Long-reads

With the full-scale war, the Hungarian government led by Viktor Orbán not only did not cut off ties with his Russian friend Vladimir Putin but, on the contrary, is getting even closer to him.

One of the most common associations with the European Union is Eurobureaucracy and slow decision-making procedures. However, the rapid and rather decisive - despite the pressure of skeptical governments - the Union's response to the Russian Federation's aggressive war against Ukraine came as a surprise to many.

The G20 Heads of State and Government Summit will kick off in Indonesia in exactly one week. "European Pravda" learned the draft decisions of this meeting and discovered that it carries a serious, albeit hidden, danger for Ukraine and the world. The Western partners do not realise they are handing the trump cards to the Russian aggressor.

Ireland has been very clear in our strong support of Ukraine’s bid to join the EU. We are currently hosting over 55,000 Ukrainians – more than 1% of our population. 

Three and a half days took for Putin's U-turn to officially restore Russia's participation in the so-called "grain deal." This happened primarily because of Turkish pressure. Turkish President Erdoğan won the most in the new agreements with Putin.

The US ambassador to Moldova made a reassuring statement this week. According to American intelligence, there are no signs pointing to a threat of an attack by Russia on Moldova. However, the attack is already there but in a hybrid form.

On October 27, M.P. Oleksii Honcharenko was the first Ukrainian parliamentarian to speak in the Assembly (parliament) of the partially recognised Kosovo. He called on Ukraine to recognise its independence.

On Saturday evening, the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation announced Russia's withdrawal from the UN-led Black Sea Grain deal on the safe sea export of agricultural products from Ukraine. Russia responded this way to what it called a major Ukrainian drone attack on its fleet in Russia-annexed Crimea. However, it lacks logic.

Russia could become the first state convicted of genocide. However, Ukraine's cautious position is an obstacle to condemning the Russian Federation.

The logic of Mein Kampf, and the logic of Russian propaganda today is about exterminating as many Ukrainians as "needed" to be exterminated. This is the idea of Putin.

Ukraine feels difficulties when its file manages European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi. At Kyiv's persuasion, the commissioner appointed from Hungary aims to slow down and block Ukraine's movement towards EU membership.

What should be Ukraine's new strategy for Belarus? Our current relations with official Minsk obviously need to be reconsidered.

EUAM Ukraine is back! Today, the EU Advisory Mission in Ukraine (EUAM Ukraine) concluded the redeployment of all its experts to their duty stations. Close to 300 staff from EU member states and Ukraine now work full-time in Ukraine. They are determined to keep supporting the civilian security sector, building resilience in the face of the war, advising on the State’s reform plan, and bringing the country closer to the EU.

September 30 was a difficult day for the world community. Russian leader Vladimir Putin, who had come down to direct nuclear threats in his aggression against Ukraine a week earlier, moved to formally annex four Ukrainian territories in the East and South.

Suppose anyone had any doubts that the Hungarian prime minister was determined to a long diplomatic war with Ukraine (and with almost the entire civilized world). In that case, they should have been dispelled these days after the mass media published the summary of Viktor Orbán's speech to his fellow party members.

On September 13, the Office of the President of Ukraine presented the concept of security guarantees for Ukraine. It was developed by international advisers headed by former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

On September 9, the energy ministers of the EU countries called on the European Commission to introduce a price cap on the gas against the backdrop of rapidly growing energy supply costs borne by consumers and enterprises.

On Tuesday, the European Commission published two documents set to change visa rules for Russian travelers.