Retired Lieutenant General Keith Kellogg has called on the United States to create a new defense alliance that could include Ukraine, citing NATO’s ineffectiveness in the war with Iran.
Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Taras Kachka stated that there are several sectors in which cooperation between Ukraine and the Netherlands appears to be the most promising and mutually beneficial.
Operators of the 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces, together with the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Defense Ministry, carried out a series of operations against Russian military targets in temporarily occupied Crimea on April 2.
Due to the large number of what it describes as absurd statements by Hungarian officials about Ukraine, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has launched a 24/7 online broadcast called “Hungarian Radio Ukraine.”
Ukraine’s new nationwide mortgage program may be financed through the development of the domestic capital market, part of banking sector liquidity, partner contributions, and state budget allocations.
During a meeting with Kaia Kallas, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Zelensky discussed the release of a EUR 90 billion financial aid package for Ukraine.
Ukraine possesses intelligence indicating that Russia is deliberately diverting drones toward the Baltic states and Finland in order to use such incidents for information operations.
To maintain attention on events in Ukraine amid the war in the Middle East, it is necessary to work with informational narratives, demonstrate the state’s actual capabilities in countering military threats—which are currently of particular interest to the Gulf states and Turkey—and emphasize the interconnectedness of global security processes.
Russia is trying to convince the U.S. that it can capture Donbas within two months and claims that Ukraine supposedly has this time to withdraw from the region, after which the war, according to their assertions, could end.
Danylo Hetmantsev, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy, expects greater activity from the National Bank of Ukraine in stimulating the development of mortgage lending.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called false the statement by Iran's UN representative, Amir Saeid Iravani, who accused Ukraine of acting as an accomplice to the United States and Israel in the war by sending Ukrainian UAV specialists to Middle Eastern countries.
Ukraine is receiving practical inquiries from international partners regarding cooperation in maritime security and the potential unblocking of the Strait of Hormuz and is ready to share its own experience in ensuring freedom of navigation, developed during the operation of the Black Sea grain corridor.
By the end of this year, Ukraine and Bulgaria will establish an energy corridor that could serve as an alternative in the event that certain European countries block energy imports. Through this corridor, Ukraine will be able to receive approximately 10 billion cubic meters of gas.
President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that due to the blocked EUR 90 billion loan from the European Union—EUR 45 billion of which was supposed to be disbursed this year—Ukraine may not have enough time to prepare for the coming winter.
Negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the European Union should not depend on the pace of integration of other candidate countries, and the position of individual member states, particularly Hungary, should not become an obstacle to Ukraine’s progress.