USA Ukraine deal off, Trump says after public spat with Zelenskyy In an unprecedented argument live on TV, US President Donald Trump told his Ukrainian counterpart on Friday he should "be thankful," accusing Volodymyr Zelenskyy of being "disrespectful" and "gambling with World War III". 28/02/2025
Europe News Ukraine-US minerals deal the first diplomatic balancing act for Kyiv After weeks of intense negotiations, Kyiv and Washington have agreed on a deal to jointly develop Ukraine’s natural resources. While a final agreement still has a long way to go, the diplomacy around it matters as much as the agreement itself. 28/02/2025
Ukraine Zelenskyy's rating grows to 57%, debunking Trump's 4% support claim Despite the US president's claims of low support, Zelenskyy's approval rating reached 57% in February — higher than Trump's own. 19/02/2025
Ukraine Ukrainian POW: Ceding land means giving up on millions of people there “Everyone who is in the occupied territories is a hostage of the Russian regime,” Ukrainian journalist and human rights activist Maksym Butkevych, who spent over two years in Russian captivity, told Euronews. 19/02/2025
Europe News Europe mulls plan to send troops to Ukraine for post-war security A group of European countries has been quietly working on a plan to send troops into Ukraine to help enforce any future peace settlement with Russia, with the UK and France at the forefront of the effort. 15/02/2025
Ukraine Zelenskyy calls for 'armed forces of Europe' at Munich conference Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he will not take NATO membership for Ukraine off the table. However, “right now the most influential member of NATO seems to be Putin because he seems able to block NATO decisions,” he said. 15/02/2025
Ukraine Putin may attack a NATO country from Belarus next year, Zelenskyy says Ukraine’s president issued a stark warning, saying that Russia may be preparing an act of aggression against NATO members as early as next year. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Friday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attack might come from Belarus. 14/02/2025
Ukraine Russian drone damages Chernobyl nuclear plant's protective shield A protective shield over the destroyed fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear plant has been struck overnight by a Russian attack drone carrying a high-explosive warhead, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. 14/02/2025
Russia Putin vision of peace is an enslaved Ukraine, expert says Since Donald Trump announced the beginning of the peace negotiations over Russia's war against Ukraine, the US authorities have made several statements on what Ukraine should and should not expect. Yet, there are no indications of any conditions or concessions Moscow will have to settle for. 13/02/2025
Ukraine US army general or NY tycoon: Who will lead Ukraine-Russia talks? In November, Donald Trump nominated retired General Keith Kellogg as a special Ukrainian peace envoy to lead negotiations on Russia's full-scale war. But after the first phone calls with Kyiv and Moscow, he said the talks would be led by a different person — his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff. 13/02/2025
Ukraine Ukraine’s negotiating conundrum: Ceasefire and more sacrifice As Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine nears a three-year mark, there is a sign of a possible end to the war. The new US administration is pushing forward with its peace plan, but Washington, Kyiv and Moscow have different interpretations of what this "peace" might represent. 13/02/2025
Ukraine Ukraine launches fresh assault in Russia's Kursk region Moscow says the attack has been repelled, Kyiv doesn't comment on the developments, while Russian military bloggers say another surprise attack is on its way. 07/02/2025
Ukraine Kyiv and Moscow already tried negotiating, but that didn't go well When Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was ready to negotiate with Vladimir Putin to end the war, it wasn't the first time Ukraine's leader had announced his readiness to talk to Moscow. In fact, the two sides already tried to negotiate in the early days of the war. 05/02/2025
Ukraine 'Alarming rise' in Russian killings of Ukrainian POWs — UN watchdog Since the end of August, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine recorded 79 executions of Ukrainian POWs by Russian troops in 24 separate incidents, according to its recent report. 04/02/2025
Russia Kremlin's Donetsk paramilitary leader killed in Moscow bomb explosion Armen Sarkisyan, the Moscow-backed collaborator from Ukraine's Donetsk region, died in hospital after being injured in an explosion in an elite residential complex in Moscow on Monday, according to Russian state-run outlets. 03/02/2025
Ukraine Ukraine's defence minister probed for possible power abuse — reports Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau is investigating Defence Minister Rustem Umerov for alleged abuse of power after he overruled a board decision on procurement. 29/01/2025
The Europe Conversation Can EU revitalize its stalled enlargement processes? Enlargement is often referred to as the EU’s most effective foreign policy, but since its biggest wave of new members joined in 2004, the process has largely stalled. 28/01/2025
The Europe Conversation Ending Russia's war in Ukraine this year is possible, says Stoltenberg The former NATO secretary general and the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine outlined to Euronews ways to reach a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. 24/01/2025
The Europe Conversation Focus on EU single market to boost competitiveness, says Kristalina Georgieva Three things are holding Europe back: the absence of a capital markets union, investments not going to the most productive firms and energy costs, the managing director of the IMF told Euronews. 24/01/2025
Switzerland Meet Barry, Davos’ entertainer-in-chief The WEF annual meeting has an insanely busy schedule. Every day, sessions and debates take place in parallel, and there are even more meetings outside of the official programme. But where do all these people go in the evening to let their hair down? There is only one place to be: Barry’s Piano Bar. 24/01/2025