Repression cannot go unanswered.
EU Foreign Ministers just took the decisive step of designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation.
Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise.
Repression cannot go unanswered.
EU Foreign Ministers just took the decisive step of designating Iran’s Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist organisation.
Any regime that kills thousands of its own people is working toward its own demise.
Denmark and Greenland are not alone.
Good to see my colleagues Troels Lund Poulsen and Vivian Motzfeldt.
Arctic security is a shared transatlantic interest, and one we can discuss with our US allies.
But tariff threats are not the way to go about this. Sovereignty is not for trade. (1/2)
China and Russia must be having a field day. They are the ones who benefit from divisions among Allies.
If Greenland’s security is at risk, we can address this inside NATO.
Tariffs risk making Europe and the United States poorer and undermine our shared prosperity. (1/2)
The EU just decided to indefinitely immobilise Russian assets.
This ensures that up to €210 billion in Russian funds stay on EU soil, unless Russia fully pays reparations to Ukraine for the damage it has caused. (1/2)
The US-Russia plan includes a $300bn signing bonus for the US in the form of Russia's central bank frozen assets - for @foreignpolicy.com I outline how the EU could curb Trump’s interest in the deal if the bloc rushes to seize these assets before America grabs them
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New: I can confirm hasty US-Russia proposal being pushed to Ukrainians via Dmitriev-Witkoff to Umerov. It would amount to Ukraine’s capitulation, with people familiar saying it’s Kremlin’s maximalist demands.
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
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SCOOP: The Trump administration has been secretly working in consultation with Russia to draft a new plan to end the war in Ukraine
19.11.2025 01:00 — 👍 54 🔁 40 💬 27 📌 34Opinion: For centuries, Europe imposed its will on the world. Now the world is beginning to impose its will on Europe. on.ft.com/480igRX
17.11.2025 15:29 — 👍 24 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 4The UN Security Council voted to adopt a US-drafted resolution endorsing President Donald Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza and authorizing an international stabilization force for the Palestinian enclave reut.rs/3JTMq1g
18.11.2025 12:39 — 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 3 📌 1As the situation in Pokrovsk becomes critical, and AFU reinforces the pocket to stabilize the flanks, there's considerable attention now to how this battle is unfolding. A few thoughts on the situation. 1/ (DeepStateMap)
07.11.2025 21:14 — 👍 522 🔁 113 💬 6 📌 10The European Commission on Wednesday delivered another tranche of short-term financial relief to Kyiv as talks over a much larger reparations loan based on frozen Russian assets remain mired in political deadlock.
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⚡️ EU ministers to meet in Lviv to discuss Ukraine's integration progress, sources say.
The gathering aims to demonstrate political support for Ukraine's EU aspirations as Kyiv faces opposition from Hungary, which has the power to block any future steps in the accession process.
A de facto partition of Gaza between an area controlled by Israel and another ruled by Hamas is increasingly likely, multiple sources said, with efforts to advance US President Trump's plan to end the war beyond a ceasefire faltering reut.rs/47PGP3I
11.11.2025 08:01 — 👍 14 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 2The Kremlin has had to dismiss reports that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had "fallen out of favor" with Putin amid speculation that his diplomacy led to the cancellation of planned peace talks between Moscow and the U.S. over Ukraine.
07.11.2025 13:09 — 👍 13 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0
Starting a war and expecting to move freely in Europe is hard to justify.
The EU is tightening visa rules for Russian nationals amid continued drone disruptions and sabotage on European soil.
Travelling to the EU is a privilege, not a given.
In Pokrovsk, the front line has vanished. Russian forces have infiltrated the city, with one Ukrainian officer estimating they control 60% of it. Soldiers now face the enemy in the rear, warning of a looming encirclement. Diana Butsko reports from the area.
04.11.2025 19:41 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1EU praises Ukraine’s reforms and warns Serbia and Georgia in progress reports via @apnews.com apnews.com/article/eu-e...
04.11.2025 21:06 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Ukraine has shown "remarkable commitment" to its bid for EU membership despite Russia's war, but must reverse negative trends in the fight against corruption and step up rule of law reforms, the European Commission is expected to say in its draft enlargement report, seen by the Kyiv Independent.
03.11.2025 23:01 — 👍 240 🔁 49 💬 8 📌 2The European Commission is pushing to maintain momentum in Ukraine's EU accession bid despite political resistance from Hungary, EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said.
03.11.2025 21:21 — 👍 172 🔁 30 💬 6 📌 1Belgium, where the majority of frozen funds is parked in the financial clearing house Euroclear, put the brakes on swift progress on the use of frozen Russian assets, warning that three of its key demands related to legal worries would first need to be met.
23.10.2025 21:30 — 👍 164 🔁 59 💬 14 📌 6Exclusive: Several suppliers cancelled sales of Middle Eastern and Canadian oil to China's Yulong Petrochemical after the UK imposed sanctions on the refiner, which is likely to push it to buy more Russian crude, multiple sources said reut.rs/47q8uIt
23.10.2025 11:02 — 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
We just adopted our 19th sanctions package.
It targets Russian banks, crypto exchanges, entities in India and China, among others.
The EU is curbing Russian diplomats’ movements to counter the attempts of destabilisation.
It is increasingly harder for Putin to fund this war.
BREAKING: The Trump administration imposed sanctions on Russia's two largest oil companies as it called on Moscow to agree to an immediate ceasefire in the war with Ukraine. https://cnn.it/47gwxJO
22.10.2025 21:32 — 👍 60 🔁 21 💬 22 📌 4On short notice, the upcoming EU Council meeting is set to become a scramble to contain and counter U.S. President Donald Trump's renewed pressure on Ukraine. EU leaders, meeting in Brussels on Oct. 23, are expected to weigh in on a wide range of measures in support of Ukraine.
22.10.2025 21:06 — 👍 271 🔁 75 💬 16 📌 3#Hungary dismisses reports that the Trump-Putin summit in Budapest might be off
21.10.2025 20:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The EU is preparing to strengthen its authority to board and inspect tankers linked to Russia's so-called shadow fleet and is negotiating with some of the flag and coastal states to take measures, according to a draft proposal by the EU's diplomatic service (EEAS), seen by Kyiv Independent.
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