Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Monday that Ukraine had received $3.9 billion from the US in the form of "direct budgetary aid," which is disbursed directly to the Ukrainian government through the World Bank. The aid is meant to fund government services,...
Ukraine Orders Evacuations From Donetsk Towns as Russian Forces Advance
On Sunday, Ukrainian officials ordered evacuations from some areas of the eastern Donetsk Oblast as Russian forces are making gains. Vadym Filashkin, the Ukrainian governor of Donetsk, said he ordered the mandatory evacuation of children and their parents from several...
Zelensky Says Ukraine and the ‘Whole World’ Wants Russia at Peace Summit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Kyiv and the "whole world" want Russia to participate in a summit to discuss peace in Ukraine. Zelensky has organized several international meetings that have been billed as "peace summits," but Russia hasn't been...
EU Transfers $1.6 Billion from Frozen Russian Assets To Buy Arms for Ukraine
The EU on Friday announced it was transferring about $1.6 billion in frozen Russian Central Bank assets to Ukraine for the purchase of weapons. The step is the first time the EU has dipped into the frozen Russian assets to fund the proxy war and marks a significant...
US Announces $1.7 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine
The Pentagon announced on Friday that it was providing Ukraine with a new weapons package worth $1.7 billion, which includes munitions for air defense systems, ammunition for HIMARS rocket systems, artillery shells, and other types of equipment. The package includes...
Ukraine FM Signals Readiness To Resume Talks With Russia During China Visit
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba visited China on Wednesday and signaled Ukraine was ready to resume peace talks with Russia. According to Ukraine's Foreign Ministry, Kuleba told Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that Kyiv "is ready to engage the Russian side...
Ukrainian Officials Hope To Convince Trump and Vance To Continue Proxy War
Ukrainian officials are hoping former President Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance, could be swayed to continue supporting Ukraine in its war against Russia if they win in November, Time Magazine reported on Tuesday. A senior Ukrainian official told the...
Poll Shows 32% of Ukrainians Would Accept Territorial Concessions for Peace
A poll published on Tuesday found that a growing number of Ukrainians would accept ceding territory to Russia to end the war. The Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) said its poll was conducted from May 16-22 and surveyed 1,067 people living in...
EU’s Top Diplomat Boycotts Hungary’s EU Presidency Over Orban’s Peace Mission
Josep Borrell, the European Union's top foreign policy official, has taken a step to effectively boycott Hungary's rotating presidency of the EU in response to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's recent efforts to pursue peace in Ukraine. Hungary was scheduled to...
Trump Speaks With Zelensky, Says He Will Work To End the War in Ukraine
Former President Donald Trump said Friday that he spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and said he would work to end the war in Ukraine. "I appreciate President Zelenskyy for reaching out because I, as your next President of the United States, will bring...