Two European countries are discussing the deployment of troops on the contact line in Ukraine. According to an anonymous senior NATO official, the United Kingdom and France are considering various options to guarantee Ukraine’s security if peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow are launched ... #France #GreatBritain #NATO #NATOsoldiers #SecurityGuarantees #WarinUkraine
Ukraine needs air defense systems to protect 20 facilities; the UN discusses protection of the Ukrainian energy sector. President Zelenskyy said that Ukraine needs additional air defense systems to protect 20 more special facilities from Russian air attack. Meanwhile, on December 2 the UN discussed the problems of prot... #AirDefenseSystems #AndriiSybiha #EnergyInfrastructure #MiroslavJenča #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will not have to repay the $50B G7 loan until it receives reparations from the Russian Federation. Ukrainian parliament members approved amendments to the Budget Code, which introduced a new concept in the budgetary sphere – conditional debt obligations. This establishes a special status for funds ... #G7 #LoanForUkraine #ReparationsForUkraine #RoksolanaPidlasa #RussianAssetsProfits #SerhiyMarchenko #VerkhovnaRada
While in Kyiv, Olaf Scholz promised Ukraine a €650M military aid package. The defense equipment will arrive by the end of this year, said the German chancellor, who arrived in Kyiv on December 2. Kyiv will receive IRIS-T air defense systems, Patriot launchers, 10 Leopard 1A... #Germany #Helsing #MilitaryAid #OlafScholz #PatriotMissiles #TaurusMissile #Zelenskyy
The $6.5B allocated by the Biden administration for Ukrainian military aid will pass to the Trump administration: What will he do with it? On the first day of his presidency, Donald Trump will have billions of dollars at his disposal to arm Ukraine. More than $6.5B remains within the presidential drawdown authority, which allows the US p... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #JoeBiden #Pentagon #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Trump is studying Ukraine’s Victory Plan; Kyiv offers Washington a deal that is hard to refuse. US President-Elect Donald Trump’s team is studying the Ukrainian Victory Plan, which implies that there will be no capitulation of Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian president, the war in Ukrai... #DonaldTrump #investments #MineralDepositsUkraine #VictoryPlan #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
In November, Russia lost the most soldiers in a month since the beginning of the war; how is the aggressor’s economy reacting? During November, the Russian army suffered its largest military losses in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale war, with 45,720 soldiers. The Ukraine Defense Forces also destroyed 307 Russian... #MobilizationInRussia #RubleFall #RussianEconomy #WarinUkraine #WarLosses
A “temporary concession” of the occupied territories in exchange for security guarantees could be an option for ending the war – Stoltenberg. Former NATO Secretary General and next Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Jens Stoltenberg believes that a “temporary concession” of Ukraine’s occupied territories to Russia ... #JensStoltenberg #NATO #SecurityGuarantees #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The US has rejected the possibility of returning Ukraine’s nuclear status. The Biden administration has excluded the possibility of returning nuclear weapons to Ukraine, stated US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. He denied information from Western media that the admi... #JakeSullivan #JoeBiden #NATO #NuclearStatusUkraine #NuclearWeapons #Putin
The EU is nearing a deal to create a new defense investment fund. EU countries are nearing a deal to create a new €1.5B defense fund that will help strengthen both the bloc’s defense industry and Ukraine’s over the next three years. The agreement to deve... #DefenseIndustryEU #DefenseInvestments #EDIP #WeaponsProduction
Zelenskyy is considering halting the war in exchange for Ukraine’s invitation to NATO, and the occupied territories will be returned diplomatically. President Zelenskyy said that the allies should offer NATO membership to the unoccupied portion of Ukraine to end the “hot phase of the war.” He believes that the occupied territories can ... #Crimea #DonaldTrump #NATO #OccupiedTerritories #Putin #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
What does the peace plan from Trump’s special envoy entail? Donald Trump’s special representative for the Russia-Ukraine war, Keith Kellogg, outlined his plan for ending the war back in April in an article for the America First Policy Institute. The plan... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #KeithKellogg #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
After the latest massive Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy system, Biden promises further support; Ukraine faces long power outages during winter. US President Joe Biden, after the Russian air attack on November 28, made a statement promising further support for Ukrainians. “This attack is outrageous and serves as another reminder of the u... #AirDefenseSystems #ElectricityDeficitUkraine #JoeBiden #MissileAttackOnUkraine #UkraineBlackout #WarinUkraine
