
Relations between Zelenskyy and the US president have been getting warmer, and the American leader plays a special role within NATO.
9 July 2026, 10:47 —
Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda, from Ankara — Long-reads and interviews

Kwaśniewski: "Budanov came to clean up the situation, to facilitate next steps, but that didn’t happen. Ukraine will be a topic in the next elections."
25 June 2026, 12:07 —
Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda, from Gdańsk

Half of the allotted time has passed, yet progress on the plan amounts to only 15 points out of 100 – and most of that is preparatory work rather than reforms that have actually been launched.
24 June 2026, 20:12 —
Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda — Long-reads and interviews

Heiko Thoms: "I don't see the letter by President Zelenskyy as going against the proposal. On the contrary, I find that he, in his own way, expresses support for many elements of Merz’s proposal."
29 May 2026, 07:00 —
Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda

Klaus Welle does not use the term "associate membership", which has provoked resistance in Ukraine. However, he considers many elements of Merz's proposal beneficial for Ukraine.
28 May 2026, 10:00 —
Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda — Long-reads and interviews

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a letter to the EU, has been highly critical of proposals by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz regarding "associate membership" for Ukraine, calling them half-measures.
25 May 2026, 15:55 —
Sergiy Sydorenko, European Pravda — Long-reads and interviews

This is about the updated Anti-Corruption Strategy for 2026-2030, which Ukraine is required to adopt as one of its EU accession commitments.
25 May 2026, 12:10 —
Sergiy Sydorenko, Anatolii Martsynovsky, European Pravda — Long-reads and interviews
Leaders of NATO member states have agreed that the Alliance will provide Ukraine with at least €140 billion in military support over 2026-2027.
8 July 2026, 16:03 — News
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has said the NATO summit has delivered results for Ukraine in countering ballistic missile attacks and stressed that protecting Ukraine's skies was the top priority during President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's meetings with foreign leaders.
8 July 2026, 14:08 — News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar have agreed on plans for a future meeting during a brief conversation in Ankara.
8 July 2026, 13:02 — News
Hungarian leader Peter Magyar has said he had unplanned brief talks with the Ukrainian president on 7 July.
8 July 2026, 09:48 — News
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has said he expects allies to confirm in the final declaration of the NATO summit in Ankara that Russia poses a long-term threat to the Alliance's territory.
8 July 2026, 08:29 — News
Finnish President Alexander Stubb believes the question of Ukraine's accession to NATO has reached the stage where the Alliance needs to discuss it.
7 July 2026, 17:02 — News
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ankara that preparations are being made for a new aid package for Ukraine.
7 July 2026, 15:48 — News
Canada has provided Ukraine with a major air defence assistance package. Some of the new deliveries are already on their way.
7 July 2026, 15:24 — News
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Ankara on Tuesday for the NATO summit.
7 July 2026, 11:38 — News
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, speaking ahead of the Alliance summit, stated that Russia's "indiscriminate" missile attack on Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast was planned specifically to harm civilians.
6 July 2026, 17:16 — News
Ukraine's ambassador to NATO, Aliona Hetmanchuk, has confirmed that a ministerial-level meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council will take place after all during the Alliance summit in Ankara.
1 July 2026, 18:40 — News
European Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos says that discussions on Ukraine's accession paths have intensified within the EU.
25 June 2026, 17:30 — News
Hopes held by Ukraine and its supporters within the EU, including among member states, for the swift opening of negotiating clusters have not been confirmed by the EU summit's decision.
19 June 2026, 09:34 — News
A large part of the time allocated to discussions on Ukraine at the EU summit was taken up by a debate over contact between Brussels and the Kremlin that had taken place. The issue was raised while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was still in the meeting room and continued after his departure.
19 June 2026, 09:00 — News
Belgian Defence Minister Theo Francken has unveiled plans to supply F-16 fighter jets to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
18 June 2026, 09:09 — News
Hungary's new government has lifted restrictions on access to the websites of Ukrainska Pravda and European Pravda, which were introduced during the tenure of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.
17 June 2026, 17:04 — News
A date has been agreed at the European Union level for opening the five remaining clusters in Ukraine's accession negotiations – 14 July.
16 June 2026, 09:11 — News
A meeting of Ukrainian representatives and the North Atlantic Alliance in the format of the NATO-Ukraine Council took place in Kyiv on 3 June, marking the first time such a meeting was held in Ukraine.
3 June 2026, 18:18 — News
NATO sees no problem with Ukraine striking St Petersburg on the day the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin's key international event, opens there.
3 June 2026, 17:56 — News
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in Kyiv that neither side is abandoning the need for Ukraine's accession to the Alliance.
3 June 2026, 17:15 — News