukraine, and the idea of using trade policy for security purposes remains controversial in the bloc

The only EU leader absent from the meeting is Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who is set to leave office after 16 years in power

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who was recently ousted after 16 years in power and long seen as a frequent source of friction within the bloc, did not attend the meeting

The fighter jet did not have a flight plan or communication with Estonian air traffic control, Delfi.ee reported