Speaking at an event hosted by the German Marshall Fund on Thursday (19 September 2024), Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg shared five key lessons for NATO’s continued success following a decisive decade at the helm of NATO.
Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed a fifth round of sanctions on Hamas since the October 7 terrorist attack on Israel. Today’s action targets networks of Hamas-affiliated financial exchanges in Gaza, their owners, and associates, and particularly financial facilitators that have played key roles in funds transfers, including cryptocurrency transfers, from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to Hamas and Palestinian
“On the instructions of the President, we have updated the long-term programme to promote young people’s employment, its implementation plan and relevant targets. The programme was approved about two years ago and is to run until the end of the decade.
Under the updated document, we will create conditions for girls and boys to decide on their future profession even before coming of age and gain the experience, skills
Russian banks continue to use software products from Oracle and Microsoft. Problems with the use of SAS and IBM systems are pushing financial institutions to look for alternative software products, such as Digital Q.Reporting and Polymatica. Thus, ineffective import substitution in the financial sector opens a window for potentially successful sanctions restrictions. Dependence on VMware and Citrix software forces Russian institutions to use their own alternatives, which have problems with
Today marks three years since Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny returned to Russia. He was arbitrarily arrested, prosecuted and sentenced following his return from Germany, where he was receiving medical treatment after an assassination attempt on him in Russia. Mr Navalny was poisoned with a toxic nerve agent of the “Novichok” group banned under the Chemical Weapons Convention, to which the Russian Federation is a State Party.
Recent weeks have seen a steep increase in civilian casualties in Ukraine following an intensification of Russian attacks, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in the country, HRMMU, said in a new report issued on Tuesday. Hundreds of people across the country were killed or wounded in drone and missile strikes in the 10-day period between 29 December and 8 January alone.
He reminded that during the consultations in Malta, the first five points of the Peace Formula were discussed, namely: nuclear safety, food and energy security, release of prisoners and deportees, restoration of Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. Five more points of the Formula were presented in Davos: the withdrawal of Russian troops and the cessation of hostilities, the restoration of justice, environmental safety, the prevention of escalation and recurrence of
This day has already entered the history of our state: today, we have an agreement with the UK, a security agreement that we have been working on for a long time. It is the first bilateral agreement implementing the G7 basic understanding of security commitments for Ukraine, our defense, our security growth. Various aspects. Direct annual support. We have secured the financial support for this year – GBP 2.5 billion.
The Head of State expressed gratitude to U.S. President Joseph Biden, Congress, and the American people for providing robust defense, financial, economic, and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression. Volodymyr Zelenskyy highlighted the significant role of Penny Pritzker in coordinating international partnerships to support Ukraine in implementing reforms, reconstruction projects, and further strengthening the Ukrainian economy.
I believe this is the greatest moment in the history of our relationship.
It extends security guarantees from the UK to Ukraine that are unprecedented.
It defines our future as allies, working together for the security of Europe.
And it says that Ukraine’s place is, without doubt, among the free nations of the world.
The NATO-Ukraine Council met on Wednesday (10 January 2024) following recent waves of heavy Russian airstrikes against Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure. Allies strongly condemned the escalation in Russian air strikes on Ukraine, as well as Russia’s use of ballistic missiles sourced from North Korea and drones from Iran.
During his official visit to the Republic of Estonia, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Prime Minister of Estonia Kaja Kallas. The Head of State thanked Kaja Kallas and the Estonian government for supporting Ukraine, providing comprehensive military, financial and humanitarian assistance and standing in solidarity with Ukraine in the fight against the Russian aggressor.
Russia’s brutal war of aggression against Ukraine may not be taking place geographically in the Arctic, but it has already had a plethora of impacts on the circumpolar north, the repercussions of which are likely to spread well beyond the region.
Today, member states’ EU ambassadors approved a partial negotiating mandate on a proposal to set up a new single dedicated instrument to support Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction and modernisation, while supporting its efforts to carry out reforms as part of its accession path to the EU. The Ukraine Facility would thus pool the EU’s budget support to Ukraine into one single instrument, providing coherent, predictable as well as flexible support for
Together with the Commander-in-Chief, the General Staff, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Strategic Industries, and the Ministry of Digital Transformation, we analyzed the supply of shells and drones in detail. Distribution between brigades and units. Daily needs. Actual costs. The bottom line is that every aspect of logistics needs to be expedited. We also discussed the launch of new production lines for weapons and ammunition in Ukraine –
The Head of State that the strategic partnership between Ukraine and Romania, announced last year, is already yielding tangible results. According to him, the export of Ukrainian products through Romania has increased from 2 to over 3 million tons per month. The interlocutors discussed the possibility of further expanding the capacity of border crossing points to reach the target of 4 million tons. Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized the importance of the
The new Executive Order on conferment of citizenship under simplified procedures applies to certain categories of foreigners. These include those who have concluded a contract for military service in the Russian Federation Armed Forces or in military formations during the special military operation or who are performing military service during this period; foreigners who were dismissed from military service during the special military operation on certain grounds; spouses, children, and
Under the Executive Order, simplified procedures for applying for Russian citizenship without any requirements to the duration of their stay in Russia, knowledge of the Russian language, Russian history and Russian legislation shall apply the following categories of individuals: citizens of Ukraine, stateless persons who were born and have been living in Crimea and Sevastopol prior to March 18, 2014, their children, spouses, and parents; citizens of Ukraine and stateless
The Executive Order amends the annex to the Executive Order On Restructuring the Nuclear Power Generation Complex of the Russian Federation, listing nuclear materials which can only be in federal ownership. In accordance with the Executive Order, an exclusion is made for enriched uranium intended for producing nuclear fuel for NPPs, transport power plants, research reactors, or for ionising-radiation detectors, elementary particle accelerator targets, products to be subjected to radiation
I just had a phone talk with President of Türkiye Erdoğan. It was a very substantive discussion. As always, we are using every day of this week to intensify our international efforts so that this year starts yielding results from the first weeks. I expressed gratitude to President Erdoğan for the achieved level of cooperation in various areas, including defense. We have joint projects that are already successful, and this
The conversation placed significant emphasis on security in the Black Sea. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that despite Russia’s attempts to disrupt peaceful navigation, Ukraine remains a guarantor of global food stability. After the launch of the alternative grain corridor, over 14 million tonnes of cargo have passed through it. The President of Ukraine emphasized that our state is ready to keep working to improve the security situation in the Black Sea,
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