Cinema
'A disgrace': Woody Allen faces backlash for Russian fest attendance
The American filmmaker took part in a Q&A session via a video link, with pro-Putin Russian director Fyodor Bondarchuk moderating the conversation. Allen’s presence has sparked outrage, with Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs calling it "a disgrace and an insult."
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Art
Public art transforms Kyiv train station on Ukraine’s Independence Day
Lesia Khomenko’s new painting at Kyiv’s main train station honours the people sustaining the country’s war effort – soldiers, medics, railway workers – and reclaims public art as a powerful tool of civic memory and resistance.
Poland
Expert: drone incidents will continue in Poland
'If the conflict across our border continues, the risk of further incidents is significant', warns Andrzej Kinski, editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine Wojsko i Technika, commenting on the drone explosion in a cornfield in Osiny, eastern Poland.
Ukraine
We need to ensure Putin never attacks Ukraine again, NATO chief says
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Friday that the security guarantees agreement for Ukraine will consist of two layers: strengthening Ukraine’s army and commitments from the US and Europe aimed at deterring Russia in the event of future aggression.
USA
Euroviews. European diplomacy in Washington must be followed by defence at home
In Washington, the European message was clear: Europeans were united in their demands for ceasefire, for security guarantees, and support for Ukraine, says Kristine Berzina, a senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
