Excerpts from the most important news on Ukraine
China has become the decisive enabler of russia’s war, it provides russia with machine tools, microelectronics, optics, UAV and cruise missile technology – US
01.08.2025
China has become the decisive enabler of russia’s war effort by being the most important supplier of russia’s war industrial machine, John Kelley, US Acting Representative to the UN, said in a statement.“Specifically, China has provided russia with significant quantities of machine tools, microelectronics, optics, UAV and cruise missile technology, and nitrocellulose, which russia uses to make propellant for weapons. Last week, we called on all UN Member States to help bring the war to an end by ceasing any and ...NATO is making a huge mistake by not changing its doctrine in preparation for the next war – Zaluzhnyi
25.07.2025
NATO countries are avoiding rethinking their military doctrines while simply trying to re-equip their armies with modern weapons, which, however, is not enough to be truly prepared for the next war, the former commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and current Ukrainian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said in an interview with LB.ua.“And this is a huge mistake by NATO. They believe that banal rearmament will be a magic wand for them that will help them out ...russia has been officially recognized as responsible for shooting down flight MH17 – ECHR
10.07.2025
The Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unanimously that russia was responsible for downing Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17), killing all 298 passengers and crew on board. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine welcomes the decision of the court regarding the admissibility for consideration of the case ‘Ukraine and the Netherlands v. russia’.This unprecedented event has historic significance for all of Europe and especially for the Netherlands, Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.The European Court confirmed: The russian Federation ...Slovakia seeks cooperation with russia and perhaps even forgiving it for everything that happened
30.06.2025
https://youtu.be/9vArXRR_of0?t=3284 55:03Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar believes that resolving russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine requires re-establishing communication with moscow.“We need to find some way of cooperation and perhaps even forgiveness for everything that happened,” Blanar said on Slovak broadcaster STVR.This is our position, he added.US lifted sanctions blocking expansion of Paks Nuclear Plant carried out by russia’s Rosatom – Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs
29.06.2025
The United States lifted sanctions that had hindered the construction of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said in a post on X.“The US has lifted sanctions that blocked construction of the Paks II nuclear plant. These politically motivated measures were imposed by the Biden admin just before @realDonaldTrump took office. Grateful to the Trump admin, as this project will guarantee our future energy supply,” Szijjarto wrote.The project is carried out by russia’s state nuclear corporation ...russia launched an initiative to rewrite history of post-Soviet countries to remove the “negative portrayal” of the Soviet past
27.06.2025
russian Education Minister Sergey Kravtsov has launched an initiative to rewrite the history of CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) countries in order to remove the “negative portrayal” of the Soviet past, the Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) said in a post on Telegram.“russia is taking historical revisionism to a new level by pressuring CIS countries. Minister Kravtsov has stated that there are ‘problems’ with how history is taught in those countries — specifically, that the Soviet past is portrayed negatively in ...russians reportedly set on fire German military trucks – media
27.06.2025
At least six German military trucks were destroyed in a suspected arson attack at a Bundeswehr facility, in what appears to be a russian sabotage operation on NATO soil, united24media reported, citing a pro-russian Telegram channel.The footage shared by the channel shows multiple Rheinmetall MAN military trucks engulfed in flames. The authors claimed that the vehicles belonged to the Ukrainian Armed Forces and were supposedly sent to Erfurt for repairs—a claim easily disproven by the visible Bundeswehr markings and German license plates ...Ukrainian movement “yellow ribbon” continues resistance under occupation. “russian passport is not my choice”
13.06.2025
“This is not my choice”: the movement “yellow ribbon” continues resistance under the occupation of the russian Federation“Sevastopol, Simferopol, Luhansk, Donetsk, Mariupol, Melitopol, Skadovsk – we are here, we are, where you did not even think to look.Senior NATO official confirms that Ukraine damaged at least 40 russian strategic aircraft – media
05.06.2025
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization against russian strategic aviation as exceptionally successful.A senior NATO representative, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to European Pravda, characterized the operation as “the most successful” according to NATO’s independent assessments, which largely correspond with Ukrainian evaluations.We saw that at least 40 aircraft sustained damage. Between 10 and 13 aircraft have been completely destroyed, the representative stated.“NATO identified 15 Tu-95 strategic ...Trump spoke to putin, said putin will respond to airfields attacks. russian sanctions stalled by Trump
04.06.2025
US President Donald Trump said he spoke with russian dictator vladimir putin about Ukraine’s latest attack on russian airplanes.“It was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace. President putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.At the same time, US senators are becoming increasingly impatient to proceed with crushing sanctions targeting russia and President Trump remains the sole ...34% of russian strategic aircraft worth $7 billion hit, SBU says
01.06.2025
$7 billion is the estimated cost of the enemy’s strategic aircraft that were hit as a result of the SBU’s special operation “Web”. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine .34% of strategic cruise missile carriers at the main airfields of the russian Federation were hit.The SBU promises to provide details of the special operation later.russian strategy of bombing Ukrainian hotels to silence the press amount to war crimes and must not go unpunished – Reporters Without Borders
19.05.2025
Since the beginning of russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, both Ukrainian and foreign journalists have come under russian fire — even in their hotels, which also function as their workspace. A new report by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Ukrainian human rights organization Truth Hounds (TH) documents these attacks, offenses that amount to war crimes and must not go unpunished.For a journalist in a war zone, a hotel is not just a place to rest: it is ...
