The European Union was one step away from opening its first negotiating cluster with Ukraine despite Hungary's blockade – but the decision, planned for 18 July, never came to fruition. Source: an article by European Pravda (English translation coming soon) Details: European Pravda has learned that a legally unconventional but potentially effective

One person was killed and four others injured after Russian forces staged the latest in a series of mass drone attacks on Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Odesa. The attack also caused several fires as well as damage to the historic centre, a UNESCO World Heritage site.

The EU demanded ‘explanations’ after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a bill that weakens the independence of two anti-corruption agencies.

The deal stipulates that the U.S. will deliver weapons to the EU, which will handle distribution among member states, with most of the arms expected to go to Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had promised he would propose a new bill on anti-graft agencies just a day after having approved the controversial reforms.

Partners have struggled to get Ukraine the weapons it needs. An alternative way is helping Ukraine better help itself.

European Union countries have expressed broad support for one round of 30% retaliatory tariffs if the United States does not reach a trade deal with the EU.

The shift to a foreign military sales model is explicitly intended to invigorate the U.S. defense industrial base.

Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Taras Kachka has assured Gert Jan Koopman, Director-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood (DG ENEST) within the European Commission,