Ukraine and Moldova fast-tracked to become candidates to join EU

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• European Union leaders set to grant Ukraine candidate status European Union leaders on Thursday are set to grant Ukraine candidate status to join the 27-nation bloc, a first step in a long and unpredictable journey toward full membership that could take many years to achieve. Making the war-torn country a contender now seems to be a done deal after leaders were initially divided on how fast they could move to embrace the war-torn country's bid that was launched only a few days after Russia launched its invasion on Feb.…
• Putin warns Satan 2 ballistic missile could be deployed in months Putin said no other country in the world has a comparable weapon (Pictures: east2west/Reuters)The Kremlin has threatened to deploy one of its most dangerous nuclear weapons before December. Vladimir Putin today spoke about Moscow’s newly tested SARMAT RS-28 intercontinental ballistic missile dubbed Satan 2. The Russian president told a meeting with new military graduates: ‘Successful testing of the Sarmat heavy intercontinental ballistic missile has been carried out. ‘It is planned that the first such complex will be put on combat…
• Africa 'taken hostage' by Russia's invasion, Zelenskyy says “Africa is actually taken hostage” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine amid catastrophically rising food prices, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the African Union continental body during a closed-door address on Monday. It took weeks of requests for Zelenskyy to address African nations, many of whom retain close ties to Russia and failed to support a U.N. General Assembly resolution condemning the invasion earlier this year. Ukraine and the West hope to weaken those ties by emphasizing that Russia’s actions are…
• Russia has already ‘strategically lost’ in Ukraine, head of UK armed forces says The head of the UK’s armed forces (right) believes Russia has been weakened by the war (Picture: Getty/AP/PA)Russia is a ‘more diminished power’ because it has already ‘strategically lost’ the war in Ukraine, the head of the UK’s armed forces has claimed. Admiral Sir Tony Radakin believes Vladimir Putin has sacrificed a quarter of Russia’s land power for only ‘tiny’ gains. He conceded that the invading forces may achieve ‘tactical successes’ in the coming weeks, but said any notion that…
• European Union Poised to Accept Ukraine Candidacy—With a Catch Ludovic Marin/ReutersAs Russia continues to make worrying gains in its brutal war in Ukraine, the European Union is on the verge of accepting the beleaguered nation as a candidate for membership. In its annual summit, the powerful bloc has signaled that Ukraine and neighboring Moldova will both jump several steps to be considered EU candidates, despite not meeting all the requirements for full membership. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her group’s full-throated support ahead of the two-day…
• 3 summits offer test of Western unity, dominated by Ukraine Three consecutive summits over the next week will test Western resolve to support Ukraine and the extent of international unity as rising geopolitical tensions and economic pain cast an increasingly long shadow. On Thursday and Friday, European Union leaders will meet in Brussels to consider officially making Ukraine a candidate for membership. From Sunday to Tuesday, the Group of Seven leading economic powers will hold their annual summit in Germany. And right after that, NATO leaders will gather in Madrid,…
• EXPLAINER: Why Russia-Lithuania tensions are rising New tensions between Moscow and the West are rising after Lithuania decided to halt the transport of some goods through its territory to the Russian region of Kaliningrad as part of European Union sanctions on the Kremlin. The Kremlin warns it will retaliate against the sanctions, stemming from its invasion of Ukraine, in a way that will have a “significant negative impact” on the Lithuanian people, raising fears of a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO. A look at why…
• Ukraine says it has struck Russian boat in Black Sea The Ukrainian navy claimed Friday that it struck a Russian boat carrying air defense systems to a strategic island in the Black Sea. In a statement on social media, the navy said that the Vasily Bekh was used to transport ammunition, weapons and personnel to Snake Island, which is vital for protecting sea lanes out of the key port of Odesa. It did not say how much damage it inflicted with the strike. Snake Island, located some 35 kilometers (20…
• The AP Interview: Estonian PM says don't play down Russia Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has told The Associated Press that the West shouldn't underestimate Russia's military capabilities in Ukraine, saying Moscow is in it for the long haul as the war enters its fifth month. Kallas said in an interview Wednesday that Europe should ensure that those committing war crimes and attempted genocide are prosecuted, noting that Russian President Vladimir Putin escaped punishment for annexing the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and supporting an insurgency in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region…
• Intel Reveals Putin Plan to Weasel His Way Into American Hearts Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyEver since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a war in Ukraine this February, his ouster has been predicted up the wazoo; the invasion hasn’t been the quick success he’d hoped it would be, his insider circle has been itching to get rid of him, and he’s rumored to have cancer. But rather than counting on exiting the political scene in a dramatic finish, Putin might be betting that he can somehow outlast his…