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UK Defence Secretary Grant Shapps has suggested that British troops could be deployed inside Ukraine for the first time to carry out military training programmes.

Hungary’s PM popped the bubble of enthusiasm in Brussels for admitting Ukraine into the EU, warning that “very difficult” questions remain.

Vladimir Putin ordered one of the top commanders of the Wagner mercenary group, Andrei Troshev, to take charge of “volunteer units” in Ukraine.

Former top NATO man cautions si vis pacem, para bellum — if you want peace, prepare for war — as alliance faces “existential threat”.

Polish government taking steps to examine the case for extraditing a 98-year-old former SS trooper applauded in the Canadian Parliament.

Giving a standing ovation to a Nazi soldier in the Canadian Parliament is ‘deeply embarrassing’ for the nation, Trudeau conceded.

EU should match Ukraine’s ambitions and accelerate its membership, starting formal talks on that process this year, President Metsola said.

Missile strike that blasted Crimean headquarters of Russia’s navy last week killed 34 officers, including the fleet commander, Ukraine said.

Abrams battle tanks are now in Ukraine for the first time and are being prepared to “reinforce our brigades”, Zelensky said on Monday. 

Speaker of the Canadian Parliament pleaded ignorance to knowing man he lauded as “Ukrainian hero, Canadian hero” was actually a Nazi volunteer.

A Russian drone and missile strike near Odesa damaged port infrastructure, a grain silo and an abandoned hotel and injured one person.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Volodymyr Zelensky gave a standing ovation to a soldier who reportedly fought for Nazi Germany.

President Joe Biden reportedly told Volodymyr Zelensky this week that the U.S. will send Ukraine long-range ATACMS missiles.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced several support measures for Ukraine, including military, economic and humanitarian aid.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked occult “Spirit Cooking” artist Marina Abramović to serve as an ambassador, according to The Telegraph.

Ukraine on Saturday launched another missile attack on Sevastopol, a Russian official said, a day after an attack on Russia’s Black Sea Fleet headquarters.

The Biden administration forecast that its sanctions against Russia would be crippling. To put it mildly, this has not worked out as planned.

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Congresswoman Dina Titus have gone quiet after it emerged they gave awards to the controversial transgender spokesperson for the Ukrainian military Sarah Ashton-Cirillo.

Ukraine carried out a fiery missile strike Friday on the main headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, a Russian official said.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced Wednesday he would not pass any short-term spending package to fund the government that includes additional funding for the Ukrainian war effort, just ten days before the federal government is set to shut down if a deal is not reached. 

Milley said at a press conference from Germany on Tuesday that the Ukraine War could be sustained because the United States and its allies are “rich.”

Polish President Duda reportedly cancelled a planned meeting with Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky at the U.N. as tensions rise over agricultural trade.

While President Biden begs for billions more in aid to Ukraine, an American citizen journalist is languishing in a Ukrainian prison.

President Biden on Tuesday called on United Nation members to stand up to “naked aggression” against Ukraine by Russia, arguing that if Ukraine was not protected, no nation would feel protected.

American conservative journalist and political commentator Jack Posobiec has been included on a list of supposed enemies of Ukraine.

Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, a transgender “spokesperson” of the Ukrainian military, criticised Senator J.D. Vance for focusing on “gender chaos” while refusing to deny links to the U.S. government.

Six Ukrainian deputy defense ministers were fired following the dismissal of Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov in a corruption scandal.

Senator J.D. Vance (R-OH) has written to top Biden administration officials demanding the White House reveal if Sarah Ashton-Cirillo, a transgender individual claiming to be a spokesperson for the Ukrainian military, has ties to American intelligence services or receives U.S. funding.

The first two cargo ships arrived in a Ukrainian port after Russia withdrew from an agreement on the transport of grain in the Black Sea.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said the West must prepare for a “long war in Ukraine,” as the United States debates more military aid.

Nestor Shufrych, an opposition MP in Ukraine, has been arrested on suspicion of treason for spreading Russian “false narratives”.

Romanian villagers received warnings to urgently take shelter from falling Ukraine war debris and are being provided air-raid bunkers.

Ukraine’s forces have recaptured a village in the country´s east after intense battles with Russian troops, the military said.

Finland joined the three Baltic countries in banning vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory.

Businessman who became health minister at the beginning of the pandemic has now had a warrant issued for his arrest.

Four F-35 fighter jets landed Thursday at an airbase in Denmark to replace aging fleet of F-16s, some of which have been promised to Ukraine.