This article is published in association with United Nations. Families across Ukraine are in “constant survival mode” amid ongoing waves of Russian missile and drone strikes that have left blocks without power for days at a time, while temperatures plunge to deadly lows, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. “Families have actually reverted to […]Ukraine: Families in ‘survival mode’ amid Russian strikes and deadly cold
January 16, 2026 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Families across Ukraine are in “constant survival mode” amid ongoing waves of Russian missile and drone strikes that have left blocks without power for days at a time, while temperatures plunge to deadly lows, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. “Families have actually reverted to […]EU adopts new measures against Russian shadow fleet ecosystem and Belarus
December 16, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes today’s decision by EU Member States to adopt supplementary sanctions against key components of the Russian shadow fleet value chain, as well as against Belarus. These new measures aim at further increasing pressure on Russia and Belarus to reinforce and support the EU’s commitment to securing a just and lasting peace in Ukraine. Supplementary sanctions on […]Ukraine: Ongoing Russian strikes continue alarming civilian casualty trend
June 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Civilian deaths and injuries in the first five months of 2025 were nearly 50 per cent higher than the same period last year, UN rights experts tasked with monitoring abuses in war-torn Ukraine said on Wednesday in their latest report. The toll includes 1,389 casualties in April (221 […]Ukraine: Continued Russian assaults drive civilians from frontline communities
April 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As Ukrainian cities struggle to recover from this week’s deadly missile and drone strikes, frontline areas remain under relentless attack, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) reported on Friday, warning of ongoing displacement and deepening humanitarian needs. “Attacks on frontline regions (are) increasing and it’s always civilians that […]Commission delivers a further €1 billion to Ukraine under its part of the G7 loan, to be repaid with proceeds from immobilised Russian assets
March 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the European Commission has disbursed an additional €1 billion tranche of its exceptional Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA) loan to Ukraine, to be repaid with proceeds from immobilised Russian State assets in the EU, reinforcing the EU’s role as the largest donor since the beginning […]EIB provides €86 million to protect Ukraine’s energy infrastructure from Russian attacks
December 27, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with European Investment Bank. The European Investment Bank (EIB) has directed €86 million, backed by EU guarantees, to Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s national electricity transmission system operator, to support the physical protection of Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure. This funding – provided under the EIB’s Ukraine Solidarity Urgent Response Package developed in cooperation with […]Parliament approves up to €35 billion loan to Ukraine backed by Russian assets
October 23, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. On Tuesday, MEPs gave their green light to an extraordinary loan of up to €35 billion to Ukraine, to be repaid with future revenues from frozen Russian assets. With 518 votes in favour, 56 against and 61 abstentions, Parliament endorsed the new macro-financial assistance […]Commission welcomes international condemnation of Russia for violation of aviation rules and EU sanctions *
August 5, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the decision by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to call on the Russian Federation to immediately cease its infractions of international aviation rules, in order to preserve the safety and security of civil aviation. The ICAO decision refers to the […]Spring 2022 Economic Forecast: Russian invasion tests EU economic resilience
May 16, 2022 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The outlook for the EU economy before the outbreak of the war was for a prolonged and robust expansion. But Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has posed new challenges, just as the Union had recovered from the economic impacts of the pandemic. By exerting further […]Enforcing sanctions against listed Russian and Belarussian oligarchs: Commission’s “Freeze and Seize” Task Force steps up work with international partners
March 18, 2022 by 1 Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission’s ‘Freeze and Seize’ Task Force, set up to ensure EU-level coordination to implement sanctions against listed Russian and Belarussian oligarchs, has now stepped up its action at international level. It will work alongside the newly established ‘Russian Elites, Proxies, and Oligarchs […]Russia: EU Presidents condemn Russian sanctions against EU nationals
May 3, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Joint statement by the Presidents of the European Council, Commission and Parliament on the imposition of restrictive measures on eight EU nationals by Russia. “We condemn in the strongest possible terms today’s decision of the Russian authorities to ban eight European Union nationals from […]Russia: MEPs deplore military build-up, attack in Czechia and jailing of Navalny
April 30, 2021 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Parliament. Parliament is deeply concerned by the recent Russian military build-up on Ukraine border and revelations of Russian agents behind explosions in Czechia In a resolution adopted on Thursday, MEPs confirmed how deeply worried they are about Russian military posturing close to the country’s border […]After Brexit and Grexit, Brussels to deal with Poloust
August 10, 2017 by Leave a Comment
After Grexit and Brexit that have both been haunting the European Union for quite some time, and will continue doing so in the foreseeable future, Brussels seems obliged to ponder Poloust that is kicking Poland out. The country is steadily sliding to rightwing coercion, under the leadership of Jaroslaw Kaczynski, a rampant populist, authoritarian and […]
