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1 day ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ulyana Krychkovska |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
US President Donald Trump has stated he is uncertain whether Kremlin ruler Vladimir Putin will attend negotiations aimed at resolving the war in Ukraine, scheduled to take place in Türkiye. As reported by Reuters, speaking to journalists aboard Air Force One en route to Qatar on 14 May, Trump said he was unaware if Putin would participate in the talks on the Ukraine war, set for Thursday 15 May, in Istanbul. "He'd like me to be there, and that's a possibility. ...
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1 day ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ulyana Krychkovska |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has said that there are no plans to send Polish soldiers to Ukraine, following a statement by US President Donald Trump's special envoy on Ukraine, Keith Kellogg. As reported b y Polish news magazine Wprost, on Tuesday 13 May, Kellogg noted that the deployment of foreign forces, including Polish troops, west of the Dnipro River is being discussed as part of a potential settlement following the end of Russia's full-scale war against Ukraine.
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1 day ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ulyana Krychkovska |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
Jean-Noël Barrot, France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, believes the European Union must focus on a new package of sanctions aimed at strangling the Russian economy and forcing Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to end his war against Ukraine. As reported by Reuters, speaking after the EU adopted its 17th package of sanctions against Russia, Barrot said the impact of the measures introduced so far had been insufficient.
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1 day ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ulyana Krychkovska |Tetyana Vysotska |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
European Union ambassadors approved the 17th package of sanctions against Russia on Wednesday 14 May. A diplomat from one of the key EU states familiar with the proceedings of the relevant meeting noted to a European Pracda reporter that the sanctions target Russia's shadow fleet in particular, with nearly 200 vessels, including oil tankers, subject to restrictions.
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1 day ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ulyana Krychkovska |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
The Financial Times, citing informed sources, has reported that the European Union may impose significantly higher tariffs on Ukrainian imports in a matter of weeks. The Financial Times indicated that the decision to impose higher tariffs on Ukrainian imports was linked to plans to end the special duty-free regime introduced in 2022 after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to the sources, this decision was made after Poland initiated the protection of EU farmers.
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1 day ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ulyana Krychkovska |Ian Bremmer |Ivan Horodysky
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has expressed hope during a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that Russia will agree to a 30-day ceasefire. As reported by the Italian government press service, on Tuesday 13 May, Meloni spoke with Erdoğan, who recently confirmed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he is ready to host direct talks between Ukraine and Russia.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ulyana Krychkovska |Richard N. Haass
Belgium will provide Ukraine with an aid package worth €1 billion, Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever has announced on a visit to Kyiv on 8 April. The prime minister unveiled a new decision to allocate a €1 billion assistance package for Ukraine in 2025. He stated that Belgium will allocate €1 billion annually for defence purposes. De Wever expressed strong interest in establishing Belgian defence production in Ukraine and noted that four relevant contracts had been signed today.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ulyana Krychkovska |Richard N. Haass
Ukrainian officials will visit the United States later this week for talks on a new draft agreement on mineral resources. Two Bloomberg sources reported that the Ukrainian delegation will include deputy ministers from Ukraine’s Ministries of Economy and Justice. However, no top-level politicians will be involved, as talks with the administration of US President Donald Trump currently require technical consultations.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ulyana Krychkovska |Sergiy Sydorenko |Richard N. Haass
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský is sceptical about Russia's approach to ceasefire talks. As reported by Radio Prague International, European Pravda reports,Lipavský said at the end of a two-day meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels that Russia had failed to fulfil even the most elementary and simple things, such as a ceasefire on energy facilities. He said that the criticism from some European countries should not be surprising, as it more or less reflects the Czech point of view.
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1 month ago | 
eurointegration.com.ua | Ulyana Krychkovska |Sergiy Sydorenko |Richard N. Haass
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has stated that US President Donald Trump's administration expects Russia to be ready to end the war. Rubio noted in a statement following a meeting with NATO foreign ministers in Brussels that Trump wants to end the Russo-Ukrainian war as soon as possible. He is confident that the United States will find out "soon enough, in a matter of weeks, not months, whether Russia is serious about peace or not". "Here's what the president wanted to do.
