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# After Meeting with Trump's Special Envoy, Greenland's Premier Nielsen Reports "Progress" — But Not on Sovereignty The island is not negotiating over price, but rather over conditions for its future self-determination.
EU Commissioner Josep Borrell and Kaja Kallas have openly stated that external aid from the EU is becoming a geopolitical tool. Countries supporting Moscow or Tehran risk losing subsidies.
# Moldovan Viewers Give Romania Maximum 12 Points, Jury Awards Only 3. Ukraine Receives Nothing Moldovan television viewers awarded Romania the maximum 12 points, while the jury gave the country only three. Ukraine received no points. Vlad Tsurcan, the general director of Teleradio-Moldova, called this an "extraordinary event" and submitted his resignation to "send a clear signal."
Washington proposes not just expanding military presence on the island, but obtaining enclaves with American sovereignty — a fundamentally different level of claims than any previous agreement between the United States and Denmark.
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has criticized the EU for diplomatic passivity and called on current leaders — not mediators — to take the peace process into their own hands. At the same time, she herself is being considered as a candidate for the role of envoy, which she publicly does not want.
Vienna-2026 gave Moscow what diplomatic isolation cannot provide: crowds, business contacts, and cultural neutrality. German intelligence researcher Christopher Nehring explains the logic.
After June strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities, the US failed to achieve its goal: Tehran is in no rush to reach a deal. Now the Pentagon is preparing new plans — this time targeting energy and infrastructure.
A drone of probable Ukrainian origin was discovered in a field near the village of Samane in the Utena District. The key question is not whose it is, but how 100 kilometers of flight over NATO territory went undetected.
The pace of the Russian army's advance has fallen threefold over 18 months — and Latvia's foreign minister used this to urge partners to take more decisive action while Ukraine maintains the initiative.
# The EU's top diplomat publicly claimed the role of Europe's representative in negotiations — and simultaneously made it impossible. Now Brussels is seeking someone Putin would actually be willing to listen to.
The Ministry of Defense has purchased the first experimental batch of a domestic guided aerial bomb developed by a Brave1 participant. This is not an adaptation of a Western or Soviet solution — it is an original design created specifically for the conditions of this war.
Andrea Madera has never headed a team independently — but he already knows Ukrainian players, knows their weaknesses and will fly to Kyiv on May 18. This is either a brilliant shortcut or a very expensive experiment.
Former head of the Presidential Office has been released under electronic monitoring after his associates collected 140 million hryvnias in bail over the weekend. The case concerning the "Dynastiya" cottage community in Kozyn is becoming the most high-profile corruption trial during Zelensky's tenure.
At the age of 65, people's deputy Stepan Kubiv died suddenly — a man who rose from the position of head of a Lviv bank to commandant of the House of Trade Unions and first vice prime minister of the country. Colleagues cite a blood clot as the cause of death.
Cuba has purchased over 300 strike drones from Russia and Iran and is discussing attack scenarios against Guantanamo and Key West. Behind this lies not a new Cold War, but a concrete transfer of experience from the Ukrainian front.
A week after the end of the three-sided announced ceasefire, Russia launched over 4,500 weapons against Ukraine and killed 52 people. ISW documented that during the ceasefire itself, Russia was increasing its drone stockpiles rather than halting military operations.
# U.S.-China Summit Concludes Without Concrete Commitments on Ukraine The American-Chinese summit ended without specific obligations regarding Ukraine. A real signal will come after May 19 — when Beijing hosts Putin.
# Decisions Without Strategy, Laws With Loopholes and the Only Hope — That Trump Simply Forgets About His Dispute With Europe. Retired Colonel Cedric Leighton Laid Out the Scenarios Frankly.
# Anti-Corruption Court Places Former Presidential Office Head Andriy Yermak Under Arrest The Specialized Anti-Corruption Court (SAPO) has taken into custody Andriy Yermak, the former head of the Presidential Office. Despite efforts to collect bail within two days, the task proved unsuccessful. However, the circle of donors tells its own story.
# Sanctions Commissioner Reveals How Ukraine Plans to Turn International Sanctions Against Russian Shadow Fleet from Declarations into Real Ship Arrests The sanctions commissioner has disclosed Ukraine's strategy for converting international sanctions against Russia's shadow fleet from declarative measures into actual vessel seizures.
# Defense Minister Unveiled "Air, Land, Economy" Strategy in NYT — and Faced Pushback from His Own Generals The dispute isn't about futurism, but rather about who controls battlefield decisions.
Head of the Security Service of Ukraine Kyrylo Budanov publicly established a boundary that intelligence has not yet crossed: technical capability exists, but there are no signs of real preparation. This is the first such assessment from an official who personally conducted negotiations with Moscow.
Presidential Envoy Vlasyuk Admits: Ukraine Adds Companies from Dozens of Countries to Sanctions Lists, but Lacks Tools to Prosecute Its Own Citizens Supplying Russia's Defense Sector. Finland Solved This Issue in April 2025 with a Package of Four Laws.
# Iranian Kamikaze Drones Shift From Dutch to Chinese Components, Say OP Analysts Analysts at the OP are documenting a shift in the composition of Iranian attack drones: Dutch components are being replaced by Chinese ones. What this means for sanctions pressure — and whether it is effective at all.
# VACS Chose Custody for Yermak with 140 Million Hryvnia Bail and Separately Banned Communication with "Veronika Fenshu Office" The Specialized Anti-Corruption Court (VACS) selected custody with bail set at 140 million hryvnia for Yermak. Additionally, the court imposed a separate ban on communication with "Veronika Fenshu Office." Yermak's lawyer insists that the correspondence is personal in nature, not official.
Saudi Arabia is discussing a non-aggression pact with regional partners modeled on Iran's 1975 agreement. The problem: the original Helsinki Accords worked due to institutional monitoring, which is currently absent in the new draft.
At Market Square, a 46-year-old Lviv resident suddenly doused the mayor with a liquid of unknown composition. The incident occurred against the backdrop of an acute public confrontation between Sadovyi and the regional military administration.
# The Yermak case revealed a detail that is no news for insiders: appeals to astrologers and numerologists at Bankova and Hrushevsky have been a long-standing practice, not an anomaly.
May 15 is not just another exchange. It is the launch of the most ambitious deal in three years, "1000 for 1000," which was negotiated through the mediation of the USA and Turkey — and which ultimately took place only on May 23-25.
Ukraine's UN envoy pointed out an awkward coincidence: every time India's prime minister meets with Russia's president, Russia launches massive strikes on Ukraine. The reference is to Okhmatdyt.