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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ulyana Krychkovska |Ian Buruma |Gabriel Zucman
US President Donald Trump announced on 11 March that he would impose a 50% tariff on some Canadian goods in retaliation for the 25% electricity tax levied by the Canadian province of Ontario on the US. Trump stated on TruthSocial that he had directed his commerce secretary to impose an additional 25% tariff on all steel and aluminium imports from Canada, following Ontario's 25% tariff on electricity entering the US. He said the tariff will take effect on 12 March.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ian Buruma |Gabriel Zucman
Dutch Defence Minister Ruben Brekelmans has stated that Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, should not agree to a settlement of the Russo-Ukrainian war that could push the country into an interwar period, as Russia’s ambitions for the Russian world are a nightmare for Europe.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Buruma |Gabriel Zucman
Ukrainian soldier Yanis Tereshchenko, 32, saved the life of a seriously injured young man who was at risk of dying without emergency assistance while on holiday in Venice. As reported by Corrierre del Veneto, Tereshchenko was on his way to his hotel in the Rialto district when, after a fierce fight between two North African young men, he noticed a bleeding man. He had just been stabbed. "I saw a deep wound on his thigh and pulled out a tourniquet to stop the blood.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Buruma |Gabriel Zucman
Talks between the Ukrainian and US delegations on resolving the Russo-Ukrainian war have begun in the city of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. A video posted on Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry Telegram channel shows the Ukrainian delegation, including Andrii Yermak, Head of the Presidential Office, his deputy Pavlo Palisa, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Defence Minister Rustem Umierov entering the negotiation hall.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Buruma |Gabriel Zucman
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that the EU wants to use all its financial levers to strengthen and accelerate defence production amid Russia's growing hostility. She stressed in a speech to the European Parliament that there is now an urgent need to fill the gaps in Ukraine's military supplies, provide Ukraine with reliable security guarantees and ensure the security of the entire European continent. "Putin has proven time and again that he is a hostile neighbour.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ian Buruma |Gabriel Zucman
Iceland has transferred more than €2 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, bringing the country's total contribution to the fund to more than €5.6 million. The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine pointed out that during 2023-2024, Iceland made four tranches of contributions to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund. These funds were used to purchase equipment needed by fuel and energy sector companies in Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Buruma |Gabriel Zucman
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has neither confirmed nor denied media reports about a planned visit to Moscow this week by Steve Witkoff, Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East, to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. "Bilateral contacts with the US are quite intensive at this stage. Their level and formats are often coordinated quite quickly in working mode," Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharovasaid, as quoted by RIA Novosti.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ian Buruma |Gabriel Zucman
The United States is opposed to using harsh language in joint G7 statements in order not to hinder its efforts to persuade Russia and Ukraine to come to the negotiating table. Reuters noted that G7 foreign ministers would meet in Quebec from 12 to 14 March. According to the agency’s sources, Canada initially expected the G7 to agree on a joint statement covering the Russo-Ukrainian war, the situation in the Middle East and relations with China.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ian Buruma |Gabriel Zucman
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has expressed hope that the issue of Washington's suspension of military aid to Ukraine can be "resolved" during talks in Saudi Arabia. As reported by AFP, Rubio said the pause in providing aid to Ukraine is "something I hope we can resolve". "Obviously what happens tomorrow will be key to that," Rubio added, referring to the talks with Ukraine on Tuesday.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ian Buruma |Gabriel Zucman
The Danish government and parliament have reached a consensus on the possible deployment of troops to Ukraine to support a future peace settlement. As reported by Danish public broadcaster DR, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen and Defence Minister Troels Lund Poulsen met with members of the parliamentary Foreign Policy Committee on 10 March to clarify the government’s position on deploying troops to Ukraine and secured broad support from parliamentary parties.