The Ukrainian energy system has once again come under a massive assault by the Russian Federation. On the morning of November 28, Russia attacked energy facilities throughout Ukraine, leaving hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without electricity, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said. As a res... #EnergyInfrastructure #GermanGalushchenko #MissileAttackOnUkraine #Naftogaz #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
What scenarios are the Trump transition team considering to end the war in Ukraine? The incoming National Security Advisor to US President-Elect Donald Trump, Mike Waltz, is studying several options for ending the war between Russia and Ukraine. Among them are proposals from General ... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #KeithKellogg #MikeWaltz #RussianUkrainianNegotiations
The US will provide Kyiv with a new military aid package worth $725M, but Biden will not have time to spend the billions that have been allocated to help Ukraine. The Biden administration is preparing a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $725M. It will provide a variety of anti-tank weapons from American stocks. The package is also expected to include a... #HIMARSartillery #JoeBiden #PDA #Pentagon #USmilitaryAid
The European Parliament calls for Ukraine to be provided with Taurus missiles and additional Patriot systems amid the war’s new phase. The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on strengthening the EU’s unwavering support for Ukraine’s struggle against Russia’s aggressive war, in which it strongly criticizes ... #EuropeanParliament #MilitaryAid #PatriotSystems #SanctionsAgainstRussia #SupportUkraine #TaurusMissile
South Korea decline to sell arms to Ukraine; Netherlands provides additional Patriot launchers. Seoul has rejected a Ukrainian delegation led by Defense Minister Rustem Umerov that sought to purchase South Korean weapons. The delegation met with President Yoon Suk-yeol and the South Korean defen... #PatriotMissiles #RubenBrekelmans #RustemUmerov #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaWeapon #YoonSukYeol
The head of German intelligence says Russia plans to test the effectiveness of NATO’s collective defense. Bruno Kahl, the head of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), believes that Russia continues to prepare for an actual military confrontation with Western countries, but a full-scale atta... #Article5 #BalticCountries #BrunoKahl #NATO #RussianAggression #Spitsbergen
Biden asks Congress for $24B to help Ukraine before he leaves office. US President Joe Biden has quietly asked lawmakers to allocate another $24B to help Ukraine and replenish stocks of previously transferred American weapons, citing a request submitted on November 25 f... #JoeBiden #MikeLee #MilitaryAidforUkraine #USAI #UScongress #worldbank
The US promises to provide Ukraine with everything it needs to fight Russia in 2025; the G7 works to finalize its $50B loan. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the G7 countries and their partners are determined to provide Ukraine with everything it needs to successfully conduct military operations in 2025 or hol... #AnthonyBlinken #G7 #LoanForUkraine #RussianAssetsProfits #SupportUkraine
The Economist provided its assessment of Ukraine’s losses during the full-scale war. Ukraine’s military losses during the war could range from 60,000 to 100,000 dead with about 400,000 more soldiers wounded. “More than 0.5% of the pre-war male population of fighting age (1... #RussianTroops #UkrainianSoldiers #WarinUkraine #WarLosses #Zelenskyy
NATO members condemn the attack on Dnipro; Rutte calls Ukraine a priority for the Alliance. A NATO-Ukraine Council meeting was held at NATO headquarters in Brussels, where the parties discussed Russia’s use of a new ballistic missile. NATO members confirmed their support for Ukraine an... #DidierReynders #FarahDakhlallah #MarkRutte #Oreshnik #UkraineNATOCouncil #WarinUkraine
Ukrainians want their country to regain its nuclear status more than they desire NATO membership. After the war’s end, among the main priorities for the state’s development, Ukrainians include the restoration of the state’s nuclear status in the top three most desired priorities,... #EuropeanIntegration #NATO #NuclearStatusUkraine #RepatriationInUkraine #UkraineEconomy #UkraineRecovery
Europe is funding Ukrainian weapon production due to its capacity constraints. European allies, struggling to produce enough weapons for Kyiv’s war effort, are taking a new approach: giving Ukrainians money to do it themselves. Under the new approach, Europeans are funding gover... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #DefenseInvestments #Denmark #WeaponsProduction
