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Ukraine’s bid to join EU will take at least ‘15 to 20 years’: French minister
May 23, 2022 03:26French Secretary of State for European Affairs Clement Beaune says a bid by Ukraine to join the European Union would take at least 15 to 20 years to be finalized, dashing Kiev’s hopes of quickly gaining the bloc’s membership following Russia’s operation in the former Soviet state.
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Only Ukraine must decide its own future, Polish president says
May 23, 2022 03:21Polish President Andrzej Duda has told Ukrainian lawmakers that only Ukraine must decide its own future.
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Press TV in Mariupol: A propaganda war is happening in Ukraine
May 22, 2022 10:57Press TV’s correspondent has visited the Drama Theater of Mariupol for the second time during the last week to find out how many people died there when it was bombed in March.
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Ukraine's Zelensky says 'diplomacy' only way to end war, his advisor beats war drums
May 22, 2022 07:48While Ukraine’s president has alleged that the only way out of the February-present war with Russia passes through diplomatic corridors, his advisor seems to advocate prolongation of the war, ruling out a ceasefire with Moscow.
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Biden, Blinken, Burns permanently banned entry to Russia
May 22, 2022 02:31US President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and CIA Chief William Burns have been banned from entry to Russia as relations between the two world powers continue a constant downward spiral over the crisis in Ukraine.
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Russia says it destroyed Western arms haul in Ukraine with Kalibr missiles
May 21, 2022 11:53Russia on Saturday said it has destroyed a major haul of Western weapons in Ukraine’s restive Zhytomyr region, west of Kiev, using sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles, amid growing tensions with the US and European Union states.
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Biden signs $40 bn Ukraine aid package, putting COVID funds on backburner
May 21, 2022 09:25US President Joe Biden on Saturday signed a bill that provides nearly $40 billion of additional humanitarian and military aid for Ukraine, in a move that prioritizes assistance for Kiev over fight against the coronavirus in the world's worst-hit country.
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Report: US aims to arm Ukraine with advanced anti-ship missiles
May 21, 2022 01:33The Biden administration is working to deliver anti-ship missiles to Ukrainian fighters to help defeat Russia's naval blockade, a move that could increase the chances of a confrontation between the United States and Russia.
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Ukraine orders troops holed up in Mariupol’s Azovstal to stop fighting
May 20, 2022 10:01Kiev has ordered the remaining Ukrainian soldiers still holed up in the blockaded Azovstal steel plant in the southern port city of Mariupol to stop fighting, as Russia continues to make advances in its military operation in eastern Ukraine.
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Russia taking ‘countermeasures’ against Finland, Sweden joining NATO, cuts gas flows to Helsinki
May 20, 2022 10:00Moscow is set to take “adequate countermeasures” to oppose military threats near its western borders posed by Finland and Sweden’s NATO membership, says Russia’s defense minister.