Europeans are increasingly signaling that they will not follow U.S. President Donald Trump if he advocates requiring Ukraine to give up territory or easing sanctions on Russia, according to a major poll by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).
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Ukraine has surpassed Russia as a trading partner for Germany in 2024, marking a milestone in economic realignment amid geopolitical shifts. According to figures cited by the Ukrainian Embassy in Berlin and released on June 21, bilateral trade between Germany and Ukraine reached €840 million last year, while trade with Russia fell to €770 million . This is the first time since 1992 that Ukraine has claimed the top spot in trade among Germany’s Eastern European partners.
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As NATO leaders prepare to meet in The Hague next week, a new report suggests that the United States is pressuring its allies to scale back references to Ukraine in the alliance’s final summit communiqué. According to Newsweek, U.S. officials are seeking to shift the summit’s emphasis toward broader defense goals, potentially minimizing language about Ukraine’s NATO membership path or security guarantees.
As NATO leaders prepare to gather in The Hague for a pivotal summit next week, members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee have issued a bipartisan call to reassess the alliance’s posture toward Ukraine—including a stronger push for its eventual membership. At a hearing this week, lawmakers warned that Russia’s war has already changed the security landscape of Europe, and that Ukraine’s formal inclusion in NATO should now be seriously considered.
Russia launched its most extensive aerial assault of the full-scale war overnight, firing 472 drones and missiles at Ukraine, with Kyiv’s civilian population bearing the brunt. The attack killed 17 people, including a child and a pregnant woman, and injured at least 114. Ukrainian authorities say the toll is likely to rise as more victims are recovered from the rubble.
After more than a year of speculation and unofficial commentary, two of Ukraine’s top officials have now publicly confirmed what many analysts long suspected: the United States has asked Ukraine not to strike Russian oil and energy infrastructure. The first acknowledgment came from President Volodymyr Zelensky following a large-scale Russian missile, drone, and ballistic attack on Ukraine’s energy facilities.
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Ukrainian drones operated by the Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) struck a series of high-value Russian air defense systems in occupied Zaporizhzhia, inflicting an estimated $70 million in damage, according to Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense. Among the targets hit was a Pantsir-S1 system, designed to intercept drones and missiles. Video footage shows the drone evading its anti-aircraft fire and striking the combat module, rendering the system inoperable.
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Ukraine’s MiG-29s are no longer just defending the skies. They’re hunting Russian targets deep behind enemy lines. In a precise double strike near Zaporizhzhia, conducted with Western-supplied guided bombs, Ukrainian pilots destroyed both a Russian UAV command center and a major fuel and ammunition depot, exposing Russia’s growing vulnerability and the expanding reach of Kyiv’s upgraded air power.
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