Friedrich Merz, the warmongering German chancellor, addressed a conference on Sunday and compared President Vladimir Putin to Adolph Hitler—stating that if Russia is not stopped in Ukraine, it will continue on, just like the "Sudetenland was not enough” for the Nazi leader in 1938.
Rosen Zhelyazkov, the Bulgarian prime minister, resigned last week amid widespread protests across his country over the demand for better working conditions and the rejection of his 2026 budget proposal, which called for higher taxes and more government spending.
They may have only needed a pin, but the government of Lithuania last week declared a state of emergency after what some officials have called a series of hybrid attacks in the form of large balloons that have drifted from Belarus into the small country, which has resulted in airport delays and other safety risks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that he would be willing to make some concessions to bring the war with Russia to an end by pausing Kyiv’s effort to join NATO, but said he still refuses to give up any land under the control of his forces.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he will not agree with any ceasefire deal that calls for his country to give up the Donbas region to end the war, identifying such a demand as a red line.
The European Union (EU) announced last week that it will indefinitely immobilize $246 billion in frozen Russian assets, a step in eventually deploying the funds to pay for Ukraine’s war effort against Russia.