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NATO summit: How the alliance strengthens its eastern flank
Along with seeking a compromise for Ukraine’s entry into NATO, leaders at the Vilnius summit are on a quest to strengthen the alliance’s eastern front. World leaders gathering in the Lithuanian capital Vilnius on Tuesday for a two-day NATO summit will try to articulate a unified message on Ukraine’s possible membership of the North Atlantic…
US says it will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine
The United States announced Friday that it will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for the first time as Kyiv’s forces push ahead with a counteroffensive against Russian forces. Follow our live blog to see how the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). This live page is no longer being updated. For more…
Live: US says it will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine
The United States announced Friday that it will provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for the first time as Kyiv’s forces push ahead with a counteroffensive against Russian forces. Follow our live blog for the latest updates on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2). 9:05pm: The US will provide cluster munitions to…
Live: NATO summit to ‘confirm’ that Ukraine will become a future member
NATO leaders at a summit in Lithuania next week will “confirm” an earlier commitment that Ukraine will join the alliance in the future, its chief Jens Stoltenberg told a news conference on Friday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was due to visit Turkey later in the day for talks with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan,…
Scholz pleads for tank
Allies who asked Berlin to “free the leopards” have so far failed to deliver on their rhetoric Germany has urged its European partners to keep their promises to supply Ukraine with Leopard tanks. Few countries have stepped up to actually provide the German-made weapon, despite loud calls for Berlin to approve shipments to Kiev earlier…
Scholz votes thanks to the appeal
Allies who asked Berlin to “free the leopards” have so far failed to deliver on their rhetoric Germany has urged its European partners to keep their promises to supply Ukraine with Leopard tanks. Few countries have stepped up to provide the German-made weapon, despite loud calls for Berlin to approve shipments to Kiev earlier this…
Live: Moldova closes airspace a day after warning of Russian plot
Moldova temporarily closed its airspace on Tuesday, a day after the small eastern European country’s president claimed Russia was plotting to topple his government – a charge denied by Moscow. The move comes as NATO defense ministers gathered for talks on how to increase their military support to Ukraine. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates.…
Live: EU adds Russia to its blacklist of tax havens
The European Union added Russia to its blacklist of tax havens, part of a series of economic measures taken against Moscow since its invasion of Ukraine. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters it was more important that applications from Finland and Sweden to join NATO be ratified quickly than together as the alliance’s defense…
Why can’t the West agree on how much military aid to send to Ukraine?
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been under enormous pressure to deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine. The government in Kyiv has long argued it desperately needs them to retake territory seized by Russia in its 2022 invasion, and to protect the rest of Ukraine from the Kremlin’s looming spring offensive. So far, Berlin has refused, and…