German Chancellor Scholz defends decision not to deliver long-range missiles to Ukraine
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Ukraine for the first time in more than two years on Monday and vowed to keep supporting Kyiv in its fight against Russia.
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MEPs critique Angela Merkel's legacy as memoirs hit the shelves
"Freedom" is the political book of the year. In an autobiography, former Chancellor Angela Merkel looks back on her 16 years at the helm of Germany. Originally from the East Germany under the German Democratic Republic, the Christian Democrat leader profoundly impacted the European project.
Merkel confronts her legacy in long-awaited memoir
After Donald Trump's election to the White House in 2016, then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel gave a speech pushing for unity for which she was labelled the “leader of the free world.”
Ukraine has reportedly lost 40% of land it had seized in Russia's Kursk region
Ukraine is reportedly losing ground in the Russian province of Kursk, with a senior Ukrainian military official saying over 40% of land seized has been lost.
NATO and Ukraine to hold emergency talks after Russia's hypersonic missile attack
NATO and Ukraine are to hold emergency talks on Tuesday next week, after an attack with intermediate-range Oreshnik missile hit a military facility in central Ukraine. The event was an escalation of the war, which Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said is "entering a decisive phase" and "taking on very dramatic dimensions" as it nears 33 months in duration.
EU foreign affairs ministers discuss support for Ukraine after Biden lifts veto on weapons
Foreign affairs ministers of the European Union have gathered in Brussels to discuss the rapid succession of developments in Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including US President Joe Biden's decision to lift restrictions on long-range missiles, the deployment of an estimated 10,000 North Korean soldiers in the Kursk region and growing suspicions that Moscow has set up shop in China to assemble lethal drones.
Sources: Biden gives green light for Ukraine to use US-supplied weapons in Russia
President Joe Biden has reportedly authorised the use of US-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine to strike inside Russia in a major US policy shift, according to one US official and three people familiar with the matter.
Russian opposition figures march against Putin in Berlin
Prominent Russian opposition figures led a march of at least 1,000 people in central Berlin Sunday, criticising Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war in Ukraine and calling for democracy in Russia.