A pre-dawn collision on 30 July between a passenger van and commercial truck near Slovene Konjice claimed five lives. Slovenian authorities reported that the van’s Ukrainian passengers bore the brunt of the fatal impact.
US, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Belgium, Slovenia, and Spain are slow-walking Ukraine's request for the immediate invitation, despite Zelenskyy's insistence on wartime invitation necessity
The agreement on cooperation in the field of security and long-term support was signed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and on the part of Slovenia - Prime Minister Robert Golob. The signing took place on the margins of the European Political Community summit in the United Kingdom.
Slovenian President Natasa Pirc Musar has voiced support for Ukraine's right to determine the timing and conditions of negotiations with Russia during a press conference in Kyiv.
A purportedly independent Russian think tank is urging Europe to welcome millions of wealthy Russian emigres as "relocants" amid Russia's war in Ukraine to bolster European economy. But that proposal collides with the recent exposure revealed in The Wall Street Journal of an undercover Russian couple working for years as Kremlin spies residing in Slovenia.