Category: Ukraine
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📍 Ukraine (approximate area) ⚔️ Ukraine 📍 Russian oil can flow again, says Ukrainian president, leaving ‘no grounds’ for blocking €90bn EU package; warning of all-out Kremlin cyberwar. What we know on day 1,519 The Druzhba pipeline carrying Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia is ready to resume operations, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday, after…
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📍 Ukraine (approximate area) ⚔️ Ukraine 📍 News follows Guardian report on licence given to British firm exporting machinery to Armenian firm linked to Russian war effort British firms will face “much tougher” controls to prevent their goods from reaching Russia via other countries, undermining sanctions and aiding Vladimir Putin’s assault on Ukraine. Under plans…
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📍 Ukraine (approximate area) ⚔️ Ukraine 📍 Agreement for urgently needed loan reached after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia EU member states have reached agreement on unblocking an urgently needed €90bn (£78bn) loan for Kyiv and a new package of sanctions against Moscow after Ukraine resumed pumping Russian oil to Hungary…
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📍 Ukraine (approximate area) ⚔️ Ukraine 📍 European Union formal procedures expected to conclude on Thursday as Druzhba pipeline reopens During his press conference, Fico also doubles down on his criticism of the incoming Hungarian government led by Péter Magyar, in a further sign that the relations between Bratislava and Budapest could change dramatically in…
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📍 Ukraine (approximate area) ⚔️ Ukraine 📍 Lawyers for oligarch claim freezing of £5.3bn of assets ‘unfair and abusive’ amid row over use of funds for Ukraine Roman Abramovich has gone to the European court of human rights (ECHR), claiming that a criminal investigation into his financial affairs by the Jersey authorities has breached his…
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📍 Kyiv ⚔️ Ukraine 📍 Drones minimise Russian manpower advantage on battlefield, says foreign minister; Moscow shies from Turkey push for Zelenskyy-Putin talks. What we know on day 1,520 Ukraine’s frontline position is “the strongest” it has been in a year due to superiority in drones and enhanced air defence, said Andriy Sybiha, the foreign…
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📍 Ukraine (approximate area) ⚔️ Ukraine 📍 World’s worst nuclear disaster leaves mixed legacy of nature’s resilience amid serious contamination, as wars increase lobbying for energy supply Forty years on from the world’s worst nuclear disaster, Chornobyl is still contaminated with almost half the caesium-137 that exploded from the Unit 4 reactor in 1986, as…
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📍 Kyiv ⚔️ Ukraine 📍 Duke of Sussex was speaking at the Kyiv Security Forum during a surprise visit to show support for Ukraine after four years of war with Russia. The prince added that it was also ‘a moment for America to show that it can honour its international treaty obligations’. His last visit…
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📍 Ukraine (approximate area) ⚔️ Ukraine 📍 Leaders will discuss how to respond to surging energy prices amid the war in the Middle East Europe live – latest updates EU leaders have welcomed the end of diplomatic deadlock over a long-awaited €90bn (£78bn) loan for Ukraine, after the bloc finalised the agreement along with a…
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📍 Ukraine (approximate area) ⚔️ Ukraine 📍 Move comes after Hungary and Slovakia dropped opposition following reopening of the Druzhba oil pipeline Meanwhile, Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Kyiv will seek to receive the first tranche of the €90bn European Union loan by the end of May, or early June. “This is strengthening of…