PARIS — Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence will provide its combat units with 2.5 billion hryvnia (US$60 million) of direct funding per month to procure their own drones, in a move to allow commanders in the field to buy the equipment they need rather than rely on centralized purchasing.
Europe, Ukraine and Volodymyr Zelenskyy
French President Emmanuel Macron says Europe must "wake up" and spend more on its defense as Trump returns, but how realistic is the suggestion?
United States President Donald Trump is right when it comes to Europe's responsibility to significantly boost its own defense spending, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday in the European Parliament. "If Europe is to survive, it needs to be armed," he said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that he met with German opposition leader Friedrich Merz, just weeks before a federal election in Germany.
Speaking to Europe’s elites at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zelensky laid into many of the European countries that have helped keep Ukraine afloat since the Russian invasion, chiding them for not taking their own defense and the threat from Moscow sufficiently seriously.
President Donald Trump has missed his deadline for ending the war in Ukraine . Of course, no one truly believed Trump would be able end the grinding, three-year conflict in 24 hours, as he implausibly promised repeatedly as a candidate. Even his new special envoy to Ukraine has asked for 100 days to find a solution.
As the war in Ukraine enters its third year, President Volodymyr Zelensky urges Europe to unite, strengthen defences, and safeguard its future against growing threats, including Russia and foreign troops.
President Trump appears willing to shake up almost every policy area, and a behind-the-scenes E.U. task force has been trying to prepare. But is Europe ready?
Andrzej Duda is the president of Poland, an increasingly important economic and geopolitical force in Europe. On Tuesday, Jan. 21, Duda joins Washington Post columnist David Ignatius to discuss the war in Ukraine,
Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president—that could mean more tariffs and different picture for trade with Europe.