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Trump says Orban requested exemption from US sanctions on Russian oil but hasn’t been granted one

While most EU member states have largely phased out Russian fossil-fuel imports since 2022, Hungary and Slovakia have continued to receive pipeline deliveries. – https://kyivindependent.com/tag/ukraine/rss/ This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com This article is taken based on Law no. 8/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our […]

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US hasn’t decided yet on new Ukraine aid, focuses on peace, NATO envoy says

Editor’s note: The story is being updated. The U.S. administration has not yet made any new decisions on military assistance for Kyiv as it remains focused on ending the Russia-Ukraine war, U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker told journalists on June 4. Whitaker stressed that Washington counts on European leadership in providing Ukraine with the […]

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Russia ‘hasn’t faced enough pressure’ —Ukrainian, foreign diplomats react to overnight attack on Kyiv

Western officials renewed calls for tougher sanctions on Russia after a large-scale missile and drone attack hit Kyiv overnight on May 24, which injured over a dozen civilians and damaged multiple residential buildings. The attack came just hours after the start of the largest prisoner exchange between Ukraine and Russia. Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna […]

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‘Status quo hasn’t changed’ — Ukraine reacts to Putin-Trump call

The status quo in Russia-Ukraine peace efforts has not changed after a call between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said on May 20 on X. Putin and Trump held a phone call on May 19, during which the Russian leader refused to agree to a […]

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Ukraine war latest: Russia announces beginning of ‘direct talks’ with Ukraine; Kyiv hasn’t commented yet

Key developments on April 29: Putin’s Victory Day truce proposal ‘is start of direct negotiations’ with Ukraine, Lavrov says Russia intensifies offensive operations in 3 regions, pushes toward Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine’s military says Ukrainian drones reportedly target Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod oblasts in Russia Dnipropetrovsk Oblast’s eastern villages evacuating families as Russian troops close in Europe, […]

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Russia reportedly enters Ukraine-held Sudzha in Kursk Oblast; Kyiv hasn’t confirmed

Russian troops have launched an offensive on the Ukrainian-controlled town of Sudzha in Russia’s Kursk Oblast, entering the settlement, the DeepState monitoring group, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), and the Russian state news agency TASS claimed on March 12. Fighting in the town is reportedly ongoing. The news follows multiple claims of […]

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Russia reportedly attacking Sumy Oblast border; military hasn’t confirmed

Russian infantry units are attempting to storm the Russia-Ukraine border in Sumy Oblast but are failing to achieve a breakthrough, claimed Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, on Feb. 28. The official’s comments come as the DeepState monitoring group marked the Ukrainian border village of Novenke as a contested area, suggesting that […]

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Russia claims to occupy 2 more villages in Ukraine’s east; Kyiv hasn’t confirmed

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed on Jan. 12 that its forces had captured the villages of Yantarne in Donetsk Oblast and Kalynove in Kharkiv Oblast. Ukraine has not commented on the claims, which could not be immediately verified. Moscow’s forces have ramped up pressure in Ukraine’s east as Ukrainian defenders find themselves increasingly outnumbered and outgunned. […]