Washington has asked representatives of European countries to tone down their rhetoric about Russia, Reuters reports, citing several sources familiar with the matter.
ConflictsEmissions trading is under fire as high energy and fuel prices across Europe spark conflict at the EU summit in Brussels.
BusinessThe arson attack on a defense equipment manufacturing company in Tallinn was Russian sabotage, the Estonian government says. European leaders, including Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson, condemn the attack.
WorldThe Russian shadow fleet will be met with a tougher response, promise the countries in the northern European, British-led defense cooperation JEF. "We must hunt them down even harder," says British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Swedish politicsEU chief Ursula von der Leyen promises that Ukraine will receive the promised 90 billion euros "one way or another." - Today we stand in Kyiv on a cruel anniversary. But the resilience of the Ukrainian people is unbroken, she said in Kyiv on the fourth anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the European countries for their support.
ConflictsIn light of the Ukraine war and the threat posed by Russia, Sweden and other EU countries facing Russia are launching a new defense effort. We will take cooperation to the next level, says Latvian Prime Minister Evika Silina.
WorldUkraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyj has in Copenhagen participated in a summit with Nordic and Baltic countries on new measures against Russia's war of aggression. Also Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson was on site to, as Zelenskyj expresses it, "prepare major reinforcements for Ukraine".
ConflictsThe Nordic countries and allies within the defense cooperation JEF are now participating in the attempts to achieve a month-long ceasefire in the Ukraine war. Ultimately, Russia must know that there is an "or else", that forces them to accept a ceasefire and respect it, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to TT in Oslo.
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