Politics

Let me, first of all, thank all of you for your solidarity and your support. I would like to speak about the negative importance of illusions. And let me give you three eventual illusions, which are very clear for me. First of all, some people in the West overestimate the strength of Russia and underestimate the strength of Ukraine. I’m afraid many politicians believe Ukraine will have to surrender. But, in this case, too many politicians will propose that the neutral status of Ukraine will be the best golden mean to put an end to the so-called Ukrainian crisis. But…

The European Union wants to see Ukraine in, and this will happen over time. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen made a corresponding statement in an interview with Euronews. " We have a process with Ukraine that is, for example, integrating the Ukrainian market into the single market. We have very close cooperation on the energy grid, for example. So many topics where we work very closely together and indeed over time, they belong to us. They are one of us and we want them in," said von der Leyen, when asked whether Ukraine should be granted EU candidate…

Russia using nuclear weapons against Ukraine would be a disaster for the whole of the world but this will not break us. This was stated by Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba during a briefing on Sunday, February 27, Ukrinform correspondent reports. "If the president's order to put his nuclear weapons on high alert is a direct threat of the use of these nuclear weapons against Ukraine, then I have a very simple message: it would be a catastrophe for the whole of the world, but it will not break us," he said. At the same time, Kuleba…

British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss has said she supports Brits who will choose to go to Ukraine to take up arms and resist the Russian invasion of the country. This was reported by Ukrinform with reference to New York Times. Asked in a BBC interview about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's call for foreigners to join his country's fight against Russia, Truss said those resisting Russians were "fighting for freedom and democracy not just for Ukraine but for the whole of Europe." As Ukrinform reported earlier, Zelensky has called on foreigners to join Ukraine’s efforts to defend security in Europe. Earlier on Sunday, he said Ukraine was creating an "international" legion of volunteers to enroll foreigners wishing to join the Ukrainian Army in its fight against…

U.S. President Joe Biden agreed on $350 million in additional immediate military assistance to Ukraine after talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky. "While all Ukrainians have been faithfully defending our common home, we have good news from Washington," Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova posted on Facebook. According to her, after yesterday's talks between the American and Ukrainian presidents: President Biden endorsed $350 million in additional immediate military assistance to Ukraine. The U.S. Department of Treasury will impose full blocking sanctions on Russia's direct investment fund, Russia’s National Wealth Fund. "Everything is for victory! All the diplomatic army,…

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called on the allies to hold an urgent meeting of all NATO leaders as soon as possible due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “I will make an address to the nation this morning on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. I will also speak to fellow G7 leaders and I am calling for an urgent meeting of all NATO leaders as soon as possible,” he wrote on Twitter. He stressed the Russian invasion is a catastrophe for the European continent. As reported, the head of the aggressor country, Vladimir Putin, announced the start of…

President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on the world leaders to impose all possible sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin and save Ukraine and the entire democratic world. According to Ukrinform, Zelensky stated this in a video address. "I spoke with Biden, Johnson, Charles Michel, Nauseda, we are starting to form an anti-Putin coalition. I have already called on the world leaders to use all possible sanctions against Putin, start large-scale defense support, close the airspace over Ukraine to the aggressor. Together we must save Ukraine, save the democratic world, and we will do it," Zelensky said. Read also: Martial law…