European countries have already committed more than 50% of the 5-billion-euro ($5.5 billion) package for 2 million ammunition rounds requested by Ukraine, top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas said on April 3 in comments reported by Reuters. Kallas’s statement comes after EU leaders decided at a summit in Brussels on March 20 to help cover Ukraine’s […]
The Trump administration’s latest tariffs are likely to be “difficult, but not critical” for Ukraine’s economy, Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said on April 3, voicing hope for hammering out more favorable conditions with the U.S. U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping list of “reciprocial tariffs” on April 2, imposing a baseline 10% duty on […]
Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov, accused of high treason, is running for membership in the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), the T-Invariant academic community said on April 2. Azarov, who led the Ukrainian government under pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych between 2010 and 2014, is a candidate for the RAS membership in mining sciences. Despite […]
A delegation from Ukraine will arrive in the U.S. at the end of this week or early next week to discuss the minerals agreement, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Bloomberg on April 2. The news comes after Washington and Kyiv reportedly discussed the draft on the expanded minerals agreement proposed by the U.S. at […]
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Interim New Jersey U.S. Attorney Alina Habba has announced that a 14-year-old gang member accused of fatally shooting a Newark police detective will be charged as an adult in federal court as she vows to crack down on violent crime in the Garden State. The teen suspect, who has not yet been publicly identified and is an alleged […]
More than 3,000 people have now died from the 7.7 magnitude earthquake that struck Burma last week, which destroyed thousands of buildings and sent the war-torn country into a deeper humanitarian crisis. Burma’s military-led government announced that the death toll from Friday’s earthquake rose to 3,085, while 4,715 people were injured and another 341 are missing. […]
Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk has blocked a planned international trip by European Solidarity leader Petro Poroshenko to the United States, the party said in a statement on April 2. Poroshenko had been scheduled to attend and speak at the annual international security conference titled “Challenges in the Global Political Landscape – How […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on April 2 announced a 10% baseline tariff on all imports into the country, along with higher rates for dozens of countries that maintain trade surpluses with the United States. He claimed the measure would ultimately strengthen the U.S. economy and lower prices for consumers, adding that it will serve as […]
Since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to office in January and launched a new effort to reach peace between Russia and Ukraine, turning American foreign policy upside down, Europe has been hit with a clear message: the age of the U.S. as a guarantor of European security is over. Lithuania, which faces its own very […]
The ongoing saga of the U.S.-Ukraine natural resources deal has already caused seismic ruptures between Kyiv and Washington, temporarily costing Ukraine American military support and crucial intelligence sharing. Yet in the quest to placate U.S. President Donald Trump, and secure his support in the fight against Russia’s full-scale invasion, Kyiv faces another hurdle — signing […]
Key developments on April 2: US sanctions Russian firms but lifts sanctions on Putin ally’s wife US sanctions network supplying Houthis with stolen Ukrainian grain, Russian arms Trump admin officials say ceasefire unlikely in coming months, Reuters reports Russian negotiator to meet Trump envoy in US on April 2, media report Upcoming Ramstein summit to […]