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Thursday, 26 February 2026, 09:25
While nothing prevents the United States from negotiating with Russia at this stage, achieving concrete peace agreements and security guarantees for Ukraine without European involvement is impossible. Moreover, Ukraine itself would not agree to a negotiation format that excludes European countries.
Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset has appointed Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord Gylfadottir (Iceland) as his Special Envoy on the situation of children of Ukraine.
Achieving a just, comprehensive, and lasting peace in Ukraine aligns with the national interests of the United States.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy have discussed agreements on the procurement of air defense systems and missiles, as well as the organization of repair bases for military equipment.
The United Kingdom will play a crucial role in building a peace where the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin will not return to Ukraine with aggression.
The key topic of talks between Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha and UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy was the practical implementation of the 100 Year Partnership Agreement between the two countries.
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has approved sanctions against 83 individuals involved in exporting Russian oil products, as well as Russian propagandists.
U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, announced that he will attend the 2025 Munich Security Conference (MSC) to outline Donald Trump’s strategy for ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has approved new sanctions and reported the first results of financial monitoring efforts.
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine needs strong security guarantees, not situational agreements to which Russia will never adhere.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy has arrived in Kyiv.
President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian dictator Vladimir Putin seeks to put his "puppet" at the head of Ukraine, as he did in Belarus, Georgia, and Chechnya, in order to prevent Ukraine’s pro-Western development path.
The United States must continue to support Ukraine and provide it with everything necessary to ensure its survival, as well as to protect democracy and the international order that Washington upholds.
American lawmakers will work with the current U.S. administration to continue providing aid to Ukraine and expect progress in this matter, as key figures in the new government support freedom and democracy worldwide.
Ukraine cannot recognize the occupied territories as Russian, and there can be no compromises on state sovereignty.
U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed that his administration is in contact with the Russian and Ukrainian leadership in order to stop the Kremlin's war against Ukraine.
04 February 2025
Legal experts from the European Commission, the Council of Europe, Ukraine and 37 other countries today, following the work of the main expert group in Brussels, presented the first draft of the Statute of the international Special Tribunal for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.
Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak had a phone call with the UK Prime Minister's National Security Advisor Jonathan Powell, discussing support for the implementation of the Century Agreement between the two countries.
Deputy Minister of Justice Iryna Mudra of Ukraine praised major progress made in drawing up the main legal text of the Special Tribunal, achieved at the 13th meeting of the Core Group held in Brussels.
Progress in preparing for the launch of the Special Tribunal within the framework of the Council of Europe, the completion of the creation of a compensation mechanism for the Register of Damage, and the consideration of claims against Russia by the European Court of Human Rights are parts of the unified system that the Council of Europe has created to ensure that Russia is held to full account for its crimes against Ukraine.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the talks between the Ukraine and U.S. administrations have become substantive; in particular, a schedule of meetings is being prepared.
Head of the Ukrainian President’s Office Andriy Yermak had a phone call with National Security Advisor to the U.S. President Michael Waltz to discuss the battlefield situation and the course of mobilization in Ukraine.
British journalist Piers Morgan has posted a short excerpt from an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be broadcast on social media tonight.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have discussed the need to strengthen sanctions against Russia, security guarantees and the fate of volunteer Oscar Jenkins, who was taken prisoner by Russia.
The United States has not discussed the timing of elections in Ukraine with Ukrainian officials, including the possibility of holding them before the end of 2025. However, if President Donald Trump's team raises the issue, Ukraine is open to discussions.
Ukraine's fight against Russian aggression is a defense of its right to freedom and its place in the European family. Therefore, its accession to the European Union is a matter of justice for Ukraine and security for the EU.
The European Union must find the most creative way to use frozen Russian assets and strengthen sanctions against Russia, making it clear to the Kremlin that the longer its war of aggression against Ukraine persists, the greater the cost will be for Russia.
The European Union and its member states must increase assistance to Ukraine, because at stake is not only the destiny of Ukraine but also the destiny of Europe.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andrii Sybiha, called on the world not to allow Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to set up spheres of influence at the "new Yalta Conference".