Abbey Fenbert

1 week ago | kyivindependent.com | Abbey Fenbert

Economic partnerships with the United States could provide Russia with an incentive to end the full-scale war against Ukraine, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing on April 15. Leavitt's comments come shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, met personally with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on April 11. The conversation with Putin was "productive," Leavitt told reporters.

1 week ago | kyivindependent.com | Abbey Fenbert

The Russian government is planning to open a political education workshop for youth that will be analogous to the Soviet-era Higher Komsomol School, which indoctrinated young Communist Party members, the Russian pro-state news agency RBK reported on April 15. The Komsomol was a youth division (ages 14 to 28) of the Communist Party during the Soviet Union.

1 week ago | kyivindependent.com | Abbey Fenbert

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will attend Russia's military celebrations in Moscow on May 9, despite EU High Representative Kaja Kallas' warnings to European leaders. "I am going to Moscow on May 9," Fico wrote in a Facebook post published April 15. Kallas earlier in the day urged European leaders to boycott the event in solidarity with Ukraine.

1 week ago | kyivindependent.com | Abbey Fenbert

Poland and the Baltic states would be the "first to suffer" in a direct conflict between NATO and the Russian Federation, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) Director Sergey Naryshkin said on April 15. The nations along NATO's eastern flank have sounded the alarm on escalating threats from Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Abbey Fenbert

Economic partnerships with the United States could provide Russia with an incentive to end the full-scale war against Ukraine, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing on April 15. Leavitt's comments come shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump's Special Envoy, Steve Witkoff, met personally with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg on April 11. The conversation with Putin was "productive," Leavitt told reporters.