- Aug 23
Zelensky urges parliament to pass EU reforms amid interceptor shortages and Russian mobilization
Volodymyr Zelensky urged the Ukrainian parliament to unblock anti-corruption bills required for 28.3 billion euros in European Union loans, while warning that Russia plans to recruit 300,000 soldiers starting in September.
- Aug 18
German court sentences Ukrainian man to 15 months in Russian parcel tracking plot
The Higher Regional Court in Stuttgart sentenced a 30-year-old Ukrainian to 15 months in prison for scouting courier routes for Russian intelligence using test packages, while acquitting two co-defendants.
- Jul 23
Ukraine's Zelensky dismisses General Syrskyi, names Drapatyi as new army chief after street protests
President Zelensky dismissed General Oleksandr Syrskyi on Tuesday and appointed Major General Mykhailo Drapatyi, 43, as Ukraine's new commander-in-chief, following six days of rare wartime protests triggered by the earlier removal of reformist defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov.
- Jul 4
US envoys meet Putin in Moscow and secure three-day pause on capital strikes
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held three hours of talks with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, establishing a three-day pause on strikes targeting Kyiv and Moscow ahead of their visit to Ukraine.
