NATO agrees to beef up eastern flank defences at emergency summit

2 min read Baltic countries, Economy, Ukraine, Biden, NATO, Putin, Stoltenberg, Ukraine crisis, Volodymyr Zelenskiy

At an emergency NATO summit in Brussels on Thursday, US President Joe Biden said that the defence alliance had “never been more united” even though Russia’s Vladimir Putin was counting on dissension among its members over his invasion of Ukraine, according to Euronews. Biden commented, “Putin is getting exactly

Zelensky open to negotiations with Putin, but says failure could mean "World War 3"

2 min read Ukraine, China, Joe Biden, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Xi Jinping

A failure to negotiate peace between Ukraine and Russia could lead to World War 3, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Fareed Zakaria on Sunday morning in their interview on CNN. The President said he was ready to have direct negotiations with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. While offering that Ukraine

In Bundestag address, Zelensky finger-points at Berlin's economic ties with Moscow

2 min read Ukraine, Bundestag, Mariupol, Ukraine crisis, Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Members of Germany’s Bundestag gave a standing ovation to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky following his 10-minute speech on Thursday, writes the BBC. In his address Zelensky reminded MPs that Kyiv had asked Berlin to limit its economic ties with Moscow before the war, but Germany instead helped Russia

Ukraine's Foreign Minister calls Kharkiv missile attack a "war crime" against civilians

2 min read Poland, Ukraine, European Parliament, NATO, Ukraine crisis, Volodymyr Zelenskiy

As a massive Russian military convoy continued its approach toward the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Tuesday, the city of Kharkiv suffered Russian missile attacks, one of which hit the centre of Ukraine’s second-largest city, including residential areas and the regional administration building – 18 civilians were killed. “Such attacks are