France and Spain on Wednesday, Nov. 23, lambasted the European Commission’s proposed price cap on wholesale natural gas, set so high that critics have questioned if it would ever be used. The EU executive on Tuesday, Nov 22, unveiled a ga...

The resignation of Russia’s ambassador to UNESCO will end the deadlock in a key group he chaired that is charged with preserving cultural sites around the world, a diplomatic source told AFP. The World Heritage Committee, responsible f...

Good morning from Kyiv where the city – and the rest of Ukraine – is reeling from yet another barrage of Russian missiles targeting civilian infrastructure. What’s happening today?  Today is basically a clean-up operation to fix everything cau...

In the last two weeks, Russia has likely redeployed major elements of the VDV (airborne forces) to the Donetsk and Luhansk fronts in the Donbas. From September to October, most of the severely weakened VDV units were dedicated to the defence of Russi...

Key Takeaways The Russian military conducted another set of massive, coordinated missile strikes on Ukrainian critical infrastructure. Russian politicians continue to promote openly genocidal rhetoric against Ukraine. The Kremlin continues to pursue ...

A top Ukrainian lawmaker described the worst environmental threats the country now faces as a result of the full-scale Russian invasion. Oleh Bondarenko, lawmaker and head of the Parliamentary Committee on Environmental Policy and Nature Management, ...

Yet another Russian mass missile attack has battered Ukraine’s already struggling infrastructure, leaving millions of people without electricity, heating and water as winter approaches. What happened on Wednesday? A wave of around 70 Russian missil...

Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has claimed France was “in denial” over the prospect of Russia invading Ukraine and that, once underway, Germany hoped for a swift victory for the Kremlin. In an interview with CNN, Johnson said that Ge...

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a financing package under which NPC Ukrenergo will be allocated EUR 372 million to support urgent repair of damage caused by the Russian bombing of civil energy infrastructure. ...

MoF rejects aggressive demand At the auction on Nov. 22, the Ministry of Finance rejected 80% of demand by refusing to raise interest rates on most bonds. As a result, they attracted only UAH1.2bn (US$32m). Most of all, auction participants wanted to...