Category: Updates
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5/30/2024 — Stoltenberg: Ukraine’s right of self-defense includes striking military targets inside Russia

Stoltenberg says Ukraine’s self-defense right covers striking legitimate Russian military targets, not making NATO allies parties to the conflict. From: Euromaiden Press BY YURI ZORIA NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has reiterated that Ukraine’s right of self-defense includes striking legitimate military targets inside Russia. His comments came before a meeting of EU foreign affairs and…
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5/30/2024 — “History teaches us that man learns nothing from history.”(Hegel)

From: Euromaiden Press 🇺🇦 Good morning World! Good morning Ukraine! The image captures the daily lives of Ukrainians in the Kyiv metro at the start of the war, as they adapt to living under siege. The similarities between the scenes in Ukraine and the black-and-white photos of Londoners seeking refuge in the metro during World…
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5/30/2024 — WP: Trump claims he’d bomb Moscow, Beijing if invasions occurred

At the fundraising event former President Donald Trump also has made a series of “audacious fundraising requests,” tying multi-million dollar donations to policy promises. From: Euromaiden Press BY MARIA TRIL According to the Washington Post, former President Donald Trump made striking comments about potential military action at a fundraising event. The WP reports that Trump “suggested that he…
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5/30/2024 — Sweden announces 16th military aid package to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense

Sweden announced its largest military aid package yet for Ukraine – worth $1.26 billion and heavy on air defence systems. From: Euromaiden Press BYMARIA TRIL The Swedish government announced its 16th military aid package for Ukraine on 29 May, worth a record 13.3 billion Swedish kronor (around $1.26 billion), according to a press release from…
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5/30/2024 — Belgium to deliver first F-16s to Ukraine this year — with strings attached

Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Alexander De Croo sign new security pact. From: Politico BY ŠEJLA AHMATOVIĆ AND STUART LAU BRUSSELS — Belgium’s pledge on Tuesday to send the first batch of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine this year comes with a clear warning to Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: Don’t fly them in Russian territory. Ukraine and Belgium have signed…
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5/30/2024 — Kremlin aims to open new front in the north — Defense Minister Umerov

From: New Voice of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Russia is planning to launch new offensives, opening a new front in Ukraine’s north, Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said on May 28. In an interview with Reuters, Umerov stated that the Kremlin is preparing for a new push in Ukraine. “Their goal is to open a new front in…
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5/30:2024 — Lord, give us strength and show your mercy!

From: Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 826) There he broke the flashing arrows,the shield, the sword, and the weapons of war.Psalm 76:3 My students wrote their final exams today. I really wanted them to do their best, so one of my main concerns was getting an air raid in the middle of the test. Thankfully,…
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5/29/2024 — Putin signals he’s open to peace talks, but Ukraine is right to be wary

Analysis by Nick Paton Walsh Eastern Ukraine CNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s signaling this week that he is open to peace talks should be viewed with vast, overshadowing caveats, and the weight of Ukraine’s – and the West’s – past experience of Russian diplomacy. Friday saw a wealth of noise about negotiation, in the same month Moscow launched a third…
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5/29/2024 — Why NATO matters

From: Atlantic Council By Richard D. Hooker, Jr. The 2024 US presidential election will be, among other things, a referendum on the United States’ continued role in NATO. With a combined population of more than nine hundred million people and $1.3 trillion dollars in defense spending, NATO is by far the largest, oldest, and most capable defensive alliance in…
