Europe News How can Russia produce weapons with foreign parts despite sanctions? Microchips, semiconductors and other microelectronics from China, the US and the EU are still being found in Russian drones and missiles launched at Ukraine. 25/09/2024
Europe Decoded Euroviews. Russia will not stop at Ukraine. NATO cannot let this happen Russia wants to keep NATO solely focused on the developments in Ukraine, making us oblivious to his imperialist plans elsewhere, Matas Maldeikis writes. 24/09/2024
Europe News Zelenskyy says Ukraine's Victory Plan is fully prepared The Ukrainian President praised the army for its attack on a Russian ammunition depot, and says Ukraine's Victory Plan is ready in his nightly video address. 19/09/2024
Europe News Moscow claims progress in Kursk amid Kyiv's 'propaganda' accusations Russia's Defence Ministry claimed on Tuesday it had regained control of the village of Snagost. Prior to that, Zelenskyy said reality differed from "Russian state propaganda". 17/09/2024
Europe News Putin issues decree boosting Russian army troops to 1.5 million The decree issued on Monday came as Ukrainian forces pushed further into Russia's Kursk region. 16/09/2024
Europe News Joe Biden brushes off Vladimir Putin's warnings of war with the West The meeting comes just days after a British newspaper said the US and UK had reportedly made the decision to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles to strike targets deeper inside Russia. 14/09/2024
Europe News War in Ukraine: Hundreds evacuate, some reluctant to leave Ukrainian authorities estimate that around 83,000 people have been forcibly displaced in the Donetsk region since 1 August, according to the officials. 13/09/2024
Europe News Starmer says Putin started Ukraine war and can end it any time Starmer's comments come a day after it emerged that the US and UK had made the decision to allow Ukraine to use partly British-made Storm Shadow missiles to strike targets deeper inside Russia. 12/09/2024
Europe News Could the impossible peace in the Caucasus end the war in Ukraine? The end of Russia's war in Ukraine could come from an unexpected direction. 12/09/2024
Libya Libya's central bank chaos must serve as a wake-up call for the West Diplomats may be busy stopping other wars in Ukraine and Gaza from growing into monstrous regional conflicts. But if they’re too consumed to take this brief opportunity, they may end up with a third before too long, Tarek Megerisi writes. 12/09/2024
Russia Russia's birth rate drops to its lowest in 25 years, data shows In July, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the country's low birth rate was "catastrophic" for Russia's future. 10/09/2024
Germany Kara-Murza: Death would be too mild a punishment for Putin One of the best-known prisoners freed in a major exchange this summer spoke out about what he envisages for Russia's future. 08/09/2024
Europe News Zelenskyy says Ukrainians have 'no choice to fight' as war continues Speaking to Italian business representatives at the Cernobbio Forum at Lake Como, Zelenskyy said Ukrainians, "want this war to end more than anyone else in the world." 07/09/2024
My Europe Series State of the Union: Is Scholz a chancellor on call? This edition of State of the Union focuses on the fallout of regional elections in Germany, the latest spat between Hungary and the EU and Mongolia's refusal to arrest Vladimir Putin. 06/09/2024
Europe News Zelenskyy says Kursk incursion has 'turned the tables' in Ukraine The Ukrainian president has voiced optimism about the prospect of an end to the war, but says his country still badly needs more supplies from its allies. 06/09/2024
Europe News Putin calls Ukraine's incursion into Kursk a 'failure' The Russian president is trying to frame Ukraine's unprecedented actions on Russian soil as a futile attempt to distract his own military. 05/09/2024
Ukraine Children in Ukraine face another school year in bomb shelters Ukrainian families' determination to keep their children learning is running up against the harsh reality of Russia's continuing assault. 03/09/2024
Mongolia Mongolia defies calls to arrest Putin during visit despite ICC warrant Members of the International Criminal Court are treaty bound to detain suspects if an arrest warrant has been issued, but the court doesn’t have any enforcement mechanism. 02/09/2024
Europe News Brussels urges Mongolia to comply with ICC request and arrest Putin Vladimir Putin has been accused of engineering the unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. 02/09/2024
Europe News Serbia's Aleksandar Vučić denies close links to Vladimir Putin Vučić acknowledged that Serbia had resisted falling in line with the rest of Europe in putting sanctions on Russia but did say Belgrade had repeatedly condemned the invasion of Ukraine. 01/09/2024