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Kyiv Independent on MSNOrban offers Ukraine 'strategic cooperation,' claims EU accession would 'drag the war' into EuropePrime Minister Viktor Orban described Hungary's proposed partnership as "pragmatic, flexible, and rooted in mutual interest — not irreversible integration."
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The Kyiv Independent on MSNLukashenko resumes use of migrants to 'exert political pressure' on Europe, Ukraine's intelligence saysBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is again using his country's territory to funnel illegal migrants from Africa, the Middle East, and Afghanistan toward the European Union, Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service said on July 26.
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Ukrainska Pravda on MSNEuropean Union planned to open first cluster with Ukraine, but decision was postponed – details emergeThe European Union was one step away from opening its first negotiating cluster with Ukraine despite Hungary's blockade - but the decision, planned for 18 July, never came to fruition. Source: an article by European Pravda (English translation coming soon) Details: European Pravda has learned that a legally unconventional but potentially effective scheme had been developed in Brussels that would enable Budapest's formal veto to be circumvented.
European nations like Germany and Norway say they will spend billions on U.S. weapons for Ukraine under a deal with the Trump administration.
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A war that bloodies but does not beat Russia is China’s obvious favorite choice. A weak Russia implicated in an unwinnable war would be chastised but still exist as Beijing’s vassal and have no alternative to kowtowing to its Chinese overlord. That kind of Russia suits China perfectly.
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Ukrainska Pravda on MSNUkraine's deputy PM for European integration assures Europe that reforms for EU accession remain priority for UkraineUkraine’s Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration Taras Kachka has assured Gert Jan Koopman, Director-General for Enlargement and Eastern Neighbourhood (DG ENEST) within the European Commission,
Top EU leaders told their Chinese counterparts at a summit in Beijing on Thursday that Beijing must do more to level the huge trade surplus it has with Europe.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukrainian forces are holding back a concerted summer push by Russia’s bigger army to break through defenses along parts of the front line