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Thursday, 13 November 2025, 15:43
The Ukrainian Defense Ministry has developed three versions of a demobilization bill. They provide for the possibility of long-term rotation or treatment for the military, which can last from three to five months.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal and representatives of the Saeima of Latvia, led by Speaker Daiga Mierina, discussed the support for the Ukrainian defense industry and the continuation of training programs for the Ukrainian military.
The defense ministers of five countries - Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Poland and Italy - will hold their next meeting in Paris in March.
Germany has provided 16% of all international assistance to Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine submitted to the Verkhovna Rada the bills on the extension of martial law and military mobilization.
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.
The agenda of the Verkhovna Rada for the upcoming plenary week does not include a draft resolution to dismiss Energy Minister of Ukraine German Galushchenko. There are not enough votes in the hall to dismiss him.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has arrived in Kyiv.
Speaker of Latvia’s Saeima Daiga Mierina has arrived in Ukraine on an official visit.
Three former prisoners of war, Valerii Horishnii, Nariman Dzhelial, and Maksym Butkevych, shared their experiences of being held in Russian prisons and called on members of the UN Security Council to take all possible measures to free illegally detained Ukrainian citizens in Russia.
13 January 2025
Current U.S. President Joe Biden stated that his administration has strengthened America’s position on the global stage and laid the foundation for the incoming administration led by Donald Trump to secure a bright future for Ukraine and its people.
Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor to President Biden, emphasized that Ukraine would need to address the issue of lowering the military conscription age. He also disclosed that this matter was discussed with representatives of Donald Trump's team.
Discussions about the presence of foreign troops in Ukraine as a security guarantee following a ceasefire agreement have intensified after a meeting in Paris between Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Donald Trump.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Kyiv on Friday, January 17.
On Monday, newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Poland Vasyl Bodnar presented his credentials to President of Poland Andrzej Duda.
The Trump team is demonstrating readiness to reach a compromise with Russia despite the lack of a clear strategy or realistic vision of ending the war in order to quickly launch negotiations, which Trump can pass off as his victory.
The incoming administration in the U.S. has no need to use military force in Greenland.
The Center for Strategic Communication and Information Security pursues efforts to provide a brief explanation to foreign audiences on the current topics of particular interest as regards Ukraine.
When Vladimir Putin unleashed his forces on Ukraine in 2014 and then again in 2022, the Kremlin insisted it was acting to stave off an existential threat: NATO expansion. In truth, NATO is, and always has been, a defensive alliance—established in 1949 to contain the Soviet Union and, later, to deter potential aggression from the Russian Federation.
The outgoing administration, led by President Joe Biden, is making efforts to provide the strongest positions in foreign policymaking for incoming administration to be led by Donald Trump, including on Ukraine.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius refuted media reports of Chancellor Olaf Scholz allegedly blocking an additional package of defense assistance to Ukraine worth €3 billion, but admitted that a decision is yet to be made.
The UN Security Council will have on Monday an informal meeting under the Arria formula to discuss Russia's violations of international humanitarian law against Ukrainian prisoners of war and illegally held civilians.
Ukraine is ready to help Transnistria overcome the energy vacuum, but sees no reaction from those who control the situation on the left bank of the Dniester.
12 January 2025
Ukraine offered its help to the Slovak people during the adaptation period to the absence of gas transit from Russia, but Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico bet on Moscow, not on his own country or united Europe.
Preparations are underway for a meeting between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Mike Waltz, the incoming U.S. National Security Adviser.
Polish authorities refused to allow a plane carrying a Slovak parliamentary delegation to fly through their airspace on its way to Russia.
The Norwegian government plans to reintroduce an obligation to build bomb shelters in new buildings, a practice abandoned in 1998.
11 January 2025
The international community must return to a policy of "maximum pressure" on Iran to reduce the threats posed by the regime and move the country closer to a democratic model of governance.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Italy for strengthening sanctions against Russia this week.