The European Union's latest package of sanctions against Russia includes lowering the G7 price limit for Russian crude oil to $47,6 per barrel. In the EU, they are talking about the "strongest" punitive measures so far
"We are allocating 100 billion euros for Ukraine," said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after the meeting of the College of Commissioners.
Reconstruction of the Ukrainian Government - Denis Shmigalj is no longer the prime minister.
Kiev and Odesa are exposed to the fiercest Russian attacks since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine three years ago. Moscow attacks with hundreds of drones and missiles. What does Vladimir Putin want to achieve with this - and what could stop him?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had carried out 741 drone strikes, calling it a "message" by the Kremlin that it was rejecting peace efforts. He pointed out that buyers of Russian oil are directly financing the war and called for additional international sanctions
Several European countries are planning to lay minefields on the border with Russia and Belarus. Their goal is to protect NATO's eastern wing from a possible Russian attack. But it has serious consequences.
The Ukrainian army has been using drone interceptors on the front for a long time. Russia is increasingly attacking Ukrainian cities in the background with Shahid drones. Can interceptor drones be used there instead of missiles?
After the information that Serbian companies supply the Ukrainians with ammunition at the front, the Russian intelligence service now reports that the Ukrainians are very grateful for it
Balancing between East and West gained a new dimension during the unexpected visit of Aleksandar Vučić to Ukraine. The German newspaper FAZ estimates that the President of Serbia managed to rhetorically satisfy all parties — but the question is how much longer this political gymnastics can last without shooting
Ukraine and Russia exchanged another group of sick and seriously wounded soldiers on Thursday (June 12), officials from both countries announced.
Serbian President Aleksamdar Vučić promised in Odessa that Serbia will rebuild the Ukrainian cities that were destroyed by the Russian brothers. "To me, it looks like when a poor person goes to a wedding and orders a song with borrowed money, to give music, to show off. This is how Vučić honors the same, and the question is how he will pay it back," economist Miodrag Zec told "Vreme".
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, visited Ukraine for the first time, where he offered help in the reconstruction of cities destroyed by the war at the Ukraine - Southeast Europe summit. The visit comes at a time when Russia accuses Serbia of supplying ammunition to Ukraine
The President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, at the Ukraine-Southeastern Europe summit in Odessa, emphasized the growing need for intensifying dialogue and quickly achieving peace.
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić participates in the Ukraine - Southeast Europe summit in Odessa, with messages from Moscow about "treason" and complete silence from Belgrade before departure
At least four people were killed in a powerful Russian attack with ballistic missiles and drones on Kiev
"Currently, Russia is strengthening its forces to an enormous extent, and annually produces about 1500 battle tanks. Not all of these tanks will go to Ukraine," said the Chief of the General Staff of the German Army, Carsten Breuer.
Ukraine claims it hit air bases in the northern Murmansk and central Ryazan regions, as well as a base in the Siberian region of Irkutsk
The incomplete list of companies from Serbia accused by the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) of exporting ammunition to Ukraine includes state giants, but also private companies connected to the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, writes Nova ekonomija
While Serbian politicians, led by the country's president Aleksandar Vučić, try to be, as they claim, neutral in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) announced that Serbian defense companies continue to supply ammunition to Ukraine, despite Belgrade's declared neutrality.
Moscow and Kiev exchanged massive drone strikes just hours after exchanging prisoners
Andriy Portnov, former deputy head of administration and adviser to former President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych, was killed near Madrid
The delegations of Russia and Ukraine met in Istanbul for the first time face to face since March 2022. Although no agreement was reached on a ceasefire, the exchange of 1.000 prisoners on both sides was agreed upon, officials confirmed. Ukraine requested talks between the leaders, and Russia announced its readiness to "consider" them.
Although the presidents of Russia and Ukraine, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky, are keeping aloof, their negotiators have sat down at the same table to discuss a truce
The meeting was closed to the media, and no one spoke to the public after the meeting
There will be no direct meeting between Putin and Zelensky this Thursday, but there should still be some kind of negotiations between Kiev and Moscow. Before the meeting in Istanbul, we remind you of the previous attempts to reach peace in Ukraine
A short, sometimes darkly humorous account of historical events and moments when we invariably made mistakes in judgment, chose the wrong side or did things to ourselves, unjustifiably and unprovoked, that brought us here
Under increasing pressure from the West to suspend hostilities, the Kremlin sends Lavrov and Ushakov to negotiate with Ukraine. Istanbul is expected to be the site of key talks on a potential ceasefire
"We will continue to increase costs, so stopping aggression becomes the only way forward for Moscow," Kalas said.
The sanctions package also includes a ban on transactions related to Russia's Nord Stream gas pipeline and the Russian financial sector.
"I welcome the agreement on our 18th package of sanctions against Russia. We strike at the core of the Russian war machine. We target its banking, energy and military-industrial sectors and include a new dynamic cap on oil prices," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on the X social network.
I welcome the agreement on our 18th sanctions package against Russia.
We are striking at the heart of Russia's war machine. Targeting its banking, energy and military-industrial sectors and including a new dynamic oil price cap. The pressure is on. It will stay on until… — Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) July 18, 2025
This is the eighteenth package of economic measures against Moscow since the invasion began in 2022, and was adopted after Slovakia lifted a weeks-long blockade, following negotiations with Brussels on separate plans to phase out Russian gas imports.
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The latest package of sanctions includes lowering the G7 group's price limit for Russian crude oil to $47,6 per barrel.
The price cap, set by the G7 at $60 a barrel in 2022, prohibits shipping and insurance companies from participating in Russian oil exports at higher prices."The EU has just approved one of its strongest sanctions packages against Russia to date," European Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Callas wrote on the X social network.
We are standing firm.
The EU just approved one of its strongest sanctions package against Russia to date. We're cutting the Kremlin's war budget further, going after 105 more shadow fleet ships, their enablers, and limiting Russian banks' access to funding. (1/3) — Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) July 18, 2025
"We will continue to increase costs, so stopping aggression becomes the only way forward for Moscow," Kalas said.
The sanctions package also includes a ban on transactions related to Russia's Nord Stream gas pipeline and the Russian financial sector.
"I welcome the agreement on our 18th package of sanctions against Russia. We strike at the core of the Russian war machine. We target its banking, energy and military-industrial sectors and include a new dynamic cap on oil prices," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote on the X social network.
I welcome the agreement on our 18th sanctions package against Russia.
We are striking at the heart of Russia's war machine. Targeting its banking, energy and military-industrial sectors and including a new dynamic oil price cap. The pressure is on. It will stay on until… — Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) July 18, 2025
This is the eighteenth package of economic measures against Moscow since the invasion began in 2022, and was adopted after Slovakia lifted a weeks-long blockade, following negotiations with Brussels on separate plans to phase out Russian gas imports.
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