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly urges member countries to provide Ukraine with missiles possessing ranges of 1,000-5,500 kilometers and admission to the Alliance. The NATO Parliamentary Assembly adopted a resolution calling on the governments of the Alliance member states to provide Ukraine with medium-range missiles as a deterrent and weapon of self-defense. T... #LongRangeMissiles #NATO #NATOexpansion #NATOParliamentaryAssembly #NorthKorea #UkraineNATO
Russia plans to use Kursk as a bargaining chip, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces prepare for large-scale battles. Russia wants to reclaim the Kursk region prior to Donald Trump’s inauguration in order to deprive Kyiv of an essential piece of leverage in peace talks. Ukrainian fighters are facing intense att... #ATACMS #DonaldTrump #Kursk #NorthKorea #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #StormShadow #WarinUkraine
Borrell: The EU has failed to provide Ukraine with everything it needs to counter Russia. EU has struggled to make progress this year on a fair settlement of the war against Ukraine, said EU High Representative Josep Borrell. He recalled that this year, the EU had allocated €122B in aid to... #JosepBorrell #MilitaryAid #RobertHabeck #SupportUkraine #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
Europe is again backing down on sending troops to Ukraine, reversing its position. Recently, Le Monde published an article stating that discussions had resumed in Europe about sending troops to Ukraine, primarily from the UK and France. Against this background, the British Foreign S... #AntonioTajani #HannoPevkur #NATOsoldiers #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WesternTroops
Putin may start peace talks in early 2025; analysts are divided on Trump’s position. Russia’s Soviet-era weapons stockpiles will run out by the end of 2025, so Putin may start talks early next year. However, the war will last at least another year if the negotiations do not go a... #DonaldTrump #LindseyGraham #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
The head of the European Parliament calls on Germany to transfer the Taurus to Ukraine as the Bundestag continues to debate. The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, called on the German government to transfer Taurus missiles to Ukraine in response to Russian aggression, as the Kremlin’s escalation o... #FriedrichMerz #JASSM #JeanNoëlBarrot #LongRangeMissiles #RobertaMetsola #TaurusMissile
Ukraine’s allies have resumed talks on a decision to send troops to Ukraine, while North Korea expands its missile production for Russia. Europe, amid questions regarding further US support for Ukraine after Donald Trump comes to power, has resumed discussions on sending Western troops and private defense companies to Ukraine. This topi... #France #GreatBritain #NorthKorea #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WesternTroops
The G7 countries plan to increase pressure on China over its support for Russia. G7 foreign ministers, meeting in Italy on Monday and Tuesday, will pledge to act against entities in China and elsewhere that support Russia’s war machine against Ukraine. A draft communiqué seen by B... #China #DualUseGoods #G7 #NorthKorea #Sanctions #ShadowFleetRussia #WarinUkraine
The number of internally displaced persons in Ukraine is rapidly increasing, but the population is also returning to the occupied regions. The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine continues to grow, said Maksym Tkachenko, member of the parliamentary Committee on Human Rights. According to him, there are currently appr... #InternallyDisplacedPeople #IrynaVereshchuk #OccupiedTerritories #RefugeesFromUkraine
The war in Ukraine will force Europe into a new energy crisis. The war in Ukraine has contributed to a rise in gas prices by about 45% this year. Bloomberg writes that although the price level is still below 2022’s record levels, it is high enough to strain... #EnergyCrisis #gasprices #gasstorage #GasTransit #RussianGas
Ukraine’s allies are discussing providing Ukraine with nuclear weapons to change the war’s dynamics. Russia’s launch of the Oreshnik ballistic missile and the difficult situation at the front have renewed the discussion about new ways of providing military assistance to Ukraine and its future s... #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #NuclearFuel #NuclearWeapons #Oreshnik #Plutonium
The Ukraine-NATO Council will convene following the Russian attack on Dnipro with a Oreshnik missile. The Ukraine-NATO Council will meet at the ambassadorial level on November 26 at the Alliance headquarters at Ukraine’s request. The meeting is in response to Russia’s first use in Ukraine ... #ICBM #Oreshnik #RubizhMissile #RussianAggression #UkraineNATOCouncil #WarinUkraine
Ukraine is developing ballistic missiles and could use them soon. The WSJ noted that Ukraine is actively building rockets capable of striking deep behind enemy lines. Most of the program’s details are being kept secret, but Ukrainian officials have previously ... #AlexanderKamyshin #BallisticMissiles #DefenseIndustryRussia #DefenseTechnology #NeptuneMissiles #WeaponsProduction
New long-range strikes on Russia will help Trump conduct negotiations with Russia; the American president-elect is against an unfavorable agreement for Ukraine. When US President Joe Biden allowed the Ukraine’s military to use US weapons to strike targets in Russia, he did his successor, Donald Trump, a great strategic favor, according to Bloomberg. Thi... #DavidLammy #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
Russia struck Ukraine with a Rubizh intercontinental ballistic missile. On November 21, Russia hit Ukraine with various types of missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic missile, a Kh-47M2 Kinjal air-launched ballistic missile, and seven Kh-101 cruise missiles. I... #Dnipro #MissileAttackOnUkraine #RubizhMissile #RussianAggression #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
Ukraine and 12 European countries unite in a new defense cooperation format. Defense Minister Rustem Umerov announced the beginning of a collaboration with 12 countries within the Nordic Group-Ukraine framework, which will strengthen Ukraine’s security and provide suppor... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #EUdefense #Norway #RustemUmerov #SupportUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Putin is ready to freeze the war at the current front line on the condition that Ukraine renounces NATO. Officials close to the Kremlin told Reuters that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is reportedly ready to discuss with Donald Trump a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine and freezing the war in place. The &#... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
The UK allows Ukraine to use British Storm Shadow missiles deep inside Russia. According to The Times, the change in London’s position may have resulted from the US giving permission for Ukraine to use its ATACMS long-range missiles, which was announced on November 17. Bri... #KeirStarmer #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #RussianMilitaryTargets #StormShadow #WarinUkraine
The EU will spend the revenue from frozen Russian assets on armaments for Ukraine. The head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell, proposed directing a significant part of the future second tranche of revenue from frozen Russian assets to the Ukrainian defense industry. According to Borrel... #BohdanaSPG #BorisPistorius #JosepBorrell #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsProfits #WeaponsforUkraine
The Economist predicts the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine in 2025. Fighting between Russia and Ukraine could end in 2025, as both sides are close to exhaustion. The Russian economy is suffering due to Western sanctions, labor shortages, and people leaving the country... #DonaldTrump #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SecurityGuarantees #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
Ukraine attacks another arsenal and a drone factory in Russia. On November 20, an industrial enterprise producing drones came under attack in the Belgorod region, as well as an arsenal in the Novgorod region of Russia. The 13th arsenal of the Main Missile and Art... #ATACMS #AttackOnRussia #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine #XiJinping
The US is providing a $275M military aid package, Denmark is preparing additional F-16s, and the German parliament is reviewing its Taurus authorization. US President Joe Biden approved the supply of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine. The decision is a radical change in his policy and comes in response to the intensification of the Russian offensive in t... #Denmark #F16 #HIMARSartillery #Javelin #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Pentagon #TaurusMissile
Europe and Canada must unite to guarantee Ukraine’s security amid Trump’s return to the White House. As stated in an open appeal, which was signed by 79 current and former politicians, military personnel, and political scientists who are anxiously waiting to see what Trump will do when he begins his ... #DonaldTrump #DonaldTusk #NATO #SecurityGuarantees #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Germany provides Ukraine with a military aid package containing ammunition and hundreds of UAVs. The German government announced another package of military aid for Ukraine, which includes tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition of various types, 47 vehicles with mine protection (MRAP), four Pa... #Germany #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NorthKoreanSoldiers #Panzerhaubitze2000 #Poland #WarinUkraine #WISENT1
The US announces a new military aid package to Ukraine, and France and Britain do not oppose Ukraine’s use of long-range strikes, but want restrictions. In the coming days, the US will announce a new package of defense aid to Ukraine, said the permanent representative of the US to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, at a meeting of the UN Security Counci... #LindaThomasGreenfield #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #StormShadow #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
