Zelenskyy responds to Merz: Ukraine has been defending Europe fully, not with half measures and has to have right to vote in EU
With Orban out of power, Zelenskyy wants full EU membership, not Germany's "associate" compromise.
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“We know Russians, and these are means they use”: Germany won’t evacuate its Kyiv embassy ahead on Russia’s Victory Day
Russia is trying to empty Kyiv's diplomatic quarter before its parade. Germany is staying.
WSJ: Europe is quietly building a NATO fallback in case the US steps back
Germany's shift — driven by Merz's conclusion that Trump was prepared to abandon Ukraine and had confused victim with aggressor — unlocked a broader coalition.
Ukraine’s factories are getting second life: Germany launches “Industrial Ramstein”
Berlin it's wiring Ukraine's factories into Europe's supply chains.
Ukraine just gave Germany’s AI something no simulation ever could: real war
Merz and Zelenskyy signed the most consequential defense tech deal in Europe.
Zelenskyy in Berlin: Germany pledges air defense, long-range weapons and ammunition in new aid packages
Germany and Ukraine signed defense cooperation deals after Zelenskyy–Merz talks in Berlin, with new aid packages covering air defense, long-range weapons, drones and ammunition.
Inside the EU parliament: the bloc Ukraine wants to join is already fracturing
A Baltic MEP on Hungary’s veto, Europe's war fatigue, and why the bloc Ukraine wants to join is already splitting apart.
Germany won’t send Taurus missiles to Ukraine – and now Merz says Ukraine doesn’t need them anyway
Berlin points to Ukraine's domestically produced long-range systems as a reason the issue is no longer live.
EU summit backs Ukraine’s €90 billion loan and opens all accession clusters — but Orbán and Fico still block the money
25 EU leaders formally endorsed Ukraine's loan disbursement by early April and invited the Council to open all EU accession clusters without delay. Hungary and Slovakia declined to support the conclusions.
Russia is prosecuting a German carnival float builder — he responded by making another Putin float
Moscow charges Jacques Tilly with "defaming Russian state organs" and threatens him with up to 10 years in prison, but Düsseldorf's legendary satirist says he won't be intimidated and is rolling out a new Putin wagon for Monday's Rose Monday parade.
Merz tells Bundestag: Europe must become a power, not remain subordinate to US
Chancellor Friedrich Merz told parliament that Europeans must prepare for a "rough wind" in a world increasingly dominated by great power competition.
Markets shrug off EU’s Ukraine deal—analysts warn the calm may not last
Europe’s benchmark bonds barely moved. One analyst calls it “a risk for 2026 that is not priced in.”
Is the EU ready to force through the €210 billion Ukraine loan without unanimity?
Summit decision on €210 billion Ukraine loan comes on Thursday.
Belgium blocks EU’s last-ditch push to unlock €210B of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine
Brussels had hoped to secure a breakthrough this week, but Belgian resistance has left the plan teetering.
Zelenskyy outlines Ukraine’s red lines and pushes back on Trump’s claim that everyone but him loves US peace plan
The Ukrainian leader offered a measured response to the US president's recent assertion, saying no plan will please everyone and insisting his priority is preventing Russia from launching a third aggression against Ukraine.
Hungary’s veto sparks EU push to seize €210bn in frozen Russian assets
Budapest wanted to slow things down. It may have accelerated them.
Merz to the rescue as EU races to bypass Belgium on Russia’s €210bn
Belgium holds €183bn and demands EU-wide risk-sharing before releasing a cent.
With Ukraine’s reserves running low, Merz presses Belgium to unlock €165 billion loan
EU summit on 18 December seen as critical moment for deciding loan's fate.
US envoys are “playing a game” with Ukraine, Merz and Macron warn – Spiegel
Macron warned of possible territorial concession demands without security guarantees.
Merz warns Putin intends to flip Europe’s order upside down by sowing panic with drone swarms
Russia is imposing asymmetric psychological pressure on Europe.