3+ week, 3+ day ago   (542+ words) Khmara took charge on an acting basis in July and was confirmed by lawmakers on Wednesday. A former commander of the Security Service of Ukraine’s special-operations centre, he brings experience in covert and technology-enabled strike operations at a time when…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (627+ words) President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have completed talks in Kyiv after meeting Vladimir Putin in Moscow, reviving a negotiating process that had largely stalled but producing no publicly identified compromise on the central disputes between Russia…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (923+ words) Kallas, who died on 22 August at the age of 77, served as governor of Estonia’s central bank, foreign and finance minister, prime minister and vice-president of the European Commission. He also founded the liberal Reform Party, which became one of the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (737+ words) Former Ukrainian defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov called on 18 August for parliament to create a mechanism for holding elections during wartime, directly challenging the assumption that a national vote must wait until martial law is lifted. Fedorov did not announce that…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (616+ words) The comments are Zelenskyy’s first substantive response since the dismissed former defence minister urged parliament to create a legal mechanism for wartime elections. Zelenskyy told reporters that moving towards elections in present conditions could “destroy” the country by producing a…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (857+ words) Russia’s attacks on Kyiv and Kyiv region since 26 August have developed into another test of Ukraine’s ability to adjust its air defences as Moscow modifies the weapons used against Ukrainian cities. The heaviest loss of life came in the Bucha…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (378+ words) Stéphane Séjourné, the executive vice-president responsible for industrial strategy, withdrew the aluminium proposal from the Commission’s agenda after internal discussions concluded that it would cover only about half of exports. His office now intends to use a delegated act under…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (461+ words) The document includes a ceasefire and the possibility of creating a free economic zone in Donbas under third-party administration, according to Zelenskyy’s account in the Reuters report. It also addresses possible European and NATO roles in the process. The full…...