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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks 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.
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3 weeks ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Richard N. Haass
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is leading negotiations on Ukrainian critical mineral resources, has announced an upcoming visit by a delegation from Kyiv. Bessent shared details of the Ukrainian delegation's upcoming visit in the context of negotiations on the minerals deal. "I believe we may have a team from Ukraine coming over as soon as the end of this week or the beginning of next week," Bessent said in an interview with Bloomberg.
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3 weeks ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Richard N. Haass
The United States has imposed 30% tariffs on four EU candidate countries. This decision has been made by President Donald Trump as part of his "fair" trade policy. These countries are Moldova, Serbia, Bosnia, and North Macedonia. The tariff rate for Serbia will be 37%, for Bosnia – 35%, for North Macedonia – 33%, and for Moldova – 31%. Thus, these four countries were included in the list of countries that the United States considers its "biggest offenders" in trade issues.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Buruma
Hungary is demanding the removal of Russian oligarch Mikhail Fridman from the EU sanctions list, threatening to block the extension of the European Union's sanctions against nearly 2,000 Russians if their demand is not met. As reported by Financial Times, the travel bans and asset freezes imposed by the EU on politicians and businessmen who supported or contributed to Russia's war against Ukraine will expire on Saturday unless all 27 EU countries agree to extend them for another six months.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Buruma
The plane carrying Steve Witkoff, special envoy of US President Donald Trump, has landed in Moscow on Thursday 13 March. As reported by Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti, the plane with Witkoff on board reportedly landed at Vnukovo Airport.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Khrystyna Bondarieva |Ian Buruma
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are leading talks among 37 countries to form a coalition of the willing for Ukraine in the event of a peaceful settlement. Bloomberg states that the UK and France are trying to strengthen Ukraine's position in the negotiations, while US President Donald Trump is seeking to achieve a settlement in the war with Russia. Europe's only two nuclear powers are trying to work out a plan to help ensure Kyiv's security.
