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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has challenged Vladimir Putin to direct negotiations aimed at ending Russia’s war against Ukraine, using an open letter to set out Kyiv’s position as the Russian president repeated Moscow’s conditions during the St Petersburg International Economic Forum.
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The US House of Representatives has passed a bill providing new aid to Ukraine and imposing further sanctions on Russia, in a vote that exposed a widening split between President Donald Trump, Republican leaders in Congress and a cross-party group of lawmakers seeking to maintain American support for Kyiv.
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Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said they had struck five vessels linked to Russian logistics in the Sea of Azov overnight on 4–5 June, in what appears to mark a widening of Kyiv’s campaign against Russian supply routes in the occupied south.
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The United Kingdom is reshaping Operation Interflex, one of its most significant military contributions to Ukraine, shifting a flagship training programme away from mass infantry instruction and towards specialist battlefield skills as Kyiv’s armed forces adapt to the realities of a prolonged war against Russia.
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"Waar is de regering-De Wever? Of kan de totale neergang van onze hoofdstad hen werkelijk niets schelen? Het is tijd voor recht en orde. Niet morgen, niet na nog een rapport, maar nu." @tomvangrieken

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Ukraine’s decision to make the Gripen a central component of its future air force marks a pivotal moment not only for Kyiv’s defence strategy but also for Swedish aerospace group Saab. The aircraft is poised to enter the most demanding operational environment faced by any Western fighter in recent years: a high-intensity war against Russia.
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[Tom Van Grieken @tomvangrieken]

Wie gelooft dat de rellen van gisteren in #Brussel omwille van een “studentenprotest” waren, leeft in een parallelle fantasiewereld. Je kunt het probleem alleen oplossen als je het durft te benoemen. Enkel het Vlaams Belang doet dat. Het waren allochtonen die elke gelegenheid aangrijpen om de boel op stelten te zetten en te vernielen.

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@AdaLluch Welcome to the club, Ada!

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Ukraine and Moldova have moved closer to the next formal stage of EU accession talks after all 27 member states agreed to open negotiations on the first cluster of issues, ending a blockage that had delayed progress in both countries’ membership bids.
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The presence of Rusal, the aluminium producer that owns Ireland’s Aughinish Alumina refinery, illustrates the contradictions at the heart of Europe’s sanctions policy and raises difficult questions about strategic dependence, industrial competitiveness and geopolitical risk.
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A new Hungarian investigation has alleged that former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán personally ordered the March raid on a Ukrainian bank convoy carrying cash and gold from Austria to Ukraine, in an operation that became one of the most contentious episodes in recent Hungarian-Ukrainian relations.
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The European Union’s fragile trade understanding with the United States has come under renewed pressure after Washington proposed additional tariffs on imports from 60 economies, including the EU, citing alleged failures to prevent goods made with forced labour from entering global supply chains.
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Gulf hostilities push oil higher as Europe faces renewed energy-security pressure https://t.co/k3KhXP78a8 via @EU_Global_News

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Greece has issued a formal diplomatic protest to Ukraine after an explosive maritime drone was discovered near the Ionian island of Lefkada, in an incident that has raised concern in Athens over the possible spread of the war at sea into the Mediterranean.
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Poland has formally proposed the creation of a new permanent United States military base on its territory, as Warsaw seeks to reinforce the American military presence on NATO’s eastern flank amid uncertainty over future US deployments in Europe.
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