Kiev seeks transit deal as Ukraine grain import restrictions mount

EU action ‘inevitable’ Slovakia approved an indefinite halt to imports following Poland’s move, although it maintained transit, while Bulgaria’s agriculture minister also said the country could limit imports, BTA news agency reported. Hungary’s agriculture minister, Istvan Nagy, said a solution was needed beyond the national level, calling EU measures imperative. The Czech Republic also urged […]

Russia’s Wagner claims it controls most of Bakhmut; Kiev says holding forces firmly

Wagner’s chief of staff, Yevgeny Prigozhin, said that his forces, which have played a major role in Russian advances to the east, were straining to encircle Bakhmut. “In Bakhmut, the vast majority, more than 80 percent, is now under our control, including the entire administrative center, factories, warehouses, the administration of the city,” he said […]

NATO countries increase production of ammunition, pledge 48 Leopard 2 tanks for Kiev

Even before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February last year, many NATO countries had fallen short of meeting the alliance’s ammunition-stockpile targets. The speed of deliveries to Ukraine, where Kiev’s troops are firing 10,000 artillery shells a day, has reduced Western inventories even further. At the same time, a plan is taking shape to […]

Kiev says it shot down Russian balloons over Ukraine’s capital

Moldovan airspace closed Ukraine’s southwestern neighbor Moldova, which has reported several Russian missile incursions into its airspace in recent months, also reported an unidentified Russian object over its territory. The country closed its airspace for more than an hour on Tuesday after authorities spotted a flying object that “looked like a weather balloon”. Igor Grosu, […]