Defense

“We are not asking for something extraordinary,” Ambassador Nataliia Galibarenko tells POLITICO.

Some foreign policy experts want Ukraine to move closer to joining the alliance, while others say it would rupture the military bloc.

Giving fiscally undisciplined capitals key Commission posts on spending and subsidies would be like putting “two foxes in charge of a henhouse.”

Presumptive Republican nominee claimed he would “settle” Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine before he even took office.

Most EU countries surveyed also opposed increasing their defense spending for Ukraine.

The Supreme Court’s immunity ruling this week makes the hypothetical scenario raised during oral arguments — in which a president can’t be prosecuted for murder — well, possible.

The Hungarian premier visited Kyiv on the second day of Budapest’s turn at the helm of the Council of the EU.

Germany is skeptical of common borrowing for defense; Poland wants it.

It’s the first visit by the Hungarian PM to the war-struck country since Russia invaded in February 2022.

Ukraine needs U.S. permission to use ATACMS to hit Russian bases where bomb-dropping aircraft are based.

Launching a weather satellite with SpaceX and not Ariane 6 is a “surprising” decision, said Josef Aschbacher, director general of the European Space Agency.

Ukrainian military intelligence has been using the satellite to target Russian troops, weapons and logistics.

The U.S. has been pushing Israel to agree to a three-part cease-fire deal, backed by several countries including France, the U.K., Egypt, Qatar and by the European Commission.

Tensions between Israel and Hezbollah prompted the US to launch diplomatic efforts to prevent a full-scale war in the region.

“It was a bit awkward,” Tusk said.

New fight brews between French president and surging far right ahead of snap election.

Military and foreign policy have long been seen as the “reserved domain” of the president — but the far right is challenging that assumption.

National Rally had claimed it should nominate the French commissioner if it wins the parliamentary election — but the president wants Breton back in Brussels.

Ties with high-risk Chinese universities come at an awkward time for the bloc.

“We need good working hands for that,” said Aleksandr Bastrykin, head of the Russian Investigative Committee.

Far right is warning it will use budget as lever to influence French president’s authority over defense policy.

Kremlin chief and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed strategic partnership treaty, deepening military cooperation earlier in June.

Outgoing Dutch PM will take over from Jens Stoltenberg on Oct. 1.

European Court of Human Rights ruled Russia is guilty of suppressing human rights in occupied Crimea