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Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán urged Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday (2 July) to consider a ceasefire to accelerate an end to the war with Russia and also said he wanted a big cooperation agreement with Kyiv.

Explosions reverberated across the pre-dawn sky as Ukrainian air defences fended off a Russian attack on the small city of Starokostiantyniv in western Ukraine, home to an important air base and a frequent target of Moscow's strikes.

Russian forces attacked Ukraine's two largest cities on Sunday (30 June), with missile fragments falling on a suburban Kyiv apartment building and a guided bomb killing one person in Kharkiv.

Georgia's accession to the bloc has 'de fact' been halted after the country's authorities passed a controversial Russia-style 'foreign agent' law, EU leaders warned on Thursday (27 June).

As the European Union launches accession negotiations with Ukraine, Hungary's presidency of the EU Council from 1 July  to 31 December risks stalling the process, with minority rights being the key point of contention.

The European Union and Ukraine are expected to sign a long-term security agreement when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Brussels on Thursday (27 June), pledging to maintain military support and other aid to Kyiv as it fights off Russia's invasion. The …

Russian pranksters who often target people the Russian state is interested in released footage on Wednesday (26 June) of a video call with British Foreign Secretary David Cameron after tricking him into thinking he was speaking to a former Ukrainian president.

The EU should draw up possible responses against Russia's growing hybrid and physical attacks inside its territory, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Gabrelius Landsbergis told Euractiv, advocating a more pro-active approach to security.

After Ukraine and Moldova formally opened their accession talks on Tuesday (25 June), they are expected to kick off a process of further aligning their own legislation to the bloc, Euractiv spoke to both countries chief negotiators about their expectations for the next stages of the process.

Before the legislative elections on 30 June and 7 July, the president of the Rassemblement National (RN), Jordan Bardella, is explaining that Ukraine has "the right to defend itself", but the far-right party's long-standing friendship with the Kremlin is causing concern in Brussels.

The European Union formally launched accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova on Tuesday (25 June), starting a long process that could once again redraw the geopolitical map of Europe.

Two key advisers to Donald Trump have presented him with a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine -- if he wins the presidential election -- that involves telling Ukraine it will only get more US weapons if it enters into peace talks.

The Pentagon said on Monday (24 June) that Ukraine makes its own targeting decisions after the Kremlin directly blamed the US for an attack on Crimea that it said was carried out with US-supplied ATACMS missiles.

The European Union will downgrade high-level contacts with Georgia and consider freezing financial aid to the Georgian Dream-led government after it pushed through a controversial "foreign agent" law earlier this month.

EU member states approved on Monday (24 June) a decision to use €1.4 billion in revenue from frozen Russian assets to send military support to Ukraine, after finding a legal way to circumvent a Hungarian veto.

The Slovak government has asked police to investigate the former cabinet and defence minister Jaroslav Nad for donating fighter jets and an air defence system to Ukraine to help it defend against Russia's invasion, a government official said on Friday (21 June).

NATO members are looking to craft more than a political support package for Ukraine to deliver at the Washington summit in July, but a formal invitation for membership remains unlikely as they are divided over the timeline for Kyiv’s potential entry.

The EU is considering a range of measures, including sanctions on top government officials, cutting financial assistance and restricting visa-free travel, in response to the Georgian government's controversial 'foreign agents' law, according to an internal document seen by Euractiv. EU foreign …

Ukraine can use US-supplied weapons to hit Russian forces that are firing on Ukrainian troops anywhere across the border into Russia and not just in Russian territory near Ukraine's Kharkiv region, the Pentagon said on Thursday (20 June).

The Dutch parliament on Thursday (20 June) voted in favour of greenlighting the negotiation frameworks for Ukraine and Moldova, clearing the last hurdle for the EU to formally open accession talks with both countries next week. Though the new far-right Dutch …

EU member states on Thursday (20 June) approved a 14th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, which for the first time included a ban on re-exports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the EU. "This package …

Armenia and Azerbaijan, trying to work towards a peace treaty after three decades of conflict, traded fresh barbs on Wednesday (19 June) after France pledged to supply new arms to Yerevan.

Ukraine has not been able to reach an agreement with a group of bondholders over restructuring some $20 billion of international debt during formal talks, it said on Monday (17 June), raising the spectre that the war-torn country might slip into default.