Russia’s incursion into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast should be seen as it securing operations in Donetsk Oblast. It continues to ...

At the extraordinary SPD congress in Berlin (27–29 June), the party elected new leadership. Lars Klingbeil – Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister of Finance – assumed the role of co-leader for the ...

The intensity of Russian attacks in the border areas of Sumy Oblast has significantly decreased, the State Border Service of ...

Russia has sharply condemned the US strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. On 23 June, Vladimir Putin said the attack was an unprovoked act of aggression for which there is no justification. On 22 June ...

Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan visited Istanbul, where he met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The talks, which were followed by only brief statements, focused on bilateral ...

In recent months there have been signs of growing tensions within the Russian elite. The latest manifestation of this was seen in a dispute between members of the government’s so-called economic bloc ...

On 17 June, the European Commission published the Defence Readiness Omnibus package, announced earlier in the White Paper on the Future of European Defence (see ‘The White Paper: the EU's new ...

General Keith Kellogg, the US President’s special envoy for Ukraine, met with Alyaksandr Lukashenka in Minsk. He was accompanied by his deputy, John Cole, and Christopher Smith, who is responsible for ...

In response to Israel’s strikes on military and nuclear facilities in Iran on 13 June, Vladimir Putin held phone conversations with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Israeli Prime Minister ...

The United States continues to import low-enriched uranium from Russia, which is a key feedstock for producing nuclear reactor fuel. This trade takes place despite mutual restrictions: a US import ...

On 23 June, the Romanian parliament passed a vote of confidence in the new coalition government led by Ilie Bolojan, leader of the centre-right National Liberal Party (PNL) and, until recently, acting ...

On 17 June, the European Commission published a legislative proposal aimed at phasing out gas and oil imports from Russia by EU member states. The document specifically proposes: ...