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3 weeks ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
France has pledged €10 million to the Chernobyl Shelter Fund of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to finance repairs to the protective shelter over Unit No 4 at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), damaged by a Russian drone. As reported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Finance press service, French representatives announced the contribution during a meeting of the Donor Assembly of the International Chernobyl Cooperation Account.
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3 weeks ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, has outlined the next steps on Kyiv's path to EU membership after the country completed internal procedures needed to open the first cluster in accession negotiations. On 14 May, the Ukrainian government reportedly approved roadmaps required to open the first negotiation cluster between Ukraine and the EU, thus completing all domestic procedures for its launch.
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3 weeks ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
The Ukrainian government has today (14 May) approved the roadmaps necessary to open the first cluster in the pre-accession negotiations between Ukraine and the EU. The roadmaps pertain to the rule of law, public administration reform and the functioning of democratic institutions. "They are fully consistent with Ukraine's international obligations, our strategic and policy documents," Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on Telegram.
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3 weeks ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reported that he is scheduled to meet his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Ankara on Thursday, but if Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin agrees to fly to Istanbul, he and Erdoğan are prepared to travel there instead. Zelenskyy commented to journalists on Tuesday that he plans to meet with Erdoğan in Ankara on 15 May – a meeting already agreed upon with the Turkish president. "We are waiting for a meeting with Putin in Türkiye.
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3 weeks ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has stated on Tuesday that the European Union is prepared to impose tougher sanctions on Russia if there is no progress this week in ending the war in Ukraine. As reported by Reuters,Merz spoke at a press conference with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, during which he addressed the topic of a peaceful settlement in Ukraine.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Sergiy Sydorenko |Richard N. Haass
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has announced that he met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha in Brussels on Friday 4 April. The meeting took place at NATO headquarters, where a two-day gathering of foreign ministers from NATO member states is underway. "Another meeting with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. As before, now and in the future, we will continue to stand up for the interests of Hungarians in Zakarpattia Oblast (Ukraine)," Szijjártó wrote on Facebook.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Sergiy Sydorenko |Richard N. Haass
Representatives from France, the United Kingdom and Ukraine are meeting in Kyiv on 4 April to discuss the deployment of a military contingent to Ukraine. As reported by Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne, diplomatic sources told Suspilne that the meetings are taking place at the level of chiefs of military staff. The French delegation is led by General Thierry Burkhard, while Admiral Antony Radakin heads the UK delegation.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Sergiy Sydorenko |Richard N. Haass
Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who is currently on a visit to Washington, has said that the position of the Trump administration on Ukraine's membership of NATO is in line with the views of Russian ruler Vladimir Putin. Dmitriev was answering the question of whether there were any security guarantees for Ukraine that Russia could accept. "I think Ukraine joining NATO, as our president said, is not at all possible.
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Sergiy Sydorenko |Richard N. Haass
US General Christopher Cavoli, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, believes Ukraine has managed to address "some" of its personnel shortage problems by expanding its pool of recruits and optimising the allocation of military resources. The general pointed out at a hearing of the US Senate Committee on Armed Services that the Russians appear to be "suffering from a paucity of armoured vehicles and a lack of manpower".
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2 months ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Sergiy Sydorenko |Richard N. Haass
US General Christopher Cavoli, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, has stated that Ukraine is not doomed to defeat in the war. "No, Senator, thank you for the question because I think it’s an important one. There is nothing inevitable in war, and the Ukrainians are in very strong defensive positions right now and are improving weekly their ability to generate force and to reinforce those positions," Cavoli said in response to a question of whether Ukraine is destined to lose.
