Germany, France and Poland unite to use frozen Russian assets for Ukrainian weapons
French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk have resolved their differences in approach to the Russian…
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Czech mates ease Ukraine’s shell shortage after EU falls short
Czech President Petr Pavel said much-needed artillery rounds for Ukraine should start to arrive within weeks following Prague's successful initiative to source 800,000…
EU must give Ukraine ‘whatever it needs’ to defeat Russia, MEPs say
The European Union and its Member States must hand Ukraine "whatever it needs" in order to win its defensive war against Russia, the bloc's Parliament has declared.
Dutch PM Rutte signs ‘€2 billion security deal’ with Ukraine
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte signed a security guarantee deal with Ukraine President Voldymyr Zelenskyy in the Northeastern frontline city of Kharkiv.
French-German war of words on Ukraine may endanger EU’s Ukraine arms fund
A worsening German-French spat over Ukraine appears to risk a crippling of the European Union's Ukraine arms fund.
‘Use frozen Russian cash to fund Ukraine war effort,’ says EC President
The European Union should consider using profits from frozen Russian assets to buy military supplies for Ukraine, according to European Commission President Ursula…
Macron: Sending troops to Ukraine ‘must not be excluded’
French President Emmanuel Macron refuses to exclude the possibility of sending its soldiers to Ukraine.
Germany and Ukraine sign surprise €1.1bn security pact
Ukraine and Germany have signed a surprise security pact valued at €1.1 billion, authorities from both countries have confirmed.
Netherlands joins coalition to provide Ukraine with hi-tech drones
The Netherlands is joining a military coalition with allies including Britain that will supply Ukraine with advanced drone technology and bolster its offensive capabilities…
Scholz rides into US with demand it ‘stands with Ukraine for as long as it takes’
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has demanded that American lawmakers keep funding Ukraine's defensive war against Russia ahead of his state visit to the US.
Scholz to call for US cross-party deal on Ukraine war aid
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is to push US politicians to agree on a deal to fund Ukraine during an official visit to the country.
Hungary agrees to EU aid package for Ukraine
All 27 leaders of the European Union on February 1 reached a deal on a €50 billion aid package for Ukraine.
Germany mulls ‘back-door’ deal to supply Ukraine with cruise missiles
The German Government is reportedly considering a “back-door” method for supplying Ukraine with cruise missiles.
EU’s Ukraine war-aid figures ‘don’t add up’, it seems
The European Union is auditing Member States' military aid to Ukraine, with Germany complaining France is not pulling its weight, as others see things differently.
Most German Leopard 2 battle tanks in Ukraine ‘no longer operational’, Greens say
The majority of the Leopard 2A6 tanks sent to Ukraine by Germany are no longer functioning, a senior politician for the German Greens has said.
EU ‘does not know how to fight wars’, says Ukraine’s foreign minister
The European Union "does not know how to fight wars", according to Ukraine's foreign minister.
Germany should levy Ukraine ‘solidarity tax’ to fund war, says top economist
Germany should implement a Ukraine "solidarity tax" to fund Kyiv's war against Russia, a senior economist has said.
Ghost ships at reawakened North Korea port put Ukraine in peril
A dormant North Korean port near the border with Russia has sprung back to life, fuelling what experts say is a burgeoning trade in arms destined for the frontlines…
Sweden to make aid conditional, ‘not a human right’
Sweden’s minority Government, supported by the Sweden Democrats (SD), is coupling their foreign aid programmes to the willingness of countries to readmit their…
Biden is bringing dominoes back into play – but the theory was wrong in Vietnam and it is wrong in Ukraine
President Biden has told Congress that if they don't give more billions of dollars to Zelenskyy’s government they will "kneecap" Ukraine.
Eastern European nations struggle to boost military power amid supply-chain crunch
Eastern European nations are signing multi-billion-euro arms deals to bolster munition supplies as the Ukraine war nears the end of its second year, though overstretched…
EU ‘not adequately monitoring potential Ukraine aid fraud’
The European Union has not been properly monitoring the potentially fraudulent use of cash sent to Ukraine, MEPs have said
The West can still get things done: The ramp-up in Allied ammo production is a reminder of our inherent strength
There is no hiding the fact that across key Western nations the mood is darkening in relation to the Ukraine war.
European Commission pressured on ‘carbon footprint of fighter jets’ sent to Ukraine
The European Commission has been pressured to detail the "carbon footprint of fighter jets" sent by European Union Member States to Ukraine.
Lithuania mulls loosening laws on automatic firearms ownership as ‘protection from Russian invasion’
"Everyone must defend their country," one of the law's proponents said. "It is everybody’s business ... not just for the army"
EU to miss goal of 1 million shells for Ukraine
The European Union will miss its target of supplying Ukraine with 1 million artillery shells and missiles by next March, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius…
Germany doubles military aid for Ukraine
Germany will double its 2024 military support for Ukraine to €8 billion, says defence minister Boris Pistorius.
EU now needs a defence commissioner, says Dutch defence minister
The EU needs to establish a brand-new defence commissioner position to respond to wars in Ukraine and Israel, says the Netherlands' outgoing defence minister.
Rifle training for Ukrainian soldiers is not ‘lethal aid’, Irish deputy PM insists
Giving rifle training to Ukrainian soldiers does not constitute a form of "lethal aid", the deputy Prime Minister of Ireland has insisted.
NATO urges arms production boost as warehouses ‘half full’
The arms industry needs to ramp up weapons and ammunition production as "the bottom of the barrel is now visible" due to the war in Ukraine, NATO Military Committee…