Washington, Mar 3 (EFE) – United States President Donald Trump criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday, warning that his opposition to a peace talks with Russia could soon cost him his job. The warnings came after Zelenskyy’s disastrous Friday visit to the White House when he engaged in a tense on-camera confrontation with the … Read more
Washington, Feb 27 (EFE). – United States President Donald Trump had a cordial meeting with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday but ignored the request that Washington provide a “backstop” to guarantee a European-led contingent of troops in the event of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. Trump did not mention a … Read more
United Nations, Feb 24 (EFE). – The United Nations Security Council approved on Monday a resolution on Ukraine introduced by the United States on the third anniversary of the Russian invasion, previously rejected by the General Assembly, without mentioning Russia. The US resolution passed with ten votes in favor, including Russia, China, and the African … Read more
Washington, Feb 18 (EFE).- United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov agreed on Tuesday to normalize diplomatic relations between the two countries, to work on a plan that ends the war in Ukraine and to establish high-level negotiating teams. Rubio and Lavrov, who met Tuesday in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, … Read more
Munich, Germany (EFE).- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Munich Security Conference on Friday that his country will need 1.5 million troops after the war to protect itself from further Russian aggression if Ukraine is not accepted as a member of NATO. “We need an army of 1.5 million soldiers if we’re not in NATO … Read more
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv (EFE).- Ukraine looks for ways to counter the threat of destructive guided bombs launched by Russia and the first confirmed interception of such a bomb offers glimpses of hope. Thousands of cheap and destructive bombs, weighing at least 250 kg and launched by Russian planes from out of the reach of … Read more
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv, Feb 3 (EFE).- The suggestion by the United States that Ukraine should hold elections already in 2025 finds little support in the invaded country amid preoccupation with security, organizational challenges, and threats that a heightened political competition could pose to the national unity needed for the defense against Russia. The US … Read more
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv, Jan 17 (EFE).- The insistence by the United States that Ukraine should decrease its mobilization age from 25 to 18 meets with little enthusiasm in the invaded country, which focuses on other ways to deal with its shortages in infantry and sees more modern weapons (not the number of soldiers) as … Read more
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv, Jan 16 (EFE).- Ukraine considered the latest sanctions introduced by the United States against Russia’s oil exports and energy sector as an important step towards undermining its ability to fund the war yet warns of the need to ensure compliance and take further steps, including bringing the price cap on Russian … Read more
By Rostyslav Averchuk Lviv, Ukraine, Jan 1 (EFE). – Thousands of Ukrainians went to the graves of their loved ones killed during the Russian invasion, as attacks continued to sow death across the country on the first day of 2025. Hundreds of small Christmas trees decorate the graves at a rapidly growing military cemetery in … Read more
Kyiv, Dec 2 (EFE).- German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stood by his phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Kyiv on Monday to seek “paths that can lead to a just peace,” underscoring, that they wouldn’t accept any settlement with Russia on ending the war without Ukraine’s consent. “One thing is clear, nothing about Ukraine … Read more
Moscow, Mar 25 (EFE).- Russia on Monday said no official hypotheses had been determined regarding the attack on a concert hall that killed 137 people and was promptly claimed by the global militant network, the Islamic State. Presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters during his daily tele-briefing on Monday that investigators had yet to finalize … Read more