Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine’s minister of defense, said last week that the country will need $120 billion for its defense against the Russian invasion in 2026, stating that Kyiv will be able to cover about half from its own national resources, but will need assistance from its partners to cover the other half.
The Trump administration has been providing the Ukrainian military with intelligence to help it carry out massive strikes on Russian energy infrastructure with the hopes of forcing Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
German Chancellor Friedrick Merz addressed an audience in Düsseldorf last week and said while Berlin is not technically at war, it should be noted that the country is also “no longer at peace either,” which WSWS said is essentially a “declaration of war.”
The European Union announced last week that it will implement new sanctions against Russia that target its energy sector, which is seen as the main driver of Moscow’s war funding.
U.S. President Donald Trump is growing more frustrated with the lack of a peace deal in Ukraine and is prepared to escalate his sanctions war against Moscow as long as Europe stops buying Russian crude.
U.S. President Donald Trump is growing more frustrated with the lack of a peace deal in Ukraine and is prepared to escalate his sanctions war against Moscow as long as Europe stops buying Russian crude.
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned last week that Western troop placement inside Ukraine before there’s a peace deal would immediately become targets for his military as the war drags on with no end in sight